Intermediate - A Leggy Joke  (C1854)

今天小强期末考试,考生物,有一道题非常难。
jīntiān Xiǎoqiáng qīmò kǎoshì, kǎo shēngwù, yǒu yī dào tí fēicháng nán.
Today is Xiao Qiang's final exam. It's the biology exam, and one question is especially difficult.
是看鸟的脚猜鸟的名字。
shì kàn niǎo de jiǎo cāi niǎo de míngzi.
It's looking at birds' feet and guessing the birds' names.
小强想啊想,实在想不出答案。
Xiǎoqiáng xiǎng a xiǎng, shízài xiǎngbuchū dá'àn.
Xiao Qiang thinks about it and thinks about it, but can't come up with the answer.
他非常生气,站起来准备离开教室。
tā fēicháng shēngqì, zhàn qǐlai zhǔnbèi líkāi jiàoshì.
He's really angry, stands up, and is about to leave the classroom.
老师生气地问:“你是哪个班的?叫什么名字?”
lǎoshī shēngqì de wèn:" nǐ shì něi ge bān de? jiào shénme míngzi?”
The teacher angrily asks, "which class are you in? What's your name?"
小强把鞋子、袜子脱掉,说:“你猜啊,你猜啊!”
Xiǎoqiáng bǎ xiézi、 wàzi tuōdiào, shuō:" nǐ cāi a, nǐ cāi a!”
Xiao Qiang takes off his shoes and socks and says, "You guess! Guess!"

Key Vocabulary

期末考试qīmò kǎoshìfinal exam
kǎoto test
生物shēngwùbiology
dào[measure word]
question
非常fēichángextremely
nándifficult
niǎobird
jiǎofoot
cāito guess
xiǎngto think
实在shízàireally
想不出xiǎngbuchūto be unable to think of
答案dá'ànanswer
生气shēngqìangry
站起来zhàn qǐlaito stand up
准备zhǔnbèito prepare
离开líkāito leave
教室jiàoshìclassroom
bānclass
to take
鞋子xiézishoe
袜子wàzisock
脱掉tuōdiàoto take off

Supplementary Vocabulary

笑话xiàohuàjoke
期中考试qīzhōng kǎoshìmid-term exam
期终考试qīzhōng kǎoshìfinal exam
生物学shēngwùxuébiology
学期xuéqīschool term
想起来xiǎng qǐlaito think of
想不起来xiǎng bu qǐlaito be unable to think of
想到xiǎngdàoto think of
年级niánjígrade
班级bānjíclass
小明XiǎomíngXiao Ming (name)
小强XiǎoqiángXiao Qiang (name)

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