A little girl wants to surprise her dad with a birthday treat, but her cooking skills might need some work. Will dad still be happy with her special gift?
今天是爸爸的生日。小红想做一个蛋糕。
她去厨房。她找到鸡蛋和牛奶。她很高兴地工作。
但是，蛋糕太小了！小红很不高兴。
爸爸回家了。他看见小蛋糕，笑了。他说：”这是我最好的生日礼物！”
小红也笑了。爱比蛋糕更大。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 厨房 | chú fáng | kitchen |
| 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | egg |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | milk |
| 礼物 | lǐ wù | gift |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy |
| 爱 | ài | love</p> |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4] |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 红 | Hóng | surname Hong |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, frien… |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);… |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 他 | tā | (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2]) |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 笑 | xiào | old variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile; to laugh at |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 比 | Bǐ | Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2] |
| 更 | gēng | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
Today is dad’s birthday. Xiao Hong wants to make a cake.
She goes to the kitchen. She finds eggs and milk. She works happily.
But the cake is too small! Xiao Hong is unhappy.
Dad comes home. He sees the small cake and smiles. He says: “This is my best birthday gift!”
Xiao Hong also smiles. Love is bigger than cake.