最近上海的一位妈妈因为女儿不认真写作业生气到抓狂，但是妈妈的生气却让她的父亲母亲很开心。
原来23年前，这位妈妈的爸爸辅导她作业时就遇到了同样的事情，女儿不认真写作业因此写了一封信给女儿，信里说：以后有一天你也会成为父母，将来你的孩子发生你现在这样的问题，你会怎么做呢？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 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 |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment / homework |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious |
| 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) |
| 抓狂 | zhuā kuáng | (coll.) to be driven crazy; to tear one's hair out; to freak out |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 母亲 | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 辅导 | fǔ dǎo | to give guidance / to mentor / to counsel / to coach / to tutor |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 同样 | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 封 | fēng | classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters |
| 信 | xìn | letter / mail |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 将来 | jiāng lái | in the future |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |