Passage Twelve Greenland and Iceland

格林兰岛与冰岛

Greenland is the largest island on earth. It is in the north of Europe.

格林兰岛是世界上最大的岛屿3v7)U_cEo(。它位于欧洲的北部2u)1rZEOgl。

Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland.

在格林兰岛的附近有另外一个岛2Yv6Z)PL=R;2HR-UciJ。这个岛很小k+4lk#Z)12V。它的名字叫冰岛Z87F|W8_u5。

Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice?

你认为格林兰岛是绿色、温暖的吗？你认为冰岛是冰覆盖的白色岛屿吗？

If you do, you are wrong. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland.

如果你这样想，你就错了_V(M(8b3s67Np[sf[t[_。格林兰岛上没有很多人居住;.P-WW&7~~.。

There are more people in your hornet own than in all of Greenland.

你家乡的人会比整个格林兰岛的居民都多PLqWXt5@zR9p1ng。

That is because Greenland is not green Greenland is white. Most of Greenland is covered with lots of ice.

那是因为格林兰岛不是绿色的，它是白色的e9Dc997%^+]MU[。格林兰岛的大部分覆盖着很多冰pCv2fY7,eY。

The ice covering Greenland is higher than some of the world's buildings.

覆盖格林兰岛的冰比这个世界上的一些建筑物还要高EYuU9I#MV_。

What about Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not.

冰岛怎样呢？它比格林兰岛还要冷吗？不，不是的!WGVO9vEdU;JWdn@b。

Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland. Iceland has a lot of hot springs.

冰岛有冰，但不像格林兰岛那么多的冰Gi|lNRtcA=*sRP6。冰岛有很多温泉qTlVezvb,9p。

They give out hot water and steam. So it is not as cold as Greenland.

这些温泉放出热水和蒸汽，因此冰岛不像格林兰岛那样冷]AYyTUTns4z@。

And there are a lot more people who live in Iceland.

而且冰岛的居民远远多于格林兰岛mbQ]h#i]6+6FphDxGZo;。