Home > Experiencing Chinese > Extensive Reading > Flower in the desert
Chinese Lessons
Experiencing Chinese
Experience Chinese
Flower in the desert


biàn
dè
gàn
hàn

mǎn
mù
bēi
liáng
de
shā
mò
zhōng
yǒu
duǒ
xiǎo
huā

tā
dú

shēng
cháng
zài
nā


xiǎng
shòu
zhāo
měi

tiān
tā
wèn
tài
yáng
gōng
gōng

wǒ
shí
me
shí
hòu
cái
néng
cháng
dà



There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself... enjoying every day... and saying to the sun: "When shall I be grown up?

tài
yáng
gōng
gōng
zǒng
shì
shuō

yào
yǒu
nài
xīn
wǒ
měi

fǔ
mō



dōu
huì
cháng
dà

diǎn

xiǎo
huā
hǎo
kāi
xīn


yīn
wèi
tā
yě
yǒu

huì
wèi
shā
mò
de

yú
zēng
tiān
měi

le
zhè
shì
tā

shēng
de
xīn
yuàn
wèi
zhè
gè
shì
jiè
zēng
tiān


měi



And the sun would say: "Be patient - Each time I touch you, you grow a little..." She was so pleased. Because she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand... And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.


tiān


wèi
liè
rén
jīng
guò

zhèng
hǎo
cǎi
zài
tā
shēn
shàng

tā
kuài
yào

le

tā
gǎn
dào
rú

bēi
shāng

bìng
bù
shì
yīn
wèi
tā

jiāng

qù

ér
shì
yīn
wèi
zài
méi
yǒu

huì
wèi
shā
mò
zēng
tiān


měi

le


One day the hunter came by , and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad. Not because she was dying but because she would not have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.

wěi
dà
de
jīng
shén
kàn
dào
le
tā

bìng
jū
tīng
dào
le
tā
de
xīn

huà

shì
shí
shàng

tā
zài
shuō
tā
yìng
gāi
huó
zhāo
tā
fǔ
xià
shēn

fǔ
mō
zhāo
tā

gěi
le
tā
shēng
mìng

 
 

the great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... And he reached down and touched her , and gave her life.

tā
cháng
chéng

duǒ
měi

de
huā
yóu
yú
tā
de
cún
zài

zhè
shā
mò
de

yú
biàn
dé
rú

měi



And she grew up to be a beautiful flower... and this corner of the desert became so beautiful because of her.


<<  Previous         Next  >>
Asked questions of this article
No question yet.
Please Sign In or Sign Up if you want to ask a question of this article.