哥哥几个月前开始学习驾驶飞机，很快，他就学会了。
一天，他请妹妹坐自己的飞机，妹妹同意了。
在飞机上飞了半个小时以后，他们就下来了。
妹妹说：谢谢你带我坐了两次飞机。
哥哥很奇怪：两次？
我们只飞了一次呀！
妹妹说：是的，我的第一次和最后一次。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 驾驶 | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc) |
| 飞机 | fēi jī | airplane |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 请 | qǐng | to invite |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister / young woman |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree / to consent / to approve |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 飞 | fēi | to fly |
| 半 | bàn | half / semi- |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 下来 | xià lái | to come down |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |
| 是的 | shì de | yes, that's right |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |