春节到了，女儿和女婿开车带妈妈从广东回湖北过年。
路上，他们在加油站停车加油。
妈妈想上厕所，没有告诉他们就下车了。
女儿在车里睡觉，女婿加完油没有看妈妈在不在车上，就开车走了。
车开了一公里，女婿问：“妈妈，你想吃东西吗？
”可是没有人说话。
这时候他们才发现妈妈不在车里。
两个人都很着急，可是手机没有信号，他们不知道怎么办。
幸好路上有工作人员发现了他们。
工作人员开车找到妈妈，安全地把妈妈送回女儿女婿那里。
一家人终于又在一起了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 春节 | Chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) |
| 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) |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband; son-in-law |
| 开车 | kāi chē | to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 广东 | Guǎng dōng | Guangdong; a province in southern China. |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 湖北 | Hú běi | Hubei, a province in central China. |
| 过年 | guò nián | to celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 加油站 | jiā yóu zhàn | gas station |
| 停车 | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle) / to park / (of a machine) to stop working / to stall |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 厕所 | cè suǒ | toilet; lavatory |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 车 | chē | car / vehicle / machine |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 加 | jiā | to add / to increase; to augment |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 油 | yóu | oil / fat / grease / petroleum |
| 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 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 着急 | zháo jí | to worry; to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry |
| 手机 | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone |
| 信号 | xìn hào | signal |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 幸好 | xìng hǎo | fortunately |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 人员 | rén yuán | staff / crew / personnel |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 送 | sòng | to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with |
| 那里 | nà lǐ | there; that place |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |