窗户 The window
yǒu gè tàitai yìzhí bào yuàn duìmiàn de tàitai hěn lǎnduò , “nà gè nǚrén de yīfu yǒngyuǎn xǐ bù gànjìng, kàn, liàng zài wài miàn yuànzi de yīfu, zǒngshì yǒu diǎn zāng , wǒ zhēn de bù zhī dào, tā zěn me yǒngyuǎn bǎ yī fu xǐ chéng zhè gè yàngzi.”
有个太太 一直 抱怨 对面的太太很 懒惰 ,“那个女人的衣服永远 洗不干净, 看, 晾 在外面 院子 的衣服,总 是有点脏,我真的不知道, 她怎么永远把衣服洗成这个样子“。
zhí dào yǒu yì tiān, yǒu gè péng yǒu dào tā jiā zuò kè , cái fā xiàn bú shì duì miàn de tài tai yī fu xǐ bù gàn jìng. xì xīn de péngyǒu ná le yí kuài mābù ,bǎ zhè gè tàitai de chuāng shàng de huīchén cā diào, shuō :“kàn,zhè bù gàn jìng le ma?”
直到 有一天,有个朋友到她家 作客 ,才发现不是对面的太太衣服洗不干净 。 细心 的朋友拿了一块 抹布, 把这 个太太的窗 上的 灰尘 擦掉,说 :“看,这 不干净 了吗?”
yuán lái, shì zhè wèi tài tai zì jǐ jiā de chuāng hù zāng le.
原来 ,是这位太太自己家的窗户脏了。
Vocabs:
tài tai 太太: Mrs., madame, married woman
bào yuàn 抱怨: to complain
lǎn duò 懒惰: lazy
yǒng yuǎn 永远: forever
liàng 晾: to hang (clothes) out to dry. e.g: 晾衣服
yuàn zi 院子: yard
zāng 脏: dirty
zhí dào 直到: until
zuò kè 做客: to be a guest, to pay a visit (v.) e.g.: 来我家做客
xì xīn 细心: careful, detail-oriented
mā bù 抹布: cleaning rag, wiping cloth
huī chén 灰尘: dust (n.)
yuán lái 原来: it turns out that…
Show English Translation
Until one day, a friend comes to her home to pay a visit. He finds that it’s not the opposite madam who doesn’t wash clothes clean. The thoughtful friend takes a cleaning tower and wipes out the dust on this madam’s window, and says:”look, isn’t it clean now?”
It turns out that, it is this madam’s own window that is dirty.
Homework :
1. 这个太太为什么抱怨她对面的邻居?
2. 这个太太的邻居衣服洗得干净吗?
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