夏天到了，你喜欢吃什么水果？
苹果还是香蕉？
我最喜欢的是西瓜。
很多人和我一样喜欢吃西瓜，因为西瓜汁多，味道甜，最适合夏天吃。
但是怎样的西瓜才是最好的呢？
首先，你应该在一样大小的西瓜中选择最重的那一个。
然后，看西瓜的底部有没有"斑"。
如果有黄色的斑，就说明西瓜熟了。
最后，轻轻拍一下西瓜底部，但是不要引起别人的注意。
如果发出空洞的声音，就是好西瓜。
如果不是，就把西瓜放下，慢慢地离开它吧。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 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) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 苹果 | píng guǒ | apple |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 香蕉 | xiāng jiāo | banana |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 汁 | zhī | juice |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |
| 甜 | tián | sweet |
| 适合 | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 怎样 | zěn yàng | what kind |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 大小 | dà xiǎo | size / adults and children |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 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 |
| 底部 | dǐ bù | bottom |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 斑 | bān | spot / colored patch / stripe |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 黄色 | huáng sè | yellow |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 说明 | shuō míng | to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove |
| 熟 | shú | ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 轻 | qīng | light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral |
| 拍 | pāi | to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 发出 | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch / to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) |
| 空洞 | kōng dòng | empty / vacuous |
| 声音 | shēng yīn | voice / sound |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 放下 | fàng xià | to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |