一天，有人发现袋鼠从笼子里跑出来了。
大家经过讨论认为，是因为笼子太低了，所以他们决定把笼子的高度从10米加高到20米。
结果第二天，他们发现袋鼠还是跑到了外面，所以他们又决定把高度加高到30米。
但是加高后，他们居然又看到袋鼠跑到了外面，于是他们决定把笼子的高度加高到100米，他们觉得这样袋鼠一定跑不出去了。
长颈鹿看到了，问袋鼠：“你们觉得这些人会不会继续加高你们的笼子？
”袋鼠说∶“很难说，如果他们再继续忘记关门，我们还是会跑出去，他们可能就会继续加高笼子！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone / people / anyone |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 袋鼠 | dài shǔ | kangaroo |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 笼子 | lóng zi | cage; basket; container |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 经过 | jīng guò | to pass / to go through |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height / altitude / elevation |
| 米 | mǐ | uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan |
| 加 | jiā | to add / to increase; to augment |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 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) |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | in the end; as a result |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 居然 | jū rán | to one's surprise |
| 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 |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 去 | qù | (after a verb of motion) movement away from the speaker; (after certain verbs) detachment or separation |
| 长颈鹿 | cháng jǐng lù | giraffe |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 忘记 | wàng jì | to forget |
| 关 | guān | to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |