Добавил:
Upload Опубликованный материал нарушает ваши авторские права? Сообщите нам.
Вуз: Предмет: Файл:

Чтение_A_Year_at_a_Construction_Site

.pdf
Скачиваний:
15
Добавлен:
21.03.2016
Размер:
14.72 Mб
Скачать

Demolition

Digging the foundation

Pumping concrete

Placing the floors

Setting the roof timbers

Adding roof tiles

Building a street

Painting the walls

THIS PAGE

INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

j Millbrook Press / Minneapolis

First American edition published in 2009 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Copyright © 2004 by Orpheus Books Ltd.

All U.S. rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Millbrook Press

A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA

Website address: www.lernerbooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harris, Nicholas, 1956–

A year at a construction site / by Nicholas Harris. p. cm. -- (Time goes by)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978–1–58013–549–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

1. Building—Juvenile literature. 2. School buildings—Design and construction—Juvenile literature. I. Title. TH149.H37 2009

690—dc22 2007039036

Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 — BP — 14 13 12 11 10 09

978-0-7613-4675-3

Table of Contents

Introduction

4

January:Demolition

6

February:Diggingthefoundation

8

March:Pumpingconcrete

10

May:Placingthefloors

12

August:Settingtherooftimbers

14

October:Addingrooftiles

16

November:Buildingastreet

18

December:Paintingthewalls

20

Glossary

22

LearnMoreaboutConstruction

23

ACloserLook

24

Index

24

THIS IS THE STORYofhow

workersbuildanewschool. Theirworktakesplace duringoneyear. Allthepictureshavethesameview oftheconstructionsite. Buteachoneshowsadifferent

year. Lotsofthingshappenduringthisyear. Canyou themall?

Youcanfollowalltheactiononthebuildingsiteas monthspass. Thecalendaroneachright-handpage tellsyouwhatmonthyou’vereached.

4

Introduction

Whiletheworkgoeson,allsortsofotherthingsare

happening. Theyarenotalwayspartoftheplan!

Afewsmallaccidentstakeplace. Animalsandchildren

comeandgo. There’salwayssomethingnewtofind!

As youread,lookforpeoplewhoappeareverymonth. Forexample, someonealwaysseemstobechasingadog. Andoneworkerisalways eating. Thinkaboutwhatstoriesthesepeoplemighttellaboutthe constructionsite.

5

Canyou find . . .

anoldsink?

Beforeworkerscanbuildthenewschool,theymustteardownan oldbuildingonthesite. Thisworkiscalleddemolition.

Acraneswingsaheavymetalballatthewalls. Bricks fromthewallscrashtotheground. Aspecialclaw grabswindowframesandwaterpipes. Bulldozers clearawaythebroken-upbits,orrubble.

6

January

Demolition

Digging the foundation

Pumping concrete

Placing the floors

Setting the roof timbers

Adding roof tiles

Building a street

Painting the walls

Canyou find . . .

ahose?

aheavysaw?

Afewweekslater,bulldozersclearawaythelastoftherubble. Workers cutupoldmetalbeams. Todothiswork,theyusespecialtools. Bulldozers alsodignarrowpathscalledtrenches. Thisiswherethenewbuilding’s foundationwillbe. Thefoundationisthebuilding’sbase. Earthmovers scoopthedirtintodumptruckstobetakenaway. Thedigginghas uncoveredafewsurprises. Onebuilderfindsanoldpillar.

Otherworkersspotafossil(theremains ofanancientanimal).

8