全文 The whole story, with pinyin and English
学校举行越野赛跑，全校的同学都要参加。
xué xiào jǔ xíng yuè yě sài pǎo quán xiào de tóng xué dōu yào cān jiā
Our school held a cross-country run, and every pupil in the school had to take part.
枪声一响，大家就像离弦的箭一样冲了出去。
qiāng shēng yì xiǎng dà jiā jiù xiàng lí xián de jiàn yí yàng chōng le chū qù
As soon as the starting gun went off, everyone shot off like arrows from a bow.
跑到一半，我的肚子忽然痛了起来，只好停下来大口大口地喘气。
pǎo dào yí bàn wǒ de dù zi hū rán tòng le qǐ lái zhǐ hǎo tíng xià lái dà kǒu dà kǒu de chuǎn qì
Halfway round, my tummy suddenly started to hurt, and I had to stop and gasp for breath.
看着同学们一个个超过了我，我的心里又着急又难过。
kàn zhe tóng xué men yí gè gè chāo guò le wǒ wǒ de xīn lǐ yòu zháo jí yòu nán guò
Watching my schoolmates overtake me one after another, I felt both anxious and miserable.
这时，好朋友阿明跑到我身边，对我说：“别放弃，我陪你一起跑！”
zhè shí hǎo péng you Ā Míng pǎo dào wǒ shēn biān duì wǒ shuō bié fàng qì wǒ péi nǐ yì qǐ pǎo
Just then, my good friend Ah Ming ran up beside me and said, “Don't give up. I'll run with you!”
他教我放慢脚步，深深地吸气，我的肚子果然没那么痛了。
tā jiāo wǒ fàng màn jiǎo bù shēn shēn de xī qì wǒ de dù zi guǒ rán méi nà me tòng le
He showed me how to slow my steps and breathe in deeply, and sure enough my tummy didn't hurt so much.
我们一步一步地跑到终点，虽然没有得到名次，但是都坚持到了最后。
wǒ men yí bù yí bù de pǎo dào zhōng diǎn suī rán méi yǒu dé dào míng cì dàn shì dōu jiān chí dào le zuì hòu
Step by step we ran to the finish line. We didn't win a place, but we both kept going right to the end.
老师笑着说：“能跑完全程，你们就是最棒的！”
lǎo shī xiào zhe shuō néng pǎo wán quán chéng nǐ men jiù shì zuì bàng de
Our teacher smiled and said, “You ran the whole course, and that makes you the best!”