中国贵州省的杨少士是一名乡村老师，他出生于1961年，从17岁就开始当老师了。
1987年，当地政府建立了一所学校，让更多的孩子可以接受教育。
但是他发现，为了去新学校，学生不得不花一个多小时穿过两公里长的悬崖，再爬到山顶。
杨少士说：我们生活在一个偏远的地区，上学的路充满风险，所以我需要每天指导他们，保证他们的安全。
他已经护送了他的学生们31年。
后来政府把这些村民搬到了城市居住，杨少士的学生再也不需要爬山去上学了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 贵州 | Guì zhōu | Guizhou, a province in southwest China. |
| 省 | shěng | province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 杨少士 | Yáng Shào shì | a personal name |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 乡村 | xiāng cūn | rustic / village / countryside |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 当 | dāng | to be / to act as |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish / to set up / to found |
| 所 | suǒ | classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept; to acquiesce |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 穿过 | chuān guò | to pass through |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 悬崖 | xuán yá | precipice / overhanging cliff |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 爬 | pá | to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up |
| 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) |
| 山顶 | shān dǐng | hilltop |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 偏远 | piān yuǎn | remote / far from civilization |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 上学 | shàng xué | to go to school / to attend school |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 充满 | chōng mǎn | full of / brimming with / very full / permeated |
| 风险 | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 指导 | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 保证 | bǎo zhèng | to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge |
| 安全 | ān quán | safety; security |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 护送 | hù sòng | to escort / to accompany |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager |
| 搬 | bān | to move / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside / to dwell / to live in a place |
| 再也不 | zài yě bù | never again; no longer |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |