最近，江苏南京的一位妈妈因为发现自己的两个孩子对花钱没有概念，特别容易浪费，就为他们租下了一个摊位，让自己11岁的儿子和3岁的女儿一起在高温天气卖花生。
这位妈妈想通过这种方式让孩子们明白赚钱不容易，花钱要注意。
在这次体验以后，三岁的女儿看到玩具太贵，也不要求买了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 江苏 | Jiāng sū | Jiangsu Province, an eastern coastal province of China. |
| 南京 | Nán jīng | Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 概念 | gài niàn | concept / idea |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 容易 | róng yì | likely; liable to; apt to |
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 租 | zū | to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 摊位 | tān wèi | vendor's booth |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 温 | wēn | (bound form) temperature / (TCM) fever / epidemic; pestilence |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 花生 | huā shēng | peanut |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 通过 | tōng guò | by means of; through; via |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 明白 | míng bai | to understand; to realize |
| 赚钱 | zhuàn qián | to earn money |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 体验 | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 玩具 | wán jù | plaything / toy |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 贵 | guì | expensive |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |