"This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; thedew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising...each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." So observed John Muir, the naturalist, writer, and conservationist who fought to protect America's wild lands.Today the system of national parks he helped to create stretches from shore to shore, preserving nature's grand show for future generations. Native Americans were the first guardians of the land, taking only what they needed to survive and living in harmony with nature. For their descendants, mountains, canyons, and other features of the landscape are the spiritual connections with their ancestors, stretching back to ancient times. Many parks and monuments in the West are located on tribal lands.

位于北京，清代帝王的行宫，于1750年动工兴建，1860年被入侵北京的英法联军焚毁，1888年重建。 全国总面积约290公顷，其中水域约占四分之三；可分为朝廷政事区、帝后生活区与风景游览区。园中以自然山水为框架，以万寿山上的佛香阁为造景主体，配以长提、长廊等，100多处景点与湖光山色融为一体，既张扬出皇家园林的恢弘气势，又充满了天然之趣。 1998年，颐和园被列为世界文化遗产。

明（1368-1644）清（1644-1911）皇陵是依照传统的风水理论精心选址，于地上地下建造起来的规模宏大的祭祀建筑群。目前列入世界遗产名录的有明孝陵、明显陵、明十三陵、清东陵和清西陵。 明孝陵位于南京市郊，明朝开国皇帝朱元璋和皇后马氏合葬于此。明显陵位于湖省钟祥市郊，是嘉靖皇帝的父母亲的合葬墓。明十三陵位于北京昌平区，葬有13个皇帝、20多位皇后和众多的嫔妃、太子、公主等。 清东陵位于河北省遵化市郊，陵园面积为78平方公里，有皇帝陵5座、皇后陵4座、嫔妃园寝5座、公主园寝1座。清西陵位于河北省易县，有皇帝陵4座、皇后陵3座、嫔妃园寝3座、王公及公主园寝4座。 2000年，明清皇家陵寝被列为世界文化遗产。

reSchool-Grade 2-A briskly told story in rhyme of a day at the beach. Setting off first by train, then bus, then bicycle (it's not clear where the bicycle comes from), a boy and his older sister finally arrive at the seashore, where they spend a glorious day in the surf and in the sand. "We're swimming-splishing, splashing-`Let's be porpoises and whales/Or pirates on a treasure hunt for mermaids' silvery scales.'" The absence of an accompanying adult is questionable, but, taken at face value, the story is sunny and upbeat. Barrette's winsome, full-page watercolor illustrations reflect the cheerful tone of the outing. 作者简介： A native of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, author Jane Barclay has been writing since she was a child; early credits include "Cinderelish", an elementary school play that involved sock puppets and very bad singing! Luckily for all, Jane's writing has matured. She is also the author of "How Cold Was It?" and "Going on a Journey to the Sea".

Hank’s dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car—along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a “friend”). When they reach their destination, they’ll get to spend the day at a roller-coaster park during Hank’s dad’s tournament! The only caveat is that Hank has a homework packet to finish before they get there . . . which he somehow manages to lose at a stop along the way. Suddenly, Hank doesn’t feel so good . . . Can Hank and Frankie rescue the lost packet and get Hank on a roller coaster?

Six jet-setting stories for fluent readers. Robbie, Laura and Janie's dad is a celebrity guitarist-and now he's taking them on his band's world tour! READING HEROES is a series of graded storybooks with activities, created by reading experts.

One steamy morning in the summer of 1950, Mary and Frank Littell-with their two young sons in tow-left America for a small working-class town in the South of France, where they spent one hilarious, unforgettable year. Filled with fascinating details of expatriate life, French Impressions is a riveting account of their (mis)adventures abroad.

Buzby the kitten goes out to look for his first job and finds work as a busboybut he makes a few mistakes. "His sweetness wins him the support of some VIP customers, who won't let management fire him when Buzby's errors become too public. Perky drawings back the story, which should appeal to children's strong sense of fair play."BL.

位于云南省西北部，面积1.7万平方公里。 金沙江、澜沧江和怒江这三条同源于青藏高原的大江，在流经这一地区时，自北向南并行约170公里；在这个区域内澜沧江与金沙江之间短直线距离为66公里，澜沧江与怒江之间短直线距离不到19公里，形成“江水并流而不交汇”的奇特自然地理景观。 除了沙漠和海洋，“三江并流”区域几乎汇集了北半球各类自然景观，突出的是高山峡谷地貌。区内生活着14个少数民族，是世界上罕见的多民族、多语言、多种宗教信仰和风俗习惯并存的地区。 2003年，“三江并流”被列为世界自然遗产。

Bob's plan of blending into his new high school gradually, backfires after he meets an unusual classmate. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

分布于重庆市大足县，以北山、宝顶山、南山，石篆山、石门山5处为集中，也*代表性。 大足石刻主要为以佛教造像为主的摩崖石刻，也有一些传统的儒学及道教人物的造像。石刻主要营造于公元9世纪到13世纪，以规模宏大、雕刻精美、保存完整著称，其中很多造像题材源于当时的社会生活，颇似现实中人物的写照。大足石刻是中国晚期石窟艺术的代表，具有极高的艺术品质和文物价值。 1999年，大足石刻被列为世界文化遗产。

Jenna is psyched to have all of her friends up to her lake house! Greenwood Lake is so much fun, especially on Memorial Day weekend, when they have an annual county picnic and an old-fashioned carnival. The weekend is off to a perfect start . . . until Jenna’s brother invites David, her old crush and Sarah’s current boyfriend! Jenna handles the situation by trying to ignore David. But when the picnic rolls around and she and David are partnered up for the three-legged race, the sparks that fly between them are way too electric to ignore!

Ireland (Eire) is Europe's third largest island, lying between the Ilrish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles off the western shores of Britain. Politically, it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, which covers the south, east, west andnorthwest, and Northern Ireland, the northeast part of the island, which is a state within the United Kingdom. Dublin and Belfast are their respective capitals. Not for nothing is Ireland known as the 'Emerald Isle'. Its mild,maritime climate and all-too-frequent gentle rainfall (heaviest in the west) produce lush green vegetation all over the island.Within the mountains that girdle nmch of the coastline lie low,central plains, bisected from north to south by the great River Shannon and its tributaries that form a huge network of navigable inland waterways.

位于北京市中心，又称“紫禁城”，是明（1368-1644）清（1644-1911）两朝皇宫，曾有24位皇帝生活其间。 故宫始建于1406年，完工于1420年，后多有修葺；现占地72万平方米，有大小院落90多座，房屋8700多间，建筑面积15万多平方米，是中国现存规模*、保存完好的古建筑群。 故宫内分前朝和后寝两部分：前朝，是皇帝处理朝政的场所；后寝，是皇帝日常办公及与家族生活活起居之地。建筑左右对称，含有严格的等级思想，重要的建筑都安排在中轴线上。 1987年，故宫被列为世界文化遗产。

Six states, a city called Boston, and home of the original Yankees - that's New England. It can claim to be the first clearly-defined region of the United States, without which there might not be a United States. Tucked away in the northeast corner of" the land, closest to the country that gave it its name, England, it was from New England that the earliest revolutionary talk came and where the first shot was fired in the American Revolution. To look at some of" these perfect pastoral landscapes today, New England hardly has the look of revolutionary fervor, although the area still has a reputation for political individuality. That applies to some states more than others, of the six that make up New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island andVermont. The region's largest center is Boston, always a maverick among American cities. It probably has more nicknames than any other city in the States, known among other things as The City on the Hill, The Athens of America, The

中国古代军事防御工程。早的长城建于公元前7世纪的春秋时代，此后直至17世纪的明末共2000多年间，共有十余个王朝都曾修筑过长城。 今天我们见到的长城建于明朝（1368-1644），它东起辽东虎山，西至甘肃嘉峪关，横贯中国北部十多个省、市、区，总长度达6700多公里，人称“万里长城”。明长城用夯土或砖石砌筑，重要地段的城墙平均高约七八米，墙顶宽约四五米，沿线没有用以报警的烽火台。 游览长城的*去处在北京北部，这里的长城得到较好的相修缮和保护。距北京市中心70公里处的八达岭长城，是明长城*代表性的一段。此外，北京可供游览的还有居庸关长城、慕田峪长城、金山岭长城、司马台长城等。 1987年，长城被列为世界文化遗产。

Chester,a wild horse who wants to be tame,comes to the city looking for a home.'Reading for fun:the artist's sense of pacing makes this book race along.’ —Saturday Review.

Close-up, full-colour illustrations of wild plants and flowers. Detailed facts about size, flowering season and growing conditions to helpyou identify each plant. Discover more than 180 plants, including garden flowers, snowdrops and other woodland flowers, wild herbs and pond plants,such as water-lilies and watercress.

Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain! Only, here s the problem. Room Eight keeps on winning too many events. And so how will Room Nine ever become the kindergarten champions? As Captain Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead her team to victory? Or will it be up to someone else to save the day? 作者简介： BARBARA PARK is one of today's funniest, most popular authors. Her middle-grade novels, which include Skinnybones, The Kid in the Red Jacket, My Mother Got Married (And Other Disasters), and Mick Harte Was Here, have won over forty children's book awards. Barbara holds a B.S. in education from the University of Alabama. She has two grown sons and lives with her husband, Richard, in Arizona.

Who could have dreamed, when Peter Minuit traded a few trinkets for Manhattan back in 1626, that this little island on the outer reaches of civilization would one day be the world's center of shipping, finance, theater, culture, architecture, and diplomacy? Through the tireless work and unbounded optimism of a few wealthy dreamers and a few million immigrant workers, this rocky, swampy islet at the mouth of the Hudson River was transformed into today's axis of world capitalism—a dazzling metropolis of soaring skyscrapers and great city parks, magnificent museums and professional sports teams, epicurean restaurants and intricate subway systems. Eminent photographer Carol M. Highsmith has captured the essence of Manhattan in a stunning new collection of over one hundred city portraits, ranging from breathtaking panoramas of the celebrated skyline to close-ups of architectural details. Her camera sweeps across the city, pausing at the magnificent stainless-steel Art Deco Chrysler Building and the Empire

To the doctors and nurses who work there, EastSide General is more than just a busy New York hospital. Beneath the efficient routine lies a tangle of complex, unresolved emotions. And wHnen the ambulance brings in two criticalburn cases - men charred beyond recognition by exposure to radio-active matter - there begins a crisis which theatens to engulf the entire hospital……

位于湖南省张家界市境内，面积264平方公里。 武陵源的风景具有神、奇、秀、野的特点，一步一景，人称“大自然的迷宫”。独特的景观是3000余座各具姿态的石英砂岩峰，大部分高约200余米，像一块块岩石叠垒成。景区内沟壑、峡谷纵横，溪流、瀑布众多，还有40多个溶洞和两座天然形成的巨大石桥。景区内古木苍苍，森林连片，林木覆盖率达88％。 1992年，武陵源被列为世界自然遗产。

泰山位于山东省中部，面积426平方公里。主峰海拔1545米。 泰山是中国著名的历史文化名山。古代帝王登基之初，多要到泰山举行封禅大典，祭告天地。山上现仍留有很多祭祀和宗教建筑，尤以道教宫观居多。山脚下的岱庙，是帝王举行祭祀大典和居住的地方，与北京故宫、曲阜孔庙并称中国三大宫典建筑群。泰山上留下了很多历史文化名人的诗文刻石，具有很高的书法及石刻艺术价值。 1987年，泰山被列为世界文化和自然双重遗产。

位于北京。始建于公元1420年，是明（1638-1644）清（1644-1911）皇帝祭天和祈祷丰年的地方。 天坛占地面积270多公顷，园内树木茂密葱茏。位于南端的圜丘坛，是皇帝举行祭天仪式的地方；北端的祈谷坛，是皇帝祈求丰年的场所。主殿祈年殿是一座高38米的三重檐的圆形大殿，洁白的台基，深蓝色的琉璃瓦顶，朱红的圆柱环列，巨大的镏金宝顶，是天坛美丽的建筑，也是中国独特的木构建筑的杰出。