今天公共汽车上有很多人。
一个老人上车后看见一个空座位，他走过去想坐。
但是一个小包在空座位上，一个年轻人坐在旁边。
老人问：这个座位有人吗？
年轻人说：有，这是一个老太太的座位。
她买东西去了。
但是汽车开了，也没有人回来。
老人说：她还没回来，可是她的包还在这，我们扔到外面还给她吧！
年轻人大叫：不！
那是我的包！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
| 汽车 | qì chē | car / automobile / bus |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 车 | chē | car / vehicle / machine |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 空 | kòng | vacant / unoccupied |
| 座位 | zuò wèi | seat |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 去 | qù | (after a verb of motion) movement away from the speaker; (after certain verbs) detachment or separation |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 包 | bāo | package / wrapper / container / bag / bundle / packet |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 太太 | tài tai | married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 回来 | huí lái | to return; to come back |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw / to throw away |
| 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) |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 大 | dà | greatly; freely; fully |
| 叫 | jiào | to shout |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |