Intermediate - Animal Roles for the School Play (C2252)

A: 小朋友们,六一儿童节快到了。每个班都要表演一个节目。这次我们班表演动物世界好不好?
xiǎopéngyou men, liùyī értóng jié kuài dào le. měi gè bān dōu yào biǎoyǎn yī gè jiémù. zhècì wǒmen bān biǎoyǎn dòngwù shìjiè hǎo bu hǎo?
Children, Children's Day on June 1st is coming soon. Every class will do a performance. This time our class will perform as the world of animals. Okay?
BCDE: 好!
hǎo!
Okay!
A: 谁想当小羊?
shéi xiǎng dāng xiǎo yáng?
Who wants to be the lamb?
B: 老师,我想当小羊。
lǎoshī, wǒ xiǎng dāng xiǎo yáng.
Teacher, I want to be the lamb.
C: 老师,我也想当小羊。
lǎoshī, wǒ yě xiǎng dāng xiǎo yáng.
Teacher, I also want to be the lamb.
A: 小新,你当长颈鹿吧,你长得最高了,最适合当高高的长颈鹿了。
Xiǎoxīn, nǐ dāng chángjǐnglù ba, nǐ zhǎng de zuì gāo le, zuì shìhé dāng gāo gāo de chángjǐnglù le.
Xiao Xin, you be a giraffe. You're the tallest. You're the most suited to being a tall giraffe.
C: 好的,长颈鹿我也喜欢。
hǎo de, chángjǐnglù wǒ yě xǐhuan.
Okay. I also like giraffes.
A: 那,圆圆,你来当小羊。还有,狐狸,谁想当狐狸?没人想当狐狸吗?小宇,你来当狐狸吧。
nà, Yuányuan, nǐ lái dāng xiǎo yáng. háiyǒu, húli, shéi xiǎng dāng húli? méi rén xiǎng dāng húli ma? Xiǎoyǔ, nǐ lái dāng húli ba.
Then, Yuan Yuan, you be the sheep. There's also the fox. Who wants to be the fox? Nobody wants to be the fox? Xiao Yu, you be the fox.
D: 啊?我不要当狐狸。狐狸是坏人,它太狡猾了。
ǎ? wǒ bù yào dāng húli. húli shì huàirén, tā tài jiǎohuá le.
What? I don't want to be the fox. The fox is a bad guy, it's always tricking people.
A: 那你当大灰狼?
nà nǐ dāng dàhuīláng?
Then do you want to be the wolf?
D: 呜呜呜……我不要当大灰狼。
wū wū wū…… wǒ bù yào dāng dàhuīláng.
Whaaa... I don't want to be the wolf.
A: 哎哎,你是男子汉,别哭了。那你当考拉,好不好?
āi āi, nǐ shì nánzǐhàn, bié kū le. nà nǐ dāng kǎolā, hǎo bu hǎo?
There there. You're a tough guy. Don't cry. Then you can be the koala, okay?
D: 好!
hǎo!
Okay!

Key Vocabulary

儿童节 értóng jié Children's Day
表演 biǎoyǎn to perform
dāng to be
长颈鹿 chángjǐnglù giraffe
适合 shìhé to be suitable
狐狸 húli fox
狡猾 jiǎohuá crafty, sly
大灰狼 dàhuīláng wolf
男子汉 nánzǐhàn manly man, tough guy
考拉 kǎolā koala

Supplementary Vocabulary

聪明 cōngming smart, clever
幼儿园 yòu'éryuán kindergarten
勇敢 yǒnggǎn brave
小红帽 xiǎohóngmào Little Red Riding Hood
小白兔 xiǎobáitù White Rabbit
三只小猪 sānzhīxiǎozhū Three Little Pigs
牧羊人 mùyángrén shepherd

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