Intermediate - Papa Snake and Baby Snake (C2140)

吃完午饭,蛇爸爸带小蛇出去散步。
chī wán wǔfàn, shébàba dài xiǎoshé chūqù sànbù.
After eating lunch, Papa Snake took Baby Snake out for a stroll.
走着走着,小蛇突然问:“爸爸,我是你亲生的吗?”
zǒu zhe zǒu zhe, xiǎoshé tūrán wèn:" bàba, wǒ shì nǐ qīnshēng de ma?”
Walking along, Baby Snake suddenly asked: “Papa, am I really your child?”
蛇爸爸惊讶地说:“傻儿子,你怎么问这么奇怪的问题?你当然是我亲生的。”
shébàba jīngyà de shuō:" shǎ érzi, nǐ zěnme wèn zhème qíguài de wèntí? nǐ dāngrán shì wǒ qīnshēng de.”
Papa Snake said with surprise: “Silly boy, how can you ask such a strange question? Of course you are really my child.”
小蛇接着问:“那你有毒吗?”
xiǎoshé jiē zhe wèn:" nà nǐ yǒudú ma?”
Baby Snake continued by asking: “Are you poisonous?”
蛇爸爸骄傲地说:“当然有毒。我可是眼镜蛇,是毒蛇之王!”
shébàba jiāo ào de shuō:" dāngrán yǒudú. wǒ kě shì yǎnjìngshé, shì dúshé zhī wáng!”
Papa snake proudly said: “Of course I'm poisonous. I'm a cobra, the king of poisonous snakes!”
没等蛇爸爸说完,小蛇就哭了。它一边哭,一边说:“那我肯定也有毒了?”
méi děng shébàba shuō wán, xiǎoshé jiù kū le. tā yībiān kū, yībiān shuō:" nà wǒ kěndìng yě yǒudú le?”
Before Papa Snake had finished speaking, Baby Snake started to cry. While crying he said: “Then I'm also poisonous?”
蛇爸爸生气地说:“你是我儿子,我有毒,你当然就有毒。”
shébàba shēngqì de shuō:" nǐ shì wǒ érzi, wǒ yǒudú, nǐ dāngrán jiù yǒudú.”
Papa Snake angrily said: “You are my son. I’m poisonous. Of course you‘re poisonous.”
小蛇又说:“爸爸,我要死了。我要死了。”
xiǎoshé yòu shuō:" bàba, wǒ yào sǐ le. wǒ yào sǐ le.”
Then Baby Snake said: “Papa, I am going to die. I am going to die.”
蛇爸爸烦死了,说:“好了,别哭了。你到底怎么了?”
shébàba fán sǐ le, shuō:" hǎo le, bié kū le. nǐ dàodǐ zěnmele?”
Papa Snake was troubled, and said: “Okay. Don‘t cry. Whatever is the matter?”
小蛇说:“刚才吃饭的时候,我不小心咬到了自己的舌头。”
xiǎoshé shuō:" gāngcái chīfàn de shíhou, wǒ bùxiǎoxīn yǎodào le zìjǐ de shétou.”
Baby Snake said: “When we were eating just now, I accidentally bit my own tongue.”

Key Vocabulary

吃完 chī wán to finish eating
shé snake
散步 sànbù to go for a walk
突然 tūrán suddenly
亲生 qīnshēng biologically related
惊讶 jīngyà surprising
shǎ foolish
奇怪 qíguài strange
接着 jiē zhe next
有毒 yǒudú poisonous, venomous
骄傲 jiāo ào proud
眼镜蛇 yǎnjìngshé cobra
毒蛇 dúshé poisonous snake
zhī of
wáng king
说完 shuō wán to finish speaking
一边......一边...... yībiān ... yībiān ... at the same time as
到底 dàodǐ finally
刚才 gāngcái just now
的时候 de shíhou when
不小心 bùxiǎoxīn to not be careful, accidentally
yǎo to bite
咬到 yǎo dào to bite (something)
舌头 shétou tongue

Supplementary Vocabulary

继续 jìxù to continue
功夫 gōngfu kung fu, ability, skill
垃圾桶 lājītǒng trash can
领养 lǐngyǎng to adopt
冷笑话 lěngxiàohuà dry joke, dry humor

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