小龙今年7岁，他的妹妹今年6岁。
今天是妈妈的生日，爸爸买了一个大蛋糕。
吃蛋糕的时候，妈妈把刀给了小龙，说：“今天你来切蛋糕，你和妹妹一人吃一块。
”小龙非常高兴，这是他第一次切蛋糕。
妈妈又说：“不过，你要像个绅士一样。
”小龙问：“绅士？
绅士会怎么做？
”妈妈回答说：“绅士会把大的那一块给别人，自己吃小的那一块。
”小龙想了想，对妹妹说：“妹妹，今天你来切蛋糕吧！
你要像个绅士一样。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小龙 | xiǎo lóng | snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals) |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister / young woman |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass / (slang) (loanword) dollar |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 来 | lái | (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 切 | qiē | to cut; to slice; to carve |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 绅士 | shēn shì | gentleman |
| 一样 | yī yàng | just like |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 一块 | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) aspect; area; dimension / (coll.) one yuan; a dollar |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |