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The Red Trousers

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小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)弟弟(dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)今年(jīnㄐㄧㄣniánㄋㄧㄢˊ)十八(shíㄕˊbāㄅㄚ)岁(suìㄙㄨㄟˋ)，快要(kuàiㄎㄨㄞˋyàoㄧㄠˋ)读(dúㄉㄨˊ)完(wánㄨㄢˊ)高中(gāoㄍㄠzhōngㄓㄨㄥ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)。今天(Jīnㄐㄧㄣtiānㄊㄧㄢ)他(tāㄊㄚ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)一个(yíㄧˊgèㄍㄜˋ)考试(kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)，小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)一大早(yíㄧˊdàㄉㄚˋzǎoㄗㄠˇ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)去(qùㄑㄩˋ)妈妈(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)家(jiāㄐㄧㄚ)帮忙(bāngㄅㄤmángㄇㄤˊ)。

小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)弟弟(dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)今年(jīnㄐㄧㄣniánㄋㄧㄢˊ)十八(shíㄕˊbāㄅㄚ)歲(suìㄙㄨㄟˋ)，快要(kuàiㄎㄨㄞˋyàoㄧㄠˋ)讀(dúㄉㄨˊ)完(wánㄨㄢˊ)高中(gāoㄍㄠzhōngㄓㄨㄥ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)。今天(Jīnㄐㄧㄣtiānㄊㄧㄢ)他(tāㄊㄚ)有(yǒuㄧㄡˇ)一個(yíㄧˊgèㄍㄜˋ)考試(kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)，小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)一大早(yíㄧˊdàㄉㄚˋzǎoㄗㄠˇ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)去(qùㄑㄩˋ)媽媽(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)家(jiāㄐㄧㄚ)幫忙(bāngㄅㄤmángㄇㄤˊ)。

English

Xiaomei’s younger brother was eighteen and about to finish high school. Today he had an exam, so Xiaomei went over to their mother’s first thing in the morning to help.

妈妈(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)拿出(náㄋㄚˊchūㄔㄨ)一条(yìㄧˋtiáoㄊㄧㄠˊ)红(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)裤子(kùㄎㄨˋzi˙ㄗ)，说(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“考试(Kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)红色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)，能(néngㄋㄥˊ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)得(de˙ㄉㄜ)好(hǎoㄏㄠˇ)！”弟弟(Dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)说(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“我(Wǒㄨㄛˇ)可(kěㄎㄜˇ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)这个(zhèㄓㄜˋge˙ㄍㄜ)去(qùㄑㄩˋ)考试(kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)。”妈妈(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)也(yěㄧㄝˇ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)说(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)。

媽媽(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)拿出(náㄋㄚˊchūㄔㄨ)一條(yìㄧˋtiáoㄊㄧㄠˊ)紅(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)褲子(kùㄎㄨˋzi˙ㄗ)，說(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“考試(Kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)紅色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)，能(néngㄋㄥˊ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)得(de˙ㄉㄜ)好(hǎoㄏㄠˇ)！”弟弟(Dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)說(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“我(Wǒㄨㄛˇ)可(kěㄎㄜˇ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)這個(zhèㄓㄜˋge˙ㄍㄜ)去(qùㄑㄩˋ)考試(kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)。”媽媽(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)也(yěㄧㄝˇ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)說(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)。

媽媽(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)拿出(náㄋㄚˊchūㄔㄨ)一條(yìㄧˋtiáoㄊㄧㄠˊ)紅(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)褲子(kùㄎㄨˋzi˙ㄗ)，説(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“考試(Kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)紅色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)，能(néngㄋㄥˊ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)得(de˙ㄉㄜ)好(hǎoㄏㄠˇ)！”弟弟(Dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)説(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“我(Wǒㄨㄛˇ)可(kěㄎㄜˇ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)這個(zhèㄓㄜˋge˙ㄍㄜ)去(qùㄑㄩˋ)考試(kǎoㄎㄠˇshìㄕˋ)。”媽媽(Māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)也(yěㄧㄝˇ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)不(bùㄅㄨˋ)説(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)。

English

Their mother brought out a pair of red trousers. “Wear red for the exam and you’ll do well!” she said. “I’m not wearing those to the exam,” said Xiaomei’s brother. Their mother let the matter drop.

出门(Chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)后(hòuㄏㄡˋ)，弟弟(dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)车(chēㄔㄜ)上(shàngㄕㄤˋ)还(háiㄏㄞˊ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)看书(kànㄎㄢˋshūㄕㄨ)。到(Dàoㄉㄠˋ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)学校(xuéㄒㄩㄝˊxiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)门口(ménㄇㄣˊkǒuㄎㄡˇ)，他(tāㄊㄚ)看看(kànㄎㄢˋkan˙ㄎㄢ)四周(sìㄙˋzhōuㄓㄡ)，对(duìㄉㄨㄟˋ)小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)说(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)看(kànㄎㄢˋ)，我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)出门(chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)前(qiánㄑㄧㄢˊ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)上(shang˙ㄕㄤ)红色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)衣服(yīㄧfuㄈㄨˊ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)！”他(Tāㄊㄚ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)外衣(wàiㄨㄞˋyīㄧ)里面(lǐㄌㄧˇmiànㄇㄧㄢˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)一(yíㄧˊ)件(jiànㄐㄧㄢˋ)红(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)衣服(yīㄧfuㄈㄨˊ)。

出門(Chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)後(hòuㄏㄡˋ)，弟弟(dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)車(chēㄔㄜ)上(shàngㄕㄤˋ)還(háiㄏㄞˊ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)看書(kànㄎㄢˋshūㄕㄨ)。到(Dàoㄉㄠˋ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)學校(xuéㄒㄩㄝˊxiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)門口(ménㄇㄣˊkǒuㄎㄡˇ)，他(tāㄊㄚ)看看(kànㄎㄢˋkan˙ㄎㄢ)四周(sìㄙˋzhōuㄓㄡ)，對(duìㄉㄨㄟˋ)小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)說(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)看(kànㄎㄢˋ)，我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)出門(chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)前(qiánㄑㄧㄢˊ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)上(shang˙ㄕㄤ)紅色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)衣服(yīㄧfúㄈㄨˊ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)！”他(Tāㄊㄚ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)外衣(wàiㄨㄞˋyīㄧ)裡面(lǐㄌㄧˇmiànㄇㄧㄢˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)一(yíㄧˊ)件(jiànㄐㄧㄢˋ)紅(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)衣服(yīㄧfúㄈㄨˊ)。

出門(Chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)後(hòuㄏㄡˋ)，弟弟(dìㄉㄧˋdi˙ㄉㄧ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)車(chēㄔㄜ)上(shàngㄕㄤˋ)還(háiㄏㄞˊ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)看書(kànㄎㄢˋshūㄕㄨ)。到(Dàoㄉㄠˋ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)學校(xuéㄒㄩㄝˊxiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)門口(ménㄇㄣˊkǒuㄎㄡˇ)，他(tāㄊㄚ)看看(kànㄎㄢˋkan˙ㄎㄢ)四周(sìㄙˋzhōuㄓㄡ)，對(duìㄉㄨㄟˋ)小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)説(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)看(kànㄎㄢˋ)，我(wǒㄨㄛˇ)出門(chūㄔㄨménㄇㄣˊ)前(qiánㄑㄧㄢˊ)就(jiùㄐㄧㄡˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)上(shang˙ㄕㄤ)紅色(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊsèㄙㄜˋ)的(de˙ㄉㄜ)衣服(yīㄧfuㄈㄨˊ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)！”他(Tāㄊㄚ)在(zàiㄗㄞˋ)外衣(wàiㄨㄞˋyīㄧ)裏面(lǐㄌㄧˇmiànㄇㄧㄢˋ)穿(chuānㄔㄨㄢ)了(le˙ㄌㄜ)一(yíㄧˊ)件(jiànㄐㄧㄢˋ)紅(hóngㄏㄨㄥˊ)衣服(yīㄧfuㄈㄨˊ)。

English

After they set off, her brother was still studying in the car. When they reached the school gate, he looked around and said to Xiaomei, “Look, I put on something red before we left the house!” He had a red top on under his jacket.

小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)回去(huíㄏㄨㄟˊquㄑㄩˋ)告诉(gàoㄍㄠˋsu˙ㄙㄨ)妈妈(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)，妈妈(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)笑(xiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)着(zhe˙ㄓㄜ)说(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)还(háiㄏㄞˊ)记得(jìㄐㄧˋde˙ㄉㄜ)吗(ma˙ㄇㄚ)？你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)大学(dàㄉㄚˋxuéㄒㄩㄝˊ)那(nàㄋㄚˋ)年(niánㄋㄧㄢˊ)，也(yěㄧㄝˇ)是(shìㄕˋ)这样(zhèㄓㄜˋyàngㄧㄤˋ)。”

小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)回去(huíㄏㄨㄟˊqùㄑㄩˋ)告訴(gàoㄍㄠˋsu˙ㄙㄨ)媽媽(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)，媽媽(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)笑(xiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)著(zhe˙ㄓㄜ)說(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)還(háiㄏㄞˊ)記得(jìㄐㄧˋde˙ㄉㄜ)嗎(ma˙ㄇㄚ)？你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)大學(dàㄉㄚˋxuéㄒㄩㄝˊ)那(nàㄋㄚˋ)年(niánㄋㄧㄢˊ)，也(yěㄧㄝˇ)是(shìㄕˋ)這樣(zhèㄓㄜˋyàngㄧㄤˋ)。”

小美(Xiǎoㄒㄧㄠˇměiㄇㄟˇ)回去(huíㄏㄨㄟˊquㄑㄩˋ)告訴(gàoㄍㄠˋsu˙ㄙㄨ)媽媽(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)，媽媽(māㄇㄚma˙ㄇㄚ)笑(xiàoㄒㄧㄠˋ)着(zhe˙ㄓㄜ)説(shuōㄕㄨㄛ)：“你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)還(háiㄏㄞˊ)記得(jìㄐㄧˋde˙ㄉㄜ)嗎(ma˙ㄇㄚ)？你(Nǐㄋㄧˇ)考(kǎoㄎㄠˇ)大學(dàㄉㄚˋxuéㄒㄩㄝˊ)那(nàㄋㄚˋ)年(niánㄋㄧㄢˊ)，也(yěㄧㄝˇ)是(shìㄕˋ)這樣(zhèㄓㄜˋyàngㄧㄤˋ)。”

English

Xiaomei went back and told their mother, who laughed. “Do you remember? You did the same thing the year you took your university entrance exam.”

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