背诵为王 第 二 册 第 46 课

Lesson46 A Family Sees America Together
The Graham family did something very unusual last year． Mr． and Mrs．Graham did not go to work， and their children did not go to school．Instead， the family travelled together in a vanand drove¹ across America for a whole year．First， they sold their family businesses in real estate² and a smallnewspaper． Then they sold their large house． Finally， the children saidgood-bye to classmates． And their dream trip started on July 4th，Independence Day．They visited big cities and small towns in all 50 states．They also visited the birthplaces³ of all the United⁴ States' Presidents⁵．Theyvisited many interesting places， parks， and zoos， and also interviewedpeople on their way． Many people were very friendly． Some invited thefamily to stay in their home with them． Almost all the people they metsigned their “guest book．”
Each day， the mother and the daughter wrote stories of their trips fornewspapers or their internet homepage． Schoolchildren from all over theUnited States followed the Graham family's trip by using computers at homeand in school． Some children wrote letters to the Graham family．After thetrip the family wrote a book about their travels to describe everything theylearned about their country and its people．

van  面包车
estate  不动产
sign 签名于

一个走遍美国的家庭
去年，格雷厄姆一家做了一件不寻常的事。格雷厄姆先生与太太没有去工作，他们的孩子也没有去上学，而是全家一起花了一年时间开车周游了美国。
首先，他们卖掉了自己的房地产买卖和一家小报馆，然后又卖掉了大房子，最后，孩子们和同学们道别。他们的梦之旅从七月四日——美国独立日开始了。他们游览了五十个州的大小城镇。他们还拜访了所有总统的出生地。他们参观了许多有趣的地方、公园、动物园，沿途还采访了许多人。人们都很友好。有人邀请他们回家小住，几乎所有他们遇到的人都在他们的“访客留言”上签名。
每天，母亲和女儿写下他们旅途的故事，寄给报社或贴在他们的网页上。全美国的孩子们通过家里或学校里的电脑，跟随着格雷厄姆一家旅游。一些孩子还写信给格雷厄姆一家。
旅行结束后，一家人写了一本游记，书中描写了他们了解到的祖国与人民。

1 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

2 estate   

n.所有地，地产，庄园；住宅区；财产，资产

参考例句：

• My estate lies within a mile.我的地产离那有一英里。
• The great real estate brokers do far more than this.而优秀的房地产经纪人做得可比这多得多。

3 birthplaces   

n.诞生地，出生地( birthplace的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Talk about the birthplaces of your grandparents, parents and yourself. 谈论你的祖父母、父母和你自己的诞生地。 来自互联网
• Sichuan is one of tea birthplaces in China and even in the world. 四川，是我国、也是世界茶树发源地之一。 来自互联网

4 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

5 presidents   

n.总统；（大学）校长( president的名词复数 )；会长；[P-]总统；银行行长

参考例句：

• Several presidents attended the funeral. 好几位总统参加了葬礼。
• The Roosevelt family produced two presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. 罗斯福家族出过两个总统：西奥多·罗斯福和弗兰克林·罗斯福。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》