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A short, sweet children's essay about how umbrellas look on a rainy day. The Chinese title is 小伞花. <!--more-->

Most of this is beginner reading, but there is one sentence towards the end of the text which is intermediate reading, so let's cover that here (or give the essay below a shot, then come back to this breakdown if you need it).


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<h4>Click to Listen</h4>
传来- [pinyin]chuan2 lai2[/pinyin] - Arrive
滴滴答答 - [pinyin]di1 di1 da1 da1[/pinyin] - The sound of water droplets falling on something
行人 - [pinyin]xing2 ren2[/pinyin] - Pedestrian
雨伞 - [pinyin]yu3 san3[/pinyin] - Umbrella
极了 - [pinyin]ji2 le5[/pinyin] - very, extremely [used after word it refers to]
撑- [pinyin]cheng1[/pinyin] - To open up / unfurl
晴朗 - [pinyin]qing2 lang3[/pinyin] - sunny and cloudless
陪伴 - [pinyin]pei2 ban4[/pinyin] - Accompan
此时此刻 - [pinyin]ci3 shi2 ci3 ke4[/pinyin] - At that very moment
诺 - [pinyin]nuo4[/pinyin] - promise
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今天，我回家写作业的时候，我听见外面<strong>传来</strong>了<strong>滴滴答答</strong>的声音，我想一定是下雨了。我赶忙跑到窗前，向下一看，街上的<strong>行人</strong>都打着<strong>雨伞</strong>，真的是下雨了。

雨伞有黄色的、有白色的、有红色的、有紫色的，还有银灰色的……，美丽<strong>极了</strong>!

我觉得雨伞可真好，它为我们<strong>撑</strong>起了一片<strong>晴朗</strong>的天空，它真是我们的好朋友。我希望每天都能下雨，让我的漂亮小雨伞每天都能<strong>陪伴</strong>我。
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Today, when I had returned to my house and I was doing my homework, I heard the sound of droplets coming from outside, and I thought it surely must be raining. I hurriedly ran to the window, and looked down, on the street the pedestrians were all carrying umbrellas, and it was indeed raining. 

There were yellow umbrellas, and there were white ones, and red ones, and purple ones, and also silver ones... so beautiful!

I thought about how great umbrellas are, they unfurl a sunny and cloudless sky for us, they're really our good friends. I wish it could rain every day, so that my beautiful little umbrella could accompany me.

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