2024年2月9日发(作者：联想台式电脑图片)

英语短文雨伞宁河期中

To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the

water off When it actually the umbrella wasn't

invented as protection against first use was a shade

against the sun!

在我们看来,下雨打伞是很自然的事。但事实上伞在发明的时候并不是用来防雨的,而是用来遮阳的。

Nobody knows who first invented it,hut the umbrella was

used in very ancient ly the first to use it were

the Chinese,way back in the eleventh century BC.

没有人知道是谁发明了伞,但是伞在很早很早的古代就开始使用了。可能首先使用伞的人是中国人,这要追溯到公元前11世纪。

We know the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon

as a there was a strange thing

connected with its use:it became a symbol of honor and

the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was

allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office.

我们知道,在古埃及和古巴比伦伞是用来遮阳的。关于这一用途有一点很奇怪:伞成了尊严与权力的象征。在古代的远东地区,只有皇室和高官才能使用伞。

In Europe,the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as

a the umbrella was in common use in ancient

it is believed that the first persons in Europe to

use the umbrella as protection against Romans.

在欧洲,希腊人是首先把伞用于遮阳的人。伞的使用在古希腊很普遍.但是据信在欧洲首先使用伞的人是为了防范罗马人。