Kites whooshed above the beach at intervals.

　　風箏在沙灘上空時隱時現。

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

　　風箏在西方已被用于科學目的。

　　Flying kites have quite a long history.

　　放風箏的歷史由來已久。

　　Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years.

　　風箏在日本已經有幾百年的歷史了。

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

　　最早的風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箏來收集氣象數據。

　　The Wright brothers also experimented with kites.

　　萊特兄弟也用風箏做實驗。