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爸爸买的水

Drinks in Chinese: Dad goes to buy drinks

Name: ________________ Date: ________

星期六,天气很热。我们一家去公园。

爸爸说:“我去买喝的东西。你们要什么?”

妈妈说:“我要咖啡。”姐姐说:“我要牛奶。”我说:“我要果汁!”奶奶说:“我喝茶。”

爸爸说:“好,好,我都记住了。”

过了一会儿,爸爸回来了。他买了五瓶水。

“爸爸!咖啡呢?牛奶呢?果汁呢?”

爸爸说:“对不起,我忘了。”

我们都不高兴。可是天气太热了,我们都很渴。很快,我们就喝完了五瓶水。

奶奶说:“还是水最好喝。”

这时候,我看见爸爸的包里还有一瓶可乐。

爸爸看着我,笑着说:“这个,我没忘。”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
天气tiānqìweather
热rèhot; to warm up; to heat up; heat
去qùto go
爸爸bàbadad; father
说shuōto speak; to say
买mǎito buy; to purchase
喝hēto drink
东西dōngxīeast and west
什么shénmewhat; anything
妈妈māmamom; mother
姐姐jiějieolder sister
牛奶niúnǎimilk; cow's milk

English (for the teacher)

It was Saturday, and it was very hot. Our whole family went to the park.

Dad said, “I’ll go and buy some drinks. What do you all want?”

Mum said, “I’d like a coffee.” My sister said, “I’d like milk.” I said, “I want juice!” Grandma said, “I’ll have tea.”

Dad said, “Fine, fine, I’ve got it all.”

A little later, Dad came back. He had bought five bottles of water.

“Dad! Where’s the coffee? Where’s the milk? Where’s the juice?”

Dad said, “Sorry, I forgot.”

None of us were happy. But it was so hot, and we were all really thirsty. We finished all five bottles in no time.

Grandma said, “Water is the best drink after all.”

Just then, I saw there was still a bottle of cola in Dad’s bag.

Dad looked at me and smiled. “This one, I didn’t forget.”