我最好的朋友
My best friend: an easy Chinese essay story
Name: ________________ Date: ________
老师说：“今天，我们写一写‘我最好的朋友’。”
我写：
我最好的朋友，比我大三十岁。
她每天早上七点叫我起床。她做的饭很好吃，可是她天天让我吃青菜。
我不高兴的时候，她会坐在我旁边，什么也不说。
晚上，她给我读书。我不想睡觉，她就不高兴了。
她工作很忙。可是她每天都有时间听我说话。
她唱歌不好听，可是她很喜欢唱。我和爸爸都不告诉她。
她是我妈妈。
那天晚上，妈妈看了我的作文。她没说什么，也坐下来写。
第二天早上，我在桌子上看见了妈妈写的字：
我最好的朋友，比我小三十岁……
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 朋友 | péngyǒu | friend |
| 大 | dà | big; large |
| 岁 | suì | years old; year (of age) |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | morning |
| 七 | qī | seven |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called; to be named |
| 起床 | qǐchuáng | to get up; to get out of bed |
English (for the teacher)
The teacher said, “Today, let’s write about ‘My best friend’.”
I wrote:
My best friend is thirty years older than me.
Every morning at seven, she wakes me up. The food she cooks is delicious, but every day she makes me eat my greens.
When I’m upset, she sits next to me and doesn’t say a thing.
In the evening, she reads to me. When I don’t want to go to sleep, she gets cross.
She is very busy at work. But every day she has time to listen to me.
She can’t sing, but she loves singing. Dad and I never tell her.
She is my mum.
That evening, Mum read my essay. She didn’t say anything, and sat down to write too.
The next morning, I found Mum’s handwriting on the table:
My best friend is thirty years younger than me…