012 建造树屋

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" Nail," said Dad. Joy reached into her sack

“钉子，”爸爸说。乔伊把手伸进她的袋子里。

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" Nail!" she said, handing him one

“钉子！”她说着，递给他一枚。

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Dad pounded it into a board with his hammer

爸爸用锤子把它钉进了一块木板里。

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" Good job!" said Joy

“干得好！”乔伊说。

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Joy and her dad had been busy all morning

乔伊和她的爸爸已经忙了整整一个上午。

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They had moved Grandpa's wood up to the elm trees

他们把爷爷的木材搬到了榆树那边。

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Then they bought more wooden boards and posts at the lumberyard

然后他们又在木材场买了更多的木板和柱子。

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Dad put two posts in the ground and built a frame for the tree house floor

爸爸把两根柱子埋进地里，搭建了树屋地板的框架。

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When he was finished, he looked at Joy with a frown

做完这些后，他皱着眉头看着乔伊。

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" Partner," he said," we have a problem."

“搭档，”他说，“我们有个问题。”

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" What's wrong?" asked Joy with surprise

“怎么了？”乔伊惊讶地问。

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" See this wood we bought for the floor?" said Dad, pointing at a pile of 12 boards

“看到我们买来铺地板的这些木板了吗？”爸爸指着一堆12块板子说。

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" They are two and a half meters long."

“它们长两米半。”

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Joy looked at the boards and then looked up at the frame Dad had built

乔伊看看木板，又抬头看看爸爸搭好的框架。

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She tilted her head and narrowed her eyes

她歪着头，眯起眼睛。

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Then she smiled

然后她笑了。

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" Those boards look too long."

“这些木板看起来太长了。”

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" You've got a good set of eyes!" said Dad

“你眼力真好！”爸爸说。

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" The frame is two meters long, so we need to shorten each board by half a meter."

“框架长两米，所以每块木板得锯短半米。”

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Dad and Joy knelt by one board

爸爸和乔伊在一块木板旁跪下来。

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" Hold this tape measure at the end of the board," Dad said, handing her the measure

“把卷尺按在木板末端，”爸爸说着，把卷尺递给她。

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Then he pulled the tape along the edge

然后他沿着边缘拉出卷尺。

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" That's 25 centimeters," said Joy

“这是25厘米，”乔伊说。

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Dad pulled the tape some more

爸爸又拉出一些卷尺。

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" And that's 50!"

“这是50厘米！”

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" Now I mark it with a pencil," explained Dad as he drew a black line

“现在我用铅笔画条线，”爸爸一边解释，一边画了一条黑线。

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" That's where we will cut the board."

“我们就在这里锯木板。”

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" Should we measure and mark all of them?" asked Joy

“我们需要全部测量并标记吗？”乔伊问。

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" Yes," said Dad

“是的，”爸爸说。

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" Then I'll cut them down to the right size

“然后我会把它们锯成合适的尺寸。

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And you know what?

你知道吗？

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We can take the leftover wood to the recycling center."

我们可以把剩下的木头送到回收中心。

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" Somebody else will be able to use it," said Joy

“别人就能用上它了，”乔伊说。

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" Just like we used Grandpa's wood."

“就像我们用爷爷的木头一样。”

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By late afternoon Dad had finished nailing the tree house floor to the frame

傍晚时分，爸爸已经把树屋地板钉到了框架上。

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He and Joy sat on the back end of the truck and looked up at their work

他和乔伊坐在卡车尾部，抬头看着他们的成果。

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" What's next?" asked Joy

“下一步做什么？”乔伊问。

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" Let's recycle that extra wood

“我们去回收那些多余的木头吧。

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We might find a few things we need too," said Dad

说不定我们也能找到一些需要的东西，”爸爸说。

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They got in the truck and drove down the hill to the road

他们上了卡车，沿着山坡开到路上。

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When they reached the center, Joy hopped out of the truck

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She liked looking up at the mountains of crushed cardboard and smashed soda cans

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She saw Mr. Ramirez, Carlos' father

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He was in charge of sorting all the metal — brass, tin, iron, steel, and copper

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" Hello, Mr. Ramirez," called Joy

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" Dad and I are building a tree house!

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Do you have anything we can use?"

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" Well, let's see," said Mr. Ramirez

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" Do you need a bucket?"

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" We might," replied Joy." Thanks!"

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Dad was looking in a cardboard box

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" Here are some old hooks," he said

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" The kids can hang stuff on those," said Mr. Ramirez

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Joy dropped the hooks into her bucket

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" What's this?" asked Joy." A wheel?"

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" It's a special kind of wheel," said Mr. Ramirez

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" It's called a pulley

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You use it with a rope to help lift something."

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Joy turned to her dad

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" Do we need one?"

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" Take it," he said." We can use it."

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" Let's take this pole too," said Joy

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" It might be good for something."

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Then Dad found some sheets of tin leaning against a wall

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" Our tree house roof!" cried Joy

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And that wasn't all

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They also found a small window frame and an old door

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They piled everything in the back of the truck and drove home

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