Ebook - BEAUTY - ENGLISH to Chinese

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Ebook - BEAUTY - ENGLISH to Chinese
L arn
KIDS
CHINESE Through Fairy Tal s
Beauty
written by
3
a g es 3 +
BEAST
“SLANGMAN” DAVID BURKE
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—“Slangman” David Burke
Chinese
vocabulary taught:
chou = ugly
hen = very much
huayuan = garden
jiezhi = ring
liu = six
liwu = gift
luxing = trip
ma = horse
meigui = rose
nihao = hello
nu er = daughter
qing = please
renci = kind
si = four
wo ai ni = I love you
wu = five
xianglian = necklace
wufan = lunch
yeshou = beast
zhongwu = noon
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Learn CHINESE Through Fairy Tales
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(Mandarin)
Beauty
BEAST
Book Design &
Production: Slangman Kids
(a division of Slangman Inc. and
Slangman Publishing)
Copy Editor: Julie Bobrick
Illustrated by: “Migs!” Sandoval
Translators: Li Li Peters & Ming Tao
Proofreaders: Lin Zhu & Connie Sun
Copyright © 2006, 2016 by David Burke
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the subject matter covered. The persons, entities and events in this book are
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are purely coincidental.
ISBN10: 1891888-919
ISBN13: 978189888-915
Printed in the U.S.A
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Dedication
The entire “Foreign Language Through Fairy Tales”
series is dedicated to all the children of the world.
It is through their understanding, appreciation, and
celebration of our differences that the world will
become a better and safer place for us all.
One thing
to remember...
The words in green italics throughout this fairy tale are words you’ve
already learned in previous levels! Do you still remember what they mean?
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nuer
(女兒)
hen
(很)
nce upon a time, there was a baba who had
an eldest daughter named Julie, a middle nuer
named Tessa, and a youngest nuer named Belle.
He loved them very much . While getting ready to
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take a long trip , he asked each nuer, “What
can I bring you from my luxing?” “I’d like a ring
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luxing
(旅行)
jiezhi
to wear on my finger,” said Julie. “I’d like a
(戒指)
necklace to wear around my neck.” said Tessa.
(項鏈)
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xianglian
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Qing
(請)
But Belle, who was the most piaoliang of all said,
“ Please . I don’t want a jiezhi to wear on my
finger or a xianglian to wear around my neck.
meigui
(瑰)
All I want is a rose .” He replied, “You shall each
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each receive your gift .” “Oh, xiexie ni!”
said each nuer. Then their baba mounted
his horse , and they shouted “Have a good
luxing, baba! We will miss you very much!”
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liwu
(禮物)
ma
(馬)
5
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As he rode off, each nuer shouted again,
“Zaijian, baba! Zaijian!” until he was out of
sight. Days later, it was time for him to return.
So he first stopped to buy a jiezhi for his eldest
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nuer to wear on her finger, a xianglian
for his second nuer to wear around her neck,
but he waited to get closer to his fangzi to look
for a garden where he could find a meigui
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huayuan
(花)
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for Belle. After a few hours, he saw a magnificent
huayuan. He got off his ma, walked into the
huayuan and picked a meigui that was the
most piaoliang he’d ever seen. At that moment,
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the men to the fangzi opened and a beast , who
was very da, came out and ran toward him.
“Who stole a meigui from my huayuan?”
exploded the yeshou. “Qing, sir!” said the
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yeshou
(野兽)