车也要加油
What does 加油 mean?
Name: ________________ Date: ________
妈妈今年四十岁。她会开车，可是她不喜欢开车。
星期天，我们去朋友家。爸爸说：“今天妈妈开车！”爸爸坐在前边，我坐在后边。
妈妈说：“我不想开。”
我说：“妈妈，加油！”爸爸也说：“你可以的！”
妈妈开车了。开了十分钟，我说：“加油！”开了二十分钟，爸爸说：“加油！”
妈妈说：“好，好，谢谢你们！”
开了一个小时，爸爸看了看车，说：“车没有油了。”
我说：“我们都给妈妈加油了！车里怎么没有油呢？”
爸爸说：“我们对妈妈说‘加油’，是说：你可以的！”
“车不听我们说话。车要的是油。”
前边可以给车加油，我们去了那里。一个人问：“加多少？”
我说：“加油！加油！”
他说：“我知道。要多少？”
爸爸和妈妈都笑了。
要回家了。妈妈说：“今天，你们给我加油了。我也给车加油了。现在，爸爸开车！”
爸爸说：“好吧。那你们给我加油！”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | māma | mom; mother |
| 今年 | jīnnián | this year |
| 岁 | suì | years old; year (of age) |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car |
| 喜欢 | xǐhuān | to like; to be fond of |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 朋友 | péngyǒu | friend |
| 家 | jiā | home; family |
| 爸爸 | bàba | dad; father |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 今天 | jīntiān | today |
English (for the teacher)
Mum is forty this year. She can drive, but she doesn't like driving.
On Sunday, we're going to a friend's house. Dad says, "Today Mum drives!" Dad sits in the front, and I sit in the back.
Mum says, "I don't want to drive."
I say, "Mum, jiāyóu! Come on!" Dad says too, "You can do it!"
Mum starts driving. After ten minutes, I say, "Jiāyóu!" After twenty minutes, Dad says, "Jiāyóu!"
Mum says, "OK, OK, thank you both!"
After an hour, Dad looks at the car and says, "The car's out of fuel."
I say, "We both cheered Mum on with jiāyóu! So why is there no fuel in the car?"
Dad says, "When we say jiāyóu to Mum, we mean: you can do it!"
"The car doesn't listen to us. What the car wants is fuel."
Just ahead you can fill up the car, so we go there. A man asks, "How much shall I put in?"
I say, "Jiāyóu! Jiāyóu!"
He says, "I know. How much?"
Dad and Mum both laugh.
Time to go home. Mum says, "Today you two cheered me on. And I filled up the car. Now Dad drives!"
Dad says, "Fine. Then you two cheer me on!"