中国的五件事
Facts about China
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你想知道中国的事吗？我们来看五件。你知道几件？
第一，中国很大，人也很多。中国有差不多十四亿人！
第二，一月的时候，有的中国人在看雪，有的中国人在海边玩。
第三，中国人一年有两个新年。一个是元旦，一个是春节。元旦是一月的第一天。春节有的时候在一月，有的时候在二月。春节的时候，很多人回家，和家人吃饭、喝茶、看电视。
第四，大熊猫的家在中国。它们非常喜欢吃东西，一天要吃十多个小时！
第五，中国很大，可是只有一个时间：北京时间。在中国，你的手机上是早上八点，你朋友的手机上也是早上八点。给他打电话，你不用问：“你那儿现在几点？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhīdào | to know; to be aware of |
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 事 | shì | thing; matter; affair |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 看 | kàn | to look at; to see; to watch |
| 五 | wǔ | five |
| 件 | jiàn | item; document (as in 文件, 邮件) |
| 几 | jǐ | how many; a few; several |
| 大 | dà | big; large |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 多 | duō | many; much |
| 月 | yuè | moon |
English (for the teacher)
Want to know about China? Let's look at five things. How many do you already know?
One: China is very big, and it has a lot of people too. China has about one point four billion people!
Two: in January, some Chinese people are watching the snow while others are playing at the beach.
Three: Chinese people have two new years every year. One is Yuandan, and the other is the Spring Festival. Yuandan is the first day of January. Some years the Spring Festival is in January, some years in February. At the Spring Festival lots of people go home to eat, drink tea and watch TV with their family.
Four: giant pandas live in China. They really love eating: they eat for more than ten hours a day!
Five: China is very big, but it has only one time: Beijing Time. In China, when your phone says eight in the morning, your friend's phone says eight in the morning too. When you call them, you never need to ask: "What time is it there?"