【初级趣味阅读】Daniel Loves the Beach

Every Saturday Daniel and his family go to the beach. They live far from the beach, but once a week the family gets into the car and Daniel's father drives for hours until they arrive.

Daniel's parents love the beach. Daniel and his sister and brother love the beach. The family's dog loves the beach very much.

But it is a problem to go to the beach every week. Daniel's father gets tired from driving so many hours. The rest of the family gets tired from sitting in the car for so many hours. Daniel's mother says: "It's fun in the beach, but it takes too much time to get there and back!"

Daniel and his sister and brother are very sad. They want to go to the beach, but it is a problem. They try to go the swimming pool, but it is not the same thing.

One day Daniel's parents come to talk with the kids. They say: "We have a problem to go to the beach every week, but we love the beach, and you love the beach, and the dog loves the beach. So we have a solution. We need to live near the beach!"

Daniel and his sister and brother are very happy! Now they live near the beach. They go to the beach every day!

THE END

【关键词】

1. beach (名词) 海滩

2. far from (词组) 远离

3. once a week (词组) 一周一次

4. until（介词）直到

5. arrive (动词) 到达

6. get tired (词组) 感到疲倦

7. fun (名词) 有趣

8. swimming pool (词组) 游泳池

9. take（动词）花费

10. near (介词) 靠近

【译文】丹尼尔喜欢海滩

每个星期六丹尼尔和他的家人都去海滩。他们住在远离海滩的地方，但每周一次，一家人坐进车里，丹尼尔的父亲开车，路上要跑几个小时才能到达目的地。

丹尼尔的父母喜欢海滩。丹尼尔和他的妹妹、弟弟喜欢海滩。他们的狗也非常喜欢海滩。

可是每周去海滩却是个问题。丹尼尔的父亲开车这么多个小时很疲倦。其他人窝在车里好几个小时也很疲倦。丹尼尔的母亲说：“在海滩确实很有趣，但一个来回要花费太多时间！”

丹尼尔和他的妹妹、弟弟非常伤心。他们想去海滩，但这是一个问题。他们试着去游泳池，但这不是一回事。

有一天，丹尼尔的父母来和孩子们聊天。他们说：“我们每周去海滩有问题，但我们喜欢海滩，你们喜欢海滩，狗也喜欢海滩。所以我们有一个解决方案。我们需要住在海滩附近！”

丹尼尔和他的妹妹、弟弟都很开心！现在他们住在海滩附近。他们每天都去海滩！

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