第20课（228字 2分钟）

Passage Twenty

（K4 level）

1.Nearly each of American families owns a small car or a large one.

2.If both parents are working,they usually have two cars.

3.When the family is large,one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van.

4.A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowed.

5.A van hold seven persons easily,so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to join them in a holiday travel.

6.They could all travel together.

7.Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year.

8.This made them sell a second car and buy a van.

9.Their sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things,for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.

10.When they arrive at their grandparents’ home,the suitcases are brought below the two seats,then they can carry the grandparents.

11.Americans call vans motor homes.

12.A motor home is always used for holidays.

13.When a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside,they can live in their motor homes for a few days or weeks.

14. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together.

15.That is why motor homes have become very popular.

16.In America there are many parks for motor homes.

生词表（New Words）

1. families 家庭                     owns 拥有 

2. parents 父母 

3. family 家庭                        large 多                    sold 卖

van 面包车 

4. small 小                             large 大                    crowded 拥挤 

5. van 面包车                        grandparents 祖父母holiday 假期

travel 旅行 

6. travel 旅行                         together 一起

7. child 孩子 

8. sell 卖                                 second 第二             van 面包车 

9. seats 座位                          suitcases 行李箱 

10. arrive 到达                       below 下面              carry 携带 

11. motor homes 汽车房 

12. motor homes 汽车房       holidays 假期 

13. mountains 山区               seaside 海边             live 住 

14. members 成员                 happier 更快乐               traveling 旅行 

15. popular 受欢迎 

16. parks 公园                       motor homes 汽车房

1. 几乎每个美国家庭都有一辆小汽车或一辆大汽车。

2. 如果父母双方都在工作，他们通常会有两辆车。

3. 当家庭成员较多时，其中一辆车会被卖掉，他们会买一辆面包车。

4. 一辆小汽车可以坐四个人，一辆大汽车可以坐六个人，但会非常拥挤。

5. 一辆面包车可以轻松容纳七个人，所以有三个孩子的家庭可以邀请祖父母一起度假旅行。

6. 他们可以一起出行。

7. 去年，哈根先生和他的妻子有了第三个孩子。

8. 这使他们卖掉了第二辆车并买了一辆面包车。

9. 他们的第六个和第七个座位被用来放其他物品，因为一个有五口人的家庭在旅行时必须携带许多行李箱。

10. 当他们到达祖父母家时，行李箱会被放到两个座位下面，这样他们就可以带上祖父母。

11. 美国人称面包车为“汽车房”。

12. “汽车房”通常用于度假。

13. 当一个家庭前往山区或海边时，他们可以在他们的“汽车房”里住上几天或几周。

14. 大家庭的所有成员一起旅行时能享受到更快乐的生活。

15. 这就是为什么“汽车房”变得非常受欢迎的原因。

16. 在美国，有许多供“汽车房”使用的公园。