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@ 31372 Flying a Kite
A: 春天到了，放風箏咯！
chu¯ ntia¯ n da`o le, fa`ng fe¯ ngzheng lo!
Spring is here. Let’s go fly a kite!
B: 看你高興的。不過，今天風不大不小，很適合放
風箏。
ka`n nˇı ga¯ ox`ıng de. bu`guo`, j¯ıntia¯ n fe¯ ng bu`
da`
bu`
xiaˇo, heˇn
sh`ıhe´ fa`ng fe¯ ngzheng.
I can see you’re really happy. In fact, today the wind is just right. It’s really good for flying a kite.
A: 就在公園放吧！
jiu` za`i go¯ ngyua´n fa`ng ba!
Let’s fly it in the park!
B: 好！這樣吧，你在後面拿風箏，我去前面拉線。
haˇo! zhe`ya`ng ba, nˇı za`i ho`umian na´ fe¯ ngzheng, woˇ qu` qia´n-
mian la¯ xia`n.
OK. How about this, you hold the kite back here, and I’ll go up front and pull the string.
B: 我開始跑，你也開始跑，跟著我跑。
woˇ
ka¯ ishˇı paˇo, nˇı yeˇ
ka¯ ishˇı paˇo, ge¯ n zhe woˇ
paˇo.
When I start running, you start running too. Follow me and run.
B: 然後我說放，你就放開風箏。
ra´nho`u woˇ
shuo¯
fa`ng, nˇı jiu`
fa`ngka¯ i fe¯ ngzheng.
After that, I’ll say ’let go’, and you let go of the kite.
A: 我知道了。快開始吧。
woˇ zh¯ıdao le. kua`i ka¯ ishˇı ba.
Gotcha. Let’s get started.
B: 放！
fa`ng!
Let go!
A: 哎，掉下來了，風箏掉下來了！
a¯ i, dia`o xia`la´i le, fe¯ ngzheng dia`o xia`la´i le!
Oh no, it fell down. The kite fell down!
B: 沒關係，我們再試試。
me´igua¯ nxi, woˇmen za`i sh`ı shi.
No problem. Let’s try again.
A: 好的。這次你跑得快點兒，多跑一會兒。
haˇo de. zhe`c`ı nˇı paˇo de kua`i diaˇnr, duo¯ paˇo y¯ıhuˇır.
OK. This time run a bit faster and for a bit longer.
B: 好。準備，跑！放！
haˇo. zhuˇnbe`i, paˇo! fa`ng!
OK. Ready, run! Let go!
A: 耶！成功了！風箏飛起來了。
ye¯ ! che´nggo¯ ng le! fe¯ ngzheng fe¯ i qˇıla´i le.
All right! Success! The kite is in the air.
---Key Vocabulary---
春天 chu¯ ntia¯ n springtime
放 fa`ng to release
風箏 fe¯ ngzheng kite
不大不小 bu` da` bu` xiaˇo just the right size
適合 sh`ıhe´ to be suitable
拉 la¯ to pull
線 xia`n line, thread
開始 ka¯ ishˇı to begin
跟著 ge¯ n zhe to follow
然後 ra´nho`u then
放開 fa`ngka¯ i to let go
掉 dia`o to fall
下來 xia`la´i to come down
準備 zhuˇnbe`i to prepare
成功 che´nggo¯ ng success
起來 qˇıla´i to rise up
飛 fe¯ i to fly
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
樣子 ya`ngzi appearance
合適 he´sh`ı suitable
久 jiuˇ long time
秋天 qiu¯ tia¯ n autumn
鬥又 ta`idu` attitude
懂 doˇng to understand
明白 m´ıngbai to be clear on some- thing
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