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<strong>Chinese Title: 我们家的跳绳比赛</strong>

A single-paragraph essay about the results of a family jump rope competition. <!--more-->

<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. 
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跳 - [pinyin]lie4 ri4[/pinyin] - Scorching sun
绳 - [pinyin]yan2 yan2[/pinyin] - Scorching
失误 - [pinyin]bao4 shang4[/pinyin] - Pick up (the way one picks up a child, encircling them with both arms)
砰砰 - [pinyin]tang2 guo3[/pinyin] - Candy 
弃权 - [pinyin]zhong4[/pinyin] - To plant (eg. vegetable seeds)
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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。 
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This morning father and 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. So I became Number 1 in our family, I was very happy. 
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