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排队不抱怨 Waiting Without Complaining

P2–P3外出 · Out & About
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子轩:爸爸,排队的人好多,我们要等多久啊?

bà ba pái duì de rén hǎo duō wǒ men yào děng duō jiǔ a

Zixuan: Dad, there are so many people in the queue. How long do we have to wait?

爸爸:大概要等十分钟,这家的云吞面很好吃。

dà gài yào děng shí fēn zhōng zhè jiā de yún tūn miàn hěn hǎo chī

Dad: About ten minutes. The wonton noodles at this stall are very good.

子轩:好热啊!又好慢,好无聊,我不想等了。

hǎo rè a yòu hǎo màn hǎo wú liáo wǒ bù xiǎng děng le

Zixuan: It's so hot! And so slow, and so boring. I don't want to wait any more.

爸爸:天气热,大家都在等。一直说好热,会凉快一点吗?

tiān qì rè dà jiā dōu zài děng yì zhí shuō hǎo rè huì liáng kuai yì diǎn ma

Dad: It's hot, and everyone is waiting. If you keep saying 'so hot', does it get any cooler?

子轩:不会……说了好像更热了。

bú huì shuō le hǎo xiàng gèng rè le

Zixuan: No… saying it seems to make it even hotter.

爸爸:对啊,抱怨没有用。我们来玩一个游戏,好不好?

duì a bào yuàn méi yǒu yòng wǒ men lái wán yí gè yóu xì hǎo bu hǎo

Dad: That's right. Complaining doesn't help. Let's play a game, shall we?

子轩:好啊!玩什么游戏呢?

hǎo a wán shén me yóu xì ne

Zixuan: OK! What game shall we play?

爸爸:找一找,谁先看到五样红色的东西。

zhǎo yi zhǎo shéi xiān kàn dào wǔ yàng hóng sè de dōng xi

Dad: Let's look around and see who spots five red things first.

子轩:红色的灯笼、红色的椅子……我找到三样了!

hóng sè de dēng long hóng sè de yǐ zi wǒ zhǎo dào sān yàng le

Zixuan: A red lantern, a red chair… I've found three already!

爸爸:你看,玩着玩着,就快轮到我们了。

nǐ kàn wán zhe wán zhe jiù kuài lún dào wǒ men le

Dad: See? While we were playing, it's nearly our turn.

子轩:真的!下次排队我不抱怨了,我们再玩游戏。

zhēn de xià cì pái duì wǒ bú bào yuàn le wǒ men zài wán yóu xì

Zixuan: It's true! Next time we queue, I won't complain. We'll play a game again.

About this conversation

Waiting Without Complaining is a 11-line conversation between 子轩 (Zixuan) and 爸爸 (Dad), for children at P2–P3 level. Listen to it once, then tap 🎭 to take one part: the app says the other lines and stops when it is your child's turn to speak. Switch on 🙈 Hide my lines to practise without reading.

生词 Words in this conversation

WordPinyinMeaning here
排队páiduìto queue
无聊wúliáoboring
抱怨bàoyuàncomplaining
游戏yóuxìgame
红色hóngsèred
轮到lúndàoit's (someone's) turn

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