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写给二十岁的我

A letter to my future self

Name: ________________ Date: ________

今天,老师在课上说:“请给二十岁的你写一封信。”

媛媛今年十岁。她打开本子,写:

“二十岁的媛媛,你好!我是十岁的你。”

“你现在高吗?我不高,在班里坐最前边。”

“你还喜欢吃面条吗?我天天都想吃。”

“你会开车了吗?爸爸说,开车很难。”

“你和萍萍还是好朋友吧?我们昨天生气了,今天就好了。”

“你有狗了吗?妈妈说,长大了就能有。你长大了,那你有狗了吧?叫什么名字?”

“还有,别忘记给妈妈打电话。”

晚上,妈妈看了媛媛的信。她笑了,在信的下边写:

“媛媛,狗不用等到二十岁。”

第二天早上,媛媛家里有了一只小狗。

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīntiāntoday
老师lǎoshīteacher
课kèclass; lesson
上shàngup; above; on
说shuōto speak; to say
请qǐngplease
岁suìyears old; year (of age)
写xiěto write
今年jīnniánthis year
十shíten
你好níhǎohello; hi
现在xiànzàinow; at present

English (for the teacher)

Today in class, the teacher said, “Please write a letter to yourself at twenty.”

Yuanyuan is ten this year. She opened her notebook and wrote:

“Hello, Yuanyuan at twenty! I’m you, at ten.”

“Are you tall now? I’m not. I sit at the very front of the class.”

“Do you still like noodles? I want them every day.”

“Can you drive yet? Dad says driving is hard.”

“You and Pingping are still good friends, right? We fell out yesterday, but today we’re fine.”

“Do you have a dog yet? Mum says I can have one when I grow up. Well, you’ve grown up, so you must have a dog by now, right? What’s its name?”

“And don’t forget to call Mum.”

That evening, Mum read Yuanyuan’s letter. She smiled, and wrote at the bottom:

“Yuanyuan, you don’t have to wait until twenty for the dog.”

The next morning, there was a puppy at Yuanyuan’s house.