▸ 第二天dì èr tiān，小婷xiǎo tíng给gěi她tā爸爸bà ba打电话dǎ diàn huà。

The next day, Xiaoting calls her dad.

▸ 她tā问wèn：“爸爸bà ba，下个月xià gè yuè我们wǒ men要yào去qù美国měi guó两个liǎng gè星期xīng qī，米饭mǐ fàn可以kě yǐ住zhù在zài你nǐ家jiā吗ma？”

She asks: "Dad, next month we're going to America for two weeks. Can Mifan stay at your house?"

▸ 小婷xiǎo tíng的de爸爸bà ba大声dà shēng说shuō：“当然dāng rán可以kě yǐ！我wǒ最喜欢zuì xǐ huān狗gǒu了le！”

Xiaoting's dad says loudly: "Of course! I love dogs more than anything!"

▸ 米饭mǐ fàn听到tīng dào了le，高兴地gāo xìng de跳来跳去tiào lái tiào qù。

Mifan hears this and jumps around happily.

▸ 一个yī ge星期xīng qī以后yǐ hòu，小婷xiǎo tíng开始kāi shǐ收拾shōu shi东西dōng xi。

A week later, Xiaoting starts packing.

▸ 她tā把bǎ大dà箱子xiāng zi放在fàng zài床上chuáng shàng。

She puts the big suitcase on the bed.

▸ 米饭mǐ fàn看到kàn dào箱子xiāng zi，马上mǎ shàng坐zuò了le进去jìn qù。

The moment Mifan sees the suitcase, he climbs in and sits down.

▸ 小婷xiǎo tíng说shuō：“米饭mǐ fàn，你nǐ不能bù néng去qù美国měi guó！”

Xiaoting says: "Mifan, you can't go to America!"

▸ 米饭mǐ fàn不bù走zǒu，还hái把bǎ约翰yuē hàn的de一只yī zhī鞋xié也yě拿ná进jìn了le箱子xiāng zi。

Mifan won't leave — he even carries one of John's shoes into the suitcase.

▸ 约翰yuē hàn大笑dà xiào：“它tā是shì想xiǎng我们wǒ men了le。”

John laughs out loud: "He's going to miss us."

▸ 去qù机场jī chǎng的de那天nà tiān早上zǎo shang，小婷xiǎo tíng的de爸爸bà ba来lái接jiē米饭mǐ fàn。

On the morning they leave for the airport, Xiaoting's dad comes to pick up Mifan.

▸ 米饭mǐ fàn看看kàn kan小婷xiǎo tíng，又yòu看看kàn kan箱子xiāng zi。

Mifan looks at Xiaoting, then looks at the suitcase.

▸ 小婷xiǎo tíng抱bào了le抱bào米饭mǐ fàn：“两个liǎng gè星期xīng qī以后yǐ hòu见jiàn！”

Xiaoting gives Mifan a hug: "See you in two weeks!"

▸ 在zài机场jī chǎng，小婷xiǎo tíng拿出ná chū一yī张zhāng纸zhǐ，上面shàng miàn写xiě着zhe一句yī jù英文Yīng wén。

At the airport, Xiaoting takes out a piece of paper with one English sentence written on it.

▸ 她tā小声xiǎo shēng地de读dú了le一遍yī biàn，又yòu读dú了le一遍yī biàn。

She reads it quietly once, then once more.

▸ 飞机fēi jī要yào起飞qǐ fēi了le。

The plane is about to take off.

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