苏南：大龙，假期你去哪儿了？
大龙：我去上海了。
我有两个朋友是上海人，所以我去上海玩儿了几天。
苏南：上海怎么样？
大龙：挺漂亮的。
上海菜也很好吃。
苏南：那里的天气怎么样？
大龙：天气很好，每天都是晴天。
但是和西安一样，也很热。
苏南：那你还去了别的地方吗？
大龙：当然！
我去了山东，爬了有名的泰山。
在山东我听说新疆很漂亮，我就去了新疆的火焰山，看了沙漠，还有海！
苏南：新疆有海？
大龙：不是真的海，是花海。
新疆的草原上有很多花，从远处看就像海一样。
苏南：原来是这样。
你这个假期玩儿得真开心。
大龙：是啊！
你这个假期去哪儿了？
苏南：我哪儿都没去，一直在西安。
大龙：为什么？
苏南：我爸妈要来看我，所以我想等他们来了一起去玩儿。
大龙：他们什么时候来？
苏南：这个月十二号。
他们要在中国玩两个星期。
大龙：你打算带他们去哪里玩儿？
苏南：我还没想好。
你去过北京吗？
你觉得带他们去北京爬长城怎么样？
大龙：我去过北京。
北京好是好，不过现在北京热得很，秋天去北京比较好。
苏南：那去哪儿玩儿好呢？
大龙：你去过云南吗？
苏南：我没去过。
那儿怎么样？
大龙：我去过昆明、丽江和香格里拉。
特别是洱海，非常美。
云南不光天气好，而且风景也很漂亮。
苏南：我也听说云南的气候不错，去旅游的人很多。
大龙：昆明被称为“春城”，因为昆明冬天不冷，夏天不热，气候好极了。
云南不但有湖、有雪山、有森林，而且还有很多少数民族。
对了，那儿的东西也很好吃。
苏南：听起来真不错！
这次就带我爸妈去云南。
那你寒假打算去哪儿？
大龙：冬天我打算去东北。
苏南：东北？
哪个城市？
大龙：我打算先去哈尔滨看冰雕，哈尔滨的冰雕很有名；
然后再从哈尔滨去吉林的长白山滑雪，听说那儿的雪景也很美。
苏南：你现在对中国的城市真是了如指掌。
大龙：没有没有，我还有很多地方没去过呢。
怎么样？
寒假要跟我一起去玩儿吗？
苏南：好啊！
泰国一年四季都很热，我趁这次机会去看看雪。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 假期 | jià qī | vacation |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where? |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 玩儿 | wán r | to play / to have fun / to hang out |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 挺 | tǐng | (coll.) quite / very |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 那里 | nà lǐ | there; that place |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 晴 | qíng | clear / fine (weather) |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 西安 | Xī ān | Xi'an, a major city in Shaanxi Province, China. |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 别的 | bié de | else / other |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 山东 | Shān dōng | Shandong, a province in eastern China. |
| 爬 | pá | to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 泰山 | Tài Shān | Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 新疆 | Xīn jiāng | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China; Xinjiang. |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 火焰山 | huǒ yàn shān | Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang |
| 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 |
| 沙漠 | shā mò | desert |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean / sea / great number of people or things |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 真的 | zhēn de | real; true; genuine |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland / prairie |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 远 | yuǎn | far / distant / remote |
| 处 | chù | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 爸 | bà | father / dad / pa / papa |
| 妈 | mā | ma / mom / mother |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 十二 | shí èr | twelve / 12 |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 长城 | Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 云南 | Yún nán | Yunnan Province, a province in southwest China |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 昆明 | Kūn míng | Kunming, capital city of Yunnan Province, China. |
| 丽江 | Lì jiāng | Lijiang, a city in northwest Yunnan, China. |
| 香格里拉 | Xiāng gé lǐ lā | Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 洱海 | Ěr hǎi | Erhai Lake |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 不光 | bù guāng | not the only one / not only |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 风景 | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 气候 | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | to travel |
| 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 |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 春 | chūn | spring (season) / love / lust / life |
| 城 | chéng | city walls / city / town |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 极了 | jí le | extremely / exceedingly |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 湖 | hú | lake |
| 雪 | xuě | snow |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 森林 | sēn lín | forest |
| 少数民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | ethnic minority |
| 对了 | duì le | Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 寒假 | hán jià | winter vacation |
| 东北 | Dōng běi | Northeast China; Manchuria |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 哈尔滨 | Hā ěr bīn | Harbin; a city in northeast China |
| 冰雕 | bīng diāo | ice sculpture |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 吉林 | Jí lín | Jilin, a province in northeast China; also the city of Jilin in that province. |
| 长白山 | Cháng bái shān | Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski |
| 景 | jǐng | (bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 了如指掌 | liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng | to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 泰国 | Tài guó | Thailand |
| 一 | yī | entire; whole; all; throughout |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 季 | jì | season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers |
| 趁 | chèn | to avail oneself of / to take advantage of |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |