Den Ze (邓杰). True-life/real stories
Text adaptation by Yu Suhua
English translation by Olga Tyuleneva
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春游
Chūnyóu
(a spring excursion; chūnyóu — spring excursion, trip, tour)
听同学说，春游很好玩。
Tīng tóngxué shuō (/my/ classmates say; tīng shuō — /they/ say: to hear + to speak), chūnyóu hěnhǎo wán (/that/ a spring excursion /it/ is very interesting; hǎo wán — merrily; cheerfully: good + to play).
好不容易，这一天到来了。
Hǎo bù róngyì (at last; róngyì — easily; hǎo bù róngyì — with difficulty, here at last: well + no + easily), zhè yì tiān dàolái le (this day came).
一早，我到了学校，看到一排排汽车。
Yì zǎo (early in the morning; yì zǎo — from early morning, early in the morning), wǒ dào le xuéxiào (I came to school; xuéxiào — school), kàndào yì páipái qìchē (/and/ saw buses /lined up/ in rows; pái — row, line, to place, to arrange; qìchē — car, transport, here bus).
同学们排着整齐的队伍坐上了车，驶向城郊的果园。
Tóngxuémen pái zhe zhěngqí de duìwǔ (the classmates lined in regular columns; pái — to line/draw up /in rows/; zhěngqí — regular; duìwǔ — column, rank: detachment/squad/group + troops) zuò shàng le chē (got on the buses), shǐ xiàng chéngjiāo de guǒyuán (/and/ went/drove to the country orchard; shǐ — to rip, to speed, to drive /a car/; xiàng — preposition of direction; chéngjiāo — suburb, outskirts: city/town wall + suburb; guǒyuán — /fruit/ orchard: fruit + garden).
一路上我们唱着歌，心情格外愉快，因为我上小学以后今天还是第一次去春游。
Yílùshàng (all the way; yílùshàng — on the way) wǒmen chàng zhe gē (we sang songs), xīnqíng géwài yúkuài (the mood /was/ especially joyous; xīnqíng — mood: heart + feeling; géwài — especially: cage; norm + outside/beyond; yúkuài — joyous, joyful, cheerful), yīnwèi (because) wǒ shàng xiǎoxué yǐhòu (after I /began/ to go to primary/elementary school; xiǎoxué — primary/elementary school: little/small/young + to study/learn; shàng xiǎoxué — to go to/study at primary/elementary school) jīntiān (today = that day) háishì dì yī cì qù chūnyóu (after all/all the same /it was/ for the first time that /I/ go = went on a spring excursion; háishì — or, for all that, still, however).
到了果园的门口，同学们拍了集体照，就迫不及待地走进果园了。
Dàole guǒyuán de ménkǒu (when we reached the entrance of the orchard; ménkǒu — entrance, entry: door + mouth), tóngxuémen pāi le jítǐ zhào (the classmates took: «photographed for» a group photo; pāi — to clap, to flap; pāizhào — to photograph; to take pictures; zhào — to light up; to cover; photo, picture; jítǐ — collective, joint: to gather + body), jiù pòbùjídài de zǒujìn guǒyuán le (and immediately hurried/rushed to enter the orchard; jiù — immediately, right away; straight away, then; pòbújídài — exigent; crying; urgent: to force/urge/urgent + no + to reach + to linger, to stay too long).
导游首先带我们品尝果园里的水果。
Dǎoyóu (the guide: to lead/guide + trip/tour/travel) shǒuxiān dài wǒmen pǐncháng guǒyuán lǐ de shuǐguǒ (first of all led/took us to taste the fruit from the orchard; shǒuxiān — in the first place, the first thing, first of all: head + firstly/at first; dài — to lead, to take /with oneself/; pǐncháng — to taste: thing + to try).
我吃了橙子、香瓜和一些野果。
Wǒ chī le (I ate) chéngzi, xiāngguā hé yìxiē yěguǒ (oranges, melons and some wild berries; xiāngguā — melon: aromatic, fragrant + pumpkin; yìxiē — some, /a/ little, /a/ few).
然后导游带我们去看杂技表演，还有我特别喜欢的魔术！
Ránhòu (after /that/) dǎoyóu dài wǒmen qù kàn zájì biǎoyǎn (the guide took us to see: «look at» a circus performance; zájì — circus: mixed, various, diverse + art, skill, mastery; biǎoyǎn — performance, show: to express + to perform; to act; to show /on the stage/), hái yǒu wǒ tèbié xǐhuan de móshù (and in addition/also /some/ tricks /which/ I especially love; hái — still, more, in addition; tèbié — /e/special; móshù — trick: magic + art)!
看完表演，午饭时间到了，我们去果园的餐厅吃饭。
Kànwán biǎoyǎn (after /we/ saw the performance), wǔfàn shíjiān dào le (the time came to have lunch = lunch-time approached), wǒmen qù guǒyuán de cāntīng chīfàn (we went to the restaurant of = in the fruit orchard to eat; cāntīng — restaurant: food + hall).
那里的菜我都很喜欢吃，和爸爸妈妈做的不一样！
Nàli de cài wǒ dōu hěn xǐhuan chī (I liked all the food there), hé bàba māma zuò de bù yíyàng (/it was/ cooked not as /my/ mom and dad /cook/; bù yíyàng — unlike; different; dissimilar: «not one kind/type»; zuò — here to cook /food, meals/)!
之后，导游说带我们去捉泥鳅。
Zhīhòu (after that), dǎoyóu shuō (the guide said) dài wǒmen qù zhuō níqiū (that /he/ would take us to catch loaches; zhuō — to catch; níqiū — loach; ní — mud, clay).
一听说捉泥鳅，同学们都高兴起来了，你脱鞋，我脱袜的。
Yì tīngshuō zhuō níqiū (as soon as /we/ heard /that/ to catch loaches; yì — here as soon as, once), tóngxuémen dōu gāoxìng-qǐlái le (the classmates all became happy/glad; qǐlái — to get up; to stand up; to rise, here a modifier indicating a sudden onset/beginning of an action), nǐ tuō xié (you take off /your/ shoes; tuō — to take off; xié — footwear, shoes), wǒ tuō wà de (I take off /my/ socks = all took off /their/ shoes and socks; wà — socks).
开始我很怕，在上面捞。
Kāishǐ wǒ hěn pà (at first I was very afraid; pà — to be afraid of, to fear), zài shàngmian lāo (/I/ caught on the surface/top; shàngmian — top, surface; lāo — to catch, to get out of the water).
后来，我想，这样我会成为全班捉得最少的一个，所以我就勇敢地跳进水里去捉，捉到了六条，真是很开心。
Hòulái (then), wǒ xiǎng (I thought), zhèyàng wǒ huì chéngwéi quán bān zhuō dé zuì shǎo de yíge (thus I would become /a student/pupil/, /who/ would catch the least in /my/ class; zhèyàng — in such a way, so, thus; chéngwéi — to become; huì — a modal verb, indicating the possibility of action in the future; quán — all, the whole of; bān — class, group; zuì shǎo — the least), suǒyǐ wǒ jiù yǒnggǎn de tiàojìn shuǐ lǐ qù zhuō (that’s why I bravely/boldly jumped: «jumped-entered» into the water to catch; yǒnggǎn — brave, courageous: brave + to dare), zhuōdào le liù tiáo (/I/ caught six pieces; tiáo — a measure word for fish), zhēnshì hěn kāixīn (it is very joyous/joyful; zhēnshì — that’s really, that’s for sure; zhēn — real, genuine, true, authentic; kāixīn — joyous, joyful, cheerful: to open + heart).
时间过得可真快，下午四点，我们大家都依依不舍地离开了果园。
Shíjiān guò de kě zhēn kuài (the time flew very quickly; guò — to pass; kě — here to enhance the meaning of the adjective; zhēn — real, really), xiàwǔ sì diǎn (after lunch at four o’clock), wǒmen dàjiā dōu yīyībùshě de líkāi le guǒyuán (we all reluctantly went out of the park; dàjiā — all: big/large + family; yīyībùshě — to part reluctantly: yīyī — to hesitate; shě — to abandon, to leave; to throw off; to refuse, to reject smth; líkāi — to part, to leave).
这次春游真的很好玩！
Zhè cì chūnyóu zhēnde hěn hǎowán (this = that time the spring excursion /was/ really joyous)!
春游
听同学说，春游很好玩。好不容易，这一天到来了。一早，我到了学校，看到一排排汽车。同学们排着整齐的队伍坐上了车，驶向城郊的果园。一路上我们唱着歌，心情格外愉快，因为我上小学以后今天还是第一次去春游。
到了果园的门口，同学们拍了集体照，就迫不及待地走进果园了。导游首先带我们品尝果园里的水果。我吃了橙子、香瓜和一些野果。然后导游带我们去看杂技表演，还有我特别喜欢的魔术！看完表演，午饭时间到了，我们去果园的餐厅吃饭。那里的菜我都很喜欢吃，和爸爸妈妈做地不一样！之后，导游说带我们去捉泥鳅。一听说捉泥鳅，同学们都高兴起来了，你脱鞋，我脱袜的。开始我很怕，在上面捞。后来，我想，这样我会成为全班捉得最少的一个，所以我就勇敢地跳进水里去捉，捉到了六条，真是很开心。
时间过得可真快，下午四点，我们大家都依依不舍地离开了果园。这次春游真的很好玩！
