Chinese–English parallel text
工作的一天
A Day at Work
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工作的一天
A Day at Work
Nina 有 yǒu 一张 yìzhāng 火车票 huǒchēpiào 。 它 tā 在 zài 她的 tāde 鞋 xié 里 lǐ 。
Nina has a train ticket. It is in her shoe.
火车 huǒchē 星期六 xīngqīliù 开 kāi 。 今天 jīntiān 是 shì 星期一 xīngqīyī , 早上 zǎoshàng 八 bā 点 diǎn 。
The train leaves on Saturday. It is Monday, eight o’clock in the morning.
她 tā 带 dài 着 zhe 她的 tāde 包 bāo 站 zhàn 在 zài 老板 lǎobǎn 前面 qiánmiàn 。
She stands in front of the boss with her bag.
“ 再见 zàijiàn ,” 她 tā 说 shuō 。“ 谢谢 xièxiè 你 nǐ 给 gěi 我 wǒ 工作 gōngzuò 。”
“Goodbye,” she says. “Thank you for the job.”
老板 lǎobǎn 看 kàn 汤 tāng 。
The boss looks at the soup.
“ 你的 nǐde 火车 huǒchē 在 zài 星期六 xīngqīliù ,” 他 tā 说 shuō 。“ 今天 jīntiān 是 shì 星期一 xīngqīyī 。”
“Your train is on Saturday,” he says. “This is Monday.”
“ 是 shì , 但是 dànshì 我 wǒ 想要 xiǎngyào 去 qù 。”
“Yes, but I want to go.”
“ 我 wǒ 需要 xūyào 一个 yígè 厨师 chúshī 。 你 nǐ 星期五 xīngqīwǔ 能 néng 停 tíng 。”
“I need a cook. You can stop on Friday.”
“ 我 wǒ 有 yǒu 票 piào !”
“I have a ticket!”
“ 是 shì ,” 老板 lǎobǎn 说 shuō 。“ 它 tā 在 zài 你的 nǐde 鞋 xié 里 lǐ 。”
“Yes,” the boss says. “It is in your shoe.”
Nina 做 zuò 汤 tāng 。
Nina makes soup.
现在 xiànzài 是 shì 十 shí 点 diǎn 。Nina 在 zài 做 zuò 60 人 rén 的 de 汤 tāng 。
It is ten o’clock. Nina is making soup for 60.
餐馆 cānguǎn 有 yǒu 一份 yífèn 非常 fēicháng 长 cháng 的 de 菜单 càidān 。 上面 shàngmiàn 写 xiě 着 zhe : 汤 tāng 。
The restaurant has a very long menu. It says: soup.
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