大学生们在公园聊天，有一个人问：”一滴水如果从很高的地方落下来，会不会把人砸死？
”大家想了很多办法去计算，用了近一个小时，还是没有计算出来。
有一个人路过时听到了他们的谈话，就问：”你们没有看见过雨吗？
雨能砸死人吗？
”这时，学生们发现自己忘记了最简单的常识。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student; college student |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 公园 | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation) |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 滴 | dī | classifier for drops of liquid |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 落 | luò | to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down |
| 下来 | xià lái | (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 不会 | bù huì | will not |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 砸 | zá | to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 计算 | jì suàn | to calculate; to compute / to consider; to think over / to plot; to scheme |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 近 | jìn | approximately |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 路过 | lù guò | to pass by or through |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 听到 | tīng dào | to hear |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 谈话 | tán huà | talk / conversation |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 雨 | yǔ | rain |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 忘记 | wàng jì | to forget |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 简单 | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 常识 | cháng shí | common sense; general knowledge |