有一天,小明的妈妈带小明去看芭蕾舞表演。
小明很喜欢看表演，所以他非常高兴。
但是他看见演员们都踮着脚跳舞,就问妈妈："妈妈，演员踮着脚跳舞多累啊，他们为什么不找一些高一点儿的演员呢?”妈妈笑着回答："傻孩子，芭蕾舞就是一种用脚尖跳的舞蹈！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 小明 | xiǎo míng | a placeholder personal name, literally “Little Ming”; often used like “John Doe” in examples |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 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 |
| 芭蕾舞 | bā lěi wǔ | ballet (loanword) |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play / show / performance / exhibition |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 演员 | yǎn yuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 踮 | diǎn | to stand on tiptoe |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 脚 | jiǎo | foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 累 | lèi | tired / weary |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 一点儿 | yī diǎn r | erhua |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 傻 | shǎ | foolish |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 脚尖 | jiǎo jiān | the extremity of the foot |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump / to hop / to skip over / to bounce |
| 舞蹈 | wǔ dǎo | dance (performance art) / dancing |