Chinese–English parallel text
这是一个笑话
It Is a Joke
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Opening the reader…
现在 xiànzài 是 shì 早上 zǎoshàng 七 qī 点 diǎn 。Berg 女士 nǚshì 站 zhàn 在 zài 楼梯 lóutī 旁边 pángbiān 。
It is seven o’clock in the morning. Mrs Berg stands at the stairs.
“ 这 zhè 是 shì 你的 nǐde 工作 gōngzuò ,” 她 tā 说 shuō 。“ 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 。 用 yòng 热 rè 水 shuǐ 。”
“This is your job,” she says. “All of them. Use hot water.”
“ 一共 yígòng 有 yǒu 多少 duōshǎo 个 gè 台阶 táijiē ?”
“How many stairs are there?”
“ 今晚 jīnwǎn 你的 nǐde 手 shǒu 能 néng 说 shuō 。”
“Tonight your hands can say.”
现在 xiànzài 是 shì 八 bā 点 diǎn 。Nina 在 zài 打扫 dǎsǎo 第 dì 二十 èrshí 级 jí 台阶 táijiē 。
It is eight o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair twenty.
现在 xiànzài 是 shì 十 shí 点 diǎn 。Nina 在 zài 打扫 dǎsǎo 第 dì 五十 wǔshí 级 jí 台阶 táijiē 。
It is ten o’clock. Nina is cleaning stair fifty.
这个 zhège 旅馆 lǚguǎn 很 hěn 小 xiǎo , 但是 dànshì 它 tā 有 yǒu 非常 fēicháng 多 duō 的 de 台阶 táijiē 。
This hotel is small, but it has very many stairs.
Max 进来 jìnlái 。 他的 tāde 头发 tóufà 上 shàng 有 yǒu 雪 xuě 。
Max comes in. There is snow in his hair.
他 tā 走 zǒu 上 shàng 干净 gānjìng 的 de 楼梯 lóutī 。 现在 xiànzài 它们 tāmen 不 bù 干净 gānjìng 了 le 。
He walks up the clean stairs. Now they are not clean.
他 tā 坐 zuò 在 zài 第 dì 十 shí 级 jí 台阶 táijiē 上 shàng 。
He sits on stair ten.
Berg 女士 nǚshì 从 cóng 她的 tāde 前台 qiántái 后面 hòumiàn 出来 chūlái 。
Mrs Berg comes out from behind her desk.
她 tā 看 kàn Max。Max 看 kàn Berg 女士 nǚshì 。
She looks at Max. Max looks at Mrs Berg.
Nina 停 tíng 下 xià 工作 gōngzuò 。 她 tā 认识 rènshí 这个 zhège 。Sara 和 hé Max 每 měi 天 tiān 这样 zhèyàng 。
Nina stops working. She knows this. Sara and Max do this every day.
Sara 总是 zǒngshì 先 xiān 停 tíng 。
Sara always stops first.
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