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I'm taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us too. He has never been overseas(外国的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he'd like to stay at home. And he will take care of the house.
We're going to New York by train. After we arrive in New York, we will take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we are going to some countries for sightseeing(观光). We'll go to the places either by train or by bus. We're going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we'll have a very interesting trip. We decided to go to England, France and Italy in Europe. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time. But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that too.
1. How many people of the family will take a trip?(不超过 5 个词)

2. How will the family go home?(不超过 5 个词)

3. Why will they take a boat to Europe?(不超过 15 个词)

1.Five people. /5 people.
2.They will take a plane. /They will fly home. /By plane.
3.Because the writer’s brother and children like to take a boat to Europe.