Reading Strategy:?

Interpreting解釋；說明

If you make interpretations about the text, you will understand it more fully.

Title: My Old House Is Your New House

part1 language points

1. ?coastal city海濱城市? ? ? （coast? ?n.海岸）

2. I came across(偶遇?)a book on housing that had great detail on every residential unit.（居住單元；聯(lián)想resident“居民”）

3. I had noticed（v.注意到） a sign(招牌，符號(hào)）?with thw words.

4. He paused for several seconds. (v/n.暫停）

5. It was indeed my former home.那確實(shí)是我之前的家。

   indeed: adv.真正的；的確

   former: adj.從前的，之前的 （=previous）(聯(lián)想 the former...the latter前者...后者...)

6. The house was nothing but books, floor to ceiling, in every room.

   =only只不過，除了...以外什么也沒有

   eg. He is nothing but a fool.

part2: Main idea and structure

A story between me and a house seller. Unexpectedly, we exchanged our houses.

part3: Thinking and comment

Life is full of accidents and chances, and you will never know what will happen.