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爸爸买的水

Drinks in Chinese: Dad goes to buy drinks

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星期六xīngqīliù，天气tiānqì很hěn热rè。我们wǒmen一家yìjiā去qù公园gōngyuán。

爸爸bàba说shuō：“我wǒ去qù买mǎi喝hē的de东西dōngxī。你们nǐmen要yào什么shénme？”

妈妈māma说shuō：“我wǒ要yào咖啡kāfēi。”姐姐jiějie说shuō：“我wǒ要yào牛奶niúnǎi。”我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ要yào果汁guǒzhī！”奶奶nǎinai说shuō：“我wǒ喝茶hēchá。”

爸爸bàba说shuō：“好hǎo，好hǎo，我wǒ都dōu记住jìzhu了le。”

过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr，爸爸bàba回来huílái了le。他tā买mǎi了le五wǔ瓶píng水shuǐ。

“爸爸bàba！咖啡kāfēi呢ne？牛奶niúnǎi呢ne？果汁guǒzhī呢ne？”

爸爸bàba说shuō：“对不起duìbuqǐ，我wǒ忘wàng了le。”

我们wǒmen都dōu不bù高兴gāoxìng。可是kěshì天气tiānqì太tài热rè了le，我们wǒmen都dōu很hěn渴kě。很hěn快kuài，我们wǒmen就jiù喝hē完wán了le五wǔ瓶píng水shuǐ。

奶奶nǎinai说shuō：“还是háishi水shuǐ最好zuìhǎo喝hē。”

这时候zhèshíhou，我wǒ看见kànjiàn爸爸bàba的de包bāo里还有háiyǒu一yì瓶píng可乐kělè。

爸爸bàba看kàn着zhe我wǒ，笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“这个zhège，我wǒ没méi忘wàng。”

Key words

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.”