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The Tortoise and the Hare: Part 1

龟兔赛跑第一部分

Translation

从前cóng qián，有yǒu一只yì zhī兔子tù zi和hé一只yì zhī乌龟wū guī。兔子tù zi跑得很快pǎo dé hěn kuài，乌龟wū guī走得很慢zǒu dé hěn màn。有一天yǒu yì tiān，兔子tù zi对duì乌龟wū guī说shuō："我wǒ跑得比你快多了pǎo dé bǐ nǐ kuài duō le。""你nǐ想xiǎng和hé我wǒ比赛bǐ sài吗ma？"乌龟wū guī平静地píng jìng dì说shuō："好啊hǎo a，我们wǒ men明天míng tiān比赛bǐ sài吧ba。"第二天dì èr tiān早上zǎo shàng，很多hěn duō小动物xiǎo dòng wù都dōu来lái看kàn比赛bǐ sài。他们tā men从cóng村子cūn zi跑到pǎo dào前面qián miàn的de大树dà shù。比赛bǐ sài开始kāi shǐ了le！兔子tù zi跑得非常快pǎo dé fēi cháng kuài，一下子yí xià zi就jiù跑到前面去了pǎo dào qián miàn qù le。乌龟wū guī走得慢zǒu de màn，但是dàn shì它tā一直yì zhí走zǒu，没有méi yǒu停下来tíng xià lái。兔子tù zi回头huí tóu看了看kàn le kàn，乌龟wū guī还在hái zài很远hěn yuǎn的de地方dì fāng。兔子tù zi想xiǎng："它tā走得这么慢zǒu dé zhè me màn，我wǒ有yǒu很多hěn duō时间shí jiān。"于是yú shì，兔子tù zi在zài路边lù biān的de大树下dà shù xià躺下来tǎng xià lái，很快hěn kuài就jiù睡着了shuì zháo le。

Key Vocabulary

比赛bǐsài

race; competition; match

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比赛bǐ sài开始kāi shǐ了liǎo！

The race has begun!

跑得快pǎo de kuài

to run fast (verb + complement structure)

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兔子tù zi跑得pǎo dé很快hěn kuài。

The rabbit runs very fast.

一直yīzhí

continuously; the whole time; straight ahead

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乌龟wū guī走得慢zǒu de màn，但是dàn shì它tā一直yì zhí走zǒu，没有méi yǒu停下来tíng xià lái。

The tortoise walked slowly, but it kept walking without stopping.

回头huítóu

to look back; to turn around

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兔子tù zi回头huí tóu看了看kàn le kàn，乌龟wū guī还在hái zài很远hěn yuǎn的de地方dì fāng。

The rabbit looked back and saw the tortoise was still far behind.

The Tortoise and the Hare: Part 1

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