Lesson 16
Traveling Houses

Guidance

Look at the car in the picture.What does it look like?Is there anything special?看图片中的车，它像什么？有什么特别的地方吗？

Can you travel with your home?Some people in the US may say“Yes!”

During the holidays,some US families often get into their recreational vehicles and go on aroad trip across the country.

People call RVs the houses on the wheels.From akitchen and bathroom to beds,you can find most ordinary rooms here.How cool is that!

Compared with real houses,these homes on the road are small.^①But with them,your trip becomes easy.

You can drive as long as you like.Or you can just stop somewhere nice and stay there for afew weeks.^②On the road,you may also meet other traveling families.Together,you take out your tents and snacks.It’s happy camping time!

But these moving homes also have their problems.They can sometimes break down.But this kind of road trip is still very popular.People can go anywhere,anytime.

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Word bank

Notes

①Compared with real houses,these homes on the road are small.和真正的房子相比，这些行驶于陆地的房子太小了。

compared with意为“和……相比”。

②You can drive as long as you like.Or you can just stop somewhere nice and stay there for afew weeks.只要你喜欢你可以随意驾驶。或者你也可以在景色不错的地方待上几周。

as long as意为“只要”；somewhere nice意为“美丽的地方”，形容词修饰不定代词时，放在不定代词之后。

Practice

Ⅰ.Read for comprehension

1.What rooms do the RVs have?

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2.Recreational vehicles are____than the real houses.

3.The writer believes that the trip is____with the help of the RVs.

4.What’s the problem of the RVs?

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Word check:

Understand the meaning of the phrases:

get into break down take out

Ⅱ.Read for writing

1.What do you think of the RVs?

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2.Surf on the Internet and find some inner pictures of the RVs.Introduce what people can do with them.

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