Intermediate - Flying a Kite (C1372)

A:  春天到了,放风筝咯!
chūntiān dào le, fàng fēngzheng lo!
Spring is here. Let's go fly a kite!
B:  看你高兴的。不过,今天风不大不小,很适合放风筝。
kàn nǐ gāoxìng de. bùguò, jīntiān fēng bù dà bù xiǎo, hěn shìhé fàng fēngzheng.
I can see you're really happy. In fact, today the wind is just right. It's really good for flying a kite.
A:  就在公园放吧!
jiù zài gōngyuán fàng ba!
Let's fly it in the park!
B:  好!这样吧,你在后面拿风筝,我去前面拉线。
hǎo! zhèyàng ba, nǐ zài hòumian ná fēngzheng, wǒ qù qiánmian lā xiàn.
OK. How about this, you hold the kite back here, and I'll go up front and pull the string.
B:  我开始跑,你也开始跑,跟着我跑。
wǒ kāishǐ pǎo, nǐ yě kāishǐ pǎo, gēn zhe wǒ pǎo.
When I start running, you start running too. Follow me and run.
B:  然后我说放,你就放开风筝。
ránhòu wǒ shuō fàng, nǐ jiù fàngkāi fēngzheng.
After that, I'll say 'let go', and you let go of the kite.
A:  我知道了。快开始吧。
wǒ zhīdao le. kuài kāishǐ ba.
Gotcha. Let's get started.
B:  放!
fàng!
Let go!
A:  哎,掉下来了,风筝掉下来了!
āi, diào xiàlái le, fēngzheng diào xiàlái le!
Oh no, it fell down. The kite fell down!
B:  没关系,我们再试试。
méiguānxi, wǒmen zài shì shi.
No problem. Let's try again.
A:  好的。这次你跑得快点儿,多跑一会儿。
hǎo de. zhècì nǐ pǎo de kuài diǎnr, duō pǎo yīhuǐr.
OK. This time run a bit faster and for a bit longer.
B:  好。准备,跑!放!
hǎo. zhǔnbèi, pǎo! fàng!
OK. Ready, run! Let go!
A:  耶!成功了!风筝飞起来了。
yē! chénggōng le! fēngzheng fēi qǐlái le.
All right! Success! The kite is in the air.

Key Vocabulary

春天chūntiānspringtime
fàngto release
风筝fēngzhengkite
不大不小bù dà bù xiǎojust the right size
适合shìhéto be suitable
to pull
线xiànline, thread
开始kāishǐto begin
跟着gēn zheto follow
然后ránhòuthen
放开fàngkāito let go
diàoto fall
下来xiàláito come down
准备zhǔnbèito prepare
成功chénggōngsuccess
起来qǐláito rise up
fēito fly

Supplementary Vocabulary

样子yàngziappearance
合适héshìsuitable
jiǔlong time
秋天qiūtiānautumn
态度tàidùattitude
dǒngto understand
明白míngbaito be clear on something

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