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(457, 1, '2011-02-10 07:49:45', '2011-02-10 12:49:45', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2 qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个妇人，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘不肯。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是拒绝了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在动手烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是牧师，为新郎新娘主持婚礼；狐狸是司仪，祭坛在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地抽泣起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经不耐烦。”新娘沉默着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个稻草人身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 07:49:45', '2011-02-10 12:49:45', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(458, 1, '2011-02-10 07:57:53', '2011-02-10 12:57:53', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\nOne of the interesting grammatical points in this story is the phrase 吃光 [pinyin]chi1guang1[/pinyin]. We know that [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] means \"to eat\", but [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] typically means \"to be bright\" - so what are those two words doing next to each other? A secondary meaning of the word [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] is \"to finish\", or \"to use up\". It\'s usually placed after a verb to indicate that the verb was done until it couldn\'t be done any more, or until something was gone - in this case \"to eat up\".\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人 - [pinyin]fu4ren2[/pinyin] - Married woman\r\n赶走 - [pinyin]gan3zou3[/pinyin] - Drive off, chase away\r\n尾巴 - [pinyin]wei3ba5[/pinyin] - Tail\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个<strong>妇人</strong>，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子<strong>赶走</strong>。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜<strong>吃光</strong>了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘不肯。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是拒绝了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在动手烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是牧师，为新郎新娘主持婚礼；狐狸是司仪，祭坛在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地抽泣起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经不耐烦。”新娘沉默着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个稻草人身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 07:57:53', '2011-02-10 12:57:53', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(459, 1, '2011-02-10 07:57:55', '2011-02-10 12:57:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\nOne of the interesting grammatical points in this story is the phrase 吃光 [pinyin]chi1guang1[/pinyin]. We know that [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] means \"to eat\", but [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] typically means \"to be bright\" - so what are those two words doing next to each other? A secondary meaning of the word [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] is \"to finish\", or \"to use up\". It\'s usually placed after a verb to indicate that the verb was done until it couldn\'t be done any more, or until something was gone - in this case \"to eat up\".\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人 - [pinyin]fu4ren2[/pinyin] - Married woman\r\n赶走 - [pinyin]gan3zou3[/pinyin] - Drive off, chase away\r\n尾巴 - [pinyin]wei3ba5[/pinyin] - Tail\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个<strong>妇人</strong>，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子<strong>赶走</strong>。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜<strong>吃光</strong>了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘不肯。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是拒绝了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在动手烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是牧师，为新郎新娘主持婚礼；狐狸是司仪，祭坛在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地抽泣起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经不耐烦。”新娘沉默着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个稻草人身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 07:57:55', '2011-02-10 12:57:55', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-revision-17/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(460, 1, '2011-02-10 08:18:07', '2011-02-10 13:18:07', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\nOne of the interesting grammatical points in this story is the phrase 吃光 [pinyin]chi1 guang1[/pinyin]. We know that [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] means \"to eat\", but [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] typically means \"to be bright\" - so what are those two words doing next to each other? A secondary meaning of the word [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] is \"to finish\", or \"to use up\". It\'s usually placed after a verb to indicate that the verb was done until it couldn\'t be done any more, or until something was gone - in this case \"to eat up\".\r\n\r\nAnother interesting word here is the word 动手 [pinyin]dong4 shou3[/pinyin], literally \"move hands\". In this case, it means \"get going\", or \"get started working [on something]\", as in the phrase 现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧, or \"Start cooking now\".\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine the most confusing piece of this text is the last sentence of the paragraph that begins \"第三天...\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2 qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人 - [pinyin]fu4 ren2[/pinyin] - Married woman\r\n赶走 - [pinyin]gan3 zou3[/pinyin] - Drive off, chase away\r\n尾巴 - [pinyin]wei3 ba5[/pinyin] - Tail\r\n不肯 - [pinyin]bu4 ken3[/pinyin] - To be unwilling\r\n拒绝 - [pinyin]ju4 jue2[/pinyin] - To refuse\r\n牧师 - [pinyin]mu4 shi1[/pinyin] - Clergyman, pastor\r\n主持 - [pinyin]zhu3 chi2[/pinyin] - To manage, oversee\r\n司仪 - [pinyin]si1 yi2[/pinyin] - Master of ceremonies\r\n祭坛 - [pinyin]ji4 tan2[/pinyin] - Altar\r\n抽泣 - [pinyin]chou1 qi4[/pinyin] - Sob hysterically\r\n不耐烦 - [pinyin]bu4 nai4 fan2[/pinyin] - Impatient\r\n沉默 - [pinyin]chen2 mo4[/pinyin] - Silent, uncommunicative\r\n稻草人 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Scarecrow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个<strong>妇人</strong>，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子<strong>赶走</strong>。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜<strong>吃光</strong>了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘<strong>不肯</strong>。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是<strong>拒绝</strong>了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是<strong>牧师</strong>，为新郎新娘<strong>主持</strong>婚礼；狐狸是<strong>司仪</strong>，<strong>祭坛</strong>在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地<strong>抽泣</strong>起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经<strong>不耐烦</strong>。”新娘<strong>沉默</strong>着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个<strong>稻草人</strong>身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-autosave-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 08:18:07', '2011-02-10 13:18:07', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(461, 1, '2011-02-10 08:18:03', '2011-02-10 13:18:03', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\nOne of the interesting grammatical points in this story is the phrase 吃光 [pinyin]chi1 guang1[/pinyin]. We know that [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] means \"to eat\", but [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] typically means \"to be bright\" - so what are those two words doing next to each other? A secondary meaning of the word [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] is \"to finish\", or \"to use up\". It\'s usually placed after a verb to indicate that the verb was done until it couldn\'t be done any more, or until something was gone - in this case \"to eat up\".\r\n\r\nAnother interesting word here is the word 动手 [pinyin]dong4 shou3[/pinyin], literally \"move hands\". In this case, it means \"get going\", or \"get started working [on something]\", as in the phrase 现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧, or \"Start cooking now\".\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine the most confusing piece of this text is the last sentence of the paragraph that begins \"第三天...\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2 qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人 - [pinyin]fu4 ren2[/pinyin] - Married woman\r\n赶走 - [pinyin]gan3 zou3[/pinyin] - Drive off, chase away\r\n尾巴 - [pinyin]wei3 ba5[/pinyin] - Tail\r\n不肯 - [pinyin]bu4 ken3[/pinyin] - To be unwilling\r\n拒绝 - [pinyin]ju4 jue2[/pinyin] - To refuse\r\n牧师 - [pinyin]mu4 shi1[/pinyin] - Clergyman, pastor\r\n主持 - [pinyin]zhu3 chi2[/pinyin] - To manage, oversee\r\n司仪 - [pinyin]si1 yi2[/pinyin] - Master of ceremonies\r\n祭坛 - [pinyin]ji4 tan2[/pinyin] - Altar\r\n抽泣 - [pinyin]chou1 qi4[/pinyin] - Sob hysterically\r\n不耐烦 - [pinyin]bu4 nai4 fan2[/pinyin] - Impatient\r\n沉默 - [pinyin]chen2 mo4[/pinyin] - Silent, uncommunicative\r\n稻草人 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Scarecrow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个<strong>妇人</strong>，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子<strong>赶走</strong>。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜<strong>吃光</strong>了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘<strong>不肯</strong>。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是<strong>拒绝</strong>了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是<strong>牧师</strong>，为新郎新娘<strong>主持</strong>婚礼；狐狸是<strong>司仪</strong>，<strong>祭坛</strong>在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地<strong>抽泣</strong>起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经<strong>不耐烦</strong>。”新娘<strong>沉默</strong>着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个<strong>稻草人</strong>身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 08:18:03', '2011-02-10 13:18:03', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-revision-18/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(463, 1, '2011-02-10 08:20:41', '2011-02-10 13:20:41', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her.<!--more--> \r\n\r\nOne of the interesting grammatical points in this story is the phrase 吃光 [pinyin]chi1 guang1[/pinyin]. We know that [pinyin]chi1[/pinyin] means \"to eat\", but [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] typically means \"to be bright\" - so what are those two words doing next to each other? A secondary meaning of the word [pinyin]guang1[/pinyin] is \"to finish\", or \"to use up\". It\'s usually placed after a verb to indicate that the verb was done until it couldn\'t be done any more, or until something was gone - in this case \"to eat up\".\r\n\r\nAnother interesting word here is the word 动手 [pinyin]dong4 shou3[/pinyin], literally \"move hands\". In this case, it means \"get going\", or \"get started working [on something]\", as in the phrase 现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧, or \"Start cooking now\".\r\n\r\nI\'d imagine the most confusing piece of this text is the last sentence of the paragraph that begins \"第三天...\". Within the parentheses, the tone of the story randomly changes. This should be read as the first (and only) interjection by the story\'s narrator, who elaborates on what kind of animals attended the wedding.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n从前 - [pinyin]cong2 qian2[/pinyin] - Once there was... / Long ago there was... \r\n妇人 - [pinyin]fu4 ren2[/pinyin] - Married woman\r\n赶走 - [pinyin]gan3 zou3[/pinyin] - Drive off, chase away\r\n尾巴 - [pinyin]wei3 ba5[/pinyin] - Tail\r\n不肯 - [pinyin]bu4 ken3[/pinyin] - To be unwilling\r\n拒绝 - [pinyin]ju4 jue2[/pinyin] - To refuse\r\n牧师 - [pinyin]mu4 shi1[/pinyin] - Clergyman, pastor\r\n主持 - [pinyin]zhu3 chi2[/pinyin] - To manage, oversee\r\n司仪 - [pinyin]si1 yi2[/pinyin] - Master of ceremonies\r\n祭坛 - [pinyin]ji4 tan2[/pinyin] - Altar\r\n抽泣 - [pinyin]chou1 qi4[/pinyin] - Sob hysterically\r\n不耐烦 - [pinyin]bu4 nai4 fan2[/pinyin] - Impatient\r\n沉默 - [pinyin]chen2 mo4[/pinyin] - Silent, uncommunicative\r\n稻草人 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Scarecrow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>从前</strong>有个<strong>妇人</strong>，她带着女儿住在一座漂亮的花园里，院子里种了许多卷心菜。冬天，有只兔子来到院子里偷吃卷心菜，妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子<strong>赶走</strong>。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说: “喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜<strong>吃光</strong>了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”\r\n\r\n小姑娘<strong>不肯</strong>。\r\n\r\n 第二天，兔子又来吃卷心菜了。妈妈又对女儿说：“到院子里去把那只兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。”兔子对小姑娘说： “小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘还是<strong>拒绝</strong>了。\r\n\r\n第三天，兔子又来了，坐在卷心菜上面。妈妈对女儿说：“去把那兔子赶走。”小姑娘就出来对兔子说：“喂！兔子，你快把我们家的卷心菜吃光了。” 兔子对小姑娘说：“小姑娘，来坐到我尾巴上来吧，我带你上我家去。”小姑娘坐到兔子尾巴上，被带到了很远的兔子家。它对姑娘说：“现在<strong>动手</strong>烧饭吧，用青菜和小米，我去请来参加婚礼的客人。”接着，所有的客人都到了（谁是客人？我把别人告诉我的说给你听吧：全是兔子！奶牛是<strong>牧师</strong>，为新郎新娘<strong>主持</strong>婚礼；狐狸是<strong>司仪</strong>，<strong>祭坛</strong>在彩虹下面。）\r\n\r\n姑娘十分难过，因为只有她是人。小兔子走来说：“开门开门快开门，客人们都很有兴趣。”被当成新娘的姑娘一言不发地<strong>抽泣</strong>起来，兔子走了出去。它再回来时又说：“开饭开饭快开饭，客人们肚子都很饿了。”新娘还是一声不吭，顾自流泪，兔子又走了。它第三次回来时对小姑娘说：“揭开锅盖快揭开，客人已经<strong>不耐烦</strong>。”新娘<strong>沉默</strong>着，兔子又出去了。于是姑娘将自己的衣服套在一个<strong>稻草人</strong>身上，给它一把勺子装成搅拌锅里煮的东西的样子，然后把它摆在锅边，自己回家找妈妈去了。小兔子又回来喊：“快开饭，快开饭！”然后站起来，对着新娘就是一拳，结果把稻草人的帽子给打掉了。\r\n\r\n小兔子发现这不是它要的新娘，十分难过地离开了那里。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong ago, there was a married woman who brought her daughter to live in a beautiful garden planted with many cabbages. In winter, a rabbit came to the garden and stole the cabbages to eat. Mama said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" \r\n\r\nBut the girl was unwilling.\r\n\r\nOn the second day, the rabbit came to eat the cabbages again. Mama again said to her daughter, \"Go into the garden and drive that rabbit away.\" The girl went outside and said to the rabbit, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, come sit on my tail, I\'ll take you to my house.\" But the girl still refused. \r\n\r\nOn the third day, the rabbit came again, and sat on top of the cabbage. The mother said to her daughter, \"Go chase that rabbit away.\" So the girl went outside and said, \"Wei! Rabbit, you\'ll soon eat up all of our cabbage!\" The rabbit said to the girl, \"Young lady, sit on my tail and I\'ll take you to my house.\" The girl sat on the rabbit\'s tail and was taken to the rabbit\'s house far away. He said to the girl, \"Now get started with the cooking, use green vegetables and millet, I\'ll go invite guests to the wedding.\" Presently, all the guests arrived (and who were the guests? I\'ll tell you what I heard from someone else: They were all rabbits! A dairy cow was the pastor, who took charge of the wedding for the bride and groom; and a fox was the master of ceremonies, with his altar set beneath a rainbow).\r\n\r\nThe girl was very sad, because only she was human. The rabbit approached her and said, \"Open the door, open the door, hurry and open the door, the guests are very interested [in seeing you].\" The unwitting bride [lit: girl who was being treated as a bride] began sobbing without saying anything, and the rabbit went away. When he came back again, he said, \"Serve the food, serve the food, hurry and serve the food, the guests are all very hungry.\" The girl, crying to herself, still didn\'t make a peep, and the rabbit again went away. The third time he came back, he said to the girl, \"Uncover the saucepan, quick uncover the pot, the guests are getting impatient.\" The bride remain uncommunicative, and the rabbit went away again. So the girl took her own clothes and put them on a scarecrow, put a spoon in its hand so that it appeared to be stirring the boiling pot, then positioned him next to the pot, and then she went back home to her mother.  \r\n\r\nThe rabbit came back again and yelled, \"Hurry and serve the food, hurry and serve the food!\" Then he stood up and raised a fist to the girl, and consequently knocked the scarecrow\'s hat off.  \r\n\r\nWhen the rabbit found out that this wasn\'t his bride, he sadly went away from there. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half] ', 'The Rabbit\'s Bride', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '366-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-10 08:20:41', '2011-02-10 13:20:41', '', 366, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/10/366-revision-19/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(464, 1, '2011-02-01 08:23:45', '2011-02-01 13:23:45', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly silly joke courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI\'m not actually 100% sure about 威廉期 meaning \"William Qi\". This is most certainly a name, 威廉 is most certainly \"William\", and 期 is most certainly \"Qi\", however, these characters put together might be some kind of transliteration for a slightly different English surname, like Williams or Williamson or something. As usual, grappling with English / Chinese name transliteration is a pain. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n威廉期 - [pinyin]wei1 lian2 qi1[/pinyin] - William Qi / Williams\r\n墨西哥 - [pinyin]mo4 xi1 ge1[/pinyin] - Mexico\r\n奇怪 - [pinyin]qi2 guai4[/pinyin] - Strange\r\n胡子 - [pinyin]hu2 zi[/pinyin] - Beard\r\n黑黢黢 - [pinyin]hei1 qu1 qu1[/pinyin] - Black, dark black\r\n好奇 - [pinyin]hao4 qi2[/pinyin] - Curious\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>威廉期</strong>先生到<strong>墨西哥</strong>旅行，一天，他在大街上看到了一个<strong>奇怪</strong>的人。 该人的头发长的雪白，而<strong>胡子</strong>却<strong>黑黢黢</strong>的。 他<strong>好奇</strong>的上前问道， “为什么您的头发这么白，而胡子却这样黑呢？”\r\n\r\n那人回答，“这有什么奇怪，头发比胡子年长20岁，能一样吗？”\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANLSATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. William Qi was traveling in Mexico. One day, he saw a very strange man on the street. This person\'s hair was snow white, however his beard was black. He curiously went up and asked, \"Why is your hair white, but your beard is black?\"\r\n\r\nThe man answered, \"What\'s weird about that? My hair is 20 years older than my beard, how could they be the same?\"\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'White Hair, Black Beard', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '287-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-01 08:23:45', '2011-02-01 13:23:45', '', 287, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/01/287-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(466, 1, '2011-02-14 07:28:45', '2011-02-14 12:28:45', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n警察厅 - [pinyin]jing3 cha2 ting1[/pinyin] - Japan\'s National Police Agency\r\n行列 - [pinyin]hang2 lie4[/pinyin] - Procession\r\n检举 - [pinyin]jian3 ju3[/pinyin] - To report a crime / incident\r\n据称 - [pinyin]ju4 cheng1[/pinyin] - Allegedly, according to reports\r\n节俭 - [pinyin]jie2 jian3[/pinyin] - Thriftiness, penny-pinching\r\n调查 - [pinyin]diao4 cha2[/pinyin] - Investigation, inquiry\r\n自制心 - [pinyin]zi4 zhi4 xin1[/pinyin] - Self-control\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n前天，我做错了一件事。芸熙带了心爱的集邮簿让同学们欣赏。她的集邮簿收集了来自世界各地的邮票，如：欧洲、中国、马来西亚等等。同学们看了都称不绝口。 我很了羡慕芸熙，因为她有来自世界各地的邮票，而我呢！我的集邮簿里只有来自爸爸收到的信上面的本地邮票。 下课时，我趁全部的同学都下课了，我就从芸熙的书包里人拿了她的集邮簿。过后，我就装着若无其事地回到礼堂排队。回到课室时，芸熙打开书包发现她的集邮簿不见了，就放声大哭。林老师问她发生什么事。芸熙就把原因告诉林老师。\r\n\r\n林老师质问同学们究竟谁拿了芦芸熙的集邮簿。老师质问了很久，始终没有人肯承认。我觉得很惭愧，就拿着集邮簿向芸熙认错。老师看见我勇于承认错误，就没有处罚我，只是教训了我几句，而芸熙接受我的道歉。 我很后悔。我告诉我自己以后做事一定要三思而后行，以免犯下大错！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe day before yesterday, I did a bad thing. YunXi brought her beloved stamp album in to let her classmates see it. Her stamp album contains her collected stamps from places all around the world, such as Europe, China, Malaysia, etc. The other students looked through it, talking continuously. I envied YunXi, because she had stamps from all over the world, and me? My stamp album only has a few stamps from local letters my dad got. When class let out, I took advantage of the situation and took the stamp album from YunXi\'s book bag. After a while, I walked back and lined up in the assembly hall, pretending nothing had happened. When we\'d gotten back to the classroom, YunXi opened her book bag and didn\'t see her stamp album, and she burst into tears.  过后，我就装着若无其事地回到礼堂排队。回到课室时，芸熙打开书包发现她的集邮簿不见了，就放声大哭。林老师问她发生什么事。芸熙就把原因告诉林老师。\r\n\r\n林老师质问同学们究竟谁拿了芦芸熙的集邮簿。老师质问了很久，始终没有人肯承认。我觉得很惭愧，就拿着集邮簿向芸熙认错。老师看见我勇于承认错误，就没有处罚我，只是教训了我几句，而芸熙接受我的道歉。 我很后悔。我告诉我自己以后做事一定要三思而后行，以免犯下大错！\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'I Did Something Wrong', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '441-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 07:28:45', '2011-02-14 12:28:45', '', 441, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/441-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(1844, 1, '2011-01-22 10:58:15', '2011-01-22 15:58:15', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis is a great recipe for Western Chinese style Crucian Carp, roasted with spring onions, coriander, peppers and other spices.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110221-INLINE-onion-roasted-carp.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Chinese Reading Exercises: Recipe for Onion Roasted Carp\" title=\"Advanced Chinese Reading Exercises: Recipe for Onion Roasted Carp\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft imgborder\" />I found this recipe on Chinese woman\'s cooking blog - <a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_500c589b01017r3w.html\">the original post</a> has step-by-step pictures, so go have a look if you\'d like to try your hand at this recipe.\r\n\r\nWhat I find interesting about this recipe is that it requires the use of an oven, and even more interesting, an oven with space for more than one rack. Until very recently, you couldn\'t find a Chinese home with an oven in it for any price, and if you wanted to bake, it usually meant a trip to a German appliance store to buy a mini counter-top oven. These days, I\'m seeing more and more real estate ads featuring homes with ovens, so this recipe, in my opinion, is a sign of the times. \r\n\r\nIn step 2 of the recipe, the author instructs us to 控干水分 after the fish has marinated for an hour. Not being much of a cook myself, I had quite a bit of trouble sorting out what 控干水分 meant exactly, being that it\'s a culinary technique having something to do with moisture control. Searching the Chinese \'net turned up the answer: this means to allow excess moisture to strain or seep out of an ingredient. For leafy vegetables, this would mean putting them in a strainer and lightly shaking the water out, or letting it drip out. For meat, this likely means lightly patting it with paper towels to soak up excess moisture, or letting it sit on paper towels to soak the moisture out. \r\n\r\nIf anyone out there\'s a chef and knows a better way, by all means, do tell.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n烹饪 - [pinyin]peng1 ren4[/pinyin] - Culinary arts\r\n约定俗成 - [pinyin]yue1 ding4 su2 cheng2[/pinyin] - To be established due to popular use\r\n腌制 - [pinyin]yan1 zhi4[/pinyin] - Marinate\r\n料酒 - [pinyin]liao3 jiu3[/pinyin] - Cooking wine\r\n孜然 - [pinyin]zi1 ran2[/pinyin] - Cumin\r\n鳞 - [pinyin]lin2[/pinyin] - Fish scales\r\n鳃 - [pinyin]sai1[/pinyin] - Fish gills\r\n锡纸 - [pinyin]xi1 zhi3[/pinyin] - Tin foil\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n记得一年多前我做过一道上海本地菜--葱烤鲫鱼，结果有网友指出不应该写葱烤鲫鱼，而应该是葱熇鲫鱼。为此我找了好多资料，包括字典、词典、百科全书，发现网友说得没错，烤和熇是完全不同的两种<strong>烹饪</strong>方式，做出的菜品和口感自然也完全不同，只是不知道为什么本地饭店的菜单上都是写葱烤鲫鱼的，我想这也可能是<strong>约定俗成</strong>，反正大家都懂的，习惯成自然了吧？\r\n\r\n今天的葱烤鲫鱼真的是烤的，是将鲫鱼<strong>腌制</strong>后入烤箱烘烤而成。此葱烤鲫鱼不是彼葱熇鲫鱼，那是两种完全不同的口味。葱熇鲫鱼是浓油赤酱的上海口味，而葱烤鲫鱼更多的是由多种香料组成的复合香味，带有一种浓郁西部风味，也是很香很好吃呢！\r\n\r\n材料: 鲫鱼2条、葱100克、姜4片、小红椒2个、香菜50克。\r\n\r\n调料: <strong>料酒</strong>1大勺、香醋1大勺、盐5克、胡椒粉1/2小勺、十三香1/2小勺、<strong>孜然</strong>粉1/2小勺、花椒粉1/2小勺、香油1大勺。\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>鲫鱼去<strong>鳞</strong>、<strong>鳃</strong>、肠洗净滤干，在鱼背上用刀划几道后放入盘中，姜片分别放入鱼腹中；</li>\r\n	<li>加料酒、香醋、盐5克、胡椒粉、十三香抹匀腌1小时；</li>\r\n	<li>烤盘铺上<strong>锡纸</strong>，将香葱摆放在盘底，腌好的鱼控干水分，两面刷油后放在葱上；</li>\r\n	<li>烤箱预热至180度，烤盘放入中层，烤15分钟；</li>\r\n	<li>取出烤盘将鱼翻面，再烤15分钟；</li>\r\n	<li>取出烤盘再在鱼身上刷层油，撒上孜然粉、花椒粉、红椒圈和香菜梗，再入烤箱烤2分钟；</li>\r\n	<li>取出撒上香菜叶即可。</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_500c589b01017r3w.html\">See original recipe with pictures</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nI remember over a year ago I did a local Shangai dish, Onion Roasted Carp, and as a result, one of my internet friends pointed out that I shouldn\'t have called it \"Onion Roasted Carp\", it was actually \"Onion Dried Carp\". Because of this, I checked a bunch of sources, including character dictionaries, word dictionaries and encyclopedias, and found that my online friend was right, \"Roasted\" and \"Dry\" [both are pronounced [pinyin]kao3[/pinyin] in Chinese] are two entirely different culinary methods. Naturally, the cooking materials and texture are also completely different, I just don\'t know why local restaurant menus all write it \"Onion Roasted Carp\"; I think it was just established that way from popular usage, as something that everyone understands, and perhaps the habit just became the norm?  \r\n\r\nToday\'s Onion Roasted Carp really is roasted. After the carp is marinated, it\'s put into the oven and baked before it\'s done. This Onion Roasted Carp isn\'t that Onion Dried Carp, those are two entirely different flavors. Onion Dried Carp has a Shanghai flavor that\'s thick with oil and red sauce, while Onion Roasted Carp has a complex bouquet made from a wider variety of ingredients and elements, and has a dense Western [Chinese] flavor, also very fragrant and delicious!\r\n\r\nIngredients: Two Crucian carp, 100 grams of spring onion, four slices of ginger, two little red peppers, 50 grams of coriander \r\n\r\nSeasonings: A big spoon of cooking wine, 1 big spoon balsamic vinegar, 5 grams of salt, 1/2 small spoon of ground pepper, 1/2 small spoon Thirteen Spice, 1/2 small spoon cumin powder, 1/2 small spoon of Sichuan pepper powder, 1 big spoon sesame oil.\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li>Take off the scales, gills and intestines and clean the carp. On the fishs\' back [side], use a knife to make a few cuts [the cook doesn\'t mean to cut all the way through the fish, just to make a few slices in the skin], place the fish in a dish, then place a few of the ginger slices in each fishs\' stomach.</li>\r\n	<li>Add the cooking wine, balsamic vinegar, 5 grams of salt, ground pepper and thirteen spice so that the fish is evenly covered, and let marinate for one hour.</li>\r\n	<li>Spread tin foil on a cooking pan, arrange the onions in the bottom of the pan, allow excess moisture to strain out of the mariated fish, then rub oil on both sides of the fish and place them on top of the onions [in the cooking pan].   </li>\r\n	<li>Pre-heat the over to 180 degrees [Celcius], place the cooking pan on the middle rack, and let cook for 15 minutes. </li>\r\n	<li>Take the pan out of the oven, turn the fish over, and put them back in the oven for another 15 minutes. </li>\r\n	<li>Take the pan out of the oven and again spread a layer of oil on the fish, sprinkle with cumin, Sichuan pepper, red pepper slices and coriander stalks, then put it back in the oven to bake for another 2 minutes.  </li>\r\n	<li>Take it out and sprinkle the top with coriander leaves, and that\'s it.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Recipe for Onion Roasted Carp', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '370-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-22 10:58:15', '2011-01-22 15:58:15', '', 370, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/22/370-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(469, 1, '2011-02-14 07:51:45', '2011-02-14 12:51:45', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short essay details a child\'s brush with classroom thievery. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nIn my opinion, one of the most interesting sentences here is \"同学们看了都称不绝口\", meaning \"The students all looked [at it], talking continuously.\" This is easy to translate directly, but a direct translation doesn\'t capture the spirit of the sentence. In context, this sentence is tinged with a little envy - the author sees the other students all looking at YunXi\'s stamp album, going on and on, presumably about how great the album is, and so the author is jealous. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n马来西亚 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n称不绝口 - [pinyin]cheng1 bu4 jue2 kou3[/pinyin] - Talk continuously, go on and on about sth.\r\n趁 - [pinyin]chen4[/pinyin] - Take advantage of\r\n若无其事 - [pinyin]ruo4 wu2 qi2 shi4[/pinyin] - Nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened\r\n放声大哭 - [pinyin]fang4 sheng1 da4 ku1[/pinyin] - Burst into sobs, cry loudly\r\n三思而后行 - [pinyin]san1 si4 er2 hou4 xing2[/pinyin] - Think many times before acting\r\n以免 - [pinyin]yi3 mian3[/pinyin] - So as not to\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n前天，我做错了一件事。芸熙带了心爱的<strong>集邮簿</strong>让同学们欣赏。她的集邮簿收集了来自世界各地的邮票，如：欧洲、中国、<strong>马来西亚</strong>等等。同学们看了都<strong>称不绝口</strong>。 我很了羡慕芸熙，因为她有来自世界各地的邮票，而我呢！我的集邮簿里只有来自爸爸收到的信上面的本地邮票。 下课时，我<strong>趁</strong>全部的同学都下课了，我就从芸熙的书包里人拿了她的集邮簿。过后，我就装着<strong>若无其事</strong>地回到礼堂排队。回到课室时，芸熙打开书包发现她的集邮簿不见了，就<em>放声大哭</em>。林老师问她发生什么事。芸熙就把原因告诉林老师。\r\n\r\n林老师质问同学们究竟谁拿了芦芸熙的集邮簿。老师质问了很久，始终没有人肯承认。我觉得很惭愧，就拿着集邮簿向芸熙认错。老师看见我勇于承认错误，就没有处罚我，只是教训了我几句，而芸熙接受我的道歉。 我很后悔。我告诉我自己以后做事一定要<strong>三思而后行</strong>，以免犯下大错！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe day before yesterday, I did a bad thing. YunXi brought her beloved stamp album in to let her classmates see it. Her stamp album contains her collected stamps from places all around the world, such as Europe, China, Malaysia, etc. The other students looked through it, going on and on about it. I envied YunXi, because she had stamps from all over the world, and me? My stamp album only has a few stamps from local letters my dad got. When class let out, I took advantage of the situation and took the stamp album from YunXi\'s book bag. After a while, I walked back and lined up in the assembly hall, pretending nothing had happened. When we\'d gotten back to the classroom, YunXi opened her book bag and didn\'t see her stamp album, and she burst into tears. Teacher Lin asked her what happened, YunXi told the teacher the reason. \r\n\r\nTeacher Lin questioned all the students, asking who had taken Lu YunXi\'s stamp album. The teacher inquired for a long time, but no one was willing to admit to it. I felt ashamed, got the stamp album, and admitted my error to YunXi. The teacher saw that I was brave enough to admit my mistake and so didn\'t punish me, just lectured me for a bit, and YunXi accepted my apology. I regretted what I\'d done. I told myself that next time I would carefully consider the results of my actions so as to avoid a big mistake! \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'I Did Something Wrong', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '441-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 07:51:45', '2011-02-14 12:51:45', '', 441, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/441-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(470, 1, '2011-02-04 13:13:14', '2011-02-04 18:13:14', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nAh, bless romance novels - they\'re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces <strong>致命的温柔</strong>, \"The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice\", a book by Chinese author 艾米. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\r\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\r\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\r\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n一次偶然的接机，Carol和Jason一见钟情，<strong>飞蛾扑火</strong>般地爱上了对方，他们在<strong>迷恋</strong>中伤害对方，又在伤害中更加怜惜彼此。坚强执着的Carol，却因为父亲当年的<strong>背弃</strong>而不敢相信真爱；温柔<strong>体贴</strong>的Jason，因为一个女孩曾为他自杀，而患上了“重症爱无力”。两人互相吸引却又互相逃避，明知道自己无法回报这份爱，却又没办法说服对方或者自己放弃。当Carol终于下定决心面对自己的爱情时，悲剧却降临到了Jason的身上……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787800809538.htm\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter an accidental meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Gentleness of Self Sacrifice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '448-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-04 13:13:14', '2011-02-04 18:13:14', '', 448, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/04/448-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(471, 1, '2011-01-17 12:54:14', '2011-01-17 17:54:14', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nMmm... Jiaozi. Nothing beats traditional Chinese dumplings. Steamed, boiled, or (as is more often the case in Japan) fried, Jiaozi has been around for thousands of years, and is most traditionally eaten on New Years Eve. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis short essay from ChinaVegan.com introduces the dish and covers its traditional significance.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll notice a reference to 破五 [pinyin]po4 wu3[/pinyin], the fifth day of New Years festivities. During the first four days, tradition dictates that it\'s forbidden to cook, clean, or argue, but on the fifth day, these rules may all be broken, hence the name \"Broken Five\" festival.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n馅儿 - [pinyin]xian4 er5[/pinyin] - Stuffing, filling\r\n五花八门 - [pinyin]wu3 hua1 ba1 men2[/pinyin] - Myriad, all kinds\r\n老少皆宜 - [pinyin]lao3 shao4 jie1 yi2[/pinyin] - Suitable for all ages\r\n寓意 - [pinyin]yu4 yi4[/pinyin] - Metaphorical meaning\r\n元宝 - [pinyin]yuan2 bao3[/pinyin] - Fake gold brick burnt as an offering in ancient times\r\n承载 - [pinyin]cheng2 zai4[/pinyin] - Bear, sustain\r\n千丝万缕 - [pinyin]qian1 si1 wan4 lv3[/pinyin] - Bear, sustain\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n饺子用面粉做皮儿，里面的<strong>馅儿</strong>则是<strong>五花八门</strong>，可以依据个人的口味来调制。因此，饺子是一种不分地域，不分季节，<strong>老少皆宜</strong>的食品，中国人爱吃饺子，除了它多样的口味之外，更主要的原因，是饺子在几千年的发展过程中，已经带有一种吉祥<strong>寓意</strong>的食品。饺子的形状是扁圆的，它和古代象征财富的<strong>元宝</strong>的样子很相似。尤其是在过年的时候，辞旧迎新之际，一家人团圆吃饺子，那么就寓意着在新的一年里头，可以增加财富，可以过上更好的日子。那么，更重要的是因为饺子它是包馅的，馅里头可以包进去各种各样的吉祥的寓意，比如说人们结婚的时候，饺子的馅里可以包上花生和栗子，就寓意早生贵子。小小的饺子<strong>承载</strong>了那么多吉祥的寓意，使它和中国传统风俗有了<strong>千丝万缕</strong>的联系。自古以来，民间就有许多吃饺子的习俗，像除夕吃饺子、破五吃饺子。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chinavegan.com/2004/welcome_to_china_vegan@2004829233412.htm\">Read the original article on ChinaVegan.com</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nJiaozi uses flour to make the wrapping [lit: skin], but the stuffing can be made from myriad things, and modified to suit individual tastes. Because of this, jiaozi is a food enjoyed by people in every region, in every season, both young and old alike. Chinese people love to eat jiaozi, and with the exception of its multitude of flavors, the main reason is that over the course of its several-thousand-year [culinary] development, jiaozi is a food that has come to represent good luck. Jiaozi is oval in shape, and thus it looks very similar to the ancient fake gold ingots that signified wealth. Especially during Chinese New Year, when welcome the new and dismiss the old, families reunite and eat jiaozi, which [if eaten] at the beginning of the year can increase wealth and can bring even better days. Even more importantly, because jiaozi is filled with stuffing, you can fill it with many different types of [food that traditionally has an] auspicious significance. For example, if someone\'s getting married, you can stuff the jiaozi with peanuts or chestnuts to mean that you hope the couple will give birth to a son soon. Such little jiaozi carries so much significance, and it\'s been linked to China\'s social traditions in countless ways. Since ancient times, people have had many customs about eating jiaozi, such as eating it on New Year\'s eve, and eating it on PoWu [Broken Five festival]. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'JiaoZi and Chinese New Year', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '327-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-17 12:54:14', '2011-01-17 17:54:14', '', 327, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/17/327-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(473, 1, '2011-02-14 08:29:41', '2011-02-14 13:29:41', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nAh, bless romance novels - they\'re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces <strong>致命的温柔</strong>, \"The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice\", a book by Chinese author 艾米. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\r\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\r\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\r\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n一次偶然的接机，Carol和Jason一见钟情，<strong>飞蛾扑火</strong>般地爱上了对方，他们在<strong>迷恋</strong>中伤害对方，又在伤害中更加怜惜彼此。坚强执着的Carol，却因为父亲当年的<strong>背弃</strong>而不敢相信真爱；温柔<strong>体贴</strong>的Jason，因为一个女孩曾为他自杀，而患上了“重症爱无力”。两人互相吸引却又互相逃避，明知道自己无法回报这份爱，却又没办法说服对方或者自己放弃。当Carol终于下定决心面对自己的爱情时，悲剧却降临到了Jason的身上……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787800809538.htm\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter meeting accidentally while meeting a plane, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Gentleness of Self Sacrifice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '448-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 08:29:41', '2011-02-14 13:29:41', '', 448, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/448-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(474, 1, '2011-03-17 21:20:40', '2011-03-18 01:20:40', '[two_third]\n\nAh, bless romance novels - they\'re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces <strong>致命的温柔</strong>, \"The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice\", a book by Chinese author 艾米. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110303-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Chinese Book Review: Reading Exercises\" title=\"Advanced Chinese Book Review: Reading Exercises\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The very first clause here, 一次偶然的接机, presents a little conundrum, particularly the term 接机, which generally translates into \"picking someone up\", and \"airplane\". Whether this means that Carol and Jason met while both picking up someone else, or one was getting off the plane while the other was picking someone up seems unspecified.\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n一次偶然的接机，Carol和Jason一见钟情，<strong>飞蛾扑火</strong>般地爱上了对方，他们在<strong>迷恋</strong>中伤害对方，又在伤害中更加怜惜彼此。坚强执着的Carol，却因为父亲当年的<strong>背弃</strong>而不敢相信真爱；温柔<strong>体贴</strong>的Jason，因为一个女孩曾为他自杀，而患上了“重症爱无力”。两人互相吸引却又互相逃避，明知道自己无法回报这份爱，却又没办法说服对方或者自己放弃。当Carol终于下定决心面对自己的爱情时，悲剧却降临到了Jason的身上……\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787800809538.htm\">Read the original</a>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nAfter an accidental airport meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Gentleness of Self Sacrifice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '448-autosave-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:20:40', '2011-03-18 01:20:40', '', 448, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/448-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(475, 1, '2011-02-14 10:14:02', '2011-02-14 15:14:02', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nAh, bless romance novels - they\'re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces <strong>致命的温柔</strong>, \"The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice\", a book by Chinese author 艾米. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\r\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\r\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\r\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n一次偶然的接机，Carol和Jason一见钟情，<strong>飞蛾扑火</strong>般地爱上了对方，他们在<strong>迷恋</strong>中伤害对方，又在伤害中更加怜惜彼此。坚强执着的Carol，却因为父亲当年的<strong>背弃</strong>而不敢相信真爱；温柔<strong>体贴</strong>的Jason，因为一个女孩曾为他自杀，而患上了“重症爱无力”。两人互相吸引却又互相逃避，明知道自己无法回报这份爱，却又没办法说服对方或者自己放弃。当Carol终于下定决心面对自己的爱情时，悲剧却降临到了Jason的身上……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787800809538.htm\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter an accidental airport meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Gentleness of Self Sacrifice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '448-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 10:14:02', '2011-02-14 15:14:02', '', 448, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/448-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(477, 1, '2011-02-14 12:11:13', '2011-02-14 17:11:13', '[two_third]\n\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], meaning \"to bury one\'s head in th<!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\n\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\n　　小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\n　　他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\n\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:11:13', '2011-02-14 17:11:13', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(478, 1, '2011-02-14 12:11:50', '2011-02-14 17:11:50', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n　　他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:11:50', '2011-02-14 17:11:50', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(479, 1, '2011-02-14 12:16:13', '2011-02-14 17:16:13', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n　　他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:16:13', '2011-02-14 17:16:13', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(480, 1, '2011-02-14 12:16:18', '2011-02-14 17:16:18', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n　　他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:16:18', '2011-02-14 17:16:18', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(481, 1, '2011-02-14 12:17:07', '2011-02-14 17:17:07', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:17:07', '2011-02-14 17:17:07', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(482, 1, '2011-02-14 12:17:13', '2011-02-14 17:17:13', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:17:13', '2011-02-14 17:17:13', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(483, 1, '2011-02-14 12:24:50', '2011-02-14 17:24:50', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the escaped [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was very happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:24:50', '2011-02-14 17:24:50', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(513, 1, '2011-03-07 07:00:28', '2011-03-07 12:00:28', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure isn\'t too crazy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110307-INLINE-sister-come-home.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Practice: Sister Come Home\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Practice: Sister Come Home\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. Just revel in the bleakness of the ideas.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n挺拔 - [pinyin]ting3 ba2[/pinyin] - Tall and straight\r\n疑惑不解 - [pinyin]yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3[/pinyin] - Puzzled, doubtful\r\n糟 - [pinyin]zao1[/pinyin] - Rude word meaning rotting, wasted, worthless\r\n赞叹不已 - [pinyin]zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Be full of praise\r\n对得起 - [pinyin]dui4 de5 qi3[/pinyin] - Not let sb. down, make sb. proud\r\n噩耗  - [pinyin]e4 hao4[/pinyin] - Evil news, bad news\r\n天堂 - [pinyin]tian1 tang2[/pinyin] - Heaven\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。\r\n\r\n这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的<strong>挺拔</strong>高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说: “这是秘密。”人们都<strong>疑惑不解</strong>。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说:“<strong>糟</strong>老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说:“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n\r\n又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都<strong>赞叹不已</strong>。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说: “闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说: “你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？” “当然可以.”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说: “这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，<strong>对得起</strong>我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说: “姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话: “姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来<strong>噩耗</strong>，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上<strong>天堂</strong>。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. I think that that girl [the sister] is surely in heaven watching over her brother!\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Sister Come Home!', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', 'sister-come-home', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:43:30', '2020-04-20 10:43:30', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=513', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(485, 1, '2011-01-17 18:50:17', '2011-01-17 23:50:17', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nHuh, learn something new every day. My entire understanding of the postal service comes from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932\">Terry Pratchett\'s \"Going Postal\"</a>, so it\'s interesting to take a quick look into the [vaguely] factual history of the postage stamp. <!--more--> \r\n\r\nThis widely-circulated story is believed to be apocrophal, but <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29\">Sir Rowland Hill</a> was a very real postal reformer and inventor. \r\n\r\nIt\'s also interesting to note that the Chinese version of the story gets some factual dates wrong. The <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Black\">first postage stamp</a> was indeed issued in 1840, but according to Wikipedia, Hill took an interest in the postal system in 1835, not, as the essay states, \"150 years before\" the stamp was issued. What I think you\'re seeing is either a mistranslation somewhere along the line, or the sort of cannonization of a historical personage that\'s so common in China.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Interesting Vocabulary</h4>\r\n维多利亚女王 - [pinyin]wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 nv3 wang2[/pinyin] - Queen Victoria\r\n便士 - [pinyin]bian4 shi4[/pinyin] - Penny\r\n罕见 - [pinyin]han3 jian4[/pinyin] - Rare\r\n邮差 - [pinyin]you2 chai1[/pinyin] - Postman\r\n不约而同 - [pinyin]bu4 yue1 er2 tong2[/pinyin] - To take the same action all together without prior consultation, in unison\r\n高峰 - [pinyin]gao1 feng1[/pinyin] - Peak\r\n同情 - [pinyin]tong2 qing2[/pinyin] - Sympathize\r\n绅士 - [pinyin]shen1 shi4[/pinyin] - Gentleman\r\n从善如流 - [pinyin]cong2 shan4 ru2 liu2[/pinyin] - Accept good advice\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n1840年，英国发行了世界第一枚邮票。它上面印了英国<strong>维多利亚女王</strong>的头像。因为这一枚邮票是黑色的，所以有“黑<strong>便士</strong>”之称。\r\n\r\n一百五十多年前的某一天，在英国的一个村子里，来了一辆由马儿拉动的邮车。那个时候，邮车到村里来送信是十分<strong>罕见</strong>的。所以，村里的人一听见马车声，便立刻从屋子里、田地里冲出来，围在邮车的周围。\r\n\r\n<strong>邮差</strong>走下车，手里高举着一封信，大声喊着: “爱里丝·布朗小姐，有信！”一个姑娘轻声地对邮差说: “我就是爱里丝·布朗。”人们的眼光都<strong>不约而同</strong>地投向她。\r\n\r\n爱里丝接过邮差给她的信，看了一看信封，便把信交还给邮差。“对不起。”她说，“我没有足够的钱付邮费。”\r\n\r\n人们都很<strong>同情</strong>她，不知道该说些什么话。突然间，人群里走出一个<strong>绅士</strong>模样的人，从口袋里拿出一些钱币，说要替爱里丝付邮费，可是爱里丝并不认识他。\r\n\r\n她带着感激的笑容对这位绅士说: “谢谢您的好意，先生，这封信我盼望了很久，可是现在我用不着它了。”\r\n\r\n“为什么呢？”那位绅士感到十分奇怪。\r\n\r\n“这封信是我的男朋友寄给我的。我们打算明年结婚。他为了筹钱结婚，只得到外地去找工作做。由于我付不起邮费，所以他事先交代我: 在信封上画个叉，是表示他的日子过得很好；画个圆圈，意思是他已经找到工作了。”\r\n\r\n“啊！原来这信封里是没有信的。”那位绅士自言自语地说: “这种情形很不合理，必须改善。”\r\n\r\n对于这件事情，他想了很久，终于想出了一个好办法。\r\n\r\n他向当时的英国政府建议: “邮费应该由寄信的人来付，而且也不应该太昂贵，否则穷人是付不起的。为了大家的方便，我认为寄信的人，用一个便士买一枚邮票，贴在信封上，这样寄出去就可以了。”\r\n\r\n结果，英国政府<strong>从善如流</strong>，接受了他的建议。这位绅士的名字叫罗兰·希尔世界上第一枚邮票就是这样诞生的。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://gushi365.com/info/4954.html\">Read the original essay</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn 1840, England issued the world\'s first postage stamp. The face of Queen Victoria was printed on it. Because the stamp was black, it was called the \"Penny Black\".\r\n\r\nOne day more than one hundred and fifty years before, a mail coach rode into a village in England. At that time, mail coaches rarely brought letters to the villages. So as soon as the village folks heard the sound of the carriage, they immediately rushed out of houses and fields to stand around the coach.\r\n\r\nThe postman stepped down from the coach holding up a letter and loudly cried, \"Miss Alice Brown, you have a letter!\" A girl\'s light voice replied, \"I\'m Alice Brown.\" Everyone\'s gaze simultaneously went her way.\r\n\r\nAlice took the letter the postman handed her, looked at the envelope, and then gave the envelope back to the postman. \"Sorry,\" she said, \"I don\'t have enough money to pay the postage fee.\"\r\n\r\nEveryone sympathized with her, and didn\'t know what to say. Suddenly, a man of gentlemanly appearance walked out of the crowd, took some cash from his pocket, and said he wanted to pay the postal fee on Alice\'s behalf, though Alice didn\'t know him at all.\r\n\r\nWearing a proud smile, she told the gentleman, \"Thank you for your kindness, mister, I\'ve looked forward to this letter for a long time, but I have no use for it now.\"\r\n\r\n\"Why?\" The gentlement thought this was quite strange.\r\n\r\n\"This letter was sent to me by my boyfriend. I plan to marry him next year. To earn money for the marriage, he went away to look for work. Because I can\'t pay any postage fees, before he left he told me: if he draws an X written on the envelope, it means he\'s doing well, if there\'s a circle on the envelope, it means he\'s already found work.\"\r\n\r\n\"Ah! So actually there\'s wasn\'t any letter in the envelope to begin with.\" The gentlemen mused out loud to himself, \"This situation is unfair, [the mail system] must be improved.\"\r\n\r\nHe thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a solution.\r\n\r\nHe suggested to the then-government: \"The postage fee should be paid by the sender of the letter, and it shouldn\'t be too expensive, otherwise poor people won\'t be able to afford it. For everyone\'s convenience, I think people sending letters should use a one-penny stamp and stick it on the front of the letter - that\'s how they can send it out.\"\r\n\r\nAs a result, the English government were willing to follow this good advice and accepted his suggestion. This gentleman\'s name was Rowland Hill, and this is how the world\'s first postage stamp was born. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The History of Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '341-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-17 18:50:17', '2011-01-17 23:50:17', '', 341, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/17/341-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(487, 1, '2011-02-15 07:38:10', '2011-02-15 12:38:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nHuh, learn something new every day. My entire understanding of the postal service comes from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932\">Terry Pratchett\'s \"Going Postal\"</a>, so it\'s interesting to take a quick look into the [vaguely] factual history of the postage stamp. <!--more--> \r\n\r\nThis widely-circulated story is believed to be apocrophal, but <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29\">Sir Rowland Hill</a> was a very real postal reformer and inventor. \r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Interesting Vocabulary</h4>\r\n维多利亚女王 - [pinyin]wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 nv3 wang2[/pinyin] - Queen Victoria\r\n便士 - [pinyin]bian4 shi4[/pinyin] - Penny\r\n罕见 - [pinyin]han3 jian4[/pinyin] - Rare\r\n邮差 - [pinyin]you2 chai1[/pinyin] - Postman\r\n不约而同 - [pinyin]bu4 yue1 er2 tong2[/pinyin] - To take the same action all together without prior consultation, in unison\r\n高峰 - [pinyin]gao1 feng1[/pinyin] - Peak\r\n同情 - [pinyin]tong2 qing2[/pinyin] - Sympathize\r\n绅士 - [pinyin]shen1 shi4[/pinyin] - Gentleman\r\n从善如流 - [pinyin]cong2 shan4 ru2 liu2[/pinyin] - Accept good advice\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n1840年，英国发行了世界第一枚邮票。它上面印了英国<strong>维多利亚女王</strong>的头像。因为这一枚邮票是黑色的，所以有“黑<strong>便士</strong>”之称。\r\n\r\n一百五十多年前的某一天，在英国的一个村子里，来了一辆由马儿拉动的邮车。那个时候，邮车到村里来送信是十分<strong>罕见</strong>的。所以，村里的人一听见马车声，便立刻从屋子里、田地里冲出来，围在邮车的周围。\r\n\r\n<strong>邮差</strong>走下车，手里高举着一封信，大声喊着: “爱里丝·布朗小姐，有信！”一个姑娘轻声地对邮差说: “我就是爱里丝·布朗。”人们的眼光都<strong>不约而同</strong>地投向她。\r\n\r\n爱里丝接过邮差给她的信，看了一看信封，便把信交还给邮差。“对不起。”她说，“我没有足够的钱付邮费。”\r\n\r\n人们都很<strong>同情</strong>她，不知道该说些什么话。突然间，人群里走出一个<strong>绅士</strong>模样的人，从口袋里拿出一些钱币，说要替爱里丝付邮费，可是爱里丝并不认识他。\r\n\r\n她带着感激的笑容对这位绅士说: “谢谢您的好意，先生，这封信我盼望了很久，可是现在我用不着它了。”\r\n\r\n“为什么呢？”那位绅士感到十分奇怪。\r\n\r\n“这封信是我的男朋友寄给我的。我们打算明年结婚。他为了筹钱结婚，只得到外地去找工作做。由于我付不起邮费，所以他事先交代我: 在信封上画个叉，是表示他的日子过得很好；画个圆圈，意思是他已经找到工作了。”\r\n\r\n“啊！原来这信封里是没有信的。”那位绅士自言自语地说: “这种情形很不合理，必须改善。”\r\n\r\n对于这件事情，他想了很久，终于想出了一个好办法。\r\n\r\n他向当时的英国政府建议: “邮费应该由寄信的人来付，而且也不应该太昂贵，否则穷人是付不起的。为了大家的方便，我认为寄信的人，用一个便士买一枚邮票，贴在信封上，这样寄出去就可以了。”\r\n\r\n结果，英国政府<strong>从善如流</strong>，接受了他的建议。这位绅士的名字叫罗兰·希尔世界上第一枚邮票就是这样诞生的。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://gushi365.com/info/4954.html\">Read the original essay</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn 1840, England issued the world\'s first postage stamp. The face of Queen Victoria was printed on it. Because the stamp was black, it was called the \"Penny Black\".\r\n\r\nOne day more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a mail coach rode into a village in England. At that time, mail coaches rarely brought letters to the villages. So as soon as the village folks heard the sound of the carriage, they immediately rushed out of houses and fields to stand around the coach.\r\n\r\nThe postman stepped down from the coach holding up a letter and loudly cried, \"Miss Alice Brown, you have a letter!\" A girl\'s light voice replied, \"I\'m Alice Brown.\" Everyone\'s gaze simultaneously went her way.\r\n\r\nAlice took the letter the postman handed her, looked at the envelope, and then gave the envelope back to the postman. \"Sorry,\" she said, \"I don\'t have enough money to pay the postage fee.\"\r\n\r\nEveryone sympathized with her, and didn\'t know what to say. Suddenly, a man of gentlemanly appearance walked out of the crowd, took some cash from his pocket, and said he wanted to pay the postal fee on Alice\'s behalf, though Alice didn\'t know him at all.\r\n\r\nWearing a proud smile, she told the gentleman, \"Thank you for your kindness, mister, I\'ve looked forward to this letter for a long time, but I have no use for it now.\"\r\n\r\n\"Why?\" The gentlement thought this was quite strange.\r\n\r\n\"This letter was sent to me by my boyfriend. I plan to marry him next year. To earn money for the marriage, he went away to look for work. Because I can\'t pay any postage fees, before he left he told me: if he draws an X written on the envelope, it means he\'s doing well, if there\'s a circle on the envelope, it means he\'s already found work.\"\r\n\r\n\"Ah! So actually there\'s wasn\'t any letter in the envelope to begin with.\" The gentlemen mused out loud to himself, \"This situation is unfair, [the mail system] must be improved.\"\r\n\r\nHe thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a solution.\r\n\r\nHe suggested to the then-government: \"The postage fee should be paid by the sender of the letter, and it shouldn\'t be too expensive, otherwise poor people won\'t be able to afford it. For everyone\'s convenience, I think people sending letters should use a one-penny stamp and stick it on the front of the letter - that\'s how they can send it out.\"\r\n\r\nAs a result, the English government were willing to follow this good advice and accepted his suggestion. This gentleman\'s name was Rowland Hill, and this is how the world\'s first postage stamp was born. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The History of Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '341-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:38:10', '2011-02-15 12:38:10', '', 341, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/341-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(488, 1, '2011-02-14 12:37:01', '2011-02-14 17:37:01', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the escaped [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" His heart was WORRIED, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either.  他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:37:01', '2011-02-14 17:37:01', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(490, 1, '2011-02-15 07:51:53', '2011-02-15 12:51:53', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n贵族 - [pinyin]gui4 zu2[/pinyin] - Nobility, lord\r\n智伯  - [pinyin]zhi4 bo2[/pinyin] - One of the great statesmen of the Spring and Autumn Period.\r\n范氏 - [pinyin]fan4 shi4[/pinyin] - The Fan clan\r\n铸成 - [pinyin]zhu4 cheng2[/pinyin] - To mold in metal\r\n大锤 - [pinyin]da4 chui2[/pinyin] - Sledgehammer\r\n捂住 - [pinyin]wu3 zhu4[/pinyin] - To cover sth. / to bury one\'s face \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:51:53', '2011-02-15 12:51:53', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(491, 1, '2011-02-15 07:58:58', '2011-02-15 12:58:58', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n贵族 - [pinyin]gui4 zu2[/pinyin] - Nobility, lord\r\n智伯  - [pinyin]zhi4 bo2[/pinyin] - One of the great statesmen of the Spring and Autumn Period.\r\n范氏 - [pinyin]fan4 shi4[/pinyin] - The Fan clan\r\n铸成 - [pinyin]zhu4 cheng2[/pinyin] - To mold in metal\r\n大锤 - [pinyin]da4 chui2[/pinyin] - Sledgehammer\r\n捂住 - [pinyin]wu3 zhu4[/pinyin] - To cover sth. / to bury one\'s face \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-autosave-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:58:58', '2011-02-15 12:58:58', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(492, 1, '2011-02-15 07:58:55', '2011-02-15 12:58:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n贵族 - [pinyin]gui4 zu2[/pinyin] - Nobility, lord\r\n智伯  - [pinyin]zhi4 bo2[/pinyin] - One of the great statesmen of the Spring and Autumn Period.\r\n范氏 - [pinyin]fan4 shi4[/pinyin] - The Fan clan\r\n铸成 - [pinyin]zhu4 cheng2[/pinyin] - To mold in metal\r\n大锤 - [pinyin]da4 chui2[/pinyin] - Sledgehammer\r\n捂住 - [pinyin]wu3 zhu4[/pinyin] - To cover sth. / to bury one\'s face \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:58:55', '2011-02-15 12:58:55', '', 476, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(493, 1, '2011-02-01 09:15:27', '2011-02-01 14:15:27', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese title:</strong> \"日本老年人犯罪创纪录 2万名老人曾偷超市物品\".\r\n\r\nTheft by the elderly is on the rise in Japan, reports China Youth Daily. While I usually classify news items as advanced reading, the words in this article are actually fairly easy - slightly complex sentence structure but not a whole lot of complex vocabulary, worth a shot for intermediate students.<!--more--> \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n警察厅 - [pinyin]jing3 cha2 ting1[/pinyin] - Japan\'s National Police Agency\r\n行列 - [pinyin]hang2 lie4[/pinyin] - Procession\r\n检举 - [pinyin]jian3 ju3[/pinyin] - To report a crime / incident\r\n据称 - [pinyin]ju4 cheng1[/pinyin] - Allegedly, according to reports\r\n节俭 - [pinyin]jie2 jian3[/pinyin] - Thriftiness, penny-pinching\r\n调查 - [pinyin]diao4 cha2[/pinyin] - Investigation, inquiry\r\n自制心 - [pinyin]zi4 zhi4 xin1[/pinyin] - Self-control\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n中新网1月28日电据日本新闻网27日报道，日本<strong>警察厅</strong>发表消息说，越来越多的老人加入了小偷小摸的<strong>行列</strong>。在过去一年里，65岁以上老年人在超市和便利店等地方偷窃东西的人数比2009年增加了343人(增1.3%)，总数达到2万7362人，占到全体遭<strong>检举</strong>小偷总人数的26%，几乎与“小偷少年”(14-19岁)的总人数 (27%)相同。\r\n\r\n<strong>据称</strong>，在这些被抓的“小偷老人”行窃的原因里，有71.8%的人是因为想要这些东西却不愿意花钱买。还有13.2%的人是因为口袋里实在没钱买东西。还有0.9%的老人只是觉得好玩，有一种游戏的感觉。按照男女比例来分，女性小偷是48.2%，男性小偷是51.8%，比例几乎相近。\r\n\r\n报道说，这些老人偷窃的东西主要是食品。警察厅分析说，可能是这些老人对于自己今后的生活感到不安，怀着“<strong>节俭</strong>”的动机行窃。同时，<strong>调查</strong>也显示这些老人久居在家，没有社会的归属感，长期的孤独无助导致他们精神疲劳过度，而放松了对<strong>自制心</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-01/28/content_4133594.htm\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nJapanese news agencies reported on the 27th that Japanese National Police Agency released information stating that more and more old people are joining the ranks [lit: procession] of thieves. In the past year, the number of people over the age of 65 who have stolen things from supermarkets and convenience stores has increased by 343 people (a 1.3% increase), with the total reaching 27,362 people, comprising 26% of all reported instances of theft, almost identical to the number (27%) of \"Young Thieves\" (14-19 year-olds).\r\n\r\nAllegedly, among the reasons given by \"Old thieves\" who were caught, 71.8% said it was because they wanted the thing [they stole] but weren\'t willing to pay money to buy it. Another 13.2% said it was because they didn\'t have the money to buy it. An additional 0.9% of old people just thought it was fun, and [said] that it felt like a game. In terms of the proportion of men to women, 48.2% of the thieves were women, 51.8% were men, almost the same numbers. \r\n\r\nReports say that goods stolen by old people mostly consist of foodstuffs. National Police Agency analysis suggests that perhaps these old people are concerned about their future livelihoods, and their motivation to steal is based in \"thriftiness\". At the same time, the investigation illustrates that these old people have lived for a long time without society\'s support, lonely, isolated and without help, causing the excessive psychological fatigue which lead them to relax their self-control.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Old People are Stealing More Stuff in Japan', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '403-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-01 09:15:27', '2011-02-01 14:15:27', '', 403, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/01/403-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(494, 1, '2011-03-18 07:00:29', '2011-03-18 11:00:29', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>《时间之贼》</h4>\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Thief of Time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-theif-of-time', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:50:54', '2020-04-20 11:50:54', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=494', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(1837, 1, '2020-04-20 06:56:12', '2020-04-20 10:56:12', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>《时间之贼》</h4>\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Thief of Time', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:56:12', '2020-04-20 10:56:12', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/494-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(495, 1, '2011-02-16 07:51:11', '2011-02-16 12:51:11', '　　历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-16 07:51:11', '2011-02-16 12:51:11', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/16/494-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(496, 1, '2011-02-16 07:51:29', '2011-02-16 12:51:29', 'http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\r\n\r\n　　历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-16 07:51:29', '2011-02-16 12:51:29', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/16/494-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(497, 1, '2011-02-04 12:34:02', '2011-02-04 17:34:02', 'http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787807595205.htm\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，一对贫穷的农家夫妇，在七十岁的时候生下了他们的第七个孩子，取名七喜。七喜当然是个善良聪明快乐的孩子，可是，他长得很奇怪。圆圆的身体，大大的脑袋，却没有手，没有脚……他只能靠滚动来“走路”。 七喜最好的朋友是一只萤火虫，它说，在地球的那一边，海的尽头，有一个地方叫黄金海岸，在一万棵榕树的某一个树干中，住着一位医生，或许能改变他的生活……  然而，要去那里，当然要经过很多地方，尤其是在海上，那里有很多杀手……', 'The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '444-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-04 12:34:02', '2011-02-04 17:34:02', '', 444, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/04/444-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(498, 1, '2011-02-20 14:27:26', '2011-02-20 19:27:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short essay details a child\'s brush with classroom thievery. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nIn my opinion, one of the most interesting sentences here is \"同学们看了都称不绝口\", meaning \"The students all looked [at it], talking continuously.\" This is easy to translate directly, but a direct translation doesn\'t capture the spirit of the sentence. In context, this sentence is tinged with a little envy - the author sees the other students all looking at YunXi\'s stamp album, going on and on, presumably about how great the album is, and so the author is jealous. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n马来西亚 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n称不绝口 - [pinyin]cheng1 bu4 jue2 kou3[/pinyin] - Talk continuously, go on and on about sth.\r\n趁 - [pinyin]chen4[/pinyin] - Take advantage of\r\n若无其事 - [pinyin]ruo4 wu2 qi2 shi4[/pinyin] - Nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened\r\n放声大哭 - [pinyin]fang4 sheng1 da4 ku1[/pinyin] - Burst into sobs, cry loudly\r\n三思而后行 - [pinyin]san1 si4 er2 hou4 xing2[/pinyin] - Think many times before acting\r\n以免 - [pinyin]yi3 mian3[/pinyin] - So as not to\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，一对贫穷的农家夫妇，在七十岁的时候生下了他们的第七个孩子，取名七喜。七喜当然是个善良聪明快乐的孩子，可是，他长得很奇怪。圆圆的身体，大大的脑袋，却没有手，没有脚……他只能靠滚动来“走路”。 七喜最好的朋友是一只萤火虫，它说，在地球的那一边，海的尽头，有一个地方叫黄金海岸，在一万棵榕树的某一个树干中，住着一位医生，或许能改变他的生活……  然而，要去那里，当然要经过很多地方，尤其是在海上，那里有很多杀手……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787807595205.htm\">See original book review</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '444-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 14:27:26', '2011-02-20 19:27:26', '', 444, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/444-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(499, 1, '2020-04-20 06:39:48', '2020-04-20 10:39:48', '[two_third]\n\nThis book review is particularly beautiful in its whimsy. I get the distinct impression this book is a bit like the classic children\'s story The Little Prince, which is readable on one level by children, and meaningful on a different level to adults.<!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n善良 - [pinyin]shan4 liang2[/pinyin] - Kind-hearted\n滚动 - [pinyin]gun3 dong4[/pinyin] - To roll, a rolling motion\n萤火虫 - [pinyin]ying2 huo3 chong2[/pinyin] - Firefly, glowworm\n榕树 - [pinyin]rong2 shu4[/pinyin] - Banyan tree\n杀手 - [pinyin]sha1 shou3[/pinyin] - Killer, murderer\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n很久很久以前，一对贫穷的农家夫妇，在七十岁的时候生下了他们的第七个孩子，取名七喜。七喜当然是个<strong>善良</strong>聪明快乐的孩子，可是，他长得很奇怪。圆圆的身体，大大的脑袋，却没有手，没有脚……他只能靠<strong>滚动</strong>来“走路”。 七喜最好的朋友是一只<strong>萤火虫</strong>，它说，在地球的那一边，海的尽头，有一个地方叫黄金海岸，在一万棵<strong>榕树</strong>的某一个树干中，住着一位医生，或许能改变他的生活……  然而，要去那里，当然要经过很多地方，尤其是在海上，那里有很多<strong>杀手</strong>……\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787807595205.htm\">See original book review</a>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nLong, long ago, a poor farmer and his wife had their 7th child at the age of 70, so they named him \"QiXi\" [Seventh Happiness]. Of course, QiXi was a kind, smart and happy child, but he turned out rather strangely, with a round body, huge head, but no hands or feet... the only way he could \"walk\" was to roll along. QiXi\'s good friend was a firefly who said that at the end of the earth, at the very edge of the sea, there was a place called the Golden Coast, and among ten thousand banyan trees, in one particular tree trunk there lived a doctor who might be able to change his [QiXi\'s] life.... however, in order to get there, of course they must pass through many places and above all, cross the sea, where there are many killers....      \n\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '444-autosave-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:39:48', '2020-04-20 10:39:48', '', 444, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/444-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(502, 1, '2011-02-20 14:57:15', '2011-02-20 19:57:15', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis book review is particularly beautiful in its whimsy. I get the distinct impression this book is a bit like the classic children\'s story The Little Prince, which is readable on one level by children, and meaningful on a different level to adults.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n善良 - [pinyin]gun3 dong4[/pinyin] - To roll, a rolling motion\r\n滚动 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n萤火虫 - [pinyin]ying2 huo3 chong2[/pinyin] - Firefly, glowworm\r\n榕树 - [pinyin]rong2 shu4[/pinyin] - Banyan tree\r\n杀手 - [pinyin]sha1 shou3[/pinyin] - Killer, murderer\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，一对贫穷的农家夫妇，在七十岁的时候生下了他们的第七个孩子，取名七喜。七喜当然是个<strong>善良</strong>聪明快乐的孩子，可是，他长得很奇怪。圆圆的身体，大大的脑袋，却没有手，没有脚……他只能靠<strong>滚动</strong>来“走路”。 七喜最好的朋友是一只<strong>萤火虫</strong>，它说，在地球的那一边，海的尽头，有一个地方叫黄金海岸，在一万棵<strong>榕树</strong>的某一个树干中，住着一位医生，或许能改变他的生活……  然而，要去那里，当然要经过很多地方，尤其是在海上，那里有很多<strong>杀手</strong>……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787807595205.htm\">See original book review</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong, long ago, a poor farmer and his wife had their 7th child at the age of 70, so they named him \"QiXi\" [Seventh Happiness]. Of course, QiXi was a kind, smart and happy child, but he turned out rather strangely, with a round body, huge head, but no hands or feet... the only way he could \"walk\" was to roll along. QiXi\'s good friend was a firefly who said that at the end of the earth, at the very edge of the sea, there was a place called the Golden Coast, and among ten thousand banyan trees, in one particular tree trunk there lived a doctor who might be able to change his [QiXi\'s] life.... however, in order to get there, of course they must pass through many places and above all, cross the sea, where there are many killers....      \r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '444-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 14:57:15', '2011-02-20 19:57:15', '', 444, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/444-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(538, 1, '2011-02-20 15:07:31', '2011-02-20 20:07:31', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110301-INLINE-dao-of-choice.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercises: The Dao of Choice\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercises: The Dao of Choice\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />This book review is particularly beautiful in its whimsy. I get the distinct impression this book is a bit like the classic children\'s story The Little Prince, which is readable on one level by children, and meaningful on a different level to adults.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n善良 - [pinyin]gun3 dong4[/pinyin] - To roll, a rolling motion\r\n滚动 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n萤火虫 - [pinyin]ying2 huo3 chong2[/pinyin] - Firefly, glowworm\r\n榕树 - [pinyin]rong2 shu4[/pinyin] - Banyan tree\r\n杀手 - [pinyin]sha1 shou3[/pinyin] - Killer, murderer\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n很久很久以前，一对贫穷的农家夫妇，在七十岁的时候生下了他们的第七个孩子，取名七喜。七喜当然是个<strong>善良</strong>聪明快乐的孩子，可是，他长得很奇怪。圆圆的身体，大大的脑袋，却没有手，没有脚……他只能靠<strong>滚动</strong>来“走路”。 七喜最好的朋友是一只<strong>萤火虫</strong>，它说，在地球的那一边，海的尽头，有一个地方叫黄金海岸，在一万棵<strong>榕树</strong>的某一个树干中，住着一位医生，或许能改变他的生活……  然而，要去那里，当然要经过很多地方，尤其是在海上，那里有很多<strong>杀手</strong>……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787807595205.htm\">See original book review</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nLong, long ago, a poor farmer and his wife had their 7th child at the age of 70, so they named him \"QiXi\" [Seventh Happiness]. Of course, QiXi was a kind, smart and happy child, but he turned out rather strangely, with a round body, huge head, but no hands or feet... the only way he could \"walk\" was to roll along. QiXi\'s good friend was a firefly who said that at the end of the earth, at the very edge of the sea, there was a place called the Golden Coast, and among ten thousand banyan trees, in one particular tree trunk there lived a doctor who might be able to change his [QiXi\'s] life.... however, in order to get there, of course they must pass through many places and above all, cross the sea, where there are many killers....      \r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '444-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:07:31', '2011-02-20 20:07:31', '', 444, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/444-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(504, 1, '2011-02-14 08:11:39', '2011-02-14 13:11:39', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short essay details a child\'s brush with classroom thievery. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nIn my opinion, one of the most interesting sentences here is \"同学们看了都称不绝口\", meaning \"The students all looked [at it], talking continuously.\" This is easy to translate directly, but a direct translation doesn\'t capture the spirit of the sentence. In context, this sentence is tinged with a little envy - the author sees the other students all looking at YunXi\'s stamp album, going on and on, presumably about how great the album is, and so the author is jealous. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n马来西亚 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n称不绝口 - [pinyin]cheng1 bu4 jue2 kou3[/pinyin] - Talk continuously, go on and on about sth.\r\n趁 - [pinyin]chen4[/pinyin] - Take advantage of\r\n若无其事 - [pinyin]ruo4 wu2 qi2 shi4[/pinyin] - Nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened\r\n放声大哭 - [pinyin]fang4 sheng1 da4 ku1[/pinyin] - Burst into sobs, cry loudly\r\n三思而后行 - [pinyin]san1 si4 er2 hou4 xing2[/pinyin] - Think many times before acting\r\n以免 - [pinyin]yi3 mian3[/pinyin] - So as not to\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n前天，我做错了一件事。芸熙带了心爱的<strong>集邮簿</strong>让同学们欣赏。她的集邮簿收集了来自世界各地的邮票，如：欧洲、中国、<strong>马来西亚</strong>等等。同学们看了都<strong>称不绝口</strong>。 我很了羡慕芸熙，因为她有来自世界各地的邮票，而我呢！我的集邮簿里只有来自爸爸收到的信上面的本地邮票。 下课时，我<strong>趁</strong>全部的同学都下课了，我就从芸熙的书包里人拿了她的集邮簿。过后，我就装着<strong>若无其事</strong>地回到礼堂排队。回到课室时，芸熙打开书包发现她的集邮簿不见了，就<em>放声大哭</em>。林老师问她发生什么事。芸熙就把原因告诉林老师。\r\n\r\n林老师质问同学们究竟谁拿了芦芸熙的集邮簿。老师质问了很久，始终没有人肯承认。我觉得很惭愧，就拿着集邮簿向芸熙认错。老师看见我勇于承认错误，就没有处罚我，只是教训了我几句，而芸熙接受我的道歉。 我很后悔。我告诉我自己以后做事一定要<strong>三思而后行</strong>，以免犯下大错！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe day before yesterday, I did a bad thing. YunXi brought her beloved stamp album in to let her classmates see it. Her stamp album contains her collected stamps from places all around the world, such as Europe, China, Malaysia, etc. The other students looked through it, going on and on about it. I envied YunXi, because she had stamps from all over the world, and me? My stamp album only has a few stamps from local letters my dad got. When class let out, I took advantage of the situation and took the stamp album from YunXi\'s book bag. After a while, I walked back and lined up in the assembly hall, pretending nothing had happened. When we\'d gotten back to the classroom, YunXi opened her book bag and didn\'t see her stamp album, and she burst into tears. Teacher Lin asked her what happened, YunXi told the teacher the reason. \r\n\r\nTeacher Lin questioned all the students, asking who had taken Lu YunXi\'s stamp album. The teacher inquired for a long time, but no one was willing to admit to it. I felt ashamed, got the stamp album, and admitted my error to YunXi. The teacher saw that I was brave enough to admit my mistake and so didn\'t punish me, just lectured me for a bit, and YunXi accepted my apology. I regretted what I\'d done. I told myself that next time I would carefully consider the results of my actions so as to avoid a big mistake! \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'I Did Something Wrong', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '441-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 08:11:39', '2011-02-14 13:11:39', '', 441, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/441-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(506, 1, '2011-01-19 15:10:22', '2011-01-19 20:10:22', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in need of a fable that demonstrates the dangers of kissing ass, you\'re in luck. The Turkey and the Bull makes it pretty clear that (and here I quote) \"butt licking\" is not the path to success. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak\r\n可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity\r\n粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces\r\n营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition\r\n极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance\r\n舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick\r\n屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一只火鸡对公牛说: “我真想飞到对面那棵大树的<strong>顶端</strong>，<strong>可惜</strong>现在一点力气也没有。”公牛出主意道: “你为何不吃一点我的<strong>粪便</strong>呢，里面可是富含<strong>营养</strong>哟，呵呵。”火鸡觉得有道理，啄食了一点，立即感觉有了力气，便尽力飞到一根树枝上。第二天，火鸡又吃了几口粪便，有了力气，便飞到更高的树枝上。两周后，当火鸡吃下足够多的公牛粪便，终于飞上大树的顶部。火鸡<strong>极目远眺</strong>，正在洋洋得意，被一名农夫发现了，迅速开枪将它射落在地。\r\n\r\n这则寓言的寓意: <strong>舔</strong>别人的屁股是一条捷径，能使你迅速获取较高的位置，但却不能保持长久。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gushi51.com/yuyan/sj/sj_47995.html\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA turkey said to a bull: \"I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it\'s a pity I don\'t have any strength.\" The bull proposed an idea: \"Why don\'t you eat a little of my feces, it\'s rich in nutrients, hehe.\" The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. \r\n\r\nThe moral of this fable is: licking other people\'s butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however it doesn\'t last long.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The Turkey and the Bull', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '361-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-19 15:10:22', '2011-01-19 20:10:22', '', 361, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/19/361-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(507, 1, '2011-02-20 15:13:12', '2011-02-20 20:13:12', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in need of a fable that demonstrates the dangers of kissing ass, you\'re in luck. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110219-INLINE-turkey-and-bull.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Turkey and the Bull makes it pretty clear that (and here I quote) \"butt licking\" is not the path to success. I tried to think of a corresponding allegory in English, but nothing quite as poignant comes to mind. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak\r\n可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity\r\n粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces\r\n营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition\r\n极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance\r\n舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick\r\n屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一只火鸡对公牛说: “我真想飞到对面那棵大树的<strong>顶端</strong>，<strong>可惜</strong>现在一点力气也没有。”公牛出主意道: “你为何不吃一点我的<strong>粪便</strong>呢，里面可是富含<strong>营养</strong>哟，呵呵。”火鸡觉得有道理，啄食了一点，立即感觉有了力气，便尽力飞到一根树枝上。第二天，火鸡又吃了几口粪便，有了力气，便飞到更高的树枝上。两周后，当火鸡吃下足够多的公牛粪便，终于飞上大树的顶部。火鸡<strong>极目远眺</strong>，正在洋洋得意，被一名农夫发现了，迅速开枪将它射落在地。\r\n\r\n这则寓言的寓意: <strong>舔</strong>别人的屁股是一条捷径，能使你迅速获取较高的位置，但却不能保持长久。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gushi51.com/yuyan/sj/sj_47995.html\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA turkey said to a bull: \"I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it\'s a pity I don\'t have any strength.\" The bull proposed an idea: \"Why don\'t you eat a little of my feces, it\'s rich in nutrients, hehe.\" The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. \r\n\r\nThe moral of this fable is: licking other people\'s butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however it doesn\'t last long.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The Turkey and the Bull', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '361-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:13:12', '2011-02-20 20:13:12', '', 361, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/361-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(509, 1, '2011-01-18 18:24:16', '2011-01-18 23:24:16', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for kindergarten kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-18 18:24:16', '2011-01-18 23:24:16', '', 354, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/18/354-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(510, 1, '2011-02-20 15:17:55', '2011-02-20 20:17:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for kindergarten kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110217-INLINE-one-liners.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:17:55', '2011-02-20 20:17:55', '', 354, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/354-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(515, 1, '2011-02-22 07:51:40', '2011-02-22 12:51:40', 'http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\r\n\r\n  一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的祈祷着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！', 'Sister Come Home!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '513-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-22 07:51:40', '2011-02-22 12:51:40', '', 513, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/22/513-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(516, 1, '2011-02-22 07:56:51', '2011-02-22 12:56:51', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\r\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\r\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\r\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的祈祷着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter an accidental airport meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Sister Come Home!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '513-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-22 07:56:51', '2011-02-22 12:56:51', '', 513, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/22/513-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(539, 1, '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>三个蝴蝶</h4>\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'three-good-friends', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:51:25', '2020-04-20 11:51:25', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=539', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(1836, 1, '2020-04-20 06:48:33', '2020-04-20 10:48:33', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>三个蝴蝶</h4>\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:48:33', '2020-04-20 10:48:33', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/539-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(519, 1, '2011-03-09 07:00:16', '2011-03-09 12:00:16', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\nThis not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot can\'t seem to stop saying one particular come-hither phrase. The phrase so embarrasses the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, which appears to mean \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but I believe it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>两只鹦鹉</h4>\r\n\r\n话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我<strong>上床</strong>吗？”\r\n\r\n女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的<strong>淑女</strong>形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想教那只鹦鹉说些<strong>高雅</strong>的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说<strong>神父</strong>那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲<strong>粗话</strong>，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在<strong>祷告</strong>。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被<strong>感化</strong>。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于<strong>实现</strong>了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\nThe priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\nThe woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option, after all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nThe male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Joke: The Two Parrots', 'This not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot can\'t seem to stop saying one particular come-hither phrase. The phrase so embarrasses the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. ', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-two-parrots', '', '', '2020-04-28 19:38:25', '2020-04-28 23:38:25', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=519', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(1834, 1, '2020-04-20 06:46:30', '2020-04-20 10:46:30', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\nThis not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot can\'t seem to stop saying one particular come hither phrase. The phrase so embarasses the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, which appears to mean \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but I believe it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>两只鹦鹉</h4>\r\n\r\n话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我<strong>上床</strong>吗？”\r\n\r\n女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的<strong>淑女</strong>形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想教那只鹦鹉说些<strong>高雅</strong>的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说<strong>神父</strong>那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲<strong>粗话</strong>，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在<strong>祷告</strong>。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被<strong>感化</strong>。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于<strong>实现</strong>了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\nThe priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\nThe woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option, after all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nThe male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Joke: The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:46:30', '2020-04-20 10:46:30', '', 519, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/519-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(517, 1, '2011-02-22 08:00:43', '2011-02-22 13:00:43', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter an accidental airport meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Sister Come Home!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '513-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-22 08:00:43', '2011-02-22 13:00:43', '', 513, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/22/513-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(520, 1, '2011-02-23 08:59:18', '2011-02-23 13:59:18', '[two_third]\n\nThis joke <!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\n\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 08:59:18', '2011-02-23 13:59:18', '', 519, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(521, 1, '2011-02-23 09:00:09', '2011-02-23 14:00:09', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis joke <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:00:09', '2011-02-23 14:00:09', '', 519, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(522, 1, '2011-02-23 09:15:10', '2011-02-23 14:15:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis joke not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母鹦鹉。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的淑女形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些高雅的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说神父那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲粗话，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在祷告。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n　　神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: 近朱者赤吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n　　公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach the bird anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\n　　神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: 近朱者赤吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n　　公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:15:10', '2011-02-23 14:15:10', '', 519, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(523, 1, '2011-02-20 15:18:26', '2011-02-20 20:18:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for young kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110217-INLINE-one-liners.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:18:26', '2011-02-20 20:18:26', '', 354, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/354-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(524, 1, '2011-02-11 10:01:26', '2011-02-11 15:01:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly silly joke courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI\'m not actually 100% sure about 威廉期 meaning \"Williams\". This is most certainly a name, 威廉 is most certainly \"William\", and 期 is most certainly the character \"Qi\", however, these characters put together might be some kind of transliteration for a slightly different English surname, like Williamson or something. As usual, grappling with English / Chinese name transliteration is a pain. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n威廉期 - [pinyin]wei1 lian2 qi1[/pinyin] - William Qi / Williams\r\n墨西哥 - [pinyin]mo4 xi1 ge1[/pinyin] - Mexico\r\n奇怪 - [pinyin]qi2 guai4[/pinyin] - Strange\r\n胡子 - [pinyin]hu2 zi[/pinyin] - Beard\r\n黑黢黢 - [pinyin]hei1 qu1 qu1[/pinyin] - Black, dark black\r\n好奇 - [pinyin]hao4 qi2[/pinyin] - Curious\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>威廉期</strong>先生到<strong>墨西哥</strong>旅行，一天，他在大街上看到了一个<strong>奇怪</strong>的人。 该人的头发长的雪白，而<strong>胡子</strong>却<strong>黑黢黢</strong>的。 他<strong>好奇</strong>的上前问道， “为什么您的头发这么白，而胡子却这样黑呢？”\r\n\r\n那人回答，“这有什么奇怪，头发比胡子年长20岁，能一样吗？”\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANLSATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Williams was traveling in Mexico. One day, he saw a very strange man on the street. This person\'s hair was snow white, however his beard was black. He curiously went up and asked, \"Why is your hair white, but your beard is black?\"\r\n\r\nThe man answered, \"What\'s weird about that? My hair is 20 years older than my beard, how could they be the same?\"\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'White Hair, Black Beard', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '287-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-11 10:01:26', '2011-02-11 15:01:26', '', 287, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/11/287-revision-12/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(525, 1, '2011-02-06 09:00:07', '2011-02-06 14:00:07', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very short husband and wife joke is courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe vocabulary here is intermediate, but the story contains quite a few beginner words and short sentences that you may enjoy puzzling out.\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Interesting Vocabulary</h4>\r\n性感 - [pinyin]xing4 gan3[/pinyin] - Sexy\r\n期盼 -  [pinyin]qi1 pan4[/pinyin] - Look forward to, hope to expect\r\n袍 -  [pinyin]pao4[/pinyin] - Gown\r\n镂空 - [pinyin]lou4 kong4[/pinyin] - Lacy or mostly see-through. Lit: Pierced with holes\r\n睡褂 - [pinyin]shui4 gua4[/pinyin] - Sleep robe\r\n吓了一条 - [pinyin]xia4 le5 yi1 tiao2[/pinyin] - Be startled\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n丈夫问我，40岁生日礼物想要什么东西，我告诉他想要一种能使我看上去更加<strong>性感</strong>和美丽的东西，也就是说，我心中<strong>期盼</strong>的是装有黑色丝<strong>袍</strong>和<strong>镂空睡褂</strong>的女内衣盒。 但是礼物送到时，我着实<strong>吓了一条</strong>。 丈夫拖回家一直巨大笨重的包装箱，里面是一辆健身自行车。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMy husband asked me what I wanted for my 40th birthday. I told him that I wanted something that would make me look more sexy and beautiful. In other words, I was looking forward to getting some clothes, like a black silk gown and a lacy sleeping robe in a women\'s lingerie box. But when the gift arrived, I was startled. My husband dragged home a huge, heavy package, and inside was an exercise bike. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Birthday Present', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '270-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-06 09:00:07', '2011-02-06 14:00:07', '', 270, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/06/270-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(528, 1, '2011-02-23 09:35:22', '2011-02-23 14:35:22', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe joke is about a woman whose new parrot can\'t seem to stop saying one particular come hither phrase. The phrase so embarasses the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, which appears to mean \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but I believe it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\r\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \r\n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\r\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\r\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \r\n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\r\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\r\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我<strong>上床</strong>吗？”\r\n\r\n女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的<strong>淑女</strong>形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些<strong>高雅</strong>的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说<strong>神父</strong>那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲<strong>粗话</strong>，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在<strong>祷告</strong>。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被<strong>感化</strong>。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于<strong>实现</strong>了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\nThe priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\nThe woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option, after all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nThe male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:35:22', '2011-02-23 14:35:22', '', 519, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(530, 1, '2011-02-22 09:08:24', '2011-02-22 14:08:24', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Sister Come Home!', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '513-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-22 09:08:24', '2011-02-22 14:08:24', '', 513, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/22/513-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(531, 1, '2011-02-27 13:19:17', '2011-02-27 18:19:17', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上天堂。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. 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(532, 1, '2011-02-27 13:27:37', '2011-02-27 18:27:37', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. Just revel in the bleakness of the ideas.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n挺拔 - [pinyin]ting3 ba2[/pinyin] - Tall and straight\r\n疑惑不解 - [pinyin]yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3[/pinyin] - Puzzled, doubtful\r\n糟 - [pinyin]zao1[/pinyin] - Rude word meaning rotting, wasted, worthless\r\n赞叹不已 - [pinyin]zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Be full of praise\r\n对得起 - [pinyin]dui4 de5 qi3[/pinyin] - Not let sb. down, make sb. proud\r\n噩耗  - [pinyin]e4 hao4[/pinyin] - Evil news, bad news\r\n天堂 - [pinyin]tian1 tang2[/pinyin] - Heaven\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的<strong>挺拔</strong>高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说: “这是秘密。”人们都<strong>疑惑不解</strong>。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说:“<strong>糟</strong>老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说:“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n\r\n又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都<strong>赞叹不已</strong>。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说: “闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说: “你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？” “当然可以.”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说: “这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，<strong>对得起</strong>我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说: “姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话: “姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来<strong>噩耗</strong>，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上<strong>天堂</strong>。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. 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(1832, 1, '2011-02-27 14:45:08', '2011-02-27 19:45:08', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure isn\'t too crazy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110307-INLINE-sister-come-home.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Practice: Sister Come Home\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Practice: Sister Come Home\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. Just revel in the bleakness of the ideas.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n挺拔 - [pinyin]ting3 ba2[/pinyin] - Tall and straight\r\n疑惑不解 - [pinyin]yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3[/pinyin] - Puzzled, doubtful\r\n糟 - [pinyin]zao1[/pinyin] - Rude word meaning rotting, wasted, worthless\r\n赞叹不已 - [pinyin]zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Be full of praise\r\n对得起 - [pinyin]dui4 de5 qi3[/pinyin] - Not let sb. down, make sb. proud\r\n噩耗  - [pinyin]e4 hao4[/pinyin] - Evil news, bad news\r\n天堂 - [pinyin]tian1 tang2[/pinyin] - Heaven\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。\r\n\r\n这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的<strong>挺拔</strong>高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说: “这是秘密。”人们都<strong>疑惑不解</strong>。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说:“<strong>糟</strong>老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说:“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n\r\n又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都<strong>赞叹不已</strong>。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说: “闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说: “你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？” “当然可以.”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说: “这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，<strong>对得起</strong>我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说: “姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话: “姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来<strong>噩耗</strong>，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上<strong>天堂</strong>。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. 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(534, 1, '2011-02-27 13:27:41', '2011-02-27 18:27:41', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure is easy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. Just revel in the bleakness of the ideas.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n挺拔 - [pinyin]ting3 ba2[/pinyin] - Tall and straight\r\n疑惑不解 - [pinyin]yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3[/pinyin] - Puzzled, doubtful\r\n糟 - [pinyin]zao1[/pinyin] - Rude word meaning rotting, wasted, worthless\r\n赞叹不已 - [pinyin]zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Be full of praise\r\n对得起 - [pinyin]dui4 de5 qi3[/pinyin] - Not let sb. down, make sb. proud\r\n噩耗  - [pinyin]e4 hao4[/pinyin] - Evil news, bad news\r\n天堂 - [pinyin]tian1 tang2[/pinyin] - Heaven\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的<strong>挺拔</strong>高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说: “这是秘密。”人们都<strong>疑惑不解</strong>。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说:“<strong>糟</strong>老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说:“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n\r\n又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都<strong>赞叹不已</strong>。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说: “闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说: “你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？” “当然可以.”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说: “这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，<strong>对得起</strong>我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说: “姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话: “姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来<strong>噩耗</strong>，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上<strong>天堂</strong>。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. 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(537, 1, '2011-02-27 13:28:36', '2011-02-27 18:28:36', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of high-level words, the sentence structure isn\'t too crazy and the basic language is simple.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe story kind of goes back and forth between a younger brother, an elder sister, and a tree. In order to read and understand this story, you need to move away from the standard Western conception of a story - the things that my Western mind seized on as important points in the story (\"What are the secret words the sister says to the tree?\") turned out to be ancillary. Like many melancholy Chinese prose, it should be read by just letting the ideas and images wash over you.\r\n\r\nThe story will be difficult to read if you try to follow some cohesive narrative - don\'t bother. Just revel in the bleakness of the ideas.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n挺拔 - [pinyin]ting3 ba2[/pinyin] - Tall and straight\r\n疑惑不解 - [pinyin]yi2 huo4 bu4 jie3[/pinyin] - Puzzled, doubtful\r\n糟 - [pinyin]zao1[/pinyin] - Rude word meaning rotting, wasted, worthless\r\n赞叹不已 - [pinyin]zan4 tan4 bu4 yi3[/pinyin] - Be full of praise\r\n对得起 - [pinyin]dui4 de5 qi3[/pinyin] - Not let sb. down, make sb. proud\r\n噩耗  - [pinyin]e4 hao4[/pinyin] - Evil news, bad news\r\n天堂 - [pinyin]tian1 tang2[/pinyin] - Heaven\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。\r\n\r\n这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的<strong>挺拔</strong>高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说: “这是秘密。”人们都<strong>疑惑不解</strong>。\r\n\r\n几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说:“<strong>糟</strong>老头，你看看你又老又脏切, 你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说:“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n\r\n又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都<strong>赞叹不已</strong>。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说: “闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说: “你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？” “当然可以.”\r\n\r\n姐姐对弟弟说: “这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样。一定要好好学习，<strong>对得起</strong>我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说: “姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大。 他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话: “姐姐，你回来吧!”\r\n\r\n几年后，突然传来<strong>噩耗</strong>，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的, 因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n\r\n人人都说好人死后可以上<strong>天堂</strong>。 我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA child sitting under a tree prayed quietly to himself without anyone knowing - only the tree knew. \r\n\r\nThe tree was several decades old, but it still stood straight and tall. The people in the village all knew that a while ago, this trees bark was falling off and it was dying. But it was brought back to life by a short phrase that its caretaker said, and when other people asked the young girl [caretaker] how she healed the tree, the girl said with a sweet smile, \"It\'s a secret\". Everyone was puzzled. \r\n\r\nA few years later, the girl went to a far away place to [earn money for] her little brother\'s school tuition. A very far away place. The tree once again began to calmly lower its head [meaning to droop]. After a few more seasons passed, the tree was about to die, and at its side a new tree grew. The new tree was always treating the older tree with contempt, and often said, \"Rotting old one, look how old and filthy you are, and look how young I am!\" The old tree looked at the little tree and heaved a big sigh. The little tree said, \"Rotting one, what are you looking at?\" The old tree still said nothing. The old tree was always weeping silently during the night.\r\n      \r\nAfter another year had passed, the young girl returned. She saw how haggard the old tree had become, and she was sad. She again said a few words to the tree. The tree unexpectedly became its old self once again, tall and straight. The villagers praised it as they came and went. After another week, the girl had to leave again. Crying, the girl\'s mother said, \"Daughter, your father and I have let you down.\" The girl, also crying, said, \"Don\'t speak that way. Can you summon my little brother?\" \"Of course I can.\"\r\n\r\nThe sister said to her little brother, \"This tree I give to you, when you look at it, it shall be the same as looking at me. Study hard, make me proud, and make mom and dad proud. You must safeguard it [the tree]. I may be gone for 3-5 years. Take good care of mom and dad, and that will make me proud.\" The little brother said, \"Sister, I know I\'ll be industrious, and I\'ll take good care of the tree.\" Touching the tree [one last time], the girl turned and left. As each day passed, the boy grew up. During the day he studied and played beneath the tree, and at night, he sat against the tree and quietly prayed. After a few more months the boy ran to the top of a mountain and yelled out the words he\'d been wanting to say, \"Sister, come home!\"\r\n\r\nA few years later, he suddenly learned some startling news. It was said that the sister had died saving a little girl\'s life. This had happened several years before, and the money that was sent to the village was sent by the little girl\'s mother, because this was the sister\'s final request before she died. \r\n\r\nPeople all say that good people go to heaven after they die. 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(540, 1, '2011-03-16 20:25:11', '2011-03-17 00:25:11', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:25:11', '2011-03-17 00:25:11', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(541, 1, '2011-03-16 20:29:48', '2011-03-17 00:29:48', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:29:48', '2011-03-17 00:29:48', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(542, 1, '2011-03-16 20:33:30', '2011-03-17 00:33:30', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n\n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:33:30', '2011-03-17 00:33:30', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(544, 1, '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(545, 1, '2011-03-16 20:40:30', '2011-03-17 00:40:30', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:40:30', '2011-03-17 00:40:30', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(549, 1, '2011-03-17 20:50:43', '2011-03-18 00:50:43', '[two_third]\n\nINTRO GOES HERE\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:50:43', '2011-03-18 00:50:43', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(548, 1, '2011-03-17 20:40:30', '2011-03-18 00:40:30', '[two_third]\n\nINTRO GOES HERE\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber k历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:40:30', '2011-03-18 00:40:30', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(547, 1, '2011-03-17 20:35:37', '2011-03-18 00:35:37', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n</div>\n\nSee the original\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:35:37', '2011-03-18 00:35:37', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(550, 1, '2011-03-17 20:58:15', '2011-03-18 00:58:15', '[two_third]\n\nScary mystery novels. \n\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation f, please leave a comment!\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:58:15', '2011-03-18 00:58:15', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(551, 1, '2011-03-17 21:02:28', '2011-03-18 01:02:28', '[two_third]\n\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis .<!--more-->\n\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:02:28', '2011-03-18 01:02:28', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(552, 1, '2020-04-20 06:51:41', '2020-04-20 10:51:41', '[su_row]\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\n\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\n\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/su_column]\n[/su_row]\n\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\n[su_row]\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<h4>小马过河</h4>\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Thief of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-autosave-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:51:41', '2020-04-20 10:51:41', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(555, 1, '2011-03-17 21:02:59', '2011-03-18 01:02:59', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:02:59', '2011-03-18 01:02:59', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(561, 1, '2011-02-14 10:28:11', '2011-02-14 15:28:11', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nAh, bless romance novels - they\'re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces <strong>致命的温柔</strong>, \"The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice\", a book by Chinese author 艾米. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe very first clause here, 一次偶然的接机, presents a little conundrum, particularly the term 接机, which generally translates into \"picking someone up\", and \"airplane\". Whether this means that Carol and Jason met while both picking up someone else, or one was getting off the plane while the other was picking someone up seems unspecified.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n飞蛾扑火 - [pinyin]fei1 e2 pu1 huo3[/pinyin] - Like moths to a flame\r\n迷恋 - [pinyin]mi2 lian4[/pinyin] - Be infatuated with\r\n背弃 - [pinyin]bei4 qi4[/pinyin] - Abandon, desert\r\n体贴 - [pinyin]ti3 tie1[/pinyin] - Considerate\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n一次偶然的接机，Carol和Jason一见钟情，<strong>飞蛾扑火</strong>般地爱上了对方，他们在<strong>迷恋</strong>中伤害对方，又在伤害中更加怜惜彼此。坚强执着的Carol，却因为父亲当年的<strong>背弃</strong>而不敢相信真爱；温柔<strong>体贴</strong>的Jason，因为一个女孩曾为他自杀，而患上了“重症爱无力”。两人互相吸引却又互相逃避，明知道自己无法回报这份爱，却又没办法说服对方或者自己放弃。当Carol终于下定决心面对自己的爱情时，悲剧却降临到了Jason的身上……\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.cocobook.net/book/9787800809538.htm\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nAfter an accidental airport meeting, Carol and Jason fell in love at first sight, loving each other like two months to a flame, hurting each other in their infatuation, and yet feeling increasing tenderness for each other in their pain. Strong and determined Carol doesn\'t dare believe in true love due to having been abandoned by her father; gentle and considerate Jason, because a woman previously killed herself over him, suffers from a \"serious inability to love\". The two of them are mutually attracted, yet avoid each other, each knowing that they can\'t reciprocate the love, but also both unable to convince themselves to walk away from it. When Carol finally becomes determined to face her love, tragedy descends upon Jason...\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Gentleness of Self Sacrifice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '448-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 10:28:11', '2011-02-14 15:28:11', '', 448, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/448-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(562, 1, '2011-03-17 21:07:36', '2011-03-18 01:07:36', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110318-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" title=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:07:36', '2011-03-18 01:07:36', '', 494, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(563, 1, '2011-03-16 20:41:10', '2011-03-17 00:41:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:41:10', '2011-03-17 00:41:10', '', 539, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(564, 1, '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \r\n\r\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪</h4>\r\n\r\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>', 'News: 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', 'My heart goes out to the many who lost their family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. ', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '7653-dead-in-japan-earthquake-and-11746-missing', '', '', '2020-04-28 19:34:47', '2020-04-28 23:34:47', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=564', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(1839, 1, '2020-04-20 06:57:23', '2020-04-20 10:57:23', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \r\n\r\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪</h4>\r\n\r\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:57:23', '2020-04-20 10:57:23', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/564-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(565, 1, '2011-03-20 20:26:29', '2011-03-21 00:26:29', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:26:29', '2011-03-21 00:26:29', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(566, 1, '2011-03-20 20:41:34', '2011-03-21 00:41:34', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency, SOMETHING, has confirmed that the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of missing has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:41:34', '2011-03-21 00:41:34', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(567, 1, '2011-03-20 20:45:39', '2011-03-21 00:45:39', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency, SOMETHING, has confirmed that the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of missing has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening.  此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:45:39', '2011-03-21 00:45:39', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(570, 1, '2011-03-20 20:56:05', '2011-03-21 00:56:05', '[two_third]\n\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n强震 - [pinyin]qiang2 zhen4[/pinyin] - Strong earthquake\n海啸 - [pinyin]hai3 xiao4[/pinyin] - Tsunami\n截至 - [pinyin]jie2 zhi4[/pinyin] - As of, by [a certain time]\n下落不明 - [pinyin]xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2[/pinyin] - Unaccounted for\n罹难 - [pinyin]li2 nan4[/pinyin] - Fatality\n沿海地区 - [pinyin]yan2 hai3 di4 qu1[/pinyin] - Coastal areas\n避难所  - [pinyin]bi4 nan4 suo3[/pinyin] - Asylum, refuge\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:56:05', '2011-03-21 00:56:05', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(571, 1, '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \r\n\r\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110320-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Materials: Japan Earthquake\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Materials: Japan Earthquake\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n强震 - [pinyin]qiang2 zhen4[/pinyin] - Strong earthquake\r\n海啸 - [pinyin]hai3 xiao4[/pinyin] - Tsunami\r\n截至 - [pinyin]jie2 zhi4[/pinyin] - As of, by [a certain time]\r\n下落不明 - [pinyin]xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2[/pinyin] - Unaccounted for\r\n罹难 - [pinyin]li2 nan4[/pinyin] - Fatality\r\n沿海地区 - [pinyin]yan2 hai3 di4 qu1[/pinyin] - Coastal areas\r\n避难所  - [pinyin]bi4 nan4 suo3[/pinyin] - Asylum, refuge\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', '', 564, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(572, 1, '2011-03-22 07:00:23', '2011-03-22 11:00:23', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. This story features beginner sentence structure and a heavy smattering of intermediate vocabulary.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. Still, to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>神笔</h4>\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-magic-pencil', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:50:17', '2020-04-20 11:50:17', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=572', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(1840, 1, '2020-04-20 06:59:07', '2020-04-20 10:59:07', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. This story features beginner sentence structure and a heavy smattering of intermediate vocabulary.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. Still, to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>神笔</h4>\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:59:07', '2020-04-20 10:59:07', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/572-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(575, 1, '2011-01-19 13:11:43', '2011-01-19 18:11:43', 'After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.\r\n\r\nAs someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I\'d eventually start a website about it, and here you are. I try to post every other day, though that probably won\'t always happen.\r\n\r\nThis site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n<h4>About the Translations</h4>\r\nMany of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don\'t post anything unless I\'ve checked it several times, but that doesn\'t mean I haven\'t missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won\'t be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.\r\n\r\nIt\'s often quite difficult to do a word-for-word translation, as Chinese words that fit well into a particular Chinese sentence read very awkwardly after they\'ve been translated - sometimes a direct translation just sounds \"off\". This is more and more true the higher your reading level. I stick to a word-for-word translation when it\'s appropriate, but I\'ll often change a sentence a little so that it makes sense or reads well in English.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also notice that I often remove commas, split long Chinese sentences into two or more English sentences, or rearrange the order of clauses, which is necessary to accommodate Chinese grammar.  The translation is meant as a guidepost to help point you in the right direction and keep you grounded in the text when needed - it\'s up to you to dissect sentence structure.\r\n\r\nEnjoy, and good luck with your studies.', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-19 13:11:43', '2011-01-19 18:11:43', '', 2, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/19/2-revision-19/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(576, 1, '2011-03-21 13:16:55', '2011-03-21 17:16:55', 'After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.\r\n\r\nAs someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I\'d eventually start a website about it, and here you are. I try to post every other day, though that probably won\'t always happen.\r\n\r\nThis site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n<h4>About the Translations</h4>\r\nMany of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don\'t post anything unless I\'ve checked it several times, but that doesn\'t mean I haven\'t missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won\'t be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.\r\n\r\nIt\'s often quite difficult to do a word-for-word translation, as Chinese words that fit well into a particular Chinese sentence read very awkwardly after they\'ve been translated - sometimes a direct translation just sounds \"off\". This is more and more true the higher your reading level. I stick to a word-for-word translation when it\'s appropriate, but I\'ll often change a sentence a little so that it makes sense or reads well in English.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also notice that I often remove commas, split long Chinese sentences into two or more English sentences, or rearrange the order of clauses, which is necessary to accommodate Chinese grammar.  The translation is meant as a guidepost to help point you in the right direction and keep you grounded in the text when needed - it\'s up to you to dissect sentence structure.\r\n<h4>How I Classify Reading Levels</h4>\r\nUltimately, my classifications are pretty arbitrary, but I\'ll try to lay out some of my basic reasoning here.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beginner</strong> - None of the texts here are truly beginner texts; at least I haven\'t been able to find any real beginner stuff yet (I\'m still looking for good sources of real beginner texts that aren\'t boring dialogs - if you know of any, please write!). This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialogs as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. I will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy</li>\r\n	<li>It contains only words that you can find in the dictionary (or I can explain them)</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate</strong> - I classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Advanced</strong> - Most of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. That\'s why as of now, there are more advanced texts on here than anything else. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\nEnjoy, and good luck with your studies.', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 13:16:55', '2011-03-21 17:16:55', '', 2, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/2-revision-20/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(577, 1, '2011-03-21 13:01:52', '2011-03-21 17:01:52', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nThe Chinese title is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支神笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个哈欠，伸伸懒腰，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说：“我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包香喷喷的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说：“面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有厚厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得津津有味，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说：“蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根香肠，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说：”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠洞，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有仓库。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说：“仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 13:01:52', '2011-03-21 17:01:52', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(578, 1, '2011-03-21 20:18:26', '2011-03-22 00:18:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nA few of the more difficult sentences are:\r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:18:26', '2011-03-22 00:18:26', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(579, 1, '2011-03-21 20:18:32', '2011-03-22 00:18:32', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nA few of the more difficult sentences are:\r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. 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(582, 1, '2011-03-21 20:24:49', '2011-03-22 00:24:49', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure. But to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nOne of the more difficult sentences is. \r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:24:49', '2011-03-22 00:24:49', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(585, 1, '2011-03-21 20:50:34', '2011-03-22 00:50:34', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110322-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. Still, to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:50:34', '2011-03-22 00:50:34', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(583, 1, '2020-04-20 06:58:08', '2020-04-20 10:58:08', '[su_row]\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\n\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. This story features beginner sentence structure and a heavy smattering of intermediate vocabulary.<!--more-->\n\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. Still, to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \n\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\n\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\n\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\n\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\n\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\n\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \n\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \n\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \n\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \n\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\n\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-autosave-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:58:08', '2020-04-20 10:58:08', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(584, 1, '2011-03-21 20:32:10', '2011-03-22 00:32:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110322-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure. But to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nOne of the more difficult sentences is. \r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:32:10', '2011-03-22 00:32:10', '', 572, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(586, 1, '2011-03-26 07:00:59', '2011-03-26 11:00:59', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this could be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110326-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />Chinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \r\n\r\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \r\n\r\nOne of the more difficult clauses here is ... 埋头继续玩\"三国杀\". This means \"... immersed themselves in continuing to play San Guo Sha.\" San Guo Sha is a popular Asian card game (which, I understand, has been turned into an online multiplayer network game). \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n核心 - [pinyin]he2 xin1[/pinyin] - Core, \"heart\", nucleus\r\n代替- [pinyin]dai4 ti4[/pinyin] - Substitute, instead\r\n讲台 - [pinyin]jiang3 tai2[/pinyin] - Speaking platform, podium\r\n乱哄哄 - [pinyin]luan4 hong1 hong1[/pinyin] - Disorderly and noisy, in an uproar\r\n耳旁风 - [pinyin]er3 pang2 feng1[/pinyin] - In one ear and out the other\r\n狡辩 - [pinyin]jiao3 bian4[/pinyin] - Quibble, argue\r\n反驳 - [pinyin]fan3 bo1[/pinyin] - Retort, sharp reply\r\n斥责 - [pinyin]chi4 ze2[/pinyin] - Denounce\r\n嚣张 - [pinyin]xiao1 zhang1[/pinyin] - Be arrogant, be on one\'s high horse\r\n争辩 - [pinyin]zheng1 bian2[/pinyin] - Dispute\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学<strong>代替</strong>了。\r\n\r\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\r\n\r\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上<strong>讲台</strong>，管好纪律。课室里<strong>乱哄哄</strong>的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始<strong>记名</strong>。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"<strong>耳旁风</strong>\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\r\n\r\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力<strong>狡辩</strong>\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想<strong>反驳</strong>，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\r\n\r\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的<strong>斥责</strong>，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你<strong>嚣张</strong>什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们<strong>争辩</strong>。\r\n\r\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\r\n\r\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe class monitor is the heart of any class [lit: grade level], needless to say it\'s a powerful position. When the class monitor isn\'t there, how should you deal with it? Well, you find another skilled student with good grades to substitute. \r\n\r\nI\'m a [class monitor] substitute; when the class monitor isn\'t there, the teacher asks me instead, and I\'m happy to do some work for the teacher. \r\n\r\nThis one day, the class monitor had just left to do something, so I ran up to the podium to oversee classroom discipline. The classroom was disorderly and loud, no one was paying attention to me. I called out loudly: \"Everyone return to your places, we\'re going to call roll.\" The classroom immediately quieted down a bit, most students returned to their seats, but for a few, my words went in one ear and out the other, and they immersed themselves in their game of San Guo Sha. \r\n\r\nIndignant, I wrote the names [of the misbehaving students] on the blackboard in big letters. They tried vehemently to argue, saying :\"Why are you writing my name?\" I had just thought up a [stinging] retort, but the class inspector arrived, and I calmly said, \"The inspector has arrived, you must not be noisy, or else you\'ll be assigned extra homework.\" They immediately shut their mouths. Ai, it\'s no fun being the class monitor! \r\n\r\nAs soon as the classroom inspector left, they once again ignored my protests, continued being noisy, and snapped, \"What are you on your high horse about, you\'re just a substitute.\" They said this in a [mean]-spirited way. I turned away, tears welling in my eyes, but I tolerated it and did not argue with them.\r\n\r\nFinally, the class monitor returned, and I stopped [living] my \"life as a substitute\". \r\n\r\nAi, being a substitute is more trouble than being the real thing. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', 'you-are-just-a-substitute', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:02:08', '2020-04-20 11:02:08', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=586', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(587, 1, '2011-03-21 21:07:01', '2011-03-22 01:07:01', '[two_third]\n\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this should will be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\n\nChinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \n\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\n\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\n\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\n\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？&rdquo;我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道：&ldquo;检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。&rdquo;他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\n\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳：&ldquo;你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。&rdquo;他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\n\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的&ldquo;代替生活&rdquo;。\n\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '586-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:07:01', '2011-03-22 01:07:01', '', 586, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/586-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(588, 1, '2011-03-21 21:07:48', '2011-03-22 01:07:48', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this should will be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nChinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \r\n\r\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\r\n\r\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\r\n\r\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\r\n\r\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\r\n\r\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\r\n\r\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\r\n\r\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\r\n\r\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\r\n\r\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\r\n\r\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\r\n\r\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\r\n\r\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\r\n\r\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '586-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:07:48', '2011-03-22 01:07:48', '', 586, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/586-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(590, 1, '2011-03-24 07:00:27', '2011-03-24 11:00:27', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University, suitable for newer readers. You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a few school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>王先生在大学工作</h4>\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mr-wang-works-at-the-university', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:49:59', '2020-04-20 11:49:59', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=590', 0, 'post', '', 30),
(1842, 1, '2020-04-20 07:01:28', '2020-04-20 11:01:28', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University, suitable for newer readers. You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a few school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>王先生在大学工作</h4>\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:01:28', '2020-04-20 11:01:28', '', 590, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/590-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(591, 1, '2011-03-21 21:24:10', '2011-03-22 01:24:10', '[two_third]\n\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - AbbrBeijing University\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的生日。　他是一位非常有经验的法语老师。这个学期他教大三的学生现代法语语法。\n\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\n\n他的一个学生在师大工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:24:10', '2011-03-22 01:24:10', '', 590, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(594, 1, '2011-03-21 21:27:30', '2011-03-22 01:27:30', '[two_third]\n\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\n\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\n\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:27:30', '2011-03-22 01:27:30', '', 590, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(596, 1, '2011-03-21 21:34:28', '2011-03-22 01:34:28', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110324-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a ton of school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\r\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\r\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\r\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\r\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\r\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:34:28', '2011-03-22 01:34:28', '', 590, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(597, 1, '2011-03-21 21:36:31', '2011-03-22 01:36:31', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110324-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a few school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\r\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\r\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\r\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\r\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\r\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:36:31', '2011-03-22 01:36:31', '', 590, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(600, 1, '2011-03-21 21:08:50', '2011-03-22 01:08:50', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this should will be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nChinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \r\n\r\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\r\n\r\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\r\n\r\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\r\n\r\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\r\n\r\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\r\n\r\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\r\n\r\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\r\n\r\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\r\n\r\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\r\n\r\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\r\n\r\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\r\n\r\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\r\n\r\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '586-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:08:50', '2011-03-22 01:08:50', '', 586, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/586-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(601, 1, '2011-03-26 09:38:53', '2011-03-26 13:38:53', '[two_third]\n\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this could be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110326-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />Chinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \n\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \n\nOne of the more difficult clauses here is ... 埋头继续玩\"三国杀\". This means \"... immersed themselves in continuing to play San Guo Sha.\" San Guo Sha is a popular Asian card game (which, I understand, has been turned into an online multiplayer network game). \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n核心 - [pinyin]he2 xin1[/pinyin] - Core, \"heart\", nucleus\n代替- [pinyin]dai4 ti4[/pinyin] - Substitute, instead\n讲台 - [pinyin]jiang3 tai2[/pinyin] - Speaking platform, podium\n乱哄哄 - [pinyin]luan4 hong1 hong1[/pinyin] - Disorderly and noisy, in an uproar\n耳旁风 - [pinyin]er3 pang2 feng1[/pinyin] - In one ear and out the other\n狡辩 - [pinyin]jiao3 bian4[/pinyin] - Quibble, argue\n反驳 - [pinyin]fan3 bo1[/pinyin] - Retort, sharp reply\n斥责 - [pinyin]chi4 ze2[/pinyin] - Denounce\n嚣张 - [pinyin]xiao1 zhang1[/pinyin] - Be arrogant, be on one\'s high horse\n争辩 - [pinyin]zheng1 bian2[/pinyin] - Dispute\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学<strong>代替</strong>了。\n\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\n\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上<strong>讲台</strong>，管好纪律。课室里<strong>乱哄哄</strong>的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始<strong>记名</strong>。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"<strong>耳旁风</strong>\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\n\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力<strong>狡辩</strong>\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想<strong>反驳</strong>，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\n\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的<strong>斥责</strong>，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你<strong>嚣张</strong>什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们<strong>争辩</strong>。\n\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\n\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。\n\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\n\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"耳旁风\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\n\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\n\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。\n\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\n\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '586-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 09:38:53', '2011-03-26 13:38:53', '', 586, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/586-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(602, 1, '2011-03-26 09:54:10', '2011-03-26 13:54:10', '[two_third]\n\nThis is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you\'ve ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you\'re studying language in China, this could be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110326-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercise: You are Just a Substitute\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />Chinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you\'ve ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. \n\nIn my opinion, there\'s no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher\'s pet. But in English, the word \"teacher\'s pet\" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. \n\nOne of the more difficult clauses here is ... 埋头继续玩\"三国杀\". This means \"... immersed themselves in continuing to play San Guo Sha.\" San Guo Sha is a popular Asian card game (which, I understand, has been turned into an online multiplayer network game). \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n核心 - [pinyin]he2 xin1[/pinyin] - Core, \"heart\", nucleus\n代替- [pinyin]dai4 ti4[/pinyin] - Substitute, instead\n讲台 - [pinyin]jiang3 tai2[/pinyin] - Speaking platform, podium\n乱哄哄 - [pinyin]luan4 hong1 hong1[/pinyin] - Disorderly and noisy, in an uproar\n耳旁风 - [pinyin]er3 pang2 feng1[/pinyin] - In one ear and out the other\n狡辩 - [pinyin]jiao3 bian4[/pinyin] - Quibble, argue\n反驳 - [pinyin]fan3 bo1[/pinyin] - Retort, sharp reply\n斥责 - [pinyin]chi4 ze2[/pinyin] - Denounce\n嚣张 - [pinyin]xiao1 zhang1[/pinyin] - Be arrogant, be on one\'s high horse\n争辩 - [pinyin]zheng1 bian2[/pinyin] - Dispute\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学<strong>代替</strong>了。\n\n我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。\n\n这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上<strong>讲台</strong>，管好纪律。课室里<strong>乱哄哄</strong>的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: \"全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始<strong>记名</strong>。\" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做\"<strong>耳旁风</strong>\"，埋头继续玩\"三国杀\"。\n\n我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力<strong>狡辩</strong>\"为什么登我名？\" 我刚想<strong>反驳</strong>，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道: \"检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。\" 他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！\n\n检查团一走，他们又不管我的<strong>斥责</strong>，继续吵闹，并反驳: \"你<strong>嚣张</strong>什么啊，你只是个代替的。\" 他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们<strong>争辩</strong>。\n\n最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的\"代替生活\"。\n\n唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThe class monitor is the heart of any class [lit: grade level], needless to say it\'s a powerful position. When the class monitor isn\'t there, how should you deal with it? Well, you find another skilled student with good grades to substitute. \n\nI\'m a [class monitor] substitute; when the class monitor isn\'t there, the teacher asks me instead, and I\'m happy to do some work for the teacher. \n\nThis one day, the class monitor had just left to do something, so I ran up to the podium to oversee classroom discipline. The classroom was disorderly and loud, no one wasy paying attention to me. I called out loudly: \"Everyone return to your places, we\'re going to call roll.\" The classroom immediately quieted down a bit, most students returned to their seats, but for a few, my words went in one ear and out the other, and they immersed themselves in their game of San Guo Sha. \n\nIndignant, I wrote the names [of the misbehaving students] on the blackboard in big letters. They tried vehemently to argue, saying :\"Why are you writing my name?\" I had just thought up a [stinging] retort, but the class inspector arrived, and I calmly said, \"The inspector has arrived, you must not be noisy, or else you\'ll be assigned extra homework.\" They immediately shut their mouths. Ai, it\'s no fun being the class monitor! \n\nAs soon as the classroom inspector left, they once again ignored my protests, continued being noisy, and snapped, \"What are you on your high horse about, you\'re just a substitute.\" They said this in a [mean]-spirited way. I turned away, tears welling in my eyes, but I tolerated it and did not argue with them.\n\nFinally, the class monitor returned, and I stopped [living] my \"substitute\'s life\". \n\nAi, being a substitute is more trouble than being the real thing. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'You are Just a Substitute', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '586-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 09:54:10', '2011-03-26 13:54:10', '', 586, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/586-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(654, 1, '2011-08-21 20:48:24', '2011-08-22 00:48:24', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\nJust in case you were wondering, below is a short intermediate essay on How to Make Friends. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis article was both written and translated into English by a Chinese student on her own blog. I wish I could remember where I found it now, as I\'d like to give the credit where credit is due, but it\'s been sitting in my \"drafts\" folder forever.\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>如何交朋友</h4>\r\n\r\n人人都需要朋友。朋友可以给我们以帮助，与我们<strong>共事</strong>困难和快乐。但是，怎样<strong>交</strong>朋友<strong>呢</strong>? \r\n\r\n交朋友首先要对别人友善。你对别人微笑；肯定别人也会<strong>报以</strong>微笑。要使<strong>陌生人</strong>感到亲切，关心别人要比,关心自己<strong>为重</strong>，决不以貌取人。 \r\n\r\n其次，朋友之间应该商量而不是争吵。当与别人有<strong>分歧</strong>时，要和他一起讨论。 \r\n\r\n最后，不要相信那些在<strong>危急关头</strong>背离你的人，也不要在朋友危难时离开他。记住: <strong>患难</strong>之中见真情。 \r\n\r\n朋友应该以诚<strong>相待</strong>。只要你把朋友的<strong>利益</strong>置于你的利益之上，你就会拥有好多好朋友 \r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]Everyone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how can we make friends? \r\n\r\nFirst, to make friends, you must be friendly to others. Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return. You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by their appearance and clothes. \r\n\r\nSecond, friends should negotiate instead of quarrel. When you don\'t agree with someone, discuss the issue with them. \r\n\r\nFinally, never trust in those who leave you when you are in trouble. And never leave your friends when they are in trouble. Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed. [Literally: During difficult situations, you will see the truth]\r\n\r\nFriends should be faithful to each other. So long as you can put your friend\'s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'How to Make Friends', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-make-friends', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:48:36', '2020-04-20 11:48:36', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=654', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(1817, 1, '2020-04-20 06:17:41', '2020-04-20 10:17:41', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\nJust in case you were wondering, below is a short intermediate essay on How to Make Friends. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis article was both written and translated into English by a Chinese student on her own blog. I wish I could remember where I found it now, as I\'d like to give the credit where credit is due, but it\'s been sitting in my \"drafts\" folder forever.\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>如何交朋友</h4>\r\n\r\n人人都需要朋友。朋友可以给我们以帮助，与我们<strong>共事</strong>困难和快乐。但是，怎样<strong>交</strong>朋友<strong>呢</strong>? \r\n\r\n交朋友首先要对别人友善。你对别人微笑；肯定别人也会<strong>报以</strong>微笑。要使<strong>陌生人</strong>感到亲切，关心别人要比,关心自己<strong>为重</strong>，决不以貌取人。 \r\n\r\n其次，朋友之间应该商量而不是争吵。当与别人有<strong>分歧</strong>时，要和他一起讨论。 \r\n\r\n最后，不要相信那些在<strong>危急关头</strong>背离你的人，也不要在朋友危难时离开他。记住: <strong>患难</strong>之中见真情。 \r\n\r\n朋友应该以诚<strong>相待</strong>。只要你把朋友的<strong>利益</strong>置于你的利益之上，你就会拥有好多好朋友 \r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]Everyone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how can we make friends? \r\n\r\nFirst, to make friends, you must be friendly to others. Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return. You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by their appearance and clothes. \r\n\r\nSecond, friends should negotiate instead of quarrel. When you don\'t agree with someone, discuss the issue with them. \r\n\r\nFinally, never trust in those who leave you when you are in trouble. And never leave your friends when they are in trouble. Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed. [Literally: During difficult situations, you will see the truth]\r\n\r\nFriends should be faithful to each other. So long as you can put your friend\'s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'How to Make Friends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '654-revision-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:17:41', '2020-04-20 10:17:41', '', 654, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2020/04/20/654-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(607, 1, '2011-03-28 07:00:02', '2011-03-28 11:00:02', '[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\r\n\r\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \r\n\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\r\n[su_row]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h4>小猫钓鱼</h4>\r\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\r\n\r\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\r\n\r\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\r\n\r\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n</div>\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\r\n[hide-this-part morelink=\"Show English translation\"]\r\n\r\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\nLittle Cat listened to Old Cat\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part]\r\n[/su_column]\r\n[/su_row]</div>', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cat-goes-fishing', '', '', '2020-04-20 07:49:45', '2020-04-20 11:49:45', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=607', 0, 'post', '', 9),
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(608, 1, '2011-03-26 21:15:20', '2011-03-27 01:15:20', '[two_third]\n\nA short story\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只蜻蜓飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只蝴蝶飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么三心二意的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就一心一意地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。不大一会儿，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:15:20', '2011-03-27 01:15:20', '', 607, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(609, 1, '2011-03-26 21:32:30', '2011-03-27 01:32:30', '[two_third]\n\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\n\nThe most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:32:30', '2011-03-27 01:32:30', '', 607, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(612, 1, '2011-03-26 21:41:07', '2011-03-27 01:41:07', '[two_third]\n\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110328-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder\" />The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:41:07', '2011-03-27 01:41:07', '', 607, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(613, 1, '2020-04-20 06:36:47', '2020-04-20 10:36:47', '[su_row]\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"yes\" class=\"\"]\n\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110328-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n[/su_column]\n[/su_row]\n\n<div class=\"readingPassage\">\n[su_row]\n[su_column size=\"1/2\" center=\"no\" class=\"\"]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<h4>小马过河</h4>\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Cat\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-autosave-v1', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:36:47', '2020-04-20 10:36:47', '', 607, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(614, 1, '2011-03-30 07:00:15', '2011-03-30 11:00:15', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'draft', 'open', 'open', '', 'polite-little-rabbit', '', '', '2020-04-20 06:35:29', '2020-04-20 10:35:29', '', 0, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=614', 0, 'post', '', 11),
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(620, 1, '2011-03-26 22:01:17', '2011-03-27 02:01:17', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIt was a blistering summer day, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw 就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:01:17', '2011-03-27 02:01:17', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(618, 1, '2011-03-26 21:56:13', '2011-03-27 01:56:13', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:56:13', '2011-03-27 01:56:13', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(617, 1, '2011-03-26 21:41:26', '2011-03-27 01:41:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110328-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\r\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\r\n\r\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\r\n\r\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\r\n\r\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:41:26', '2011-03-27 01:41:26', '', 607, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(619, 1, '2011-03-26 21:57:16', '2011-03-27 01:57:16', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\r\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:57:16', '2011-03-27 01:57:16', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(621, 1, '2011-03-26 22:11:16', '2011-03-27 02:11:16', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIt was a blistering summer day, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his crutches, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:11:16', '2011-03-27 02:11:16', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(622, 1, '2011-03-26 22:19:17', '2011-03-27 02:19:17', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behav\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:19:17', '2011-03-27 02:19:17', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(625, 1, '2011-03-26 22:19:58', '2011-03-27 02:19:58', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:19:58', '2011-03-27 02:19:58', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(626, 1, '2011-03-26 22:24:55', '2011-03-27 02:24:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-autosave-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:24:55', '2011-03-27 02:24:55', '', 614, 'http://chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
