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爸爸交朋友

How to make friends in Chinese

Name: ________________ Date: ________

孙雨文今年六岁。这个月,她和爸爸有了一个新家。

星期六上午,他们去外边玩。爸爸说:“在这里,我们一个朋友也没有。”

她说:“爸爸,我知道怎么交朋友!你看!”

那边有一个小女孩,一个人在玩。她去找那个小女孩:“你好!我叫孙雨文。你叫什么名字?”

“我叫马文文。”

“你几岁?”

“六岁。”

“我也六岁!我们一起玩吧!”

十分钟后,两个小女孩是好朋友了。

爸爸看了看那边的椅子。椅子上有一个男人,他是马文文的爸爸。

爸爸想了想,也去找他:“你好!我是孙雨文的爸爸。你叫什么名字?”

那个男人说了他的名字。

爸爸又问:“你几岁?”

那个男人看着他:“四十岁。”

“我也四十岁!那,我们一起玩,好吗?”

那个男人笑了:“好!你坐。”

一个小时后,两个小女孩说:“爸爸,我们回家吧!”

两个爸爸一起说:“不要!再玩一下!”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
今年jīnniánthis year
六liùsix
岁suìyears old; year (of age)
月yuèmoon
爸爸bàbadad; father
有yǒuto have; there is; there are
新xīnnew; newly; just
家jiāhome; family
上午shàngwǔmorning
去qùto go
外边wàibianoutside
说shuōto speak; to say

English (for the teacher)

Sun Yuwen is six this year. This month, she and her dad got a new home.

On Saturday morning, they went out to play. Dad said: “We don't have a single friend here.”

She said: “Dad, I know how to make friends! Watch!”

Over there was a little girl, playing on her own. She went up to the little girl: “Hi! My name is Sun Yuwen. What's your name?”

“I'm Ma Wenwen.”

“How old are you?”

“Six.”

“I'm six too! Let's play together!”

Ten minutes later, the two little girls were good friends.

Dad looked over at the bench. There was a man on the bench: Ma Wenwen's dad.

Dad thought for a moment, then went over to him too: “Hi! I'm Sun Yuwen's dad. What's your name?”

The man told him his name.

Then Dad asked: “How old are you?”

The man stared at him: “Forty.”

“I'm forty too! So, shall we play together?”

The man laughed: “Sure! Have a seat.”

An hour later, the two little girls said: “Dad, let's go home!”

The two dads said at the same time: “No! Just a bit longer!”