一个小女孩被老师排除在合唱团之外，所以一个人在公园里伤心流泪。
过了一会儿，她开始轻轻地唱歌。
”唱得真好!”这时，一个声音响起来，”谢谢你，孩子，你让我度过了一个愉快的下午。
”说话的是一个老人，他说完后就走了。
第二天，那老人还坐在原来的位子上，满脸慈祥地听小女孩唱歌……
很
多年以后，小女孩成了有名的歌星，但她一直记着那位慈祥的老人。后来
，她想去找那位老人表示感谢，才知道，老人已经不在了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 合唱团 | hé chàng tuán | chorus / choir |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside / excluding |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 公园 | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 伤心 | shāng xīn | to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt |
| 流泪 | liú lèi | to shed tears |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一会儿 | yī huì r | a moment / a while |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 轻轻 | qīng qīng | lightly; softly |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing / to call loudly / to chant |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 声音 | shēng yīn | voice / sound |
| 响 | xiǎng | to make a sound / to sound / to ring |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 度过 | dù guò | to pass / to spend (time) / to survive / to get through |
| 愉快 | yú kuài | cheerful; happy; pleasant; delighted |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 原来 | yuán lái | original; former |
| 位子 | wèi zi | place / seat |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 满 | mǎn | full / filled / packed / satisfied / contented |
| 脸 | liǎn | face |
| 慈祥 | cí xiáng | kindly / benevolent (often of older person) |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 歌星 | gē xīng | singing star / famous singer |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 记 | jì | to record / to note / to memorize / to remember |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 感谢 | gǎn xiè | (express) thanks / gratitude / thanks |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 不在 | bù zài | not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased |