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女儿画妈妈

Body parts in Chinese

Name: ________________ Date: ________

我女儿今年五岁。她很喜欢妈妈。今天下午,她给我上课:她是老师,我是她的学生。

她说:“爸爸,你看,这是妈妈!这是妈妈的头。这是两个眼睛,这是鼻子,这是嘴巴。”

“这是妈妈的耳朵。妈妈的耳朵很大,我说什么,她都听见。”

“这是妈妈的手,这是妈妈的脚。我的妈妈漂亮吗?”

我说:“非常漂亮!这个呢?是手机吗?”

女儿说:“对。妈妈天天都在看手机。吃饭的时候看,睡觉前也看。”

妈妈在那边听见了,没有说话。

我想:我是她爸爸,我天天都在家,她怎么不画我?

女儿说:“现在我画爸爸!”

十分钟后,她说:“爸爸,你看!”她画的爸爸坐在椅子上,有头,有鼻子,有嘴巴,有耳朵,有手,也有脚,没有眼睛。

我问:“爸爸的眼睛呢?”

女儿说:“你在睡觉。你在家,天天都在睡觉!”

妈妈看了看我,说:“对,她都看见了。”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
女儿nǚ’érdaughter
今年jīnniánthis year
五wǔfive
岁suìyears old; year (of age)
很hěnvery; quite
妈妈māmamom; mother
今天jīntiāntoday
下午xiàwǔafternoon
老师lǎoshīteacher
学生xuéshēngstudent; pupil
说shuōto speak; to say
爸爸bàbadad; father

English (for the teacher)

My daughter is five this year. She loves her mum. This afternoon she gave me a lesson: she was the teacher, and I was her student.

She said: “Dad, look, this is Mum! This is Mum's head. These are two eyes, this is the nose, this is the mouth.”

“These are Mum's ears. Mum's ears are really big: whatever I say, she hears it.”

“These are Mum's hands, these are Mum's feet. Is my mum pretty?”

I said: “Very pretty! And this? Is it a phone?”

My daughter said: “Yes. Mum looks at her phone every day. She looks at it when she eats, and she looks at it before bed.”

Mum heard it from over there and didn't say a word.

I thought: I'm her dad, I'm at home every day, so why doesn't she draw me?

My daughter said: “Now I'll draw Dad!”

Ten minutes later, she said: “Dad, look!” The dad she drew was sitting on a chair, with a head, a nose, a mouth, ears, hands and feet too, but no eyes.

I asked: “Where are Dad's eyes?”

My daughter said: “You're asleep. At home you're asleep every day!”

Mum looked at me and said: “That's right, she sees everything.”