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我包的饺子我包的餃子

My Homemade Dumplings · Reading exercise 16 of 29 阅读练习

Read the text, then answer the questions. Select a word to see its reading and meaning. Names of people and places are underlined.

文东(WénㄨㄣˊDōngㄉㄨㄥ)：今天(jīnㄐㄧㄣtiānㄊㄧㄢ)下班(xiàㄒㄧㄚˋbānㄅㄢ)早(zǎoㄗㄠˇ)，我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)包(bāoㄅㄠ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)饺子(jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇzi˙ㄗ)。来(Láiㄌㄞˊ)，吃(chīㄔ)几个(jǐㄐㄧˇge˙ㄍㄜ)。

文東(WénㄨㄣˊDōngㄉㄨㄥ)：今天(jīnㄐㄧㄣtiānㄊㄧㄢ)下班(xiàㄒㄧㄚˋbānㄅㄢ)早(zǎoㄗㄠˇ)，我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)包(bāoㄅㄠ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)餃子(jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇzi˙ㄗ)。來(Láiㄌㄞˊ)，吃(chīㄔ)幾個(jǐㄐㄧˇge˙ㄍㄜ)。

English

I got off work early today, so I made some dumplings. Here, have a few.

新雨(Xīnㄒㄧㄣyǔㄩˇ)：这些(zhèㄓㄜˋxiēㄒㄧㄝ)饺子(jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇzi˙ㄗ)怎么(zěnㄗㄣˇme˙ㄇㄜ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)大(dàㄉㄚˋ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)？

新雨(Xīnㄒㄧㄣyǔㄩˇ)：這些(zhèㄓㄜˋxiēㄒㄧㄝ)餃子(jiǎoㄐㄧㄠˇzi˙ㄗ)怎麼(zěnㄗㄣˇme˙ㄇㄜ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)大(dàㄉㄚˋ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)？

English

How come some of these dumplings are big and some are small?

文东(WénㄨㄣˊDōngㄉㄨㄥ)：我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)还(háiㄏㄞˊ)不(búㄅㄨˊ)太(tàiㄊㄞˋ)会(huìㄏㄨㄟˋ)包(bāoㄅㄠ)。大(Dàㄉㄚˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)给(gěiㄍㄟˇ)你(nǐㄋㄧˇ)，小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)给(gěiㄍㄟˇ)我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)。

文東(WénㄨㄣˊDōngㄉㄨㄥ)：我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)還(háiㄏㄞˊ)不(búㄅㄨˊ)太(tàiㄊㄞˋ)會(huìㄏㄨㄟˋ)包(bāoㄅㄠ)。大(Dàㄉㄚˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)給(gěiㄍㄟˇ)你(nǐㄋㄧˇ)，小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)給(gěiㄍㄟˇ)我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)。

English

I'm still not very good at making them. You have the big ones; I'll have the small ones.

新雨(Xīnㄒㄧㄣyǔㄩˇ)：大(dàㄉㄚˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)都(dōuㄉㄡ)好吃(hǎoㄏㄠˇchīㄔ)。再(Zàiㄗㄞˋ)给(gěiㄍㄟˇ)我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)几个(jǐㄐㄧˇge˙ㄍㄜ)吧(ba˙ㄅㄚ)。

新雨(Xīnㄒㄧㄣyǔㄩˇ)：大(dàㄉㄚˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)小(xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)都(dōuㄉㄡ)好吃(hǎoㄏㄠˇchīㄔ)。再(Zàiㄗㄞˋ)給(gěiㄍㄟˇ)我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)幾個(jǐㄐㄧˇge˙ㄍㄜ)吧(ba˙ㄅㄚ)。

English

They're delicious, big or small. I'll have a few more, please.

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