New Words
From Lesson: I walked backWord | Pinyin | Meaning |
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校长 | xiàozhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[位<wèi>]], [[名<míng>]] |
坏 | huài | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost |
经常 | jīngcháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily |
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刚结婚的时候,我丈夫是中学老师,他喜欢每天早上起床后,一边吃早饭一边看报纸。 十年过去了,现在他已经是校长了,因为太忙,每天早上我起床后都看不到他,晚上很晚他才回到家。 我真怕他累坏了。 希望他能少一些会议,多一些休息,可以经常和我还有孩子在一起。
gāng jiéhūn de shíhou, wǒ zhàngfu shì zhōngxué lǎoshī, tā xǐhuan měitiān zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu, yìbiān chī zǎofàn yìbiān kàn bàozhǐ. shí nián guò qù le, xiàn zài tā yǐ jīng shì xiào zhǎng le, yīn wèi tài máng, měi tiān zǎo shang wǒ qǐ chuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎn shang hěn wǎn tā cái huí dào jiā. Wǒ zhēn pà tā lèi huài le. xī wàng tā néng shǎo yì xiē huì yì,duō yì xiē xiū xi,kě yǐ jīng cháng hé wǒ hái yǒu hái zi zài yì qǐ.
When we had just gotten married, my husband was a middle school teacher. He liked to read the newspaper while eating breakfast every morning after getting up. Ten years have passed; now he is already the principal. Because he is too busy, every morning after I get up I can’t see him, and he only gets home very late at night. I'm really afraid he's exhausted. I hope he can have fewer meetings, more rest, and often be with me and the child.