Building a House

Building a House

盖房子

My dad works as an architect. A long time ago, he drew a plan for our family’s dream house. Last year he finally began building the house. The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It’s almost done now. But I remember every step of building it. First a bulldozer came and cleared away some trees and rocks.

我爸爸是一名建筑师。很久以前，他为我们家的梦想之屋画了一个设计图。 去年他终于开始盖房子了。这房子有三间卧室和两间浴室。 现在差不多完成了。但我记得建造它的每一步。 首先来了一台推土机，铲平了一些树木和岩石。

Then the workers poured concrete for the foundation. The foundation is what the house sits on. Next a crew of carpenters cut wood to make the frame. Then the workers put up the frame. The frame is like a skeleton for the house. It holds up the walls and roof. When the frame was finished, workers added boards to the roof and outside walls.

然后工人们浇筑混凝土作地基。地基是房子所建的地基。 接下来，一群木匠开始砍柴做框架。然后工人们搭起了框架。 这个框架就像房子的骨架。它支撑着墙壁和屋顶。 当框架完成后，工人们在屋顶和外墙上添加了木板。

They also put on the roofing. Then the plumber and electrician came. The plumber set up pipes for water. The electrician put in wires so we could have electricity. After that the workers added boards to the inside walls. They also put in the doors and windows. Every house needs those things, of course!

他们也盖屋顶。然后水管工和电工来了。 水管工安装了水管。电工插上电线，我们就有电了。 之后，工人们在内墙上加了木板。他们还安装了门和窗户。 当然，每家每户都需要这些东西!

The workers also put bricks on the outside of the house. The house looked almost finished from the outside. But the inside wasn’t ready yet. The workers had to finish the bathrooms and kitchen. The next part was the most fun for me. I picked one of the rooms for my bedroom.

工人们还把砖头放在房子的外面。从外面看，这房子差不多完工了。 但是里面还没有准备好。工人们必须完成浴室和厨房的装修。 接下来的部分对我来说是最有趣的。我挑了一个房间作为我的卧室。

Then I got to paint it by myself! Dad let me choose any color paint I wanted. I picked blue since it’s my favorite color. In the backyard my parents and I planted bushes and flowers. The yard already had a tall oak tree. My brother and I hung a swing from one of its branches. Whee! Mom and Dad like to swing on it too!

然后我就得自己刷了!爸爸让我选我想要的颜色。我选了蓝色，因为它是我最喜欢的颜色。 我和父母在后院种了灌木和花。院子里已经有一棵高大的橡树。 我和哥哥在它的一根树枝上挂了一个秋千。 哟!爸爸妈妈也喜欢在上面荡秋千!