小明的妈妈想让儿子学会游泳，就给他报了游泳班。
妈妈说："小明，我给你报了游泳班，这样你就可以玩水了！
”小明喜欢玩水，所以很高兴。
上课第一天，练习了2个小时后，小明就对游泳老师说："老师，上午就练习到这儿吧。
""为什么呢？
”老师问。
小明不好意思地说："池子里的水太难喝了！
我都快喝饱了。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 学会 | xué huì | to learn; to master |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 报 | bào | to report; to inform; to announce / to respond; to reply / to sign up for; to register for / to reward; to recompense / to take revenge; to retaliate |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 班 | bān | team; class; grade / (military) squad / work shift |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 练习 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 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) |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 池子 | chí zi | pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 难 | nán | not good |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 都 | dōu | already |
| 快 | kuài | soon / almost |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full |