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我的梦想 · My Dream

Wǒ de mèngxiǎng — Opening a quiet café someday.

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Every word shows its pinyin above the characters. The English translation follows each line.

小时候xiǎo shíhouyǒu很多hěn duō梦想。mèngxiǎng

As a kid I had many dreams.

xiǎngdāng医生,yīshēngxiǎngdāng老师。lǎoshī

I wanted to be a doctor and also a teacher.

长大zhǎng dàle以后,yǐhòu我的wǒ de梦想mèngxiǎng变了。biàn le

When I grew up, my dream changed.

现在xiànzàixiǎngkāi一家yì jiāxiǎo咖啡店。kāfēi diàn

Now I want to open a small café.

一个yí gè安静ānjìngyòu舒服的shūfu de地方。dìfang

A quiet and comfortable place.

客人kèrén可以kěyǐzài那里nàli看书、kànshū聊天。liáotiān

Where customers can read and chat.

xiǎng自己zìjǐzuò咖啡kāfēi蛋糕。dàngāo

I want to make the coffee and cakes myself.

知道zhīdàozhè容易。róngyì

I know it's not easy.

需要xūyàoxué很多hěn duō东西。dōngxi

I need to learn a lot.

需要xūyào很多hěn duō钱。qián

I also need a lot of money.

所以suǒyǐ现在xiànzài努力nǔlì工作,gōngzuò努力nǔlì存钱。cún qián

So now I work hard and save carefully.

相信xiāngxìn总有一天zǒng yǒu yì tiānnéng实现shíxiàn这个zhè gè梦想。mèngxiǎng

I believe one day I'll make this dream real.

Vocabulary in this story (53 words)

WordPinyinMeaning
I
小时候xiǎo shíhouas a kid
yǒuhad
很多hěn duōmany
梦想mèngxiǎngdreams
xiǎngwanted
dāngto be
医生yīshēnga doctor
also
老师lǎoshīa teacher
长大zhǎng dàgrow up
le(perfective)
以后yǐhòuafter
我的wǒ demy
变了biàn lechanged
现在xiànzàinow
kāito open
一家yì jiāa
xiǎosmall
咖啡店kāfēi diàncafé
一个yí gèa
安静ānjìngquiet
yòuand
舒服的shūfu decomfortable
地方dìfangplace
客人kèréncustomers
可以kěyǐcan
zàiat
那里nàlithere
看书kànshūread
聊天liáotiānchat
自己zìjǐmyself
zuò(to) make
咖啡kāfēicoffee
and
蛋糕dàngāocakes
知道zhīdàoknow
zhèthis
isn't
容易róngyìeasy
需要xūyàoneed to
xuélearn
东西dōngxithings
qiánmoney
所以suǒyǐso
努力nǔlì(work) hard
工作gōngzuòwork
存钱cún qián(to) save money
相信xiāngxìnbelieve
总有一天zǒng yǒu yì tiānone day
néng(will) be able
实现shíxiànto realize
这个zhè gèthis

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