Kids’ Chinese Story: 小猫钓鱼 Little Cat Goes Fishing (Beginner)

小猫钓鱼 (Xiǎomāo diàoyú) Little Cat Goes Fishing (Beginner)

Key Learning Points (Preview):

飞机 (fēijī): n. plane

一心一意 (yìxīnyíyì): adj. focused

Yì tiān, xiǎo māo gēn māo māma qù diàoyú.
一 天， 小    猫    跟    猫    妈妈   去  钓鱼。
One day, a little cat goes fishing with his Mom.

Tāmen gāng zuò xià,  yì zhī qīngtíng fēi lái le.
他们     刚    坐   下，一 只  蜻蜓     飞 来 了。
When they sit down, a dragonfly comes.

Xiǎo māo fàng xià yúgān jiù qù zhuō qīngtíng.
小    猫     放    下  鱼竿   就  去  捉     蜻蜓。
Little cat puts down his fishing rod and chases the dragonfly.

Qīngtíng fēi zǒu le,  xiǎo māo méi zhuō zháo, kōng zhe shǒu huílái le.
蜻蜓       飞  走  了，小    猫    没    捉     着，    空     着   手   回来 了。
But the dragonfly flies away, and little cat comes back empty-handed.

Zhèshí, māo māma diào le yì tiáo dà yú.
这时， 猫     妈妈    钓  了一 条  大 鱼。
Just at this moment, his mom lands a big fish.

Xiǎo māo yòu zuòxia diàoyú, yì zhī húdié fēi lái le.
小     猫    又    坐下    钓鱼，一 只 蝴蝶 飞 来 了。
When the little cat sits down again and continues fishing, a butterfly comes.

Xiǎo māo yòu fàng xià yúgān qù zhuō húdié.
小     猫    又    放    下  鱼竿    去  捉     蝴蝶。
The little cat puts down the fishing rod again and chases it.

Húdié fēi zǒu le, xiǎo māo yòu méi zhuō zháo, kōng zhe shǒu huílái le.
蝴蝶   飞  走 了，小   猫     又    没   捉     着，  空     着    手    回来 了。
But the butterfly also flies away, the little cat comes back empty-handed.

Zhènghǎo, māo māma yòu diào le yì tiáo dà yú.
正好，        猫    妈妈    又   钓   了 一 条   大 鱼。
At this moment, his mom lands a big fish again.

Xiǎo māo shuō: “Wǒ zěnme yì tiáo yú yě diào bù zháo?”
小      猫    说：“  我   怎么   一 条   鱼 也  钓    不  着？”
The little cat says, “Why can’t I land even one fish?”

Māo māma kàn le kàn xiǎo māo, shuō: “diàoyú yào yìxīnyíyì,    nǐ yìhuǐr zhuō
猫    妈妈    看 了  看   小    猫，  说：  “钓鱼  要 一心一意，你一会儿 捉
qīngtíng, yìhuǐr zhuō húdié,  zěnme néng diào dào yú ne?”
蜻蜓，   一会儿 捉    蝴蝶，怎么     能     钓    到  鱼 呢？”
Mom looks at the little cat and says, “You have to be focused when fishing. You chase dragonfly and butterfly now and then, how can you land a fish?”

Xiǎo māo tīng le māma de huà hěn nánwéiqíng, kāishǐ yìxīnyíyì de diàoyú.
小     猫    听   了 妈妈    的  话   很    难为情，   开始  一心一意地  钓鱼。
His mom’s word makes the little cat feel ashamed, so he begins to focus on fishing.

Qīngtíng yòu fēi lái le,  húdié yě fēi lái le.
蜻蜓       又   飞 来了，蝴蝶 也飞 来 了。
The dragonfly comes again, and then comes the butterfly.

Xiǎo māo jiù xiàng méi kànjiàn yíyàng, yí dòng yě méi dòng. 
小    猫    就   像      没   看见     一样， 一  动   也 没    动。
The little cat doesn’t make any move, as if he has not seen them at all.

Bù yíhu

r,     wa!   Yìtiáo dàyú! 
不 一会儿，哇！ 一条 大鱼！
After a while, wow! A big fish!

Yú zài dìshang pīpīpāpā de luàn bèng, xiǎo māo gǎnjǐn zhuōzhù, gāoxìng de hǎn 
鱼  在  地上     噼噼啪啪 地  乱    蹦， 小    猫     赶紧    捉住，     高兴    地  喊
qǐlái: “Wǒ diào dào dàyú la,   wǒ diào dào dàyú la!”
起来：“我 钓  到  大鱼 啦， 我  钓    到   大鱼 啦！”
The little cat quickly catches the pit-a-pat jumping fish on the ground and shouts happily, “I landed a big fish, I landed a big fish!”

飞机 (fēijī): n. plane

The Chinese character “飞” means fly and “机” means machine.

Example:

Bú yòng zuò fēijī qù zhōngguó, zài wǎng shàng jiù néng xué sh

oér hànyǔ .

不  用     坐  飞机 去  中国，       在  网      上      就  能      学   少儿    汉语。
Kids can learn

Chinese on Internet, rather than going to China by plane to study the Chinese language.

一心一意 (yìxīnyíyì): adj. focused

The Chinese character “心” means heart and “意” means mind. “一” means one and it is a polyphone which you can pronounce it in the first tone, the second tone and the fourth tone, depending on the tone of the following word.

Yào yìxīnyíyì de xué hànyǔ.
要  一心一意 地 学   汉语。
We should focus on learning Chinese.

猫 (māo): n. cat

蜻蜓 (qīngtíng): n. dragonfly

蝴蝶 (húdié): n. butterfly

鱼 (yú): n. fish

河 (hé): n. river

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