小宝经常浪费食物，为了教育他，爸爸决定给他讲一下自己小时候的艰苦生活。
他说：“小宝，食物很珍贵，浪费食物是不对的。
爸爸小时候家里很穷，有时候甚至会饿肚子。
你现在多么幸福啊，有这么多东西可以吃！
你知道自己以后应该怎么做了吗？
”说到这里，爸爸觉得小宝应该已经明白了，但是小宝却哭着说：“爸爸，你小时候太可怜了，你早点到我们家来就不用饿肚子了！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小宝 | xiǎo bǎo | a common nickname/pet name meaning "little baby/treasure" |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate / to teach |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 讲 | jiǎng | to speak / to explain / to negotiate |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult / hard / arduous |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 珍贵 | zhēn guì | precious |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 穷 | qióng | poor / destitute |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 饿 | è | hungry |
| 肚子 | dù zi | belly / abdomen / stomach |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 多么 | duō me | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happy / blessed |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 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) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 明白 | míng bai | to understand; to realize |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 可怜 | kě lián | pitiful / pathetic |
| 早 | zǎo | early |
| 点 | diǎn | a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |