小杨今年8岁，常常让爸爸妈妈不高兴。
他说他想学画画，每个星期天妈妈都不休息，和他一起坐车到学校去。
可是只学了两个月，他说画画不容易，不想学了。
他又说想学唱歌，爸爸就请老师来家里教他，现在刚学了一个月，他就说唱歌也没意思。
爱好太多，但是不能坚持。
现在爸爸妈妈不知道怎么办了，是不是别的孩子也这样呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小杨 | Xiǎo Yáng | Xiao Yang; a common personal name |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 画画 | huà huà | to draw; to paint |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 星期天 | Xīng qī tiān | Sunday |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 车 | chē | car / vehicle / machine |
| 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) |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 去 | qù | (after a verb of motion) movement away from the speaker; (after certain verbs) detachment or separation |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 请 | qǐng | to invite |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 意思 | yì si | interest / fun |
| 爱好 | ài hào | interest; hobby |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 别的 | bié de | else / other |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |