Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals.

　　风筝在沙滩上空时隐时现。

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

　　风筝在西方已被用于科学目的。

　　Flying kites have quite a long history.

　　放风筝的`历史由来已久。

上海龙凤1314　　Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years.

　　风筝在日本已经有几百年的历史了。

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

　　最早的风筝是用木头而不是纸做的。

上海龙凤1314　　From 1898 until 1933, the United States Weather Bureauused box kites to collect weather data.

上海龙凤1314　　1898年到1933年期间，美国气象局利用盒式风筝来收集气象数据。

上海龙凤1314　　The Wright brothers also experimented with kites.

上海龙凤1314　　莱特兄弟也用风筝做实验。