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Answer
the questions.
Mr and Mrs Spencer both had very busy jobs
and didn't have much time to spend with their young children. They wanted to
change this, and because their hobby was boating, they decided to sail(出海航行)
around the world together.
It took six years to prepare everything for
the trip. First, they bought a new boat. Then, both of them had to take good
sailing lessons and learn all about the sea and the weather. Mr Spencer also
took several lessons in repairing(维修) engines and Mrs Spencer
spent an hour in a restaurant learning to cut up fish.
In October they had one year off from their
jobs and sailed away from England with their two children. The next year, in
August, their long journey ended in Australia.
The boat was not big, but they took a
teacher for the children with them. None of them found the trip boring because
there were three computers, many CDs, a TV and a DVD player on the boat,
The family loved being at sea and seeing
the stars in the sky. But, most of all, Mr and Mrs Spencer enjoyed playing with
their children while they were still young.
