Playing with Building Blocks
玩积木
1. Baby, let’s play with building blocks.
宝宝，咱们来玩儿搭积木吧。
2. We have wooden building blocks and plastic Lego blocks. Let’s play with the wooden blocks today.
积木分为木头的和塑料的乐高的，今天咱们玩儿木头的积木。
3. The wooden building block set comes in a large and a small basic block, an arche, a triangle, a wedge, a circle, a semi-circle, a column post, a square post and a square block.
一套积木里有不同大小基本的形状，包括拱一大一小两个长方形、拱形、三角形、楔形、圆形、半圆形、圆柱形、截面是正方形的立柱、和正方形。
4. Baby, we should stack the building blocks layer by layer. Let’s put the large blocks at the bottom and then put the smaller blocks on top. Let’s try to stack them as high as we can.
宝宝，我们可以把积木一层一层搭起来，咱们把大的积木放下面，再把小的积木放上面，看看能搭多高。
5. We can also build various structures with blocks of different shapes, for example castles and houses. Do you want to build a house? OK. Let’s do it.
我们也可以用不同形状的积木搭成很多造型，比如城堡、房子。你想搭一个房子吗？好的，咱们开始吧。
6. Before we start to build our house, we need to choose a good spot. The spot should be level and stable, and not in an area where people could walk by and accidentally knock it down. How about we build it on the floor of your bedroom?
开始搭房子之前，我们要选一个好地方。要平稳坚固，而且不能有人走来走去，不然容易把房子碰倒。咱们在你房间的地上搭怎么样？
7. First, place two large blocks on the ground for the floor of the house.
首先，在地上放两个大方块，当房子的地面。
8. Then, let’s place four square posts at each corner to act as pillars to support the walls and the roof.
然后，咱们在地面的四角各放一个方柱，当房子的立柱。它们会支撑房子的墙壁和屋顶。
9. Now, let’s place two square posts horizontally on the four the pillars.
现在，咱们在四根立柱上横着放两条横梁。
10. Next, put two large blocks on top of these square posts. There, we have just built the roof.
然后在横梁上放两个大方块。好了，房顶就搭好了。
11. Now that we have the roof, let’s put some square blocks in between the pillars to serve as walls. Remember not to build a wall between the two front pillars. This is where the door will be.
我们已经搭好了屋顶，咱们在立柱之间放一些正方形木块当墙面。记得要把前面两根立柱之间的空间留出来，这是门的位置。
12. Do you want to build an attic on top of the roof? OK. Let’s put two arches on the roof to act as the walls of the attic.
你想在房顶上搭一个阁楼吗？好的。咱们在房顶上放两个拱门，当阁楼的墙。
13. Then, let’s put a big triangle horizontally on top of the two arches, and place a semi-circle on each side of the triangle. We have just built the roof of the attic.
之后，咱们在拱门上横着放一个大三角，然后在三角两侧各放一个半圆，阁楼的房顶就搭好了。
14. Finish. What a cute little house we have built. Give me five!
大功告成。我们搭的小房子真可爱。击掌！
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