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星期三的鱼

School lunch: Wednesday’s fish

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我们wǒmen学校xuéxiào的de午饭wǔfàn很hěn好吃hǎochī，可是kěshì星期三xīngqīsān有yǒu鱼yú。

我wǒ不bù喜欢xǐhuān吃chī鱼yú。

坐zuò在zài我wǒ旁边pángbiān的de周东最zuì喜欢xǐhuān吃chī鱼yú，不bù喜欢xǐhuān吃chī菜cài。

我们wǒmen想xiǎng了le一个yígè好hǎo办法bànfǎ：星期三xīngqīsān，我wǒ的de鱼yú给gěi他tā吃chī，他tā的de菜cài给gěi我wǒ吃chī。

老师lǎoshī看kàn了le看kàn我们wǒmen：“你们nǐmen都dōu吃chī完wán了le！”“很hěn好hǎo！”

那天nàtiān晚上wǎnshang，老师lǎoshī给gěi我wǒ妈妈māma打dǎ了le电话diànhuà。

妈妈māma很hěn高兴gāoxìng：“老师lǎoshī说shuō，你nǐ的de鱼yú都dōu吃chī完wán了le！”“你nǐ现在xiànzài喜欢xǐhuān吃chī鱼yú了le！”

我wǒ不bù知道zhīdào说shuō什么shénme好hǎo。

第二天dì’èrtiān晚上wǎnshang，妈妈māma做zuò了le鱼yú。第三dìsān天tiān晚上wǎnshang，也yě一样yíyàng。

妈妈māma笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“多duō吃chī一点儿yìdiǎnr！”

星期三xīngqīsān，我wǒ对duì周东说shuō：“你nǐ想不想xiǎngbuxiǎng去qù我家wǒjiā吃饭chīfàn？”“我家wǒjiā天天tiāntiān都dōu有yǒu鱼yú。”

Key words

Our school lunches are good, but on Wednesdays there’s fish.

I don’t like fish.

Zhou Dong, who sits next to me, loves fish more than anything and doesn’t like vegetables.

We came up with a great plan: on Wednesdays, he eats my fish and I eat his vegetables.

The teacher looked at us. “You’ve both eaten everything!” “Very good!”

That evening, the teacher phoned my mum.

Mum was delighted. “Your teacher says you ate all your fish!” “So now you like fish!”

I didn’t know what to say.

The next evening, Mum cooked fish. The evening after that, the same again.

Mum smiled. “Have some more!”

On Wednesday, I said to Zhou Dong, “Do you want to come to my place for dinner?” “We have fish every day.”