第一次下雪 · First Snow
Dì yī cì xià xuě — A southerner sees snow for the first time.
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Every word shows its pinyin above the characters. The English translation follows each line.
我是南方人,没见过雪。
I'm from the south, I had never seen snow.
去年冬天我去了北方。
Last winter I went to the north.
那是我第一次看见雪。
That was the first time I saw snow.
雪又白又软。
The snow was white and soft.
外面非常冷。
It was extremely cold outside.
可是我还是很兴奋。
But I was still excited.
我和朋友一起打雪仗。
My friend and I had a snowball fight.
那一天我永远不会忘。
I will never forget that day.
Vocabulary in this story (32 words)
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I |
| 是 | shì | am |
| 南方人 | nánfāngrén | southerner |
| 没 | méi | have not |
| 见过 | jiàn guo | seen |
| 雪 | xuě | snow |
| 去年 | qùnián | last year |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān | winter |
| 去 | qù | went |
| 了 | le | (perfective) |
| 北方 | běifāng | the north |
| 那 | nà | that |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | first time |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | seeing |
| 又 | yòu | both |
| 白 | bái | white |
| 软 | ruǎn | soft |
| 外面 | wàimiàn | outside |
| 非常 | fēicháng | extremely |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |
| 可是 | kěshì | but |
| 还是 | háishi | still |
| 很 | hěn | very |
| 兴奋 | xīngfèn | excited |
| 和 | hé | and |
| 朋友 | péngyou | friend |
| 一起 | yìqǐ | together |
| 打雪仗 | dǎ xuězhàng | had a snowball fight |
| 一天 | yì tiān | day |
| 永远 | yǒngyuǎn | forever |
| 不会 | bú huì | will not |
| 忘 | wàng | forget |