Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals.

　　風(fēng)箏在沙灘上空時(shí)隱時(shí)現。

　　Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world.

　　風(fēng)箏在西方已被用于科學(xué)目的。

　　Flying kites have quite a long history.

　　放風(fēng)箏的歷史由來(lái)已久。

　　Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years.

　　風(fēng)箏在日本已經(jīng)有幾百年的歷史了。

　　The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper.

　　最早的風(fēng)箏是用木頭而不是紙做的。

　　From 1898 until 1933, the United States Weather Bureauused box kites to collect weather data.

　　1898年到1933年期間，美國氣象局利用盒式風(fēng)箏來(lái)收集氣象數據。

　　The Wright brothers also experimented with kites.

　　萊特兄弟也用風(fēng)箏做實(shí)驗。