张老师最近有了一个新学生，她是个八岁的小女孩，她的妈妈带着她来学跳舞。
上课一个月以后，老师发现这个女孩每次上课都不笑。
原来是这个女孩的妈妈逼她来学跳舞，但是小女孩不喜欢。
老师问这个妈妈为什么一定要让孩子学跳舞？
这个妈妈说，因为她从小就觉得会跳舞的人都很美，所以想让孩子来学。
老师说：那么下次孩子就不用来了，她不喜欢，也不快乐，喜欢跳舞的是你，你才应该来当我的学生。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 张 | Zhāng | surname Zhang |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 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 |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 她的 | tā de | her; hers |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 逼 | bī | to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 当 | dāng | to be / to act as |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |