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龟兔赛跑

龟兔赛跑

The Tortoise and the Hare

Level 3 · Fables · 寓言故事 · 37 vocabulary words

Source: 《伊索寓言》 · Aesop's Fables

兔tù子zǐ跑pǎo得de很hěn快kuài,乌wū龟guī走zǒu得de很hěn慢màn。兔tù子zǐ常常cháng cháng笑xiào乌wū龟guī。

A hare ran fast and a tortoise walked slowly. The hare often laughed at the tortoise.

乌wū龟guī说shuō:我们wǒ men比赛bǐ sài跑步pǎo bù吧ba。兔tù子zǐ笑xiào了le:好hǎo!

The tortoise said: let's have a race. The hare laughed: fine!

比赛bǐ sài开始kāi shǐ了le。兔tù子zǐ跑pǎo了le一会儿yí huì r,回头huí tóu看kàn不见bú jiàn乌wū龟guī,就jiù在zài路边lù biān睡觉shuì jiào了le。

The race began. The hare ran a while, looked back and saw no tortoise, so it slept by the road.

乌wū龟guī一直yì zhí走zǒu,不停bù tíng下来xià lai。它tā走过zǒu guò睡觉shuì jiào的de兔tù子zǐ,先xiān到dào了le终点zhōng diǎn。

The tortoise kept walking without stopping. It passed the sleeping hare and reached the finish line first.

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