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Vocabulary (82 words)

From Lesson: Lesson 9
当时
dāngshí
then
new
可是
kěshì
but
new
理想
lǐxiǎng
an ideal
new
piān
sheet
new
正确
zhèngquè
correct
new
作家
zuòjiā
author
new
a
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
报纸
bàozhǐ
newspaper
毕业
bìyè
graduation
(negative prefix)
不可能
bùkěnéng
impossible
to hold
成功
chénggōng
success
才能
cáinéng
talent
聪明
cōngming
acute (of sight and hearing)
de
of
dào
to (a place)
得到
dédào
to get
东西
dōngxi
thing
dōu
all
放弃
fàngqì
to renounce
父母
fùmǔ
father and mother
关于
guānyú
pertaining to
individual
gāi
should
工作
gōngzuò
to work
获得
huòdé
to obtain
hái
still
and
hòu
back
坚持
jiānchí
to persevere with
记得
jìde
to remember
竟然
jìngrán
unexpectedly
看来
kànlai
apparently
开始
kāishǐ
to begin
le
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
liǎng
two
律师
lǚshī
lawyer
ma
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
没想到
méixiǎngdào
didn't expect
能力
nénglì
capability
you
亲戚
qīnqi
a relative (i.e. family relation)
人证
rénzhèng
witness testimony
shàng
on top
shì
is
事情
shìqing
affair
shǒu
hand
所以
suǒyǐ
therefore
所有
suǒyǒu
all
she
听说
tīngshuō
to hear (sth said)
为了
wèile
in order to
I
xiàng
towards
现在
xiànzài
now
xiě
to write
想要
xiǎngyào
to want to
小说
xiǎoshuō
novel
学会
xuéhuì
to learn
选择
xuǎnzé
to select
新闻
xīnwén
news
yòng
to use
also
one
一个人
yīgèrén
by oneself (without assistance)
一些
yīxiē
some
一种
yīzhǒng
one kind of
已经
yǐjīng
already
有名
yǒumíng
famous
有时候
yǒushíhou
sometimes
专门
zhuānmén
specialist
值得
zhíde
to be worth
zhī
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
支持
zhīchí
to be in favor of
终于
zhōngyú
at last
只有
zhǐyǒu
only
zuì
most
最后
zuìhòu
final
zuò
to do
zài
(located) at
自己
zìjǐ
oneself
Raw Text (Chinese / Pinyin / English)
Chinese

你还记得王红吗?我在报纸上看到一篇关于她的新闻,她现在已经是一个有名的作家了。 听说她毕业后放弃了律师的工作,开始专门写小说,没想到她竟然成功了。 当时她的父母和亲戚都不支持她,可是她坚持自己的选择,现在终于向所有人证明了她的选择是正确的。 看来为了自己的理想,放弃一些东西也是值得的。 一个人只有两只手,不可能得到所有想要的东西,所以有时候放弃是一种聪明的选择。 是啊,只有学会放弃,才能把自己的能力用到最该做的事情上,最后获得成功。

Pinyin

Nǐ hái jìde Wáng Hóng ma? Wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kàndào yì piān guānyú tā de xīnwén, tā xiànzài yǐjīng shì yí gè yǒumíng de zuòjiā le. Tīngshuō tā bìyè hòu fàngqì le lǜshī de gōngzuò, kāishǐ zhuānmén xiě xiǎoshuō, méi xiǎngdào tā jìngrán chénggōng le. Dāngshí tā de fùmǔ hé qīnqi dōu bù zhīchí tā, kěshì tā jiānchí zìjǐ de xuǎnzé, xiànzài zhōngyú xiàng suǒyǒu rén zhèngmíng le tā de xuǎnzé shì zhèngquè de. Kànlái wèile zìjǐ de lǐxiǎng, fàngqì yìxiē dōngxī yě shì zhíde de. Yí gè rén zhǐyǒu liǎng zhī shǒu, bù kěnéng dédào suǒyǒu xiǎngyào de dōngxī, suǒyǐ yǒushíhòu fàngqì shì yì zhǒng cōngmíng de xuǎnzé. Shì a, zhǐyǒu xuéhuì fàngqì, cáinéng bǎ zìjǐ de nénglì yòng dào zuì gāi zuò de shìqíng shàng, zuìhòu huòdé chénggōng.

English

Do you still remember Wang Hong? I saw a news story about her in the newspaper, and she is already a famous writer now. I heard that after she graduated, she gave up her job as a lawyer and started writing novels full-time. Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded. At the time, her parents and relatives didn't support her, but she stuck to her choice, and now she has finally proven to everyone that her choice was correct. It seems that for one's ideals, giving up some things is also worth it. A person only has two hands; it’s impossible to get everything you want, so sometimes giving up is a smart choice. Yes, only by learning to let go can you apply your abilities to what most needs doing, and in the end achieve success.

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