最近，一个中国六年级的小学生因为眼睛痛，看不到光，被带去医院检查，医生说她是急性视神经网膜炎。
经过医生的治疗，这个孩子的视力已经开始恢复了。
孩子的爸爸妈妈说，因为这个孩子做作业做得慢，常常需要熬夜写作业，一天只能睡六个小时。
希望学校能适当地布置作业。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 年级 | nián jí | grade / year (in school, college etc) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye |
| 痛 | tòng | ache / pain / sorrow |
| 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 |
| 不到 | bù dào | not reaching / insufficient / less than |
| 光 | guāng | light; ray |
| 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 |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 检查 | jiǎn chá | to examine / to inspect |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 急性 | jí xìng | acute |
| 视神经 | shì shén jīng | optic nerve |
| 网膜 | wǎng mó | retina (anatomy) |
| 炎 | yán | flame / inflammation / -itis |
| 经过 | jīng guò | to pass / to go through |
| 治疗 | zhì liáo | medical treatment / therapy |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 视力 | shì lì | eyesight; visual acuity |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 恢复 | huī fù | to reinstate / to resume / to restore / to recover / to regain / to rehabilitate |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment / homework |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 熬夜 | áo yè | to stay up late or all night |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 适当 | shì dàng | suitable; appropriate |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 布置 | bù zhì | to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy |