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中学生VOA英语阅读之树屋—美国梦的分支Tree Houses - A Branch of American DreamThree-year-old Mica and her little sister got a tree house this year. I’m Mica! I love my tree house!三岁的米卡和她的妹妹今年刚得到一个树屋。我叫米卡！我喜欢我的树屋！This $28,000 tree house is a gift from their parents.Roughly three meters above ground, the platform was built into two large trees.The fancy hide-out has a climbing wall, a bucket pulley and a spiral slide.这个价值2.8万美金的树屋是父母送给她们的礼物。树屋离地约三米，平台建在两棵大树之间。隐蔽处有一个攀岩墙，一个可以运送水桶的滑轮，还有一个旋转滑梯。One of the things I really wanted was a little door within the big door. If you go up, there is a door handle for them, that’s their height.And there is an adult size door as well.So I wanted them to not need us to go in so to make it feel more like a secret hideout, said Mica’s mother Kristin Keenan.我非常想在大门里边安一个小门。树屋的门把手是根据她们的身高安装的。也有一个专门让成年人出入的门。我们不需要进入到她们的秘密领地，米卡的妈妈说。Bala Sundar and his wife Lakshmi came to America 20 years ago.Unlike the Keenans, who built a tree house for their daughters, the Sundars built one for themselves.20年前，巴拉·孙达尔和妻子拉克希米来到美国。不像基南夫妇，他们为女儿们建造树屋，而孙达尔夫妇为他们自己搭建了树屋。So we want to build something as a regular place where we can come and relax.We want to chill out and have a glass of wine.So, it was more of what I wanted the space more than for the kids.我们想建一个能够放松自己的固定场所。在这里我们可以放松心情，享用葡萄酒。所以，与孩子相比，我们更需要这样一个场所。With beds, tables and windows, it’s a welcoming, comfortable space to spend a summer night.这里安装了床、桌子和窗户，我们可以在这里尽情享受夏日的夜晚。Both of these amazing tree houses were created by Dan Wright.He’s the founder of Tree Top Builders,and has built more than 400 tree houses since he started the company in 2003.这些美妙的树屋全部出自丹·莱特之手。他是房屋建筑公司创始人，自2003年公司成立以来，已经建了400多间树屋。I think over hyped-up sense of freedom and independence…and that’s I think why Americans particularly resonate with tree houses.Because it gets you up off the ground and, for kids, their parents can’t reach them anymore.They are up looking down, getting a new perspective on life, said Wright.在这里，我们可以很自由，很独立，我想这就是为什么美