学习英语每周读本（读故事学英语-）

Vacation

假期

My family and I went on vacation to Lake Huron.

我和家人去休伦湖度假了。

The water is beautiful and blue there, and the sand is nice and white.

那里的水很漂亮，很蓝，沙子很漂亮，很白。

The week that we were there was very hot.

我们在那里的那个星期很热。

The sun was hot, but the water was still very cold.

太阳很热，但水仍然很冷。

I went swimming and tried to catch little fish in my hands.

我去游泳，试着用手抓小鱼。

I was careful not to get sunburned.

我很小心，没有被晒伤。

We stayed at a hotel that had a pool and a game room.

我们住在一家有游泳池和游戏室的酒店里。

I played pinball and video games sometimes.

我有时打弹球和电子游戏。

I liked to swim in the hotel pool, but I liked the beach better.

我喜欢在酒店的游泳池里游泳，但我更喜欢海滩。

I would lie on a big beach towel and get warm; then I would jump in the water and cool off.

我会躺在一条大沙滩巾上取暖；然后我跳进水里降温。

Sometimes I would just lie on the sand and watch the waves roll up on the shore.

有时候我会躺在沙滩上，看着海浪拍岸。

I found some seashells, and I saw a crab walking on the sand.

我发现了一些贝壳，我看到一只螃蟹在沙滩上行走。

At first I was a bit lonely because I didn’t know anyone there.

起初我有点孤独，因为我在那里一个人都不认识。

It wasn’t long before I met some other kids my age.

不久，我遇到了一些和我同龄的孩子。

We built sandcastles together and swam in the lake.

我们一起建了沙堡，然后在湖里游泳。

The other kids were from different towns, so we told each other stories about our schools and friends.

其他的孩子来自不同的城镇，所以我们互相讲述我们的学校和朋友的故事。

We found that we had a lot in common even though we were from different places.

我们发现，尽管我们来自不同的地方，但我们有很多共同点。

Our families got together and went to restaurants together.

我们全家聚在一起，一起去餐馆。

We played volleyball on the beach, and we sat around a campfire at night and sang songs.

我们在海滩上打排球，晚上坐在篝火旁唱歌。

At the campfire we would roast marshmallows on a stick.

在篝火旁，我们会用木棍烤棉花糖。

I always burn my marshmallows.

我总是把棉花糖烤焦。

That is okay.

没关系。

I like them that way.

我喜欢这样。

Mostly we just swam in the lake until we were very tired.

大多数时候，我们只是在湖里游泳，直到很累。

I was sorry when our vacation was over.

假期结束了我很遗憾。

I had a good time at Lake Huron.

我在休伦湖玩得很开心。

I met some very good friends there.

我在那里遇到了一些非常好的朋友。

We still write to each other.

我们仍然互相写信。

Maybe we’ll see each other next summer.

也许我们明年夏天会见面。

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