The Rainy Day Taxi

📖 CEFR Level: A1 | Mandarin Chinese

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Anna needs to go to the train station.

安ān娜nà需xū要yào去qù火huǒ车chē站zhàn。.

安娜需要去火车站。

It is raining outside.

外wài面miàn正zhèng在zài下xià雨yǔ。.

外面正在下雨。

She stands on the street.

她tā站zhàn在zài街jiē上shàng。.

她站在街上。

She looks for a taxi.

她tā寻xún找zhǎo出chū租zū车chē。.

她寻找出租车。

Many cars go by.

许xǔ多duō车chē辆liàng驶shǐ过guò。.

许多车辆驶过。

The taxis are all full.

出chū租zū车chē都dōu坐zuò满mǎn了le。.

出租车都坐满了。

Anna feels sad.

安ān娜nà感gǎn到dào难nán过guò。.

安娜感到难过。

Then, a yellow taxi stops.

这zhè时shí，,一yī辆liàng黄huáng色sè出chū租zū车chē停tíng了le下xià来lái。.

这时，一辆黄色出租车停了下来。

The driver smiles at her.

司sī机jī对duì她tā微wēi笑xiào。.

司机对她微笑。

Anna gets in the taxi and feels happy.

安ān娜nà上shàng了le出chū租zū车chē，,感gǎn到dào很hěn开kāi心xīn。.

安娜上了出租车，感到很开心。

📚 Vocabulary

needs — has to have something

xūyào

需要 (xūyào) — 必须拥有某物
train station — a place where trains stop

huǒchēzhàn

火车站 (huǒchēzhàn) — 火车停靠的地方
raining — water falling from the sky

xiàyǔ

下雨 (xiàyǔ) — 水从天空落下
stands — to be on your feet

zhànlì

站立 (zhànlì) — 用双脚支撑身体
street — a road in a town or city

jiēdào

街道 (jiēdào) — 城镇或城市中的道路
looks for — tries to find something

xúnzhǎo

寻找 (xúnzhǎo) — 试图找到某物
taxi — a car with a driver you pay

chūzūchē

出租车 (chūzūchē) — 付费乘坐的有司机的汽车
cars — vehicles with wheels for roads

qìchē

汽车 (qìchē) — 用于道路的有轮车辆
go by — move past

shǐguò

驶过 (shǐguò) — 移动经过
full — no space left

mǎn de

满的 (mǎn de) — 没有剩余空间
feels — has an emotion

gǎndào

感到 (gǎndào) — 拥有某种情绪
sad — not happy

nánguò

难过 (nánguò) — 不开心
stops — comes to an end of movement

tíngzhǐ

停止 (tíngzhǐ) — 运动结束
yellow — a bright color like the sun

huángsè

黄色 (huángsè) — 像太阳一样的明亮颜色
driver — a person who controls a vehicle

sījī

司机 (sījī) — 控制车辆的人
smiles — makes a happy face

wēixiào

微笑 (wēixiào) — 做出开心的表情
gets in — enters a vehicle

shàngchē

上车 (shàngchē) — 进入车辆
happy — feeling good

kāixīn

开心 (kāixīn) — 感觉良好
outside — not inside a building

wàimiàn

外面 (wàimiàn) — 不在建筑物内部
many — a large number

xǔduō

许多 (xǔduō) — 大量