杭州有一位老奶奶已经88岁了，和一般的中国老人不一样，她卖了自己的房子，去全世界旅游。
她从2009年开始出国旅游，在美国、瑞士坐直升飞机上雪山，在新西兰的冰河漂流探险…
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10年时间，她已经去了十多个国家。
今年，她准备去日本。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 杭州 | Háng zhōu | Hangzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province, China. |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / outdated / of the past |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一般 | yī bān | ordinary / so-so / common / general |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | to travel |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 出国 | chū guó | to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 瑞士 | Ruì shì | Switzerland |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 直升飞机 | zhí shēng fēi jī | helicopter |
| 上 | shàng | to climb; to get onto; to go up |
| 雪山 | xuě shān | snow-capped mountain |
| 新西兰 | Xīn xī lán | New Zealand |
| 冰河 | bīng hé | glacier |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | rafting |
| 探险 | tàn xiǎn | to explore / to go on an expedition |
| 年时 | nián shí | a period of years; over the years |
| 间 | jiān | between / among / within a definite time or space |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 多个 | duō ge | many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |