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<strong>Chinese Title: 我们家的跳绳比赛</strong>

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烈日 - [pinyin]lie4 ri4[/pinyin] - Scorching sun
炎炎 - [pinyin]yan2 yan2[/pinyin] - Scorching
抱上 - [pinyin]bao4 shang4[/pinyin] - Pick up (the way one picks up a child, encircling them with both arms)
糖果 - [pinyin]tang2 guo3[/pinyin] - Candy 
种 - [pinyin]zhong4[/pinyin] - To plant (eg. vegetable seeds)
种子 - [pinyin]zhong3 zi5[/pinyin] - A seed
心想 - [pinyin]xin1 xiang3[/pinyin] - Think to oneself
刨 - [pinyin]pao2[/pinyin] - To dig
坑 - [pinyin]keng1[/pinyin] - Hole
埋 - [pinyin]mai2[/pinyin] - To bury
默默 - [pinyin]mo4 mo4[/pinyin] - Without speaking
宝贝 - [pinyin]bao3 bei4[/pinyin] - "Baby", "Darling" - term of endearment
如今 - [pinyin]ru2 jin1[/pinyin] - Nowadays
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今天早上我和爸爸比赛跳绳，爸爸先跳，妈妈记时数数，爸爸一分钟跳了128个，该我上场了，爸爸数数，妈妈记时，我这次没有失误，一分钟跳了145个，我的心砰砰乱跳，都快蹦出来了，妈妈弃权了，我成了全家中的第一名，，我好开心。 
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This morning father and competed in jump rope, father went first, mother kept score and count, father jumped 128 times in a minute, and when I entered the playing field, father counted and mother took notes. In this round [literally: 'this time', but sounds weird in English because there are no previous times] I made no mistakes, and in one minute I jumped 145 times, my heart pounded in my chest, as if it would bounce right out. So I became 今天早上我和爸爸比赛跳绳，爸爸先跳，妈妈记时数数，爸爸一分钟跳了128个，该我上场了，爸爸数数，妈妈记时，我这次没有失误，一分钟跳了145个，我的心砰砰乱跳，都快蹦出来了，妈妈弃权了，我成了全家中的第一名，，我好开心。 
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