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我不舒服

How to say I’m sick in Chinese

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星期一xīngqīyì早上zǎoshang七qī点diǎn，淘淘táotáo在zài床chuáng上shàng说shuō：“妈妈māma，我wǒ不bù舒服shūfu，今天jīntiān不能bùnéng考试kǎoshì了le。”

妈妈māma带dài他tā去qù了le医院yīyuàn。

医生yīshēng问wèn：“你nǐ哪儿nǎr不bù舒服shūfu？”

“头疼tóuténg。”

“肚子dùzi呢ne？”

“也yě疼téng。”

“手shǒu呢ne？”

“也yě疼téng！”

医生yīshēng笑xiào了le笑xiào，说shuō：“你nǐ真的zhēnde生病shēngbìng了le。今天jīntiān不能bùnéng去qù学校xuéxiào了le。”

淘淘táotáo很hěn高兴gāoxìng。

“也yě不能bùnéng看kàn电视diànshì，不能bùnéng玩儿wánr手机shǒujī。”

淘淘táotáo不bú笑xiào了le。

“晚饭wǎnfàn不能bùnéng吃chī肉ròu，不能bùnéng吃chī米饭mǐfàn，喝hē一点儿yìdiǎnr水shuǐ就jiù行xíng。八bā点diǎn睡觉shuìjiào。”

淘淘táotáo不bù高兴gāoxìng了le。

“医生yīshēng，我wǒ好hǎo了le！头tóu不bù疼téng了le，肚子dùzi也yě不bù疼téng了le！”

医生yīshēng又yòu笑xiào了le：“是shì吗ma？那nà你nǐ去qù学校xuéxiào吧ba。”

到dào了le学校xuéxiào，同学tóngxué们men说shuō：“今天jīntiān不bù考试kǎoshì了le，老师lǎoshī生病shēngbìng了le！”

淘淘táotáo想xiǎng：老师lǎoshī真的zhēnde生病shēngbìng了le吗ma？

Key words

Seven o’clock on Monday morning, Taotao says from his bed, “Mum, I don’t feel well, so I can’t do the exam today.”

Mum takes him to the hospital.

The doctor asks, “Where do you feel unwell?”

“My head hurts.”

“And your tummy?”

“That hurts too.”

“Your hands?”

“They hurt too!”

The doctor smiles and says, “You really are sick. No school today.”

Taotao is very happy.

“No TV either, and no playing on your phone.”

Taotao stops smiling.

“No meat for dinner, no rice, just a little water. Bed at eight.”

Taotao is not happy now.

“Doctor, I’m better! My head and my tummy don’t hurt any more!”

The doctor smiles again: “Really? Then off to school you go.”

At school, his classmates say, “No exam today, the teacher’s sick!”

Taotao thinks: is the teacher really sick?