每天，当太阳升起来的时候，非洲大草原上的动物们就开始奔跑了。
狮子妈妈在教育自己的孩子：“孩子，你必须跑得再快一点，再快一点，你要是跑不过最慢的羚羊，你就会被饿死。
”在另外一个地方，羚羊妈妈也在教育自己的孩子：“孩子，你必须跑得再快一点，再快一点，如果你不能比跑得最快的狮子还快，那你就肯定会被他们吃掉，成为他们的食物。
”请记住：你跑得快，别人跑得更快，所以我们要不断地提高自己。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 太阳 | tài yáng | sun / sunlight; sunshine / temple (on the side of the human head) |
| 升 | shēng | to ascend; to rise / to promote; to elevate |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 非洲 | Fēi zhōu | Africa |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland / prairie |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 动物 | dòng wù | animal |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 奔跑 | bēn pǎo | to run |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 狮子 | shī zi | lion |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate / to teach |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 再 | zài | further; beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 羚羊 | líng yáng | antelope |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 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 |
| 饿 | è | to starve (sb) |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional / separate / other |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 还 | hái | even more, still more |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | assuredly; definitely |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 掉 | diào | (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 不断 | bù duàn | unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |