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(487, 1, '2011-02-15 07:38:10', '2011-02-15 12:38:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nHuh, learn something new every day. My entire understanding of the postal service comes from <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Going-Postal-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0060502932\">Terry Pratchett\'s \"Going Postal\"</a>, so it\'s interesting to take a quick look into the [vaguely] factual history of the postage stamp. <!--more--> \r\n\r\nThis widely-circulated story is believed to be apocrophal, but <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_%28postal_reformer%29\">Sir Rowland Hill</a> was a very real postal reformer and inventor. \r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Interesting Vocabulary</h4>\r\n维多利亚女王 - [pinyin]wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 nv3 wang2[/pinyin] - Queen Victoria\r\n便士 - [pinyin]bian4 shi4[/pinyin] - Penny\r\n罕见 - [pinyin]han3 jian4[/pinyin] - Rare\r\n邮差 - [pinyin]you2 chai1[/pinyin] - Postman\r\n不约而同 - [pinyin]bu4 yue1 er2 tong2[/pinyin] - To take the same action all together without prior consultation, in unison\r\n高峰 - [pinyin]gao1 feng1[/pinyin] - Peak\r\n同情 - [pinyin]tong2 qing2[/pinyin] - Sympathize\r\n绅士 - [pinyin]shen1 shi4[/pinyin] - Gentleman\r\n从善如流 - [pinyin]cong2 shan4 ru2 liu2[/pinyin] - Accept good advice\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n1840年，英国发行了世界第一枚邮票。它上面印了英国<strong>维多利亚女王</strong>的头像。因为这一枚邮票是黑色的，所以有“黑<strong>便士</strong>”之称。\r\n\r\n一百五十多年前的某一天，在英国的一个村子里，来了一辆由马儿拉动的邮车。那个时候，邮车到村里来送信是十分<strong>罕见</strong>的。所以，村里的人一听见马车声，便立刻从屋子里、田地里冲出来，围在邮车的周围。\r\n\r\n<strong>邮差</strong>走下车，手里高举着一封信，大声喊着: “爱里丝·布朗小姐，有信！”一个姑娘轻声地对邮差说: “我就是爱里丝·布朗。”人们的眼光都<strong>不约而同</strong>地投向她。\r\n\r\n爱里丝接过邮差给她的信，看了一看信封，便把信交还给邮差。“对不起。”她说，“我没有足够的钱付邮费。”\r\n\r\n人们都很<strong>同情</strong>她，不知道该说些什么话。突然间，人群里走出一个<strong>绅士</strong>模样的人，从口袋里拿出一些钱币，说要替爱里丝付邮费，可是爱里丝并不认识他。\r\n\r\n她带着感激的笑容对这位绅士说: “谢谢您的好意，先生，这封信我盼望了很久，可是现在我用不着它了。”\r\n\r\n“为什么呢？”那位绅士感到十分奇怪。\r\n\r\n“这封信是我的男朋友寄给我的。我们打算明年结婚。他为了筹钱结婚，只得到外地去找工作做。由于我付不起邮费，所以他事先交代我: 在信封上画个叉，是表示他的日子过得很好；画个圆圈，意思是他已经找到工作了。”\r\n\r\n“啊！原来这信封里是没有信的。”那位绅士自言自语地说: “这种情形很不合理，必须改善。”\r\n\r\n对于这件事情，他想了很久，终于想出了一个好办法。\r\n\r\n他向当时的英国政府建议: “邮费应该由寄信的人来付，而且也不应该太昂贵，否则穷人是付不起的。为了大家的方便，我认为寄信的人，用一个便士买一枚邮票，贴在信封上，这样寄出去就可以了。”\r\n\r\n结果，英国政府<strong>从善如流</strong>，接受了他的建议。这位绅士的名字叫罗兰·希尔世界上第一枚邮票就是这样诞生的。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<a href=\"http://gushi365.com/info/4954.html\">Read the original essay</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn 1840, England issued the world\'s first postage stamp. The face of Queen Victoria was printed on it. Because the stamp was black, it was called the \"Penny Black\".\r\n\r\nOne day more than one hundred and fifty years ago, a mail coach rode into a village in England. At that time, mail coaches rarely brought letters to the villages. So as soon as the village folks heard the sound of the carriage, they immediately rushed out of houses and fields to stand around the coach.\r\n\r\nThe postman stepped down from the coach holding up a letter and loudly cried, \"Miss Alice Brown, you have a letter!\" A girl\'s light voice replied, \"I\'m Alice Brown.\" Everyone\'s gaze simultaneously went her way.\r\n\r\nAlice took the letter the postman handed her, looked at the envelope, and then gave the envelope back to the postman. \"Sorry,\" she said, \"I don\'t have enough money to pay the postage fee.\"\r\n\r\nEveryone sympathized with her, and didn\'t know what to say. Suddenly, a man of gentlemanly appearance walked out of the crowd, took some cash from his pocket, and said he wanted to pay the postal fee on Alice\'s behalf, though Alice didn\'t know him at all.\r\n\r\nWearing a proud smile, she told the gentleman, \"Thank you for your kindness, mister, I\'ve looked forward to this letter for a long time, but I have no use for it now.\"\r\n\r\n\"Why?\" The gentlement thought this was quite strange.\r\n\r\n\"This letter was sent to me by my boyfriend. I plan to marry him next year. To earn money for the marriage, he went away to look for work. Because I can\'t pay any postage fees, before he left he told me: if he draws an X written on the envelope, it means he\'s doing well, if there\'s a circle on the envelope, it means he\'s already found work.\"\r\n\r\n\"Ah! So actually there\'s wasn\'t any letter in the envelope to begin with.\" The gentlemen mused out loud to himself, \"This situation is unfair, [the mail system] must be improved.\"\r\n\r\nHe thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a solution.\r\n\r\nHe suggested to the then-government: \"The postage fee should be paid by the sender of the letter, and it shouldn\'t be too expensive, otherwise poor people won\'t be able to afford it. For everyone\'s convenience, I think people sending letters should use a one-penny stamp and stick it on the front of the letter - that\'s how they can send it out.\"\r\n\r\nAs a result, the English government were willing to follow this good advice and accepted his suggestion. This gentleman\'s name was Rowland Hill, and this is how the world\'s first postage stamp was born. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The History of Postage Stamps', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '341-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:38:10', '2011-02-15 12:38:10', '', 341, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/341-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(488, 1, '2011-02-14 12:37:01', '2011-02-14 17:37:01', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the escaped [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" His heart was WORRIED, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either.  他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 12:37:01', '2011-02-14 17:37:01', '', 476, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/476-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(490, 1, '2011-02-15 07:51:53', '2011-02-15 12:51:53', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n贵族 - [pinyin]gui4 zu2[/pinyin] - Nobility, lord\r\n智伯  - [pinyin]zhi4 bo2[/pinyin] - One of the great statesmen of the Spring and Autumn Period.\r\n范氏 - [pinyin]fan4 shi4[/pinyin] - The Fan clan\r\n铸成 - [pinyin]zhu4 cheng2[/pinyin] - To mold in metal\r\n大锤 - [pinyin]da4 chui2[/pinyin] - Sledgehammer\r\n捂住 - [pinyin]wu3 zhu4[/pinyin] - To cover sth. / to bury one\'s face \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:51:53', '2011-02-15 12:51:53', '', 476, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(491, 1, '2016-11-05 02:21:29', '2016-11-05 06:21:29', 'This fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".\n\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n\n<strong>1)</strong> 春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\n　　\n<strong>2)</strong>小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\n\n<strong>3)</strong>他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\n\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>1)</strong>During the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \n　　\n<strong>2)</strong>The thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \n\n<strong>3)</strong>The longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Idioms] 掩耳盗铃 - To bury one\'s head in the sand', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:21:29', '2016-11-05 06:21:29', '', 476, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(492, 1, '2011-02-15 07:58:55', '2011-02-15 12:58:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 [pinyin]yan3 er3 dao4 ling2[/pinyin], which literally translates as \"to plug one\'s ears while stealing a bell\", and meaning \"to bury one\'s head in the sand\", or \"to deceive oneself\".<!--more-->\r\n\r\nI understand that this story was taken from the collection 吕氏春秋 (\"Mr. Lu\'s Annals [of the Spring / Autumn Period]\"), which is described as \"a historical miscellany from the point of view of Qin period merchant and politician 吕不韦 Lu BuWei [pinyin]lv3 bu4 wei2[/pinyin]\"\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n贵族 - [pinyin]gui4 zu2[/pinyin] - Nobility, lord\r\n智伯  - [pinyin]zhi4 bo2[/pinyin] - One of the great statesmen of the Spring and Autumn Period.\r\n范氏 - [pinyin]fan4 shi4[/pinyin] - The Fan clan\r\n铸成 - [pinyin]zhu4 cheng2[/pinyin] - To mold in metal\r\n大锤 - [pinyin]da4 chui2[/pinyin] - Sledgehammer\r\n捂住 - [pinyin]wu3 zhu4[/pinyin] - To cover sth. / to bury one\'s face \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n春秋时侯，晋国<strong>贵族</strong><strong>智伯</strong>灭掉了<strong>范氏</strong>。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜<strong>铸成</strong>的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。\r\n　　\r\n小偷找来一把大<strong>大锤</strong>，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想<strong>捂住</strong>钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。\r\n\r\n他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nDuring the Spring and Autumn period, Nobleman ZhiBo of the Jin state eliminated the Fan clan [in battle]. There was a person who sought to take advantage of the defeated [and thus absent] Fan clan to steal some things from their house, and he saw that in their yard dangled a large bell. The bell was molded from the finest bronze, its shape and design were very fine indeed. The thief was extremely happy, thinking to take this refined bell and carry it back to his own house. But the bell was both big and heavy, and howsoever he tried, he couldn\'t move it. He thought and thought, and came up with just one solution, which was to break the bell to bits, then take the pieces separately back to his house. \r\n　　\r\nThe thief found a sledgehammer, and swung at the bell with all his might. A loud \"gong\" sound rang out, startling the thief. The thief panicked, thinking this [enterprise] was spoiled, thinking \"that kind of noise is tantamount to telling people that I\'m here stealing the bell, isn\'t it?\" He was worried, and he flung is body at the bell, stretching his arms around it to try to still the sound, but really how could he stop it? The sound went on and on, ringing far and wide.  \r\n\r\nThe longer he heard it, the more afraid he became, and withdrew his hands to press them against his ears with all his strength. \"Yi, the sound has lessened, I can\'t hear it anymore!\" The thief became happy again, \"How wonderful! If I cover my ears well, the sound can\'t be heard!\" covered his ears well, he couldn\'t hear the sound at all! He immediately found two pieces of cloth and stopped up his ears, thinking that this way, no one else could hear the bell\'s sound either. So he began smashing the bell, hitting it again and again, the ringing of the bell being heard even in far away places. People heard the bells sounds and came in great numbers, catching the thief.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Story Behind the Idiom YanErDaoLing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '476-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-15 07:58:55', '2011-02-15 12:58:55', '', 476, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/15/476-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(493, 1, '2011-02-01 09:15:27', '2011-02-01 14:15:27', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese title:</strong> \"日本老年人犯罪创纪录 2万名老人曾偷超市物品\".\r\n\r\nTheft by the elderly is on the rise in Japan, reports China Youth Daily. While I usually classify news items as advanced reading, the words in this article are actually fairly easy - slightly complex sentence structure but not a whole lot of complex vocabulary, worth a shot for intermediate students.<!--more--> \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n警察厅 - [pinyin]jing3 cha2 ting1[/pinyin] - Japan\'s National Police Agency\r\n行列 - [pinyin]hang2 lie4[/pinyin] - Procession\r\n检举 - [pinyin]jian3 ju3[/pinyin] - To report a crime / incident\r\n据称 - [pinyin]ju4 cheng1[/pinyin] - Allegedly, according to reports\r\n节俭 - [pinyin]jie2 jian3[/pinyin] - Thriftiness, penny-pinching\r\n调查 - [pinyin]diao4 cha2[/pinyin] - Investigation, inquiry\r\n自制心 - [pinyin]zi4 zhi4 xin1[/pinyin] - Self-control\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n\r\n中新网1月28日电据日本新闻网27日报道，日本<strong>警察厅</strong>发表消息说，越来越多的老人加入了小偷小摸的<strong>行列</strong>。在过去一年里，65岁以上老年人在超市和便利店等地方偷窃东西的人数比2009年增加了343人(增1.3%)，总数达到2万7362人，占到全体遭<strong>检举</strong>小偷总人数的26%，几乎与“小偷少年”(14-19岁)的总人数 (27%)相同。\r\n\r\n<strong>据称</strong>，在这些被抓的“小偷老人”行窃的原因里，有71.8%的人是因为想要这些东西却不愿意花钱买。还有13.2%的人是因为口袋里实在没钱买东西。还有0.9%的老人只是觉得好玩，有一种游戏的感觉。按照男女比例来分，女性小偷是48.2%，男性小偷是51.8%，比例几乎相近。\r\n\r\n报道说，这些老人偷窃的东西主要是食品。警察厅分析说，可能是这些老人对于自己今后的生活感到不安，怀着“<strong>节俭</strong>”的动机行窃。同时，<strong>调查</strong>也显示这些老人久居在家，没有社会的归属感，长期的孤独无助导致他们精神疲劳过度，而放松了对<strong>自制心</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-01/28/content_4133594.htm\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nJapanese news agencies reported on the 27th that Japanese National Police Agency released information stating that more and more old people are joining the ranks [lit: procession] of thieves. In the past year, the number of people over the age of 65 who have stolen things from supermarkets and convenience stores has increased by 343 people (a 1.3% increase), with the total reaching 27,362 people, comprising 26% of all reported instances of theft, almost identical to the number (27%) of \"Young Thieves\" (14-19 year-olds).\r\n\r\nAllegedly, among the reasons given by \"Old thieves\" who were caught, 71.8% said it was because they wanted the thing [they stole] but weren\'t willing to pay money to buy it. Another 13.2% said it was because they didn\'t have the money to buy it. An additional 0.9% of old people just thought it was fun, and [said] that it felt like a game. In terms of the proportion of men to women, 48.2% of the thieves were women, 51.8% were men, almost the same numbers. \r\n\r\nReports say that goods stolen by old people mostly consist of foodstuffs. National Police Agency analysis suggests that perhaps these old people are concerned about their future livelihoods, and their motivation to steal is based in \"thriftiness\". At the same time, the investigation illustrates that these old people have lived for a long time without society\'s support, lonely, isolated and without help, causing the excessive psychological fatigue which lead them to relax their self-control.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Old People are Stealing More Stuff in Japan', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '403-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-01 09:15:27', '2011-02-01 14:15:27', '', 403, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/01/403-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(494, 1, '2011-03-18 07:00:29', '2011-03-18 11:00:29', 'Mummies! Tombs! Grave Robbers! I love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class. There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n2) 年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n3) 盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) A historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscous and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\n2) Young archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\n3) Those who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Book Synopsis in Chinese] 《时间之贼》The Thief of Time', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-theif-of-time', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:11:47', '2016-11-05 06:11:47', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=494', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(2209, 1, '2016-11-05 02:11:47', '2016-11-05 06:11:47', 'Mummies! Tombs! Grave Robbers! I love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class. There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n2) 年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n3) 盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) A historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscous and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\n2) Young archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\n3) Those who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Book Synopsis in Chinese] 《时间之贼》The Thief of Time', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:11:47', '2016-11-05 06:11:47', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/494-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(495, 1, '2011-02-16 07:51:11', '2011-02-16 12:51:11', '　　历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-16 07:51:11', '2011-02-16 12:51:11', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/16/494-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(496, 1, '2011-02-16 07:51:29', '2011-02-16 12:51:29', 'http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\r\n\r\n　　历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-16 07:51:29', '2011-02-16 12:51:29', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/16/494-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(501, 1, '2011-02-20 15:06:49', '2011-02-20 20:06:49', '', 'Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercises: The Dao of Choice', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '20110301-inline-dao-of-choice', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:06:49', '2011-02-20 20:06:49', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110301-INLINE-dao-of-choice.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(503, 1, '2011-02-20 15:09:46', '2011-02-20 20:09:46', '', 'Intermediate Chinese Reading Exercises: I Did Something Wrong', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '20100227-inline-i-did-something-wrong', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:09:46', '2011-02-20 20:09:46', '', 441, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20100227-INLINE-i-did-something-wrong.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(504, 1, '2011-02-14 08:11:39', '2011-02-14 13:11:39', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short essay details a child\'s brush with classroom thievery. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nIn my opinion, one of the most interesting sentences here is \"同学们看了都称不绝口\", meaning \"The students all looked [at it], talking continuously.\" This is easy to translate directly, but a direct translation doesn\'t capture the spirit of the sentence. In context, this sentence is tinged with a little envy - the author sees the other students all looking at YunXi\'s stamp album, going on and on, presumably about how great the album is, and so the author is jealous. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n集邮簿 - [pinyin]ji2 you2 bu4[/pinyin] - Stamp collector\'s album\r\n马来西亚 - [pinyin]ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4[/pinyin] - Malaysia\r\n称不绝口 - [pinyin]cheng1 bu4 jue2 kou3[/pinyin] - Talk continuously, go on and on about sth.\r\n趁 - [pinyin]chen4[/pinyin] - Take advantage of\r\n若无其事 - [pinyin]ruo4 wu2 qi2 shi4[/pinyin] - Nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened\r\n放声大哭 - [pinyin]fang4 sheng1 da4 ku1[/pinyin] - Burst into sobs, cry loudly\r\n三思而后行 - [pinyin]san1 si4 er2 hou4 xing2[/pinyin] - Think many times before acting\r\n以免 - [pinyin]yi3 mian3[/pinyin] - So as not to\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n前天，我做错了一件事。芸熙带了心爱的<strong>集邮簿</strong>让同学们欣赏。她的集邮簿收集了来自世界各地的邮票，如：欧洲、中国、<strong>马来西亚</strong>等等。同学们看了都<strong>称不绝口</strong>。 我很了羡慕芸熙，因为她有来自世界各地的邮票，而我呢！我的集邮簿里只有来自爸爸收到的信上面的本地邮票。 下课时，我<strong>趁</strong>全部的同学都下课了，我就从芸熙的书包里人拿了她的集邮簿。过后，我就装着<strong>若无其事</strong>地回到礼堂排队。回到课室时，芸熙打开书包发现她的集邮簿不见了，就<em>放声大哭</em>。林老师问她发生什么事。芸熙就把原因告诉林老师。\r\n\r\n林老师质问同学们究竟谁拿了芦芸熙的集邮簿。老师质问了很久，始终没有人肯承认。我觉得很惭愧，就拿着集邮簿向芸熙认错。老师看见我勇于承认错误，就没有处罚我，只是教训了我几句，而芸熙接受我的道歉。 我很后悔。我告诉我自己以后做事一定要<strong>三思而后行</strong>，以免犯下大错！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe day before yesterday, I did a bad thing. YunXi brought her beloved stamp album in to let her classmates see it. Her stamp album contains her collected stamps from places all around the world, such as Europe, China, Malaysia, etc. The other students looked through it, going on and on about it. I envied YunXi, because she had stamps from all over the world, and me? My stamp album only has a few stamps from local letters my dad got. When class let out, I took advantage of the situation and took the stamp album from YunXi\'s book bag. After a while, I walked back and lined up in the assembly hall, pretending nothing had happened. When we\'d gotten back to the classroom, YunXi opened her book bag and didn\'t see her stamp album, and she burst into tears. Teacher Lin asked her what happened, YunXi told the teacher the reason. \r\n\r\nTeacher Lin questioned all the students, asking who had taken Lu YunXi\'s stamp album. The teacher inquired for a long time, but no one was willing to admit to it. I felt ashamed, got the stamp album, and admitted my error to YunXi. The teacher saw that I was brave enough to admit my mistake and so didn\'t punish me, just lectured me for a bit, and YunXi accepted my apology. I regretted what I\'d done. I told myself that next time I would carefully consider the results of my actions so as to avoid a big mistake! \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'I Did Something Wrong', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '441-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-14 08:11:39', '2011-02-14 13:11:39', '', 441, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/14/441-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(505, 1, '2011-02-20 15:12:31', '2011-02-20 20:12:31', '', 'Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '20110219-inline-turkey-and-bull', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:12:31', '2011-02-20 20:12:31', '', 361, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110219-INLINE-turkey-and-bull.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(506, 1, '2011-01-19 15:10:22', '2011-01-19 20:10:22', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in need of a fable that demonstrates the dangers of kissing ass, you\'re in luck. The Turkey and the Bull makes it pretty clear that (and here I quote) \"butt licking\" is not the path to success. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak\r\n可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity\r\n粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces\r\n营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition\r\n极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance\r\n舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick\r\n屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一只火鸡对公牛说: “我真想飞到对面那棵大树的<strong>顶端</strong>，<strong>可惜</strong>现在一点力气也没有。”公牛出主意道: “你为何不吃一点我的<strong>粪便</strong>呢，里面可是富含<strong>营养</strong>哟，呵呵。”火鸡觉得有道理，啄食了一点，立即感觉有了力气，便尽力飞到一根树枝上。第二天，火鸡又吃了几口粪便，有了力气，便飞到更高的树枝上。两周后，当火鸡吃下足够多的公牛粪便，终于飞上大树的顶部。火鸡<strong>极目远眺</strong>，正在洋洋得意，被一名农夫发现了，迅速开枪将它射落在地。\r\n\r\n这则寓言的寓意: <strong>舔</strong>别人的屁股是一条捷径，能使你迅速获取较高的位置，但却不能保持长久。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gushi51.com/yuyan/sj/sj_47995.html\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA turkey said to a bull: \"I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it\'s a pity I don\'t have any strength.\" The bull proposed an idea: \"Why don\'t you eat a little of my feces, it\'s rich in nutrients, hehe.\" The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. \r\n\r\nThe moral of this fable is: licking other people\'s butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however it doesn\'t last long.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The Turkey and the Bull', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '361-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-19 15:10:22', '2011-01-19 20:10:22', '', 361, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/19/361-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(507, 1, '2011-02-20 15:13:12', '2011-02-20 20:13:12', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nIf you\'re in need of a fable that demonstrates the dangers of kissing ass, you\'re in luck. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110219-INLINE-turkey-and-bull.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull\" title=\"Intermediate Chinese Reading Materials: Turkey and the Bull\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Turkey and the Bull makes it pretty clear that (and here I quote) \"butt licking\" is not the path to success. I tried to think of a corresponding allegory in English, but nothing quite as poignant comes to mind. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak\r\n可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity\r\n粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces\r\n营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition\r\n极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance\r\n舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick\r\n屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一只火鸡对公牛说: “我真想飞到对面那棵大树的<strong>顶端</strong>，<strong>可惜</strong>现在一点力气也没有。”公牛出主意道: “你为何不吃一点我的<strong>粪便</strong>呢，里面可是富含<strong>营养</strong>哟，呵呵。”火鸡觉得有道理，啄食了一点，立即感觉有了力气，便尽力飞到一根树枝上。第二天，火鸡又吃了几口粪便，有了力气，便飞到更高的树枝上。两周后，当火鸡吃下足够多的公牛粪便，终于飞上大树的顶部。火鸡<strong>极目远眺</strong>，正在洋洋得意，被一名农夫发现了，迅速开枪将它射落在地。\r\n\r\n这则寓言的寓意: <strong>舔</strong>别人的屁股是一条捷径，能使你迅速获取较高的位置，但却不能保持长久。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gushi51.com/yuyan/sj/sj_47995.html\">Read the original story</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA turkey said to a bull: \"I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it\'s a pity I don\'t have any strength.\" The bull proposed an idea: \"Why don\'t you eat a little of my feces, it\'s rich in nutrients, hehe.\" The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. \r\n\r\nThe moral of this fable is: licking other people\'s butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however it doesn\'t last long.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'The Turkey and the Bull', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '361-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:13:12', '2011-02-20 20:13:12', '', 361, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/361-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(509, 1, '2011-01-18 18:24:16', '2011-01-18 23:24:16', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for kindergarten kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-18 18:24:16', '2011-01-18 23:24:16', '', 354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/18/354-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(510, 1, '2011-02-20 15:17:55', '2011-02-20 20:17:55', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for kindergarten kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110217-INLINE-one-liners.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:17:55', '2011-02-20 20:17:55', '', 354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/354-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(539, 1, '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', 'A very simple story about three friendly butterflies (蝴蝶) who stick up for each other.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n2) 三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n3) 红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n4) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n5) 他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n6) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n7) 然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n8) 可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n9) 这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n10) 这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n11) 天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\n2) The three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\n3) The red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n4) The three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n5) They flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n6) The three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n7) Then, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\n8) But the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\n9) The three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n10) At this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\n11) The sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 三个好朋友 - Three Good Friends', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'three-good-friends', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:18:27', '2016-11-04 08:18:27', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=539', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(2007, 1, '2016-11-04 04:17:58', '2016-11-04 08:17:58', 'A very simple story about three friendly butterflies (蝴蝶) who stick up for each other.\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n2) 三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n3) 红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n4) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n5) 他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n6) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n7) 然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n8) 可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n9) 这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n10) 这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n11) 天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\n2) The three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\n3) The red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n4) The three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n5) They flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n6) The three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n7) Then, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\n8) But the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\n9) The three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n10) At this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\n11) The sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 三个好朋友 - Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:17:58', '2016-11-04 08:17:58', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/539-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2006, 1, '2016-11-04 04:17:17', '2016-11-04 08:17:17', 'A very simple story about three friendly butterflies (蝴蝶) who stick up for each other.\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n2) 三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n3) 红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n4) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n5) 他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n6) 三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n7) 然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n8) 可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n9) 这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n10) 这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n11) 天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) In the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\n2) The three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\n3) The red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n4) The three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n5) They flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\n6) The three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n7) Then, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\n8) But the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\n9) The three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\n10) At this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\n11) The sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 三个好朋友 - Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:17:17', '2016-11-04 08:17:17', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/539-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(519, 1, '2011-03-09 07:00:16', '2011-03-09 12:00:16', 'This not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot (鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin]) is a bit of a flirt. The parrot\'s constant come-ons are so embarrassing to the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, literally, \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n2) 女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的淑女形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些高雅的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n3) 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说神父那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲粗话，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在祷告。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n4) 神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n5) 女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n6) 公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\n2) As soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\n3) What was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\n4) The priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\n5) The woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option. After all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\n6) The male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Jokes] 两只鹦鹉 - The Two Parrots', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-two-parrots', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:19:22', '2016-11-05 06:19:22', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=519', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(2212, 1, '2016-11-05 02:19:22', '2016-11-05 06:19:22', 'This not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot (鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin]) is a bit of a flirt. The parrot\'s constant come-ons are so embarrassing to the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, literally, \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n2) 女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的淑女形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些高雅的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n3) 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说神父那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲粗话，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在祷告。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n4) 神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n5) 女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n6) 公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\n2) As soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\n3) What was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\n4) The priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\n5) The woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option. After all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\n6) The male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Jokes] 两只鹦鹉 - The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:19:22', '2016-11-05 06:19:22', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/519-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(520, 1, '2011-02-23 08:59:18', '2011-02-23 13:59:18', '[two_third]\n\nThis joke <!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\n\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 08:59:18', '2011-02-23 13:59:18', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(521, 1, '2011-02-23 09:00:09', '2011-02-23 14:00:09', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis joke <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n 一个坐在树下的孩子他静静的<strong>祈祷</strong>着没有人知道，只有一棵大树了解他。这是一棵几十岁的老树，但它依然那样的挺拔高大。村子里的人都知道它以前是一个树皮慢慢脱落将要老死的一棵树。但是被它主人用一句简短的话语而活下来了，别人都问这个小姑娘你是如何让它好起来的，女孩甜甜的一笑说：“这是秘密。”人们都疑惑不解。几年后，女孩为了弟弟的学费。而去了一个遥远的地方。老远的地方。老树又静静的地下了头。又过了几个春秋，老树已经快死了，在他的旁边又有一棵新树。而新树总是瞧不起老树总是说：“糟老头，你看看你又老又脏切~~~~你看看我年轻呀!。”老树看了看小树叹了一口气。小树说：“糟老头看什么看。”老树不再说什么了。老树总是默默地在夜里哭泣。\r\n    又过了一年女孩回来了。女孩看到老树如此憔悴，心里也很难受。他又和老树说了几句话。老树居然又像以前那样的挺拔高大了。来往的村民都赞叹不已。一个星期后，女孩又要走了。女孩的妈妈哭着说：“闺女，我和你爹对不住你。”女孩也哭着说：“你们别这么说。能把弟弟叫来吗？”“当然可以”姐姐对弟弟说：“这棵老树姐姐送你了，你见到他就像见到我一样一定要好好学习，对得起我，对得起爹和娘。一定要好好保管。姐可能一去又要3~5年了。照顾好爹娘，才算对得起我。”弟弟说：“姐我知道了我一定会用功的，我也会照顾好老树的。”女孩摸了摸老树转头就走了。日子一天天过去了男孩慢慢长大他白天在大树下学习玩耍，晚上，他靠着大树坐着静静的祈祷。又过了几个月男孩跑到山头大声地说了一句他很想说的话：“姐姐，你回来吧!”几年后，突然传来噩耗，说女孩为了救一个小女孩而死了。这是几年前的事了，这几年的钱都是那个小孩的妈妈寄来的。因为这是女孩临终前的最后一个要求。\r\n    人人都说好人死后可以上天堂我想那个女孩一定在天堂里看着弟弟呢吧！\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/youxiuzuowen/xiaoxueliunianjizuowen/2011-01-05/1294159632180144.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:00:09', '2011-02-23 14:00:09', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(522, 1, '2011-02-23 09:15:10', '2011-02-23 14:15:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis joke not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a <!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n祈祷 - [pinyin]qi2 dao3[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母鹦鹉。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的淑女形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些高雅的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说神父那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲粗话，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在祷告。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n　　神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: 近朱者赤吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n　　公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach the bird anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\n　　神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n　　女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: 近朱者赤吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n　　公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:15:10', '2011-02-23 14:15:10', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(523, 1, '2011-02-20 15:18:26', '2011-02-20 20:18:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for young kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110217-INLINE-one-liners.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-20 15:18:26', '2011-02-20 20:18:26', '', 354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/20/354-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(524, 1, '2011-02-11 10:01:26', '2011-02-11 15:01:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA slightly silly joke courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nI\'m not actually 100% sure about 威廉期 meaning \"Williams\". This is most certainly a name, 威廉 is most certainly \"William\", and 期 is most certainly the character \"Qi\", however, these characters put together might be some kind of transliteration for a slightly different English surname, like Williamson or something. As usual, grappling with English / Chinese name transliteration is a pain. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n威廉期 - [pinyin]wei1 lian2 qi1[/pinyin] - William Qi / Williams\r\n墨西哥 - [pinyin]mo4 xi1 ge1[/pinyin] - Mexico\r\n奇怪 - [pinyin]qi2 guai4[/pinyin] - Strange\r\n胡子 - [pinyin]hu2 zi[/pinyin] - Beard\r\n黑黢黢 - [pinyin]hei1 qu1 qu1[/pinyin] - Black, dark black\r\n好奇 - [pinyin]hao4 qi2[/pinyin] - Curious\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>威廉期</strong>先生到<strong>墨西哥</strong>旅行，一天，他在大街上看到了一个<strong>奇怪</strong>的人。 该人的头发长的雪白，而<strong>胡子</strong>却<strong>黑黢黢</strong>的。 他<strong>好奇</strong>的上前问道， “为什么您的头发这么白，而胡子却这样黑呢？”\r\n\r\n那人回答，“这有什么奇怪，头发比胡子年长20岁，能一样吗？”\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANLSATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Williams was traveling in Mexico. One day, he saw a very strange man on the street. This person\'s hair was snow white, however his beard was black. He curiously went up and asked, \"Why is your hair white, but your beard is black?\"\r\n\r\nThe man answered, \"What\'s weird about that? My hair is 20 years older than my beard, how could they be the same?\"\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'White Hair, Black Beard', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '287-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-11 10:01:26', '2011-02-11 15:01:26', '', 287, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/11/287-revision-12/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(525, 1, '2011-02-06 09:00:07', '2011-02-06 14:00:07', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis very short husband and wife joke is courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe vocabulary here is intermediate, but the story contains quite a few beginner words and short sentences that you may enjoy puzzling out.\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Interesting Vocabulary</h4>\r\n性感 - [pinyin]xing4 gan3[/pinyin] - Sexy\r\n期盼 -  [pinyin]qi1 pan4[/pinyin] - Look forward to, hope to expect\r\n袍 -  [pinyin]pao4[/pinyin] - Gown\r\n镂空 - [pinyin]lou4 kong4[/pinyin] - Lacy or mostly see-through. Lit: Pierced with holes\r\n睡褂 - [pinyin]shui4 gua4[/pinyin] - Sleep robe\r\n吓了一条 - [pinyin]xia4 le5 yi1 tiao2[/pinyin] - Be startled\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n丈夫问我，40岁生日礼物想要什么东西，我告诉他想要一种能使我看上去更加<strong>性感</strong>和美丽的东西，也就是说，我心中<strong>期盼</strong>的是装有黑色丝<strong>袍</strong>和<strong>镂空睡褂</strong>的女内衣盒。 但是礼物送到时，我着实<strong>吓了一条</strong>。 丈夫拖回家一直巨大笨重的包装箱，里面是一辆健身自行车。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMy husband asked me what I wanted for my 40th birthday. I told him that I wanted something that would make me look more sexy and beautiful. In other words, I was looking forward to getting some clothes, like a black silk gown and a lacy sleeping robe in a women\'s lingerie box. But when the gift arrived, I was startled. My husband dragged home a huge, heavy package, and inside was an exercise bike. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Birthday Present', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '270-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-06 09:00:07', '2011-02-06 14:00:07', '', 270, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/06/270-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(528, 1, '2011-02-23 09:35:22', '2011-02-23 14:35:22', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe joke is about a woman whose new parrot can\'t seem to stop saying one particular come hither phrase. The phrase so embarasses the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \r\n\r\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, which appears to mean \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but I believe it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\r\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \r\n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\r\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\r\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \r\n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\r\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\r\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\r\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我<strong>上床</strong>吗？”\r\n\r\n女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的<strong>淑女</strong>形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些<strong>高雅</strong>的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\r\n\r\n　　…… 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说<strong>神父</strong>那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲<strong>粗话</strong>，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在<strong>祷告</strong>。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\r\n\r\n神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被<strong>感化</strong>。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\r\n\r\n女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\r\n\r\n公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于<strong>实现</strong>了……”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nAs soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\r\n\r\nWhat was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\r\n\r\nThe priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\r\n\r\nThe woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option, after all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\r\n\r\nThe male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '519-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:35:22', '2011-02-23 14:35:22', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/519-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2210, 1, '2016-11-05 02:18:21', '2016-11-05 06:18:21', 'This not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. The joke is about a woman whose new parrot (鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin]) is a bit of a flirt. The parrot\'s constant come-ons are so embarrassing to the woman that she tries to take action, but her plan doesn\'t quite work out the way she wanted. \n\nI had a bit of trouble translating the phrase 近朱者赤, literally, \"If you stand next to something red, you\'ll become red yourself.\" This idiom isn\'t in the dictionary, but it means that people are influenced by the things in their environment. \n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n\n1) 话说某位女士一时兴起，买了一只母<strong>鹦鹉</strong>。没想到带回家里，它说的第一句话就是: “想跟我上床吗？”\n\n2) 女士一听，心想: 坏了，外人还以为这话是我教的呢，这不把我的淑女形象全给毁了。于是她想尽办法，想交那只鹦鹉说些高雅的东西，可是那只母鹦鹉算是铁了心了，只会说一句话: “想跟我上床吗？”\n\n3) 怎么办呢？在那位女士失去主张的时候，听说神父那儿也养了一只鹦鹉（公的），而且那只鹦鹉，不但不讲粗话，反而是个虔诚的教徒，每天大部分时间里都在祷告。于是那位女士去找神父求助。神父明白她的来意之后，面色微难的说:“这个，很难办呀，其实那只鹦鹉，也并没有刻意的教它什么，它之所以这么虔诚，也可能是长期在此受熏陶的缘故吧。”\n\n4) 神父见女士很失落，便说道: “这样吧，你把那只鹦鹉带到我这里来，我把它们放在一起。希望经过一段时间，你那只鹦鹉能够被感化。我只能做这些了，有没有效果，就看神的旨意了……”\n\n5) 女士一听，也只能这样了，不是有句话叫: <strong>近朱者赤</strong>吗？试试吧。于是她把鹦鹉带到神父那里。神父依照诺言把两只鹦鹉放在了一起。开始母鹦鹉还有些拘谨，看那只公鹦鹉在笼子的一角，默默的祷告，还真不忍心打扰。可是她还是管不住自己，终于朗声说道:“想跟我上床吗？“\n\n6) 公鹦鹉听到这话，停止了祷告，转身看了看母鹦鹉，忽然泪如雨下: “感谢上帝，我祷告这么多年的愿望终于实现了……”\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7648f7170100qdty.html\">Read the original</a>\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) There once was a woman who bought a female parrot. But little did she know, when she brought the parrot home she found it could only say one sentence: \"Will you sleep with me?\"\n\n2) As soon as the woman heard this, she thought: \"Oh no! If anyone else hears the parrot speak they\'ll think I taught the parrot to say that, it\'ll destroy my reputation as a virtuous woman.\" By way of a solution, she thought maybe she could teach the parrot to say something dainty instead, but it seemed the parrot had a heart of iron, it would only say one thing, \"Will you sleep with me?\"　\n\n3) What was she to do? Just when she had about given up, she heard of a priest who also owned a parrot (a male one), and moreover his parrot not only didn\'t say vulgar things, it was actually a devout disciple; it spent most of its time in prayer. So the women went to see the priest. When the priest understood the woman\'s reason for coming, he said a little sadly, \"This is a hard problem to solve. In actual fact, I didn\'t teach my parrot anything, maybe the reason it\'s like that is because it\'s spent a long time in this [church] environment.\"　　\n\n4) The priest saw the woman\'s disappointment, so he said, \"How about this: bring your parrot here to me, I\'ll put it with my own. We can hope that after a little while, your parrot will be correctively influenced by mine. This is all I can do, whether it will work or not is up to God...\"　\n\n5) The woman listened [to his suggestions], and [also thought] that this was her only option. After all, isn\'t there a saying: \"Proximity to red will turn you red\"? She figured she might as well try it. So the woman brought her parrot to the priest. The priest honored his promise and put the two birds together. At first, the female parrot was a little cautious, seeing the male bird over in one corner of the cage, silently praying, she didn\'t have the heart to disturb him. But [after a while] she couldn\'t help herself, and finaly said, \"Will you sleep with me?\"\n\n6) The male parrot heard her say this, stopped praying, turned around and looked at her, and suddenly with tears streaming down its face said, \"Thank you God, the thing I\'ve prayed for all of these long years has finally happened...\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', '[Chinese Jokes] 两只鹦鹉 - The Two Parrots', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '519-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:18:21', '2016-11-05 06:18:21', '', 519, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/519-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(540, 1, '2011-03-16 20:25:11', '2011-03-17 00:25:11', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:25:11', '2011-03-17 00:25:11', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(541, 1, '2011-03-16 20:29:48', '2011-03-17 00:29:48', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n鹦鹉 - [pinyin]ying1 wu3[/pinyin] - Parrot\n上床 - [pinyin]shang4 chuang2[/pinyin] - [colloquial] To sleep with sb., have sex \n淑女 - [pinyin]shu1 nv3[/pinyin] - A wise and virtuous woman\n高雅 - [pinyin]gao1 ya1[/pinyin] - Dainty, refined\n神父 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只蝴蝶，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的翅膀都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把乌云赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:29:48', '2011-03-17 00:29:48', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(542, 1, '2011-03-16 20:33:30', '2011-03-17 00:33:30', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]shen2 fu4[/pinyin] - Preist \n\n粗话 - [pinyin]cu1 hua4[/pinyin] - Vulgar words\n祷告 - [pinyin]dao3 gao4[/pinyin] - To pray\n感化 - [pinyin]gan3 hua4[/pinyin] - A corrective influence\n实现 - [pinyin]shi2 xian4[/pinyin] - To be realized (as wishes / dreams)\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\n\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\n\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\n\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\n\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\n\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\n\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\n</div>\n\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:33:30', '2011-03-17 00:33:30', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(544, 1, '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:34:03', '2011-03-17 00:34:03', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(545, 1, '2011-03-16 20:40:30', '2011-03-17 00:40:30', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110309-INLINE-two-parrots.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Study Intermediate: The Two Parrots\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:40:30', '2011-03-17 00:40:30', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(549, 1, '2011-03-17 20:50:43', '2011-03-18 00:50:43', '[two_third]\n\nINTRO GOES HERE\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:50:43', '2011-03-18 00:50:43', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(548, 1, '2011-03-17 20:40:30', '2011-03-18 00:40:30', '[two_third]\n\nINTRO GOES HERE\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber k历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:40:30', '2011-03-18 00:40:30', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(547, 1, '2011-03-17 20:35:37', '2011-03-18 00:35:37', '[two_third]\n\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n　　盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n</div>\n\nSee the original\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \n\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \n\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\n\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \n\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \n\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\n\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \n\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:35:37', '2011-03-18 00:35:37', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(550, 1, '2011-03-17 20:58:15', '2011-03-18 00:58:15', '[two_third]\n\nScary mystery novels. \n\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation f, please leave a comment!\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 20:58:15', '2011-03-18 00:58:15', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(551, 1, '2011-03-17 21:02:28', '2011-03-18 01:02:28', '[two_third]\n\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis .<!--more-->\n\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:02:28', '2011-03-18 01:02:28', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(552, 1, '2016-11-05 02:10:05', '2016-11-05 06:10:05', 'Mummies! Tombs! Grave Robbers! I love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class. There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n\n1) 历史悠久的印第安古墓吸引着大批专业考古学家，同时也吸引着心狠手辣的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n2) 年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n3) 盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) A historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscous and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\n2) Young archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\n3) Those who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n\n\n', '[Book Synopsis in Chinese] 《时间之贼》The Thief of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:10:05', '2016-11-05 06:10:05', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(555, 1, '2011-03-17 21:02:59', '2011-03-18 01:02:59', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThere are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:02:59', '2011-03-18 01:02:59', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(562, 1, '2011-03-17 21:07:36', '2011-03-18 01:07:36', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110318-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" title=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grve robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-17 21:07:36', '2011-03-18 01:07:36', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/17/494-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(563, 1, '2011-03-16 20:41:10', '2011-03-17 00:41:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蝴蝶 - [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n翅膀 - [pinyin]chi4 bang3[/pinyin] - [colloquial] Wings\r\n躲 - [pinyin]duo3[/pinyin] - Hide\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n    花园里有三只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>，一只是红色的，一只是黄色的，一只是白色的。三个好朋友天天都在一起玩，可好了。一天，他们正玩得，天突然下起了雨。三只蝴蝶的<strong>翅膀</strong>都被雨打湿了，浑身冻得发抖。\r\n\r\n    三只小蝴蝶一起飞到红花那里，对红花说: “红花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲<strong>躲</strong>雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   红花说: “红蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n   三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，<strong>一块</strong>儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   他们又飞到黄花那里，对黄花说: “黄花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”黄花说: “黄蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     三个好朋友一齐摇摇头: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n   然后，他们又飞到白花那里，对白花说: “白花姐姐，让我们飞到你的叶子下面躲躲雨吧！”\r\n\r\n   可是白花也说: “白蝴蝶进来吧，其他的快飞开！”\r\n\r\n     这三个好朋友还是一齐摇摇头，对白花说: “我们是好朋友，一块儿来，也一块儿走。”\r\n\r\n     这时，太阳公公看见了，赶忙把<strong>乌云</strong>赶走，叫雨停下。\r\n\r\n     天终于晴了，这三个好朋友又一起在花丛中跳舞玩游戏了。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nIn the garden there were three butterflies, one red one, one yellow one, and one white one. Every day the three good friends played together, it was great. One day just as they were playing, it suddenly began to rain. The three butterflies\' wings were drenched by the rain, their whole bodies were trembling with cold. \r\n\r\nThe three butterflies few together to a red flower, and said to it: \"Big Sister Red Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" \r\n\r\nThe red flower said: \"The red butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads together: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThey flew off to a yellow flower, and to the yellow flower said, \"Big Sister Yellow Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves.\" The yellow flower said: \"The yellow butterfly can come in, but the others must leave.\"\r\n\r\nThe three good friends shook their heads and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together, and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nThen, they flew away to the white flower, and to the white flower said: \"Big Sister White Flower, let us hide from the rain under your leaves!\"  \r\n\r\nBut the white flower said to them: \"The white butterfly can come in, but the rest must leave.\" \r\n\r\nThe three good friends still shook their heads together and said: \"We\'re good friends, we came together and we\'ll leave together.\"\r\n\r\nAt this time, Old Man Sun saw what was happening, and he hurriedly chased the black clouds away and made the rain stop.     \r\n\r\nThe sky was finally clear, and the three friends again went again to play and dance among the flowers. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'Three Good Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '539-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-16 20:41:10', '2011-03-17 00:41:10', '', 539, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/16/539-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(564, 1, '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', 'My heart goes out to the many who lost family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. The tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. \r\n\r\n2) 中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n3) 警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n4) 此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing\r\n\r\n2) China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\n3) The National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\n4) In addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[News in Chinese] 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', '7653-dead-in-japan-earthquake-and-11746-missing', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:07:08', '2016-11-05 06:07:08', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=564', 0, 'post', '', 1),
(2207, 1, '2016-11-05 02:07:08', '2016-11-05 06:07:08', 'My heart goes out to the many who lost family, friends or homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. The tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. \r\n\r\n2) 中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n3) 警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n4) 此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing\r\n\r\n2) China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\n3) The National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\n4) In addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[News in Chinese] 7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:07:08', '2016-11-05 06:07:08', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/564-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(565, 1, '2011-03-20 20:26:29', '2011-03-21 00:26:29', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\n　　\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\n\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \n　　\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \n\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:26:29', '2011-03-21 00:26:29', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(566, 1, '2011-03-20 20:41:34', '2011-03-21 00:41:34', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency, SOMETHING, has confirmed that the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of missing has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:41:34', '2011-03-21 00:41:34', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(567, 1, '2011-03-20 20:45:39', '2011-03-21 00:45:39', '[two_third]\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This straightforward article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日强震和海啸灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，截至19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，下落不明者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，罹难者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县沿海地区遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency, SOMETHING, has confirmed that the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of missing has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening.  此外，仍栖身避难所的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:45:39', '2011-03-21 00:45:39', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(570, 1, '2011-03-20 20:56:05', '2011-03-21 00:56:05', '[two_third]\n\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \n\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\n\nThe tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\n\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n强震 - [pinyin]qiang2 zhen4[/pinyin] - Strong earthquake\n海啸 - [pinyin]hai3 xiao4[/pinyin] - Tsunami\n截至 - [pinyin]jie2 zhi4[/pinyin] - As of, by [a certain time]\n下落不明 - [pinyin]xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2[/pinyin] - Unaccounted for\n罹难 - [pinyin]li2 nan4[/pinyin] - Fatality\n沿海地区 - [pinyin]yan2 hai3 di4 qu1[/pinyin] - Coastal areas\n避难所  - [pinyin]bi4 nan4 suo3[/pinyin] - Asylum, refuge\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\n\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\n\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \n\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \n\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 20:56:05', '2011-03-21 00:56:05', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(571, 1, '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nMy heart goes out to the many who lost their homes in Japan this week. This straightforward Chinese article reviews the Japanese death tolls in the recent earthquake. \r\n\r\nChinese Title: 日本地震已致7653人死亡11746人失踪. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110320-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Materials: Japan Earthquake\" title=\"Simplified Chinese Reading Materials: Japan Earthquake\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The tragedy in Japan has been big news in Asia (as it has been everywhere in the world), particularly as many fear the radiation from the failed nuclear reactors will hit their shores. This article is chalk full of words you hate to read but which newspapers seems to love so much: fatality, refugee camp, disaster, missing persons, etc.\r\n\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n强震 - [pinyin]qiang2 zhen4[/pinyin] - Strong earthquake\r\n海啸 - [pinyin]hai3 xiao4[/pinyin] - Tsunami\r\n截至 - [pinyin]jie2 zhi4[/pinyin] - As of, by [a certain time]\r\n下落不明 - [pinyin]xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2[/pinyin] - Unaccounted for\r\n罹难 - [pinyin]li2 nan4[/pinyin] - Fatality\r\n沿海地区 - [pinyin]yan2 hai3 di4 qu1[/pinyin] - Coastal areas\r\n避难所  - [pinyin]bi4 nan4 suo3[/pinyin] - Asylum, refuge\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n中新网3月20日电  据“中央社”报道，日本3月11日<strong>强震</strong>和<strong>海啸</strong>灾难，今天迈入第10天，警察厅指出，<strong>截至</strong>19日深夜11时为止，确认死亡人数达7653人，<strong>下落不明</strong>者增至1万1746人，死亡和失踪人数合计1万9399人。\r\n\r\n警察厅指出，<strong>罹难</strong>者遍布12都县，其中宫城县4449人、岩手县2501人、福岛县647人，此3县<strong>沿海地区</strong>遭海啸侵袭，灾情最惨重。警方接获的行踪不明者通报，岩手县有4253人、福岛县4503人、宫城县2895人，另外3县也有人失踪。\r\n\r\n此外，仍栖身<strong>避难所</strong>的灾民总数约36万3000人。其中宫城县约有15万5000人、福岛县约13万2000人、岩手县约4万9000人。很多人因避难生活长期化而健康恶化，灾民依然处于严峻状况下。 \r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>China News Service, March 20 via [Taiwan] Central News Agency Report:</strong> The March 11 Japan mega-quake disaster is entering its 10th day and according to Japan\'s National Police Agency has confirmed that, as of [March] 19th at 11:00p.m., the death toll has reached 7653 people, and the number of persons unaccounted for has increased to 11,746 people, with the missing and dead totaling 19,399 people.   \r\n\r\nThe National Police Agency reports that the fatalities are spread over 12 districts, included among these are Miyagi with 4449 people, Iwate with 2501 people, and Fukushima with 647 people - these three districts are coastal areas where the tsunami was most disastrous. The police recieved reports of 4253 missing persons in Iwate, 4503 in Fukushima, and 2895 in Miyagi. Three other districts additionally have [reported] missing persons. \r\n\r\nIn addition, there are still 363,000 victims living in refugee shelters. That number includes 155,000 people in Miyagi, 132,000 people in Fukushima, and 49,000 from Iwate. Due to long-term stays in the shelters, the health of many refugees is worsening, leaving many in a grim situation. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '7653 Dead in Japan Earthquake and 11746 Missing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '564-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-20 21:05:49', '2011-03-21 01:05:49', '', 564, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/20/564-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(572, 1, '2011-03-22 07:00:23', '2011-03-22 11:00:23', 'Never be too demanding of magical items. This short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. The sentence structure here is completely beginner, but there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n2) 老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n3) 老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n4) 铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n5) 老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n6) 说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and drew a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\n2) The mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"That bread wasn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\n3) The mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\n4) The pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\n5) The mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\n6) Saying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Story] 神笔 - The Magic Pencil', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-magic-pencil', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:02:25', '2016-11-05 06:02:25', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=572', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(2203, 1, '2016-11-05 02:00:37', '2016-11-05 06:00:37', 'Never be too demanding of magical items. This short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. The sentence structure here is completely beginner, but there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n\r\n1) 有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n2) 老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n3) 老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n4) 铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n5) 老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n6) 说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) There was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and drew a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\n2) The mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"That bread wasn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\n3) The mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\n4) The pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\n5) The mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\n6) Saying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Story] 神笔 - The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 02:00:37', '2016-11-05 06:00:37', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/572-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(575, 1, '2011-01-19 13:11:43', '2011-01-19 18:11:43', 'After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.\r\n\r\nAs someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I\'d eventually start a website about it, and here you are. I try to post every other day, though that probably won\'t always happen.\r\n\r\nThis site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n<h4>About the Translations</h4>\r\nMany of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don\'t post anything unless I\'ve checked it several times, but that doesn\'t mean I haven\'t missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won\'t be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.\r\n\r\nIt\'s often quite difficult to do a word-for-word translation, as Chinese words that fit well into a particular Chinese sentence read very awkwardly after they\'ve been translated - sometimes a direct translation just sounds \"off\". This is more and more true the higher your reading level. I stick to a word-for-word translation when it\'s appropriate, but I\'ll often change a sentence a little so that it makes sense or reads well in English.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also notice that I often remove commas, split long Chinese sentences into two or more English sentences, or rearrange the order of clauses, which is necessary to accommodate Chinese grammar.  The translation is meant as a guidepost to help point you in the right direction and keep you grounded in the text when needed - it\'s up to you to dissect sentence structure.\r\n\r\nEnjoy, and good luck with your studies.', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-01-19 13:11:43', '2011-01-19 18:11:43', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/01/19/2-revision-19/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(576, 1, '2011-03-21 13:16:55', '2011-03-21 17:16:55', 'After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.\r\n\r\nAs someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I\'d eventually start a website about it, and here you are. I try to post every other day, though that probably won\'t always happen.\r\n\r\nThis site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n<h4>About the Translations</h4>\r\nMany of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don\'t post anything unless I\'ve checked it several times, but that doesn\'t mean I haven\'t missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won\'t be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.\r\n\r\nIt\'s often quite difficult to do a word-for-word translation, as Chinese words that fit well into a particular Chinese sentence read very awkwardly after they\'ve been translated - sometimes a direct translation just sounds \"off\". This is more and more true the higher your reading level. I stick to a word-for-word translation when it\'s appropriate, but I\'ll often change a sentence a little so that it makes sense or reads well in English.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also notice that I often remove commas, split long Chinese sentences into two or more English sentences, or rearrange the order of clauses, which is necessary to accommodate Chinese grammar.  The translation is meant as a guidepost to help point you in the right direction and keep you grounded in the text when needed - it\'s up to you to dissect sentence structure.\r\n<h4>How I Classify Reading Levels</h4>\r\nUltimately, my classifications are pretty arbitrary, but I\'ll try to lay out some of my basic reasoning here.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beginner</strong> - None of the texts here are truly beginner texts; at least I haven\'t been able to find any real beginner stuff yet (I\'m still looking for good sources of real beginner texts that aren\'t boring dialogs - if you know of any, please write!). This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialogs as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. I will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy</li>\r\n	<li>It contains only words that you can find in the dictionary (or I can explain them)</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate</strong> - I classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Advanced</strong> - Most of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. That\'s why as of now, there are more advanced texts on here than anything else. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\nEnjoy, and good luck with your studies.', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 13:16:55', '2011-03-21 17:16:55', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/2-revision-20/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(577, 1, '2011-03-21 13:01:52', '2011-03-21 17:01:52', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nThe Chinese title is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支神笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个哈欠，伸伸懒腰，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说：“我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包香喷喷的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说：“面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有厚厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得津津有味，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说：“蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根香肠，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说：”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠洞，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有仓库。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说：“仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 13:01:52', '2011-03-21 17:01:52', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(578, 1, '2011-03-21 20:18:26', '2011-03-22 00:18:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nA few of the more difficult sentences are:\r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:18:26', '2011-03-22 00:18:26', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(579, 1, '2011-03-21 20:18:32', '2011-03-22 00:18:32', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure.\r\n\r\nA few of the more difficult sentences are:\r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说：“房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆稻草，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说：“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来：“哎哟！你千嘛咬我?把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说：“嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方磨牙。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说：“等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口吞掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. 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(582, 1, '2011-03-21 20:24:49', '2011-03-22 00:24:49', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure. But to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nOne of the more difficult sentences is. \r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:24:49', '2011-03-22 00:24:49', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(585, 1, '2011-03-21 20:50:34', '2011-03-22 00:50:34', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110322-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. Still, to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:50:34', '2011-03-22 00:50:34', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(583, 1, '2016-11-05 01:58:49', '2016-11-05 05:58:49', 'This short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life. The sentence structure here is completely beginner, but there are quite a few vocabulary words that beginners probably won\'t know, so I\'m placing this in the Intermediate category. \n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\n\n1) 有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\n\n2) 老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\n\n3) 老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\n\n4) 铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\n\n5) 老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\n\n6) 说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) There was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and drew a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \n\n2) The mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \n\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \n\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \n\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\n\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Short Story] 神笔 - The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:58:49', '2016-11-05 05:58:49', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(584, 1, '2011-03-21 20:32:10', '2011-03-22 00:32:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis short story is about a magic pencil - whatever it draws comes to life.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110322-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: The Magic Pencil\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The sentence structure here is completely beginner - very basic stuff. But there are quite a few vocabulary words that you may not know. I\'m banking on the fact that you\'ll be able to work through the vocabulary words due to the story\'s repetitive patterns and easy structure. But to save everyone\'s sanity, I took out one phrase from the original due to its difficulty. \r\n\r\nOne of the more difficult sentences is. \r\n\r\n老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。 - This literally translates to \"The mouse\'s stomach (肚子) was as round as a drum (圆鼓鼓 - lit. round drum), like a big ball, there was no way he could pack (装) any more food in there. Word for word, the last bit translates to - 没法 (no way to) 再装 (pack / load ) 什么东西 (anymore of anything). \r\n\r\nThe Chinese title of this story is <strong>神笔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly\r\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\r\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\r\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\r\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\r\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\r\n洞 - [pinyin]dong4[/pinyin] - Hole, cave\r\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\r\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\r\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\r\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n有个老爷爷给小丰一支铅笔。这不是普通的铅笔，而是支<strong>神</strong>笔。晚上，小丰睡觉了。铅笔就自己站起来，在纸上画了一只老鼠。刚画完，老鼠打了个<strong>哈欠</strong>，<strong>伸伸懒腰</strong>，活了。\r\n\r\n老鼠跑到铅笔面前，说: “我肚子饿得要命，快给我东西吃！\" 铅笔画了一个面包。面包<strong>香喷喷</strong>的，老鼠一下子就把它吃掉了。吃完面包，老鼠又跑到铅笔面前，说: “面包不甜，我要吃大蛋糕！” 铅笔又给它画了一块大蛋糕。这蛋糕又松又软，甜甜的，上面有<strong>厚</strong>厚的一层奶油，奶油上还有花生仁和瓜于仁。\r\n\r\n老鼠眯着眼睛，吃得<strong>津津有味</strong>，把一整块蛋糕全吃了，肚子吃得饱饱的。可它还想吃，就说: “蛋糕太甜，我要吃咸的！” 铅笔画了一根<strong>香肠</strong>，老鼠又把香肠全吃光了。老鼠的肚子圆鼓鼓的，像个大球，没法再装什么东西了。它又对铅笔说: ”我饱了，可我没地方住，你要给我房子!”\r\n\r\n铅笔画了一个很大的老鼠<strong>洞</strong>，里面有好几条地道，有睡觉的地方，还有<strong>仓库</strong>。老鼠跑到洞里到处看了看，说: “仓库里还应该有粮食呀。” 铅笔又在仓库里画上了谷子、花生、玉米…… 老鼠点点头说: “房子还可以，可惜没有床铺。” 铅笔又画了一堆<strong>稻草</strong>，稻草上还铺了许多棉絮一一这是老鼠最舒服的床铺。\r\n\r\n老鼠跳到床上，打了几个滚，满意地说:“还不错！”接着，它跑过来，对着铅笔就狠狠地唆。铅笔叫了起来: “哎哟！把我的皮都咬破了！” 老鼠说: “嘿嘿，现在我什么都有了，可牙根痒痒的，没地方<strong>磨牙</strong>。你的身子又长又瘦，正好给我磨牙。” 铅笔说: “等等，我给你画一样东西，你可以在上面磨牙。”\r\n\r\n说着，铅笔又画起来。它刚画完，一只猫咪跳起来，一口<strong>吞</strong>掉了老鼠。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.tom61.com/ertongwenxue/shuiqiangushi/2010-09-14/17369.html\">See the original on Tom 61</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThere was an old grandfather who gave Xiao Feng a pencil. This was no ordinary pencil, it was a magic pencil. At night, Xiao Feng went to sleep. The pencil stood up on its own, and draw a mouse on a piece of paper. As soon as it had finished drawing, the mouse yawned, stretched, and came to life. \r\n\r\nThe mouse ran up to the pencil and said: \"I\'m starving, give me something to eat quick!\" The pencil drew some bread. The bread was deliciously savory, and the little mouse gobbled it right up. After it finished the bread, the mouse ran back to the pencil and said: \"Bread isn\'t sweet, I want to eat a big cake!\" The pencil drew a big cake. This cake was light, soft and sweet, and on the top it had a thick layer of cream, and on top of the cream there were peanut and melon seeds.  \r\n\r\nThe mouse squinted his eyes and ate with gusto, and when he\'d eaten an entire piece of cake, his stomach was very full. However, he still wanted to eat, so he said: \"The cake was too sweet, I want to eat something salty!\" The pencil drew him a sausage, and the mouse ate the sausage right up. The mouse\'s stomach was round as a drum, or a big ball, and there was no way he could cram anything else in there. To the pencil he said, \"I\'m full, but I have no place to live, you must give me a house!\" \r\n\r\nThe pencil drew a big mouse hole, inside there were several tunnels, a place to sleep, and also a storehouse. The mouse ran into the hole, looked all around, and said: \"There should be some foodstuffs in the storehouse.\" In the storehouse, the pencil drew millet, peanuts, corn... the mouse nodded and said: \"The house is pretty good, but it\'s a pity there\'s no bed.\" The pencil drew a pile of straw, and on top of the straw he spread cotton wadding - this is a mouse\'s most comfortable [type of] bed. \r\n\r\nThe mouse jumped onto the bed, rolled around a bit, and said, satisfied: \"Not bad!\" Then, the mouse ran over to the pencil and began to ferociously suck on it. The pencil cried out: \"Aiyo! Are you cheating me? You\'re nibbling all my skin off!\" The mouse said: \"Hey hey, I have everything I want now, but my teeth itch, and I have no place to grind them. Your body is long and thin, it\'s a perfect place for me to grind my teeth.\" The pencil said: \"Wait a second, I\'ll draw you something similar, and you can grind your teeth on that.\"\r\n\r\nSaying this, the pencil began to draw. When it had finished drawing a mewing cat jumped up [from the paper] and swallowed the mouse. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'The Magic Pencil', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '572-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 20:32:10', '2011-03-22 00:32:10', '', 572, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/572-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(590, 1, '2011-03-24 07:00:27', '2011-03-24 11:00:27', 'You know how in English we abbreviate university names? Like UCLA is short for \"University of California Los Angeles\"? And NYU is short for \"New York University\"? We do this, clearly, by grabbing the first letter of each word in the long-form name and using them to create a new, shorter word. So in a language with no letters, like Chinese, how do abbreviations work? \r\n\r\nWell, you take a long title and you select a couple of key characters, and use those as the abbreviation. Most of the popular universities in China have commonly understood abbreviations, two of which appear in this passage:\r\n\r\n1) 北大 - This is the shortened version of <strong>北</strong>京<strong>大</strong>学, \"Beijing University\". \r\n2) 师大 - This is the abbreviation for 北京<strong>师</strong>范<strong>大</strong>学, \"Beijing Normal University\". \r\n\r\nThere are many others:\r\n\r\n北语 - <strong>北</strong>京<strong>语</strong>言大学 - Beijing Language University\r\n人大 - 北京<strong>人</strong>民<strong>大</strong>学 - Beijing People\'s University\r\n\r\nEtc. etc. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1） 王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的生日。　他是一位非常有经验的法语老师。这个学期他教大三的学生现代法语语法。\r\n\r\n2） 王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n4） 他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Mr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\n2) One of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\n3) One of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Essays] 王先生在大学工作 - Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'mr-wang-works-at-the-university', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:11:10', '2016-11-04 08:11:10', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=590', 0, 'post', '', 19),
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(591, 1, '2011-03-21 21:24:10', '2011-03-22 01:24:10', '[two_third]\n\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - AbbrBeijing University\n哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn\n伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch\n香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory\n津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto\n香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage\n仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse\n稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw\n磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one\'s teeth\n吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的生日。　他是一位非常有经验的法语老师。这个学期他教大三的学生现代法语语法。\n\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\n\n他的一个学生在师大工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\n\n</div>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.qnwz.cn/html/article/chengchangjishi/201103/18-258875.html\">See the original on QingNian WenZhai</a>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:24:10', '2011-03-22 01:24:10', '', 590, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(594, 1, '2011-03-21 21:27:30', '2011-03-22 01:27:30', '[two_third]\n\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\n\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\n\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:27:30', '2011-03-22 01:27:30', '', 590, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2000, 1, '2016-11-04 04:10:04', '2016-11-04 08:10:04', 'You know how in English we abbreviate university names? Like UCLA is short for \"University of California Los Angeles\"? And NYU is short for \"New York University\"? We do this, clearly, by grabbing the first letter of each word in the long-form name and using them to create a new, shorter word. So in a language with no letters, like Chinese, how do abbreviations work? \n\nWell, you take a long title and you select a couple of key characters, and use those as the abbreviation. Most of the popular universities in China have commonly understood abbreviations, two of which appear in this passage:\n\n1) 北大 - This is the shortened version of <strong>北</strong>京<strong>大</strong>学, \"Beijing University\". \n2) 师大 - This is the abbreviation for 北京<strong>师</strong>范<strong>大</strong>学, \"Beijing Normal University\". \n\nThere are many others:\n\n北语 - <strong>北</strong>京<strong>语</strong>言大学 - Beijing Language University\n人大 - 北京<strong>人</strong>民<strong>大</strong>学 - Beijing People\'s University\n\nEtc. etc. \n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\n1） 王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的生日。　他是一位非常有经验的法语老师。这个学期他教大三的学生现代法语语法。\n\n2） 王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\n\n4） 他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) Mr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\n2) One of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\n3) One of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Essays] 王先生在大学工作 - Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '590-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:10:04', '2016-11-04 08:10:04', '', 590, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/590-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(596, 1, '2011-03-21 21:34:28', '2011-03-22 01:34:28', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110324-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a ton of school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\r\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\r\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\r\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\r\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\r\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:34:28', '2011-03-22 01:34:28', '', 590, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(597, 1, '2011-03-21 21:36:31', '2011-03-22 01:36:31', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110324-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />You\'ll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a few school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\r\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\r\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\r\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\r\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\r\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>法语语法。\r\n\r\n王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。\r\n\r\n他的一个学生在<strong>师大</strong>工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \r\n\r\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \r\n\r\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Mr. Wang Works at the University', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '590-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 21:36:31', '2011-03-22 01:36:31', '', 590, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/590-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(654, 1, '2011-08-21 20:48:24', '2011-08-22 00:48:24', 'Just in case you were wondering, below is a short intermediate essay on How to Make Friends. This article was both written and translated into English by a Chinese student on her own blog. I wish I could remember where I found it now, as I\'d like to give the credit where credit is due, but it\'s been sitting in my \"drafts\" folder forever. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n人人都需要朋友。朋友可以给我们以帮助，与我们共事困难和快乐。但是，怎样交朋友呢? \r\n\r\n交朋友首先要对别人友善。你对别人微笑；肯定别人也会报以微笑。要使陌生人感到亲切，关心别人要比关心自己为重，决不以貌取人。 \r\n\r\n其次，朋友之间应该商量而不是争吵。当与别人有分歧时，要和他一起讨论。 \r\n\r\n最后，不要相信那些在危急关头背离你的人，也不要在朋友危难时离开他。记住: 患难之中见真情。 \r\n\r\n朋友应该以诚相待。只要你把朋友的利益置于你的利益之上，你就会拥有好多好朋友 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nEveryone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how can we make friends? \r\n\r\nFirst, to make friends, you must be friendly to others. Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return. You should try to make a stranger a sense of warmth. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by their outward appearance. \r\n\r\nSecond, friends should negotiate instead of quarrel. When you don\'t agree with someone, discuss the issue with them. \r\n\r\nFinally, never trust in those who leave you when you are in trouble. And never leave your friends when they are in trouble. Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed. [Literally: During difficult situations, you will see the truth]\r\n\r\nFriends should be faithful to each other. So long as you can put your friend\'s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Essays] 如何交朋友 - How to Make Friends', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'how-to-make-friends', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:42:34', '2016-11-05 05:42:34', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=654', 0, 'post', '', 6),
(2171, 1, '2016-11-05 01:00:53', '2016-11-05 05:00:53', 'Just in case you were wondering, below is a short intermediate essay on How to Make Friends. This article was both written and translated into English by a Chinese student on her own blog. I wish I could remember where I found it now, as I\'d like to give the credit where credit is due, but it\'s been sitting in my \"drafts\" folder forever. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n人人都需要朋友。朋友可以给我们以帮助，与我们共事困难和快乐。但是，怎样交朋友呢? \r\n\r\n交朋友首先要对别人友善。你对别人微笑；肯定别人也会报以微笑。要使陌生人感到亲切，关心别人要比关心自己为重，决不以貌取人。 \r\n\r\n其次，朋友之间应该商量而不是争吵。当与别人有分歧时，要和他一起讨论。 \r\n\r\n最后，不要相信那些在危急关头背离你的人，也不要在朋友危难时离开他。记住: 患难之中见真情。 \r\n\r\n朋友应该以诚相待。只要你把朋友的利益置于你的利益之上，你就会拥有好多好朋友 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nEveryone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how can we make friends? \r\n\r\nFirst, to make friends, you must be friendly to others. Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return. You should try to make a stranger a sense of warmth. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by their outward appearance. \r\n\r\nSecond, friends should negotiate instead of quarrel. When you don\'t agree with someone, discuss the issue with them. \r\n\r\nFinally, never trust in those who leave you when you are in trouble. And never leave your friends when they are in trouble. Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed. [Literally: During difficult situations, you will see the truth]\r\n\r\nFriends should be faithful to each other. So long as you can put your friend\'s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n', '[Chinese Essays] 如何交朋友 - How to Make Friends', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '654-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:00:53', '2016-11-05 05:00:53', '', 654, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/654-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(607, 1, '2011-03-28 07:00:02', '2011-03-28 11:00:02', 'The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\r\n\r\n2) 一只蜻蜓飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n3) 一只蝴蝶飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n4) 小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\r\n\r\n5) 老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么三心二意的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\r\n\r\n6) 小猫听了老猫的话，就一心一意地钓鱼。\r\n\r\n7) 蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。不大一会儿，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Old Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\n2) A dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n3) [This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\n4) Little Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\n5) Old Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\n6) Little Cat listened to Old Cat\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\n7) The dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 小猫钓鱼 - Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cat-goes-fishing', '', '', '2016-11-04 05:12:55', '2016-11-04 09:12:55', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=607', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(2012, 1, '2016-11-04 04:52:14', '2016-11-04 08:52:14', 'The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\r\n\r\n2) 一只蜻蜓飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n3) 一只蝴蝶飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n4) 小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\r\n\r\n5) 老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么三心二意的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\r\n\r\n6) 小猫听了老猫的话，就一心一意地钓鱼。\r\n\r\n7) 蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。不大一会儿，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Old Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\n2) A dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n3) [This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\n4) Little Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\n5) Old Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\n6) Little Cat listened to Old Cat\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\n7) The dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 小猫钓鱼 - Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:52:14', '2016-11-04 08:52:14', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/607-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(608, 1, '2011-03-26 21:15:20', '2011-03-27 01:15:20', '[two_third]\n\nA short story\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University\n生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday\n经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只蜻蜓飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只蝴蝶飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么三心二意的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就一心一意地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。不大一会儿，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nMr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he\'s 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. \n\nOne of Mr. Wang\'s friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. \n\nOne of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:15:20', '2011-03-27 01:15:20', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(609, 1, '2011-03-26 21:32:30', '2011-03-27 01:32:30', '[two_third]\n\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\n\nThe most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4[/pinyin] - Experience\n学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester\n现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern\n师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:32:30', '2011-03-27 01:32:30', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(612, 1, '2011-03-26 21:41:07', '2011-03-27 01:41:07', '[two_third]\n\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110328-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder\" />The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\n\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:41:07', '2011-03-27 01:41:07', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(613, 1, '2016-11-04 04:51:02', '2016-11-04 08:51:02', 'The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \n\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n1) 老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\n\n2) 一只蜻蜓飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n3) 一只蝴蝶飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n4) 小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\n\n5) 老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么三心二意的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\n\n6) 小猫听了老猫的话，就一心一意地钓鱼。\n\n7) 蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。不大一会儿，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) Old Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\n2) A dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n3) [This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\n4) Little Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\n5) Old Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\n6) Little Cat listened to Old Cat\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\n7) The dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 小猫钓鱼 - Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 04:51:02', '2016-11-04 08:51:02', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(614, 1, '2011-03-30 07:00:15', '2011-03-30 11:00:15', 'A children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n2) 美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\r\n\r\n3) 就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n4) 小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n5) 山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n6) 山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真乖！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\" target=\"_blank\">Source</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) The blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\n2) A beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\n3) Just at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\n4) The little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\n5) Uncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\n6) Uncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 礼貌的小兔子 - Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'polite-little-rabbit', '', '', '2016-11-04 05:21:42', '2016-11-04 09:21:42', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=614', 0, 'post', '', 8),
(2021, 1, '2016-11-04 05:21:42', '2016-11-04 09:21:42', 'A children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\r\n1) 炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n2) 美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\r\n\r\n3) 就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n4) 小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n5) 山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n6) 山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真乖！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\" target=\"_blank\">Source</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) The blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\n2) A beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\n3) Just at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\n4) The little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\n5) Uncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\n6) Uncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 礼貌的小兔子 - Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 05:21:42', '2016-11-04 09:21:42', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/614-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(620, 1, '2011-03-26 22:01:17', '2011-03-27 02:01:17', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIt was a blistering summer day, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw 就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:01:17', '2011-03-27 02:01:17', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(618, 1, '2011-03-26 21:56:13', '2011-03-27 01:56:13', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\n\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \n\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\n\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \n\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \n\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \n\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:56:13', '2011-03-27 01:56:13', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(617, 1, '2011-03-26 21:41:26', '2011-03-27 01:41:26', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA short story about an older cat teaching a younger cat a lesson as they fish together.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110328-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" title=\"Easy Chinese Reading: Chinese Childrens Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The most interesting thing you\'ll learn here is the contrast between the two phrases \"三心二意\" and \"一心一意\". The first, 三心二意, literally translates as \"three hearts two intentions\", and it means to be of two minds about something, or to be a bit scatterbrained while doing something. The second, 一心一意, translates into \"one heart one intention\", which means \"intently\", or to really concentrate on what you\'re doing. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\r\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n老猫和小猫一块儿在河边钓鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蜻蜓</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，就去捉蜻蜓。蜻蜓飞走了，小猫没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n一只<strong>蝴蝶</strong>飞来了。小猫看见了，放下钓鱼竿，又去捉蝴蝶。蝴蝶飞走了，小猫又没捉着，空着手回到河边来。小猫一看，老猫又钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n小猫说: “真气人，我怎么一条小鱼也钓不着？”\r\n\r\n老猫看了看小猫，说: “钓鱼就钓鱼，不要这么<strong>三心二意</strong>的。一会儿捉蜻蜓，一会儿捉蝴蝶，怎么能钓着鱼呢？”\r\n\r\n小猫听了老猫的话，就<strong>一心一意</strong>地钓鱼。\r\n\r\n蜻蜓又飞来了，蝴蝶又飞来了，小猫就象没看见一样。<strong>不大一会儿</strong>，小猫也钓着了一条大鱼。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cat Goes Fishing', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '607-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:41:26', '2011-03-27 01:41:26', '', 607, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/607-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(619, 1, '2011-03-26 21:57:16', '2011-03-27 01:57:16', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\r\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\r\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说：“山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nOld Cat and Little Cat were fishing together on the riverbank.\r\n\r\nA dragonfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole, and tried to grab the dragonfly. The dragonfly flew away, and the little cat, unable to grab it, stopped trying and went back to fishing on the riverbank. As soon as Little Cat was back [lit: as soon as little cat looked], Old Cat caught a big fish. \r\n\r\n[This time] a butterfly flew over. The little cat saw it, put down his fishing pole and again tried to catch it. The butterfly flew away without the little cat having caught it, and Little Cat again went back to the riverbank. As soon as he looked over at Old Cat, Old Cat had caught another big fish.\r\n\r\nLittle Cat said: \"How annoying, why is it that I haven\'t caught even one little fish?\" \r\n\r\nOld Cat looked him over and said: \"If you\'re fishing just fish, don\'t be in two minds about it. If you spend a while catching dragonflies, then you spend another while catching butterflies, how can you catch fish?\" \r\n\r\nLittle Cat listened to Old Fish\'s words and begin to fish intently. \r\n\r\nThe dragonfly flew over again, and the butterfly flew over also, but it was as if Little Cat didn\'t see them. Not long after that, Little Cat caught a big fish.  \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 21:57:16', '2011-03-27 01:57:16', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(621, 1, '2011-03-26 22:11:16', '2011-03-27 02:11:16', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n蜻蜓 - [pinyin]qing1 ting2[/pinyin] - Dragonfly\n蝴蝶- [pinyin]hu2 die2[/pinyin] - Butterfly\n不大一会儿 - [pinyin]bu4 da4 yi1 hui4 er5[/pinyin] - Not long after\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nIt was a blistering summer day, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his crutches, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道：“你真乖！”\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:11:16', '2011-03-27 02:11:16', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(622, 1, '2011-03-26 22:19:17', '2011-03-27 02:19:17', '[two_third]\n\n<strong>Chinese title: 懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behav\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:19:17', '2011-03-27 02:19:17', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(625, 1, '2011-03-26 22:19:58', '2011-03-27 02:19:58', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:19:58', '2011-03-27 02:19:58', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(626, 1, '2016-11-04 05:00:40', '2016-11-04 09:00:40', 'A children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\n<h3>Chinese Text</h3>\n1) 炎热的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n2) 美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，蹦蹦跳跳地上了桥。它要到对面去采蘑菇。\n\n3) 就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很窄，只能一个人过桥。\n\n4) 小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n5) 山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，拄着拐杖在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n6) 山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真乖！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\" target=\"_blank\">Source</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n1) The blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\n2) A beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\n3) Just at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\n4) The little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\n5) Uncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\n6) Uncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', '[Chinese Short Stories] 礼貌的小兔子 - Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 05:00:40', '2016-11-04 09:00:40', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-autosave/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2014, 1, '2016-11-04 05:04:20', '2016-11-04 09:04:20', 'A single-paragraph essay about the results of a family jump rope competition. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121002-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Learn to Read Chinese: Beginner School Essays by Chinese Students\" title=\"Learn to Read Chinese: Beginner School Essays by Chinese Students\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />Haven\'t had a ton of extra time in the last few weeks - just went on a trip to Dalian, and still catching up from that. \r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n今天早上我和爸爸比赛<strong>跳绳</strong>，爸爸先跳，妈妈记时数数，爸爸一分钟跳了128个，该我上场了，爸爸数数，妈妈记时，我这次没有<strong>失误</strong>，一分钟跳了145个，我的心<strong>砰砰</strong>乱跳，都快蹦出来了，妈妈<strong>弃权</strong>了，我成了全家中的第一名，我好开心。 \r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nThis morning father and I competed in jump rope, father went first, mother kept time and count, father jumped 128 times in a minute, and when I entered the playing field, father counted and mother took notes. In this round [literally: \'this time\', but sounds weird in English because there are no previous times] I made no mistakes, and in one minute I jumped 145 times, my heart pounded in my chest, as if it would bounce right out. Mother abstained from participating, so I became Number 1 in our family, I was very happy. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Essay] 我们家的跳绳比赛 - Our Family\'s Jump Rope Contest', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '1277-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-04 05:04:20', '2016-11-04 09:04:20', '', 1277, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/1277-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(627, 1, '2011-03-26 22:24:51', '2011-03-27 02:24:51', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-26 22:24:51', '2011-03-27 02:24:51', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/26/614-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(629, 1, '2011-03-18 12:04:51', '2011-03-18 16:04:51', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis\'ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave robbing vocabulary you missed in class.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110318-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" title=\"Practice Advanced Chinese Reading: Theif of Time\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />There are three names in this text that are Chinese transliterations of English names, so I\'ve given it my best guess. The first, 弗里德曼, I didn\'t even try to translate, so I stuck with Fulideman (Fleiderman?). For the second, 利普霍恩, I went with Philip Horn. And the third, 吉姆•契, I went with Jim Qi. If anyone\'s got a more standard translation for these names, please leave a comment!\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n古墓 - [pinyin]gu3 mu4[/pinyin] - Ancient tomb\r\n考古学家 - [pinyin]kao3 gu3 xue2 jia1[/pinyin] - Archaeologist\r\n心狠手辣 - [pinyin]xin1 hen3 shou3 la4[/pinyin] - Viscious and merciless\r\n一块 - [pinyin]yi1 kuai4[/pinyin] - Together, a block, as a group\r\n乌云 - [pinyin]wu1 yun2[/pinyin] - Black cloud\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n历史悠久的印第安<strong>古墓</strong>吸引着大批专业<strong>考古学家</strong>，同时也吸引着<strong>心狠手辣</strong>的盗墓贼——人称“时间之贼”。\r\n　　\r\n年轻的考古学家弗里德曼博士无故失踪；警局附近连续发生两起盗窃案；神出鬼没的神秘传教士；古墓附近惨死的盗墓贼……这一切有着怎样的联系？丧妻的利普霍恩和倒霉的吉姆•契如何打破僵局，解开重重谜团？\r\n\r\n盗墓，打扰了死者的灵魂，必将会遭到报应。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://book.douban.com/subject/5383581/\">See the original on Douban</a>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nA historically important American Indian tomb has attracted a large number of expert archaeologists, but has also attracted a viscious and merciless grave robber known as \"The Theif of Time\". \r\n　　\r\nYoung archaeologist Dr. Fulideman has gone missing; two incidents of theft have happened near the police station; a mysterious missionary appears and vanishes; a grave robber dies tragically near the tomb... what is the connection between these events? How will widower Phillip Horn and down-on-his-luck Jim Qi untangle the riddle?  \r\n\r\nThose who rob graves and disturb the souls of the dead inevitably will suffer retribution.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n\r\n', 'The Theif of Time', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '494-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-18 12:04:51', '2011-03-18 16:04:51', '', 494, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/18/494-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(630, 1, '2011-04-11 20:17:34', '2011-04-12 00:17:34', 'Tom Clancy fans, take heed. This Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 《冷刺》, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). he language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. If you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n<h3>Action-thriller vocab</h3>\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n2) 韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n3) 他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n4) 这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Han Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\n2) And so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\n3) He didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were laying in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\n4) To this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Books] 《冷刺》Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'cold-thorn-part-1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:48:26', '2016-11-05 05:48:26', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=630', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2198, 1, '2016-11-05 01:48:26', '2016-11-05 05:48:26', 'Tom Clancy fans, take heed. This Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 《冷刺》, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). he language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. If you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n<h3>Action-thriller vocab</h3>\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n2) 韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n3) 他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n4) 这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n1) Han Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\n2) And so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\n3) He didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were laying in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\n4) To this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Chinese Books] 《冷刺》Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:48:26', '2016-11-05 05:48:26', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/630-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(633, 1, '2011-03-27 20:24:45', '2011-03-28 00:24:45', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 20:24:45', '2011-03-28 00:24:45', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/614-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(634, 1, '2011-03-27 20:27:48', '2011-03-28 00:27:48', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA children\'s story meant to show kids an example of the right way to be polite to their elders.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110330-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Exercises: Chinese Children&#039;s Stories\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The Chinese title of this story is <strong>懂礼貌的小兔</strong>.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\r\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\r\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\r\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\r\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\r\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\r\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\r\n\r\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\r\n\r\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\r\n\r\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\r\n\r\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \r\n\r\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \r\n\r\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\r\n\r\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \r\n\r\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \r\n\r\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Polite Little Rabbit', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '614-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 20:27:48', '2011-03-28 00:27:48', '', 614, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/614-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(635, 1, '2011-03-27 20:41:42', '2011-03-28 00:41:42', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the com\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>炎热</strong>的夏天来了，小鸟在树上叫着: “热呀，热呀！”\n\n美丽的小白兔穿着漂亮的花裙子，哼着歌，<strong>蹦蹦跳跳</strong>地上了桥。它要到对面去<strong>采</strong>蘑菇。\n\n就在这时候，它看见对面的山羊伯伯也准备要过桥。小桥很<strong>窄</strong>，只能一个人过桥。\n\n小白兔看见了，停下脚步，大声说: “山羊伯伯您先过桥吧！”说完，它就从桥上退了下来。\n\n山羊伯伯戴着眼镜，<strong>拄</strong>着<strong>拐杖</strong>在桥上慢慢地走着。山羊伯伯一不小心差点摔到了，吓得小白兔大声地喊: “山羊伯伯，小心一点过桥！”\n\n山羊伯伯过了桥，摸着小白兔的头夸奖道: “你真<strong>乖</strong>！”\n\n<a href=\"http://story.beva.com/20/content/dong-li-mao-de-xiao-tu-zi-2\">See the original</a>\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 20:41:42', '2011-03-28 00:41:42', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(636, 1, '2011-03-27 20:43:05', '2011-03-28 00:43:05', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). \n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nThe blisteringly hot days of summer had come, and all of the birds in the trees were crying, \"It\'s hot, it\'s hot!\" \n\nA beautiful little white rabbit wearing a pretty floral skirt and humming a song, bounced vivaciously onto a bridge. It wanted to cross to the other side [of the bridge] to gather mushrooms. \n\nJust at that moment, it saw that Uncle Goat was standing on the other side of the bridge preparing to cross. The bridge was very narrow, and only one creature could cross at a time.\n\nThe little white rabbit saw this, and stopped walking, saying loudly, \"Uncle Goat, you go across the bridge first!\" Saying this, it retreated from the bridge. \n\nUncle Goat put on his glasses, leaned on his walking stick, and began to slowly cross the bridge. Uncle Goat wasn\'t careful for a moment and he fell over. Frightened, Little White Rabbit loudly yelled: \"Uncle Goat, be careful as you cross the bridge!\" \n\nUncle Goat crossed the bridge and patted the little rabbit on the head in praise, saying: \"You\'re very well-behaved!\" \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 20:43:05', '2011-03-28 00:43:05', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(637, 1, '2011-03-27 20:57:27', '2011-03-28 00:57:27', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves.   韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 20:57:27', '2011-03-28 00:57:27', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-5/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(638, 1, '2011-03-27 21:02:21', '2011-03-28 01:02:21', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe, needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable.  在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:02:21', '2011-03-28 01:02:21', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(639, 1, '2011-03-27 21:08:25', '2011-03-28 01:08:25', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went before him, even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:08:25', '2011-03-28 01:08:25', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(640, 1, '2011-03-27 21:10:46', '2011-03-28 01:10:46', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting for the chance to amb他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:10:46', '2011-03-28 01:10:46', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(642, 1, '2011-03-27 21:22:49', '2011-03-28 01:22:49', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition   这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:22:49', '2011-03-28 01:22:49', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-10/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(641, 1, '2011-03-27 21:17:40', '2011-03-28 01:17:40', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups,    他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:17:40', '2011-03-28 01:17:40', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-9/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(644, 1, '2011-03-27 21:28:09', '2011-03-28 01:28:09', '[two_third]\n\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:28:09', '2011-03-28 01:28:09', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-12/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(643, 1, '2011-03-27 21:26:09', '2011-03-28 01:26:09', '[two_third]\n\nThis rather long Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action Novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n炎热 - [pinyin]yan2 re4[/pinyin] - Blazing hot, sizzling hot\n蹦蹦跳跳- [pinyin]beng4 beng4 tiao4 tiao4[/pinyin] - Bouncing and vivacious\n采 - [pinyin]cai3[/pinyin] - Gather, collect\n窄 - [pinyin]zhai3[/pinyin] - Narrow\n拄 - [pinyin]zhu3[/pinyin] - to lean on\n拐杖 - [pinyin]guai3 zhang4[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条冬眠的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到斑驳腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中潜伏两天两夜，不吃不喝，纹丝不动。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气闷热得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长追踪的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A te   这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n参赛的特战小组中，最有名气的要数B军区的“暗剑”，N军区的“灵狐”，还有D军区的“猎人”，这几个小组不但在国内军界名闻遐迩，在国际特种兵界也是赫赫有名。他们是中国人民解放军的王牌杀手，更是秘不示人的国之利芒。近几年在国内外的表现可谓是完美绝伦，不但大扬我国威，更让那些蠢蠢欲动的暗流和居心叵测的势力闻风丧胆，他们千方百计地搜集中国特种部队的信息，加大对中国特种兵的研究。\n\n可是这八天的残酷对抗，连精英小组“暗剑”也崩了刀口，五人小组中的狙击手被人无声无息地暗算“身亡”，而己方居然没有发现对手的踪迹，“暗剑”队长方为雄简直快要疯了。\n\n方为雄是东北大汉，身高米，黝黑的脸庞棱角分明，身材状如铁塔，别看他人高马大，其实他头脑冷静，精明得如同一只狐狸，搏击术放眼全军罕逢其手，是上届中国特种兵搏击大赛冠军。强将手下无弱兵，他带领的三个战士都是百战精英，和方为雄一块儿出生入死，征战国内外，遇神杀神，遇佛杀佛。没想到在这片热带丛林竟然出师不利，连“敌人”的影子也没看到，就折损了两名队员，这火儿就窝得大了。不过，方为雄很是清醒，他知道，能在他们身边这么干的人，绝非易与之辈。所以他提醒自己，一定要保持冷静和谨慎，因为在这样的环境中和这样的对手决斗，一旦急躁，就是死亡，这点儿，他比谁都清楚，无数次血的教训让他和他身边的战士刻骨铭心。\n\n“暗剑”如此，其他几个组的情况也不容乐观，长达八天的明枪暗箭，大家都互有损失。处处陷阱，处处狙杀，危险存在于每时每刻中，前一秒你还在“杀”别人，后一秒你就会被别人所“杀”，战斗的残酷考验着每一个战士的心智、耐力和体力，魔鬼式训练造就的超强战力在这里就像弥漫在林中的水汽一样，慢慢滴落，慢慢耗尽，等待你的或许就是下一刻的“死亡”。\n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-27 21:26:09', '2011-03-28 01:26:09', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/27/630-revision-11/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(646, 1, '2011-02-23 09:37:08', '2011-02-23 14:37:08', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nWell, not exactly one line, but close enough. These three jokes are meant for young kids, the type of thing you might find on the back of a kid\'s cereal box. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/20110217-INLINE-one-liners.jpg\" alt=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Reading Practice: Super Simple One Liners\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The punchline of the last joke, \"I Won\'t Let You Die\", hinges on the Chinese slang [verb]死了 [pinyin]si3le5[/pinyin]，which doesn\'t actually have anything to do with death, but rather means \"very\". For example, 饿死了, literally \"die from hunger\", means \"very hungry\", similar to the English phrase \"I\'m starving to death!\" In this case, the phrase is 高兴死了, \"happy to death\", or \"very happy\". \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冰糕 - [pinyin]bing1 gao1[/pinyin] - Popsicle\r\n陪 - [pinyin]pei2[/pinyin] - To accompany, go with\r\n标签 - [pinyin]biao1 qian1[/pinyin] - Label\r\n遗失 - [pinyin]yi2 shi1[/pinyin] - To lose\r\n自黏 - [pinyin]zi4 nian2[/pinyin] - Self-adhesive\r\n多余 - [pinyin]duo1 yi2[/pinyin] - Unnecessarily\r\n孝子 - [pinyin]xiao4 zi3[/pinyin] - Obedient / filial son\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n\r\n<strong>冰糕</strong>\r\n\r\n今年初天气还冷，五岁的李茜<strong>陪</strong>妈妈上商场，李茜要妈妈买冰糕吃，妈妈说冷天气吃冰糕小肚肚会痛。李茜说，“那您帮我买一个回家后让奶奶蒸热了我再吃”。\r\n\r\n<strong>一张标签1</strong>\r\n\r\n刚上小学一年级的美美，常在学校<strong>遗失</strong>许多文具用品她妈妈于是买了许多<strong>自黏</strong>标签，把她的东西全贴上名字并郑重的告诉她:“贴了你的名字的东西，就是你的。以后你的东西就不会丢了，别人捡到也会还给你的。”\r\n\r\n美美连忙写了一张标签，贴在她妈妈脸颊上，并向她爸爸及哥哥宣布，“以后妈妈是我的了，你们不许来抢。”\r\n\r\n<strong>不会让您死</strong>\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，假如有一天我考了全班第一名，您会怎样？”\r\n\r\n父亲: “那我一定高兴死了。”\r\n\r\n儿子: “爸爸，您这样的担心是多余的，我是孝子，不会让您死的。”\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>POPSICLE</strong>\r\n\r\nThe day started out quite cold, and 5-year-old LiQuan went to the market with his mother. LiQuan wanted his mother to buy him a popsicle to eat, but mama said that eating a popsicle in cold weather would make his little stomach hurt. LiQuan said, \"Then buy me a popsicle and we\'ll take it back to the house and have grandma heat it up before I eat it.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>ONE LABEL</strong>\r\n\r\nMeimei had just begun her first year of school, and she was always losing her school supplies [lit: writing tools, such as pens, pencils, etc.], so her mother went and bought a lot of self-adhesive labels, stuck her [Meimei\'s] name on all her things, and told her seriously, \"Whatever has your name stuck to it is yours. Now you won\'t lose your things, and other people who pick them up can give them back to you.\"\r\n\r\nMeimei promptly wrote out a label, stuck it on her mother\'s cheek, then said to her father and older brother, \"Mama is mine now, you can\'t take her.\"\r\n\r\n<strong>I WON\'T LET YOU DIE</strong>\r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, if I\'m ever first in my class, what would you do?\"\r\n\r\nFather: \"Well, I\'d be so happy I\'d die!\" \r\n\r\nSon: \"Father, you don\'t need to worry unnecessarily, I\'m a filial son, I won\'t let you die.\"\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', 'Super Simple One Liners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '354-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-02-23 09:37:08', '2011-02-23 14:37:08', '', 354, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/02/23/354-revision-8/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(647, 1, '2011-04-11 20:10:58', '2011-04-12 00:10:58', '[two_third]\n\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Crutches, walking stick\n乖 - [pinyin]guai1[/pinyin] - [of a child] obedient, well-behaved\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少特战高手在伺机狙杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“杀戮”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和匪夷所思的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大比武，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大军区的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者出局。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:10:58', '2011-04-12 00:10:58', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-13/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(648, 1, '2011-04-11 20:17:22', '2011-04-12 00:17:22', '[two_third]\n\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\n\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \n\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\n匪夷所思 - [pinyin]fei3 yi2 suo3 si1[/pinyin] - Freak, fantastic\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\n军区 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\n出局 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\n\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\n\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和<strong>匪夷所思</strong>的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\n\n这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大<strong>军区</strong>的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者<strong>出局</strong>。\n\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \n\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\n\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\n\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \n\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:17:22', '2011-04-12 00:17:22', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-14/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(650, 1, '2011-04-11 20:17:34', '2011-04-12 00:17:34', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\r\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\r\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\r\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\r\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n匪夷所思 - [pinyin]fei3 yi2 suo3 si1[/pinyin] - Freak, fantastic\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n军区 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\r\n出局 - [pinyin]chu1 ju2[/pinyin] - Be eliminated [from a contest]\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和<strong>匪夷所思</strong>的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大<strong>军区</strong>的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者<strong>出局</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:17:34', '2011-04-12 00:17:34', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-15/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(651, 1, '2011-04-11 20:24:04', '2011-04-12 00:24:04', '[two_third]\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/20110411-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" title=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />This Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\r\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\r\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\r\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\r\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n匪夷所思 - [pinyin]fei3 yi2 suo3 si1[/pinyin] - Freak, fantastic\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n军区 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\r\n出局 - [pinyin]chu1 ju2[/pinyin] - Be eliminated [from a contest]\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和<strong>匪夷所思</strong>的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大<strong>军区</strong>的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者<strong>出局</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:24:04', '2011-04-12 00:24:04', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-16/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(653, 1, '2011-04-11 20:24:23', '2011-04-12 00:24:23', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/20110411-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" title=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\r\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\r\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\r\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\r\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n匪夷所思 - [pinyin]fei3 yi2 suo3 si1[/pinyin] - Freak, fantastic\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n军区 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\r\n出局 - [pinyin]chu1 ju2[/pinyin] - Be eliminated [from a contest]\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和<strong>匪夷所思</strong>的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大<strong>军区</strong>的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者<strong>出局</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:24:23', '2011-04-12 00:24:23', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-17/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(657, 1, '2011-05-07 16:54:43', '2011-05-07 20:54:43', 'I\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot (剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin]) of the new comic book movie Thor, in which the god of thunder naturally struggles against the forces of darkness (恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces).\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live on Earth. But when Earth suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Movie Synopsis in Chinese] 《雷神》Thor', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'introduction-to-the-movie-thor', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:53:37', '2016-11-05 05:53:37', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=657', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(661, 1, '2011-05-07 16:50:27', '2011-05-07 20:50:27', '[two_third]\n\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\n\nThe <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\n</div>\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live a mortal existence on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Introduction to the Move Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '657-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 16:50:27', '2011-05-07 20:50:27', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/657-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(662, 1, '2011-05-07 16:54:43', '2011-05-07 20:54:43', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507-inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110507-inline\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder\" />The <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\r\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\r\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\r\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\r\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\r\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live a mortal existence on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Introduction to the Move Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '657-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 16:54:43', '2011-05-07 20:54:43', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/657-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(663, 1, '2011-05-07 16:55:10', '2011-05-07 20:55:10', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507-inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110507-inline\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\r\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\r\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\r\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\r\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\r\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live a mortal existence on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Introduction to the Move Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '657-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 16:55:10', '2011-05-07 20:55:10', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/657-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(665, 1, '2011-05-07 16:56:35', '2011-05-07 20:56:35', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507-inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110507-inline\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\r\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\r\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\r\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\r\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\r\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Introduction to the Movie Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '657-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 16:56:35', '2011-05-07 20:56:35', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/657-revision-6/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(666, 1, '2011-05-07 16:56:44', '2011-05-07 20:56:44', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507-inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110507-inline\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\r\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\r\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\r\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\r\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\r\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n《雷神托尔》讲述了北欧神话中<strong>掌控</strong>着暴风和闪电的雷神因<strong>点燃</strong>了古代战争的<strong>战火</strong>，被发配到地球生活。然而地球却遭到了<strong>恶势力</strong>派来的阿斯加德（Asgard）王国黑暗力量的入侵，雷神肩负保护地球的<strong>重任</strong>，在这里他学会了如何成为一个真正的英雄。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Introduction to the Movie Thor', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '657-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 16:56:44', '2011-05-07 20:56:44', '', 657, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/657-revision-7/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(667, 1, '2011-05-10 07:30:07', '2011-05-10 11:30:07', 'A little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. Giant nerd that I am, I was super excited about Tron coming out, so this post is kind of a way for me to relive that in Chinese. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n\r\n20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在辉煌的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）继承了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满冒险精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间荒废已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去探查，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子争霸战中……\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n', '[Movie Synopsis in Chinese] 《创：战纪》Tron Legacy', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'tron-legacy-movie-synopsis', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:33:55', '2016-11-05 05:33:55', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=667', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(2190, 1, '2016-11-05 01:33:55', '2016-11-05 05:33:55', 'A little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. Giant nerd that I am, I was super excited about Tron coming out, so this post is kind of a way for me to relive that in Chinese. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n\r\n20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在辉煌的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）继承了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满冒险精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间荒废已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去探查，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子争霸战中……\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n', '[Movie Synopsis in Chinese] 《创：战纪》Tron Legacy', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '667-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:33:55', '2016-11-05 05:33:55', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/667-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(669, 1, '2011-05-07 17:10:16', '2011-05-07 21:10:16', '[two_third]\n\nI\'ve found some cool Chinese movie review sites, so the next few posts will probably focus there. This one is a very short blurb introducing the plot of the new comic book movie Thor. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507-inline.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110507-inline\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The <a href=\"http://movie.douban.com/subject/1866471/\">original summary</a> was taken from the movie section of Chinese web portal Douban. \n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n剧情 - [pinyin]ju4 qing2[/pinyin] - Plot, storyline\n掌控- [pinyin]zhang3 kong4[/pinyin] - Control\n点燃 - [pinyin]dian3 ran2[/pinyin] - To ignite\n战火 - [pinyin]zhan4 huo3[/pinyin] - Conflagration, fires of war\n恶势力 - [pinyin]e4 shi4 li5[/pinyin] - Evil forces\n重任 - [pinyin]zhong4 ren4[/pinyin] - Heavy responsibility\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\n　20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在辉煌的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）继承了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满冒险精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间荒废已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去探查，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子争霸战中……\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\n\n\"Thunder God Thor\" gives an account of the god from Northern European mythology who controls storms and lightning, who ignited the flames of an ancient war, and [because of this] was banished to live on Earth. But Earth when suffers as evil forces invade the kingdom of Asgard, Thor shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting Earth, and in doing so learns how to be a real hero. \n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Tron Movie Synopsis', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '667-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 17:10:16', '2011-05-07 21:10:16', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/667-revision/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(671, 1, '2011-05-07 17:37:36', '2011-05-07 21:37:36', '', 'Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '20110510-inline', '', '', '2011-05-07 17:37:36', '2011-05-07 21:37:36', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110510-inline.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(672, 1, '2011-05-07 17:38:13', '2011-05-07 21:38:13', '[two_third]\n\nA little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. <!--more-->\n\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110510-inline.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" title=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />\n\n[/two_third]\n[one_third last=last]\n<div class=\"postintro\">\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\n辉煌 - [pinyin]hui1 huang2[/pinyin] - Glorious\n继承 - [pinyin]ji4 cheng2[/pinyin] - Inherit, carry on\n冒险 - [pinyin]mao4 xian3[/pinyin] - Adventurous, risk-taking\n荒废 - [pinyin]huang1 fei4[/pinyin] - Abandoned\n探查 - [pinyin]tan4 cha2[/pinyin] - Nose around, investigate\n虚拟世界 - [pinyin]xu1 ni3 shi4 jie4[/pinyin] - Virtual reality, web-based fantasy world\n争霸 - [pinyin]zheng1 ba4[/pinyin] - Power struggle\n</div>\n[/one_third]\n\n<hr />[one_half]\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\n　20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在<strong>辉煌</strong>的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）<strong>继承</strong>了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满<strong>冒险</strong>精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间<strong>荒废</strong>已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去<strong>探查</strong>，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子<strong>争霸</strong>战中……\n\n[/one_half]\n\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\n', 'Tron Legacy Movie Synopsis', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '667-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 17:38:13', '2011-05-07 21:38:13', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/667-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(2176, 1, '2016-11-05 01:11:11', '2016-11-05 05:11:11', '', 'Chinese Fables for Beginners', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'bao-gong-interrogates-a-rock-2', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:11:32', '2016-11-05 05:11:32', '', 723, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bao-gong-interrogates-a-rock.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(2177, 1, '2016-11-05 01:11:45', '2016-11-05 05:11:45', 'Finally! A rather long, but simple from start-to-finish, children\'s fable. This is definitely my favorite find so far, as it falls solidly within my favorite Chinese story genre with my favorite Chinese archetype: the clever government official who catches a crook. The official in this case is Bao Gong (包公) a historical figure from who lived from 999-1062 A.D. and who, like so many historical figures in Chinese history, somehow became a fictional story character. Bao Gong was known to be fair, just and smart. <!--more--> \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110813-inline.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Chinese Fables Stories and Passages\" title=\"Beginner Chinese Fables Stories and Passages\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />In this story, you can also expect to learn a few Chinese onomatopoeia, words that sound like what they are, like the English word \"boom\". There\'s a ton of them in here. We find \"呜呜\" [pinyin]wu1 wu1[/pinyin], the Chinese equivalent of \"Boo Hoo!\". There\'s also 劈里啪啦 [pinyin]pi1 li5 pa1 la5[/pinyin], the sound of someone whacking something (in this case, with a stick). There\'s 扑通 [pinyin]pu1 tong1[/pinyin], the Chinese equivalent of the English word \"plunk\" - the sound of something falling into water. And there\'s 唧唧喳喳 [pinyin]ji1 ji1 zha1 zha1[/pinyin], the sound of a crowd of people chattering. \r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n<strong>1)</strong> 从前有个小孩，爸爸死了，妈妈病了，日子可不好过了。小孩每天一早起来，提着一篮<strong>油条</strong>，一边跑，一边嚷:“卖油条咯，卖油条咯: 又香又脆的油条，两个<strong>铜钱</strong>买一根。” 有一天，他把油条全卖完了，坐在路边一块石头上，把篮子里的铜钱一个一个的数了一遍，正好一百个。他卖油条，把一双手弄得<strong>油乎乎</strong>的，用手数铜钱，把铜钱也弄得油乎乎的。他瞧着这些油乎乎亮闪闪的铜钱，可高兴了，心想: “今天卖了一百个钱，可以给妈妈买药了。”\r\n\r\n<strong>2)</strong> 小孩跑了一个上午，可累坏了，他把头一歪，靠在石头上，就呼呼地睡着了，睡了好一会儿才醒来。“哎呀，我得赶快给妈妈买药去了。”小孩站起来一看，糟了，篮子里的铜钱一个也没有了。小孩又着急，又伤心，呜呜地哭了起来。这时候，正好包公带了<strong>人马</strong>打这儿走过。\r\n\r\n<strong>3)</strong> 包公是什么人呀？包公是个<strong>官</strong>，黑脸黑胡子，人家叫他“包老黑”，又叫他“黑包公”，他办事公道，又很聪明。包公看见小孩哭得很伤心，就问他: “小孩，你为什么哭呀？”“我卖油条得的钱不见了，呜——呜。”“谁偷了你的钱？”“不知道。我靠在这块石头上睡着了，醒来一看，钱就不见了。呜——呜。” \r\n\r\n<strong>4)</strong> 包公想了一想说: “我知道了，一定是这块石头偷了你的钱，我来<strong>审问</strong>这块石头，叫它把钱还给你。”人们听说包公要审问石头，觉得很奇怪，都跑来看热闹。包公对那块石头说: “石头，石头，小孩的铜钱，是不是你偷的？”石头会说话吗？不会。包公又问了: “石头，石头，小孩的铜钱，是不是你偷的？快说，快说！”石头还是一声不响，它不会说话呀。包公<strong>发火</strong>了: “石头，石头，你不说实话，打烂你的头。”<strong>手下</strong>的人听包公这么一说，就拿起<strong>棍子</strong>，劈里啪啦地打起石头来，一边打，一边喊: “快说，快说！” \r\n\r\n<strong>5)</strong> 看热闹的人哄的笑起来了，唧唧喳喳地说: “石头怎么会偷钱？”“石头怎么会说话？”“人家都说包公聪明，原来是个<strong>胡涂蛋</strong>！”包公听了很生气，就说: “我在审问石头，你们怎么说我的坏话。哼! 你们每个人都得<strong>罚</strong>一个铜钱！”包公叫手下的人借来一只盆子，倒上水，让看热闹的人往盆子里丢一个铜钱。看热闹的人没办法，只好排着队每人往盆子里丢一个铜钱，“扑通，扑通，扑通……”\r\n\r\n<strong>6)</strong> 有一个人刚把铜钱丢进盆子里去，就给包公叫手下的人<strong>抓住</strong>了。 包公指着这个人说: “你是小偷，你偷了小孩卖油条得来的铜钱！”大家都觉得很奇怪，这是怎么回事呀？包公说: “你们瞧，只有他丢下的铜钱，水面上<strong>浮</strong>起了一层油，他的铜钱一定是趁小孩睡觉的时候偷来的。” 那个小偷没办法，只好把一百个铜钱还给小孩。 大家都说，包公真聪明。\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nLong ago, there was a little child whose father was dead, whose mother was sick, and who had a rough life in general. The child woke up early every day, and scooping up a basket of fried breadsticks, ran about shouting \"Buy breadsticks, buy breadsticks, they\'re fragrant and crispy, two coppers buys one!\" One day, after he\'d sold all his breadsticks, he sat on a rock by the side of the road and counted all the coppers in the basket one at a time - he had exactly 100.  Well, selling breadsticks had made his two hands greasy, and when he used hands to count the coppers, it had made the coppers greasy. Looking at these greasy, bright coppers, he was happy, and in his heart he thought, \"Today I sold 100-worth, I can buy mother some medicine.\" \r\n\r\nThe child had been running all morning, he was exhausted, so he let his head droop, leaned against a rock, and, snoring \"hu hu\" [sound of snoring], fell asleep - after he\'d slept a bit he finally woke up. \"Ai ya! I have to quickly run and buy medicine for mother!\" The child stood up but, oh no, there was not a single coin in the basket. The child was worried and broken-hearted, and began to cry \"wu wu\" [sounds like \'boo hoo\'].  It was just then that Bao Gong, with his men and horses, happened to walk past.\r\n\r\nNow, who was Bao Gong? Bao Gong was an official, black of face and black of beard, whom the people called \"Old Black Bao\" or \"Black Bao Gong\"; he handled matters fairly, and was very smart. Bao Gong saw the child crying so broken-heartedly, and he asked: \"Child, why are you crying?\" \"The money from selling bread sticks is gone, Boo Hoooo!\" \r\n\r\nBao Gong thought for a moment and said, \"I know, it was definitely this rock that stole your money, I\'ll question the rock, and tell it to give you your money back.\" The people nearby heard that Bao Gong was going to interrogate a rock, and they thought this was very strange, so they all ran over and watched excitedly. Bao Gong said to the rock: \"Rock, rock, was it you that stole the child\'s coppers?\" But can a rock speak? It cannot. Bao Gong asked again: \"Rock, rock, the child\'s coppers, wasn\'t it you who stole them? Speak up, speak up!\" The rock still said nothing, it couldn\'t speak. Bao Gong exploded, \"Rock, rock, tell the truth or I\'ll beat you over the head!\" Bao Gong\'s men heard him say this, and they found a stick for him, and he began to <em>pi li pa la</em> [sound of stick hitting rock] hit the rock, hitting and shouting \"Speak up! Speak up!\" \r\n\r\nThe people watching excitedly roared with laughter, and chattering \"ji ji zha zha\" [sound of many people chattering], said: \"How can a rock steal money?\" \"How can a rock speak?\" and \"Everyone said that Bao Gong is smart, actually he\'s a muddled idiot!\" Bao Gong heard all this and was very angry, so he said: \" I\'m interrogating this rock. How can you all say bad things about me? Huh! Each one of you will be fined one copper!” Bao Gong called his men to bring him a borrowed pot - he poured water into it, and made every spectator throw one copper in the pot. The spectators had no choice, they had to line up and each one had to put one copper in the pot. \"Pu tong, pu tong, pu tong...\" [the sound of metal coins plunking into a pot]\r\n\r\nWhen one man in particular put his copper in the pot, Bao Gong ordered his men to seize this man. Bao Gong pointed at the man and said, \"You\'re the thief, you took the coppers the child made from selling breadsticks!\" Everyone thought that was very strange, for how could it be? Bao Gong said: \"All of you look, it was only when this man dropped a copper in the pot that a film of oil floated to the surface, his copper is certainly one that he took advantage of a sleeping child to steal.\" The thief had no choice, he had to give the 100 coppers back to the child. Everyone said, Bao Gong sure is clever. \r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', '[Historical Fables] 包公审石头 - Bao Gong Interrogates A Rock', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '723-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:11:45', '2016-11-05 05:11:45', '', 723, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/723-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(674, 1, '2011-05-07 17:39:06', '2011-05-07 21:39:06', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110510-inline.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" title=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" /> Giant nerd that I am, I was super excited about Tron coming out, so this post is kind of a way for me to relive that in Chinese. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n辉煌 - [pinyin]hui1 huang2[/pinyin] - Glorious\r\n继承 - [pinyin]ji4 cheng2[/pinyin] - Inherit, carry on\r\n冒险 - [pinyin]mao4 xian3[/pinyin] - Adventurous, risk-taking\r\n荒废 - [pinyin]huang1 fei4[/pinyin] - Abandoned\r\n探查 - [pinyin]tan4 cha2[/pinyin] - Nose around, investigate\r\n虚拟世界 - [pinyin]xu1 ni3 shi4 jie4[/pinyin] - Virtual reality, web-based fantasy world\r\n争霸 - [pinyin]zheng1 ba4[/pinyin] - Power struggle\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n　20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在<strong>辉煌</strong>的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）<strong>继承</strong>了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满<strong>冒险</strong>精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间<strong>荒废</strong>已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去<strong>探查</strong>，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子<strong>争霸</strong>战中……\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Tron Legacy Movie Synopsis', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '667-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 17:39:06', '2011-05-07 21:39:06', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/667-revision-3/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(675, 1, '2011-05-07 17:40:04', '2011-05-07 21:40:04', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nA little late for a post about Tron, but hey. This synopses covers the movie Tron: Legacy, released around Christmas last year. <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img class=\"imgborder alignleft\" title=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110510-inline.jpg\" alt=\"Practice Reading Advanced Chinese: Tron Legacy Movie Overview\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" /> Giant nerd that I am, I was super excited about Tron coming out, so this post is kind of a way for me to relive that in Chinese. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n辉煌 - [pinyin]hui1 huang2[/pinyin] - Glorious\r\n继承 - [pinyin]ji4 cheng2[/pinyin] - Inherit, carry on\r\n冒险 - [pinyin]mao4 xian3[/pinyin] - Adventurous, risk-taking\r\n荒废 - [pinyin]huang1 fei4[/pinyin] - Abandoned\r\n探查 - [pinyin]tan4 cha2[/pinyin] - Nose around, investigate\r\n虚拟世界 - [pinyin]xu1 ni3 shi4 jie4[/pinyin] - Virtual reality, web-based fantasy world\r\n争霸 - [pinyin]zheng1 ba4[/pinyin] - Power struggle\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\"><strong>剧情简介:</strong>\r\n20世纪80年代，电子软体天才凯文·弗林（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）创建了英康公司，将人类带入一个全新的时代。可是在<strong>辉煌</strong>的时代开创不久后，凯文神秘失踪。在此之后，凯文年幼的儿子萨姆（加内特·赫德兰 Garrett Hedlund 饰）<strong>继承</strong>了父亲的位置，实际工作则由其他工作人员主持。萨姆天资聪颖，充满<strong>冒险</strong>精神，经常给英康的高层们惹来麻烦。这一天，他得知一间<strong>荒废</strong>已久的工作室内竟传来父亲的讯息。萨姆前去<strong>探查</strong>，结果竟进入一个全数字化的虚拟世界。这个世界的掌控者克鲁（杰夫·布里吉斯 Jeff Bridges 饰）与父亲有着同样的容貌，却野心勃勃，邪恶无比。萨姆被迫卷入一场充满阴谋的电子<strong>争霸</strong>战中……\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\nIn the 80\'s (of the 20th century), electronic software genius Kevin Flyin (played by Jeff Bridges) founded ENCOM, which would lead humanity into a brand new age. But not long after this glorious new age began, Kevin mysteriously disappeared. After that, Kevin\'s young son Sam (played by Garret Hedlund) inherited his father\'s position, but actually the company is run by other employees. Sam is talented, smart and full of adventurous spirit, often causing trouble for the higher-ups at ENCOM. One day, he hears of an abandoned work room via a message which was surprisingly sent from his father. Sam goes to nose around, and is transported into a digital virtual reality world. The world\'s master (played by Jeff Bridges) looks just like his father, but is ambitious and wicked. Sam is drawn into the middle of a war full of plotting and electronic power struggles...\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n\r\n</div>', 'Tron Legacy Movie Synopsis', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '667-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-07 17:40:04', '2011-05-07 21:40:04', '', 667, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/07/667-revision-4/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(688, 1, '2011-06-06 13:02:26', '2011-06-06 17:02:26', 'A story about a young elephant who learns a valuable life lesson. There is one particularly difficult sentence here, and that\'s  小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头. The words themselves aren\'t too hard, but the sentence arrangement doesn\'t make a lot of sense when directly translated into English. Let\'s take it step by step:\r\n\r\n小象 - Little Elephant\r\n爬到 - Climbed to / climbed up\r\n树 - tree\r\n去 - go\r\n学飞 - learn to fly\r\n“哎哟” - \'Ai yo!\' Sound which means \"Yikes!\" or \"Ow!\" \r\n一声 - Noise, sound\r\n摔了 - to fall\r\n一个大 - a big\r\n跟头 - Fall, trip and fall.\r\n\r\nIf you look at all these words together, you can more easily process the overall meaning of the sentence, which is, \"In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\" \r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 小象生下来的第三天，跟妈妈来到小河边，看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想：“要是我也会飞，可以看到更多的东西，多好呀！”\r\n\r\n2) 小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头。\r\n\r\n3) 蛇看见了说:“小象，我们有自己的本事。我不会飞，可是，我会在树上睡觉。”\r\n\r\n4) 狮子说:“我也不会飞，可是，我能跳过宽宽的大河。”\r\n\r\n5) 老虎说:“我不会飞，可是我会游泳！”\r\n\r\n6) 爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大，这是小鸟不能比的。”小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩，大木头就搬走了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: \"If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!\"\r\n\r\n2) In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\r\n\r\n3) Seeing this, the snake said: \"Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can\'t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.\"\r\n\r\n4) Lion said: \"I also can\'t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.\"\r\n\r\n5) Tiger said, \"I can\'t fly, but I can swim!\"\r\n\r\n6) Little Elephant\'s father and mother said to him, \"We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird\'s.\" Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Chinese Short Stories] 《想飞的小象》The Little Elephant that Wanted to Fly', '', 'publish', 'open', 'open', '', 'the-little-elephant-that-wanted-to-fly', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:34:37', '2016-11-05 05:34:37', '', 0, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/?p=688', 0, 'post', '', 48),
(2186, 1, '2016-11-05 01:25:22', '2016-11-05 05:25:22', 'A story about a young elephant who learns a valuable life lesson. There is one particularly difficult sentence here, and that\'s  小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头. The words themselves aren\'t too hard, but the sentence arrangement doesn\'t make a lot of sense when directly translated into English. Let\'s take it step by step:\r\n\r\n小象 - Little Elephant\r\n爬到 - Climbed to / climbed up\r\n树 - tree\r\n去 - go\r\n学飞 - learn to fly\r\n“哎哟” - \'Ai yo!\' Sound which means \"Yikes!\" or \"Ow!\" \r\n一声 - Noise, sound\r\n摔了 - to fall\r\n一个大 - a big\r\n跟头 - Fall, trip and fall.\r\n\r\nIf you look at all these words together, you can more easily process the overall meaning of the sentence, which is, \"In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\" \r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[one_half]\r\n<div class=\"chinesetext\">\r\n<h3>Chinese text</h3>\r\n1) 小象生下来的第三天，跟妈妈来到小河边，看见一只小鸟在天空飞来飞去。小象想：“要是我也会飞，可以看到更多的东西，多好呀！”\r\n\r\n2) 小象爬到树去学飞“哎哟”一声，摔了一个大跟头。\r\n\r\n3) 蛇看见了说:“小象，我们有自己的本事。我不会飞，可是，我会在树上睡觉。”\r\n\r\n4) 狮子说:“我也不会飞，可是，我能跳过宽宽的大河。”\r\n\r\n5) 老虎说:“我不会飞，可是我会游泳！”\r\n\r\n6) 爸爸妈妈对小象说:“我们象的力气大，这是小鸟不能比的。”小象明白了。他用长鼻子一钩，大木头就搬走了。\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n1) On the third day after he was born, Little Elephant went with his mother to the banks of a stream, and there he saw a bird in the sky flying here and there. Little Elephant said: \"If I could fly, I could see even more things, it would be great!\"\r\n\r\n2) In order to learn to fly, Little Elephant climbed a tree and, with a yelp of \"Ai Yo!\", fell heavily to the ground.\r\n\r\n3) Seeing this, the snake said: \"Little elephant, we all have our own abilities. I can\'t fly, but I can sleep in a tree.\"\r\n\r\n4) Lion said: \"I also can\'t fly, but I can jump across a wide river.\"\r\n\r\n5) Tiger said, \"I can\'t fly, but I can swim!\"\r\n\r\n6) Little Elephant\'s father and mother said to him, \"We elephants have great strength, incomparably greater than that little bird\'s.\" Little Elephant understood. He used his long nose as a hook and moved a large branch.\r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]', '[Short Stories] The Little Elephant that Wanted to Fly', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '688-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-05 01:25:22', '2016-11-05 05:25:22', '', 688, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2016/11/688-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(677, 1, '2011-03-21 13:19:11', '2011-03-21 17:19:11', 'After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for Chinese reading materials, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was at an appropriate reading level, was different than the typical textbook-y stuff available online, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.\r\n\r\nAs someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I\'d eventually start a website about it, and here you are. I try to post every other day, though that probably won\'t always happen.\r\n\r\nThis site doesn\'t exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.\r\n<h4>About the Translations</h4>\r\nMany of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don\'t post anything unless I\'ve checked it several times, but that doesn\'t mean I haven\'t missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won\'t be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.\r\n\r\nIt\'s often quite difficult to do a word-for-word translation, as Chinese words that fit well into a particular Chinese sentence read very awkwardly after they\'ve been translated - sometimes a direct translation just sounds \"off\". This is more and more true the higher your reading level. I stick to a word-for-word translation when it\'s appropriate, but I\'ll often change a sentence a little so that it makes sense or reads well in English.\r\n\r\nYou\'ll also notice that I often remove commas, split long Chinese sentences into two or more English sentences, or rearrange the order of clauses, which is necessary to accommodate Chinese grammar.  The translation is meant as a guidepost to help point you in the right direction and keep you grounded in the text when needed - it\'s up to you to dissect sentence structure.\r\n<h4>How I Classify Reading Levels</h4>\r\nUltimately, my classifications are pretty arbitrary, but I\'ll try to lay out some of my basic reasoning here.\r\n\r\n<strong>Beginner</strong> - None of the texts here are truly beginner texts; at least I haven\'t been able to find any real beginner stuff yet (I\'m still looking for good sources of real beginner texts that aren\'t boring dialogs - if you know of any, please write!). This is because for any story, article or essay to really take shape, it usually must involve some intermediate grammar or intermediate vocabulary. This is why most truly beginner textbooks stick to dialogs as opposed to actual articles. In order to do any real reading, you\'ve got to at least know the basics of sentence structure. I will classify something as beginner if at least a couple of the following criteria are met:\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>The sentence structure is easy</li>\r\n	<li>It contains only words that you can find in the dictionary (or I can explain them)</li>\r\n	<li>There is no modern slang</li>\r\n	<li>The subject matter is basic / or for children</li>\r\n	<li>It\'s not too long</li>\r\n	<li>It contains few or no idioms</li>\r\n<li>It contains intermediate vocabulary but the story structure is very repetitive, so you can pick up the thread more easily as you go along.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Intermediate</strong> - I classify something as intermediate if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\'s a longer piece that you have to hold a narrative thread through.</li>\r\n<li>The language is intermediate or upper-intermediate.</li>\r\n<li>There are some light idioms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<strong>Advanced</strong> - Most of what\'s out there online is advanced reading. That\'s why as of now, there are more advanced texts on here than anything else. I classify something as advanced if:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It contains specialized or technical words (technology, health, beauty, geography, etc.)</li>\r\n<li>It contains high-level structures, like newspaper-y or literary writing styles.</li>\r\n<li>It contains any archaic words.</li>\r\n<li>The sentence structure is very complicated.</li>\r\n<li>It contains a lot of modern slang.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\nEnjoy, and good luck with your studies.', 'About', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '2-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-03-21 13:19:11', '2011-03-21 17:19:11', '', 2, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/03/21/2-revision-21/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(678, 1, '2011-04-11 20:37:12', '2011-04-12 00:37:12', '[two_third]\r\n\r\nThis Chinese excerpt is from the modern militant action novel \"Cold Thorn\", or 冷刺, written by 天地飘鸥. You\'ll be reading the first part of Chapter 1: King of the Commandos (特种兵之王). <!--more-->\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/20110411-INLINE.jpg\" alt=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" title=\"Advanced Chinese Reading: Cold Thorn Part 1\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"imgborder alignleft\" />The language here is very heavy on the cheesy military slang, so if you like action movies and thrillers, you\'ll be able to catch quite a few of the cliches. \r\n\r\nIf you\'d like to finish reading the book after you finish this first bit, the <a href=\"http://vip.book.sina.com.cn/book/index_162000.html\">full text is available online from Sina.com</a>\'s book archive.  \r\n\r\n[/two_third]\r\n[one_third last=last]\r\n<div class=\"postintro\">\r\n<h4>Click to Listen</h4>\r\n冬眠 - [pinyin]dong1 mian2[/pinyin] - Hibernation\r\n斑驳- [pinyin]ban1 bo2[/pinyin] - Mottled\r\n潜伏 - [pinyin]qian2 fu2[/pinyin] - Concealed, covered\r\n纹丝不动 - [pinyin]wen2 si1 bu4 dong4[/pinyin] - Not move a whisker\r\n闷热 - [pinyin]men1 re4[/pinyin] - sultry\r\n追踪 - [pinyin]zhui1 zong1[/pinyin] - Track, trace, follow a trail\r\n特战 - [pinyin]te4 zhan4[/pinyin] - Special forces\r\n狙 - [pinyin]ju1[/pinyin] - Lie in ambush\r\n杀戮 - [pinyin]sha1 lu4[/pinyin] - Massacre\r\n匪夷所思 - [pinyin]fei3 yi2 suo3 si1[/pinyin] - Freak, fantastic\r\n比武 - [pinyin]bi3 wu3[/pinyin] - Martial / military contest\r\n军区 - [pinyin]jun1 qu1[/pinyin] - Military region\r\n出局 - [pinyin]chu1 ju2[/pinyin] - Be eliminated [from a contest]\r\n</div>\r\n[/one_third]\r\n\r\n<hr />[one_half]\r\n<div id=\"chinesetext\">\r\n韩枫静静地伏在厚厚的落叶下，一动不动，安静得如同一条<strong>冬眠</strong>的蛇，不，他比蛇还要无声无息，谁也不会想到<strong>斑驳</strong>腐烂的落叶堆里会有这样坚强的生命存在，仿佛亘古就是如此。真是无法想象一个人能在这样的环境中<strong>潜伏</strong>两天两夜，不吃不喝，<strong>纹丝不动</strong>。在苍茫的原始丛林中，空气<strong>闷热</strong>得令人窒息，浑身就像霉烂了似的，湿漉漉的感觉别提有多难受了，何况韩枫的身上还捂着这么厚的一堆落叶，真是连气也喘不过来了。\r\n\r\n韩枫就这样无声无息地潜伏着，安静得几乎连生命的体征也消失了，身边来来往往已经过去了几个特种小组，就连最擅长<strong>追踪</strong>的“灵狐”特战小组也没有发现他。\r\n\r\n他不能动，也不敢动，因为他知道林中还有不少<strong>特战</strong>高手在伺机<strong>狙</strong>杀，他要做最有耐心的猎人而不是成为别人的猎物。他们这一组除了他，其他人都“挂”了，在三天前残酷的“<strong>杀戮</strong>”中先后“阵亡”，而他，凭着超强的第六感和<strong>匪夷所思</strong>的身手不但逃过了对方的狙杀，而且还“杀”了数名富有经验的特战精英，居然毫发无伤。在十多个特战精英小组的攻击下能做到这一点，真是奇迹！\r\n\r\n这次的特种兵大<strong>比武</strong>，是五年一度的全国“特种兵”对抗大赛，来自全国七大<strong>军区</strong>的特战精英，个个都是身经百战的高手，随便挑出一个，横扫一个普通连队绝不是痴人说梦。这次的特种兵大比武是实兵对抗，一切从实战出发，除了弹药是空包弹外，其他都是特种部队必需的武器装备。十天为限，没有后援，没有给养，各自为战，淘汰者<strong>出局</strong>。\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n[/one_half]\r\n\r\n[one_half last=last][hide-this-part morelink=\"SHOW ENGLISH TRANSLATION\"]\r\n\r\nHan Feng silently hid beneath a thick pile of dead leaves, motionless, as calm as a hibernating snake; no, he was even more silent than a snake. No one would think that a strong life could exist inside such a motley, rotten pile of dead leaves, it was as if [the pile] had always been this way. There was no way to imagine  that a person could hide in this environment for two days without food or drink, not moving a whisker. In this vast primeval forest, the weather was so stiflingly hot as to make men suffocate, as if they were rotting from head to toe; needless to say the clamminess was very uncomfortable, moreso since Han Feng was covered in a thick pile of dead leaves - it was difficult to even draw breath. \r\n\r\nAnd so Han Feng hid there not making a sound, his very sense of life nearly fading away, as special units came and went around him; even the most expert trackers, the \"Quick Foxes\" special forces unit, didn\'t discover his position.\r\n\r\nHe didn\'t move, he didn\'t dare, because he knew that in the forest special forces experts were waiting in wait to ambush him. He must be the most patient hunter, or else he would become someone else\'s prey. Everyone else in his group had already been \"hung\". In the \"massacre\" three days before, they\'d \"died\" in battle one after the other. But he, relying on his superior sixth sense and freakish agility, had escaped his opponent\'s ambush, and had also \"killed\" more than a few of supremely experienced special forces elite, somehow taking no wounds himself. It was a real miracle that he\'d managed this under attack from 10-plus special forces elite groups!\r\n\r\nTo this Commando Competition, an international \"special forces soldier\" face-off held once every five years, came elite commandos from the world\'s seven major military regions. Each [soldier] had [proven themselves] in numerous battles - it would not be unrealistic to say that any one you picked out of the bunch could single-handedly wipe out a whole unit of regular soldiers. This Commando Competition was a real military engagement, everything was like a real war, except for the fact that blanks are used for ammunition, all other equipment was special forces standard issue. A ten day limit, no reinforcements, no support, every man for himself, anyone eliminated is out of the running. \r\n\r\n[/hide-this-part][/one_half]\r\n', 'Cold Thorn Part 1', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '630-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-04-11 20:37:12', '2011-04-12 00:37:12', '', 630, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/04/11/630-revision-18/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(679, 1, '2011-05-14 19:49:31', '2011-05-14 23:49:31', 'Everyone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness. But how can we make friends? \n\nFirst, to make friends, you must be friendly to others. Smile at others and you are sure to get a smile in return. You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by their appearance and clothes. \n\nSecond, friends should negotiate instead of quarrel. When you don\'t agree with someone, discuss the issue with them. \n\nFinally, never trust in those who leave you when you are in trouble. And never leave your friends when they are in trouble. Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed. \n\nFriends should be faithful to each other. So long as you can put your friend\'s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.\n\n如何交朋友 \n人人都需要、朋友。朋友可以给我们以帮助，与我们共事困难和快乐。但是，怎样交朋友呢? \n交朋友首先要对别人友善。你对别人微笑；肯定别人也会报以微笑。要使陌生人感到亲切，关心别人要比：关心自己为重，决不以貌取人。 \n其次，朋友之间应该商量而不是争吵。当与别人有分歧时，要和他一起讨论。 \n最后，不要相信那些在危急关头背离你的人，也不要在朋友危难时离开他。记住：患难之中见真情。 \n朋友应该以诚相待。只要你把朋友的利益置于你的利益之上，你就会拥有好多好朋友 ', 'How to Make Friends', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'open', '', '654-revision-v1', '', '', '2011-05-14 19:49:31', '2011-05-14 23:49:31', '', 654, 'http://devenv.chinesereadingpractice.com/2011/05/14/654-revision-2/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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