妈妈在图书馆工作。
她每天早上六点起床，起床后给我和爸爸做早饭，然后我们一起吃。
七点半，她会先送我去学校，然后再去工作。
图书馆九点开门，她常常差一刻九点到图书馆门口。
中午妈妈会在图书馆的食堂吃饭。
晚上我们一起在家吃晚饭，有时候一起看电视。
这是我妈妈的一天。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 图书馆 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 早饭 | zǎo fàn | breakfast |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 七 | qī | seven / 7 |
| 半 | bàn | (after a number) and a half |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 送 | sòng | to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine / 9 |
| 开门 | kāi mén | (lit. and fig.) to open a door / to open for business |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 差 | chà | to fall short; to lack |
| 一刻 | yī kè | a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 门口 | mén kǒu | doorway / gate |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon / midday |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 晚饭 | wǎn fàn | evening meal / dinner / supper |
| 有时候 | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |