大龙：周末你们打算做什么？
玲美：我早就想好了，打扫打扫房间，睡睡懒觉，看看书。
苏南：我一般在家休息，但是这个周末我不在家。
吴小咪邀请我去她爷爷家玩。
大龙：听起来很不错！
玲美：她爷爷住在哪儿？
苏南：她爷爷退休了，和奶奶一起住在郊区。
平时养养花，种种菜，还有一条小狗和一只可爱的小猫。
大龙：那你们去爷爷家做什么？
苏南：那附近有条小河，风景很不错，可以看看风景，钓钓鱼。
除了钓鱼，我们还可以在爷爷的院子里烧烤，晚上还能看到漂亮的星星。
玲美：我觉得钓鱼比我在家睡懒觉有意思，我可以去吗？
大龙：我还没想好周末做什么，我也想跟你们一起去。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 玲美 | Líng měi | A personal name, Lingmei. |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 早 | zǎo | long ago |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | to clean / to sweep |
| 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 睡睡 | shuì shuì | to sleep a bit; have a nap / sleep in |
| 懒觉 | lǎn jiào | sleeping late; a lie-in |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 邀请 | yāo qǐng | to invite |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 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 |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where? |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 郊区 | jiāo qū | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 平时 | píng shí | ordinarily |
| 养养 | yǎng yang | to grow flowers/plants as a pastime; to keep and care for |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 种种 | zhǒng zhǒng | all kinds of |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable; greens |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 条 | tiáo | classifier for long thin things |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 可爱 | kě ài | adorable / cute / lovely |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 猫 | māo | cat / (loanword) (coll.) modem |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 附近 | fù jìn | nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood |
| 河 | hé | river / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way |
| 风景 | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 钓钓 | diào diào | to go fishing; fish a bit |
| 鱼 | yú | fish |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 钓鱼 | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 院子 | yuàn zi | courtyard / garden / yard / patio |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 烧烤 | shāo kǎo | barbecue |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 星星 | xīng xing | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting / meaningful / enjoyable / fun |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |