Hey kids! Have you ever wanted something a lot? Maybe you really wanted a toy
or a video game.
Well, today I want to tell you a story about a woman in Canada named Daniele
who really wanted to buy a cute, green house. But the owner of the green
house she wanted said he wanted to tear it down.
Daniele很想買的一棟可愛的綠色房屋，房屋的主人卻是要把房子拆掉。
So, what did Daniele do? She bought the green house and moved it. 結果呢?
Daniele決定把整個綠色房子搬走!
Usually, when people move a house, they do it over land.. But they couldn't
move Daniele's green house over land.
通常是用陸運的方式搬房子，但是這次卻不能用這個方法移動這棟房屋，
So, they put it in the ocean and used boats to move it. Wow! They used six
boats to push and pull the house on water.
所以工人用海運的方式，總共用了六艘船，有的用推的，有的用拉的。
Daniele was really worried that the house would sink in the water, and it
almost did! One corner of the house fell in the water, but the boats saved
it. Finally, they moved the house safely and put it on the land again.
過程中Daniele非常擔心，房子會沉進海裡。它的一個角落的確進了水，但幸好船救了它，而且安全送上了陸地。
I wish I could have seen the house floating on the ocean!
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Vocabulary
用六艘船在海上搬整棟房屋，這可真不簡單!
1. Move 搬動。I'll be moving next weekend. 我下周末要搬家。Moving? Where will
you move? 搬家? 你要搬到哪裡去? To Keelung. 去基隆。
2. Boat 船。You got a job in Keelung? 你在基隆找到了工作? No, I got a boat
there. 不，我在那兒弄到了一艘船。So you plan to live on your boat?
所以你打算住在船上? No, silly, I'll still live on land.
別傻了，我還是住在陸地上。
3. Ocean 海洋。My new house is close to the ocean. 我的新家離海洋很近。I can
go fishing on my boat anytime. 我可以隨時搭船去釣魚。
4. Land 陸地。I prefer to stay on land. 我比較想待在陸地上。I often get
seasick on the ocean. 我在海上經常會暈船。Not me.我不會。
Let's read the words together. Move搬動 boat船 ocean海洋 land陸地
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Quiz
1. What is this story about?
A: A woman who lives on a boat
B: A woman whose house was moved by boat
C: A woman who lost her home
2. What did the boats in the story do?
A: Move the house
B: Lift the house with big machines
C: Save Daniele from drowning
3. Why was Daniele worried?
A: She thought her new home might sink.
B: She thought the boats would crash.
C: She thought she couldn't buy the house.
Answers
1. B
2. A
3. A