小男孩问爸爸：“是不是爸爸总比孩子知道得多？
”爸爸回答：“当然!”小男孩问：“电灯是谁发明的？
”爸爸笑着回答：“爱迪生。
”小男孩又问：“那爱迪生的爸爸怎么没有发明电灯？
”爸爸看着他，不知道怎么回答这个问题。
很多时候，我们知道的不一定都是对的，孩子常常能给我们新的启发！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 是 | shì | correct; right; true |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 总 | zǒng | in every case; always; invariably |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 电灯 | diàn dēng | electric light |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 发明 | fā míng | to invent |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 爱迪生 | Ài dí shēng | Edison (name) / Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 启发 | qǐ fā | enlightenment / revelation / motivation |