19 Making a Kite

One day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string. They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.

straight stick 直木棍
tie 系
string 繩子
shape 形狀
cross 十字
spread 傳開
frame 框架
stick 粘
tail 尾巴
windy 有風的

做一個風箏

一天，保羅和理查德決定做一個風箏。首先，他們出門找了兩根一樣長的直木棍。他們把木棍帶回家，用一根繩子把它們綁成十字形。然后他們又拿了些繩子，把木棍的四個頂端連在一起。然后，他們把一些顏色鮮艷的紙涂上膠水，粘在風箏的框架上。他們將紙做的尾巴粘在一角，在風箏中間系上一根長繩。在接下來的一個有風的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風箏了