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女儿画妈妈

Body parts in Chinese

Name: ________________ Date: ________

我wǒ女儿nǚ’ér今年jīnnián五wǔ岁suì。她tā很hěn喜欢xǐhuān妈妈māma。今天jīntiān下午xiàwǔ，她tā给gěi我wǒ上课shàngkè：她tā是shì老师lǎoshī，我wǒ是shì她tā的de学生xuéshēng。

她tā说shuō：“爸爸bàba，你nǐ看kàn，这zhè是shì妈妈māma！这zhè是shì妈妈māma的de头tóu。这zhè是shì两liǎng个gè眼睛yǎnjing，这zhè是shì鼻子bízi，这zhè是shì嘴巴zuǐba。”

“这zhè是shì妈妈māma的de耳朵ěrduo。妈妈māma的de耳朵ěrduo很hěn大dà，我wǒ说shuō什么shénme，她tā都dōu听见tīngjiàn。”

“这zhè是shì妈妈māma的de手shǒu，这zhè是shì妈妈māma的de脚jiǎo。我wǒ的de妈妈māma漂亮piàoliang吗ma？”

我wǒ说shuō：“非常fēicháng漂亮piàoliang！这个zhège呢ne？是shì手机shǒujī吗ma？”

女儿nǚ’ér说shuō：“对duì。妈妈māma天天tiāntiān都dōu在zài看kàn手机shǒujī。吃饭chīfàn的de时候shíhou看kàn，睡觉shuìjiào前qián也yě看kàn。”

妈妈māma在zài那边nàbiān听见tīngjiàn了le，没有méiyǒu说话shuōhuà。

我wǒ想xiǎng：我wǒ是shì她tā爸爸bàba，我wǒ天天tiāntiān都dōu在家zàijiā，她tā怎么zěnme不bú画huà我wǒ？

女儿nǚ’ér说shuō：“现在xiànzài我wǒ画huà爸爸bàba！”

十shí分钟fēnzhōng后hòu，她tā说shuō：“爸爸bàba，你nǐ看kàn！”她tā画huà的de爸爸bàba坐zuò在zài椅子yǐzi上shàng，有yǒu头tóu，有yǒu鼻子bízi，有yǒu嘴巴zuǐba，有yǒu耳朵ěrduo，有yǒu手shǒu，也yě有yǒu脚jiǎo，没有méiyǒu眼睛yǎnjing。

我wǒ问wèn：“爸爸bàba的de眼睛yǎnjing呢ne？”

女儿nǚ’ér说shuō：“你nǐ在zài睡觉shuìjiào。你nǐ在家zàijiā，天天tiāntiān都dōu在zài睡觉shuìjiào！”

妈妈māma看kàn了le看kàn我wǒ，说shuō：“对duì，她tā都dōu看见kànjiàn了le。”

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
女儿	nǚ’ér	daughter
今年	jīnnián	this year
五	wǔ	five
岁	suì	years old; year (of age)
很	hěn	very; quite
妈妈	māma	mom; mother
今天	jīntiān	today
下午	xiàwǔ	afternoon
老师	lǎoshī	teacher
学生	xuéshēng	student; pupil
说	shuō	to speak; to say
爸爸	bàba	dad; 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.”