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A very basic story a<\/em>bout a young elephant who learns a valuable life lesson.
Basic Chinese Reading PracticeThere is one particularly difficult sentence here, and that’s \u5c0f\u8c61\u722c\u5230\u6811\u53bb\u5b66\u98de“\u54ce\u54df”\u4e00\u58f0\uff0c\u6454\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u5927\u8ddf\u5934. The words themselves aren’t too hard, but the sentence arrangement doesn’t make a lot of sense when directly translated into English. Let’s take it step by step:
\u5c0f\u8c61 – Little Elephant
\u722c\u5230 – Climbed to \/ climbed up
\u6811 – tree
\u53bb – go
\u5b66\u98de – learn to fly
“\u54ce\u54df” – ‘Ai yo!’ Sound which means “Yikes!” or “Ow!”
\u4e00\u58f0 – Noise, sound
\u6454\u4e86 – to fall
\u4e00\u4e2a\u5927 – a big
\u8ddf\u5934 – Fall, trip and fall.
If you look at all these words together, you can more easily process the overall meaning of the sentence, which is, “In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.”
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\u5c0f\u6cb3 – xi\u01ceo hé – Brook, stream
\u98de\u6765\u98de\u53bb – f\u0113i lái f\u0113i qù – Fly back and forth, fly here and there
\u722c – pá – Climb
\u8ddf\u5934 – g\u0113n tou – Trip and fall, take a fall
\u672c\u4e8b – b\u011bn shì – Ability, skill
\u5bbd – ku\u0101n – Wide
\u4e0d\u80fd\u6bd4\u7684 – bù néng b\u01d0 de – Cannot compare
\u94a9 – g\u014du – Hook
\u5c0f\u8c61\u751f\u4e0b\u6765\u7684\u7b2c\u4e09\u5929\uff0c\u8ddf\u5988\u5988\u6765\u5230\u5c0f\u6cb3\u8fb9\uff0c\u770b\u89c1\u4e00\u53ea\u5c0f\u9e1f\u5728\u5929\u7a7a\u98de\u6765\u98de\u53bb\u3002\u5c0f\u8c61\u60f3\uff1a“\u8981\u662f\u6211\u4e5f\u4f1a\u98de\uff0c\u53ef\u4ee5\u770b\u5230\u66f4\u591a\u7684\u4e1c\u897f\uff0c\u591a\u597d\u5440\uff01”
\u5c0f\u8c61\u722c\u5230\u6811\u53bb\u5b66\u98de“\u54ce\u54df”\u4e00\u58f0\uff0c\u6454\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u5927\u8ddf\u5934\u3002
\u86c7\u770b\u89c1\u4e86\u8bf4:“\u5c0f\u8c61\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u6709\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u672c\u4e8b\u3002\u6211\u4e0d\u4f1a\u98de\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\uff0c\u6211\u4f1a\u5728\u6811\u4e0a\u7761\u89c9\u3002”
\u72ee\u5b50\u8bf4:“\u6211\u4e5f\u4e0d\u4f1a\u98de\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\uff0c\u6211\u80fd\u8df3\u8fc7\u5bbd\u5bbd\u7684\u5927\u6cb3\u3002”
\u8001\u864e\u8bf4:“\u6211\u4e0d\u4f1a\u98de\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\u6211\u4f1a\u6e38\u6cf3\uff01”
\u7238\u7238\u5988\u5988\u5bf9\u5c0f\u8c61\u8bf4:“\u6211\u4eec\u8c61\u7684\u529b\u6c14\u5927\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u5c0f\u9e1f\u4e0d\u80fd\u6bd4\u7684\u3002”\u5c0f\u8c61\u660e\u767d\u4e86\u3002\u4ed6\u7528\u957f\u9f3b\u5b50\u4e00\u94a9\uff0c\u5927\u6728\u5934\u5c31\u642c\u8d70\u4e86\u3002
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On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: “If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!”
In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of “Ai Yo!”, fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing this, the snake said: “Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can’t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.”
Lion said: “I also can’t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.”
Tiger said, “I can’t fly, but I can swim!”
Little Elephant’s father and mother said to him, “We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird’s.”
Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.
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