书籍介绍
《世界百科全书》（The World Book Encyclopedia）是世界著名的以青少年读者和图书馆为服务对象的百科全书。该书由美国World Book图书公司于1917年开始出版，以后逐年增删修订，成为美国家庭常备、全球销量第一的百科全书。
1917年前，《世界百科全书》还是些多卷本的学术著作，存放在布满灰尘的学术图书馆里，不是为一般大众设计的。后来编辑将学者们撰写出的词条，核查可靠的资料，然后认真将它们改写成各个年龄阶段的读者主要是中小学生都能看得懂的著作——《世界百科全书》。可以说全球有3800多名专家和学者参与这一跨时代、跨国界的浩大工程。《世界百科全书》自问世以来，已多次增订改版。享有盛誉的百科全书评论家和权威人士Kenneth F.Kister在其《最佳百科全书》一书中提到52部百科全书。他认为《世界百科全书》是一部杰作，值得注意的是它的易读性和实用性，它的广泛而平衡的内容、精确和新颖的条目以及令人赏心悦目的插图和排版。
因为是《世界百科全书》国际版，而中国又是世界上一个大国，因此关于中国的内容应该大体上跟西方的一些主要国家的条目基本平衡。比方《世界百科全书》很多的小城镇都能够作为一个条目出现，而中国的每个省以及每个省的省会城市都不是一个条目，这显然不对称，因此我们在整个原有中国条目的基础上增加了330个中国条目。中国的每一个省、每一个省会城市都是独立条目。当然还有一些其他的调整。
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- "Cowboy is a hired hand who herds and cares for cattle and horses that belong to a ranch owner. The cowboy usually does this job on horseback."
- "The cowboys of the brief open-range period gained a reputation for braveIy facing danger and hardships. They became heroes to many Americans. They came to stand for the frontier virtues of courage, independence, and self-reliance. Cowboys found their work difficult, dangerous, and-at times-even dull"
- "after a climax forest community is destroyed by fire. In this example, a meadow community of wildflowers and grasses will grow first, followed by a community of shrubs. Finally trees will reappear, and the area will eventually become a forest once more, until it is disturbed again... Increasingly, e"
- "The comb and wattles of chickens are fleshy structures. They are bright red because they have a rich blood supply. Earlobes grow on the sides of the head. They may be red or white, depending on the breed of chicken. The comb, wattles, and earlobes may help individual chickens recognize each other an"
- "We use the names of colors in many common expresions to describe moods and feelings. For example, we say a sad person feels blue and a jealous one is green with envy. We say an angry person sees red. A coward may be called yellow."
- "Desert is generally thought of as a hot, barren region that receives little rainlall, Rainfall is scarce in all desert regions, but deserts are not wastelands. Deserts have varied landscapes and types of soil, and many deserts have at least one permanent stream. Deserts cannot support the wide varie"
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