Intermediate - Visiting the Aquarium (C1873)

A: 轩轩,今天爸爸妈妈要带你去水族馆!
Xuānxuān, jīntiān bàba māma yào dài nǐ qù shuǐzúguǎn!
Xuan Xuan, mom and dad are going to take you to the aquarium today!
B: 对,我们要去看很多鱼!
duì, wǒmen yào qù kàn hěn duō yú!
That's right! We're gonna go see lots of fish!
A: 哇,轩轩,你看,这么多热带鱼。颜色多漂亮!
wā, Xuānxuān, nǐ kàn, zhème duō rèdài yú. yánsè duō piàoliang!
Wow. Xuan Xuan, look. There's so many tropical fish. The colors are so beautiful!
B: 对啊。来,拍个照。
duì a. lái, pāi ge zhào.
Yeah. Here, take a picture.
A: 哎,那个水池里有海星。
āi, nàge shuǐchí lǐ yǒu hǎixīng.
Hey, that pool has starfish in it.
B: 轩轩,爸爸抱你摸一下。
Xuānxuān, bàba bào nǐ mō yīxià.
Xuan Xuan, let dad pick you up so you can touch them.
A: 不要摸,脏死了!我们去那里看水獭吧!
bù yào mō, zāng sǐ le! wǒmen qù nàlǐ kàn shuǐtǎ ba!
I don't want to touch them. They're so dirty! Let's go over there and look at the otters!
B: 好好好。
hǎo hǎo hǎo.
OK, OK.
A: 哇,水獭好可爱。像个小宝宝,就像我们轩轩一样!
wā, shuǐtǎ hǎo kě ài. xiàng ge xiǎobǎobao, jiù xiàng wǒmen Xuānxuān yīyàng!
Wow, otters are so cute. They're like little babies. They're just like our Xuan Xuan!
B: 老婆,大白鲸在哪儿?
lǎopó, dà báijīng zài nǎr?
Where is the beluga whale, dear?
A: 我不知道。我比较想看海豚。
wǒ bù zhīdào. wǒ bǐjiào xiǎng kàn hǎitún.
I don't know. I'm more interested in seeing the dolphins.
B: 海豚没意思。我们去看鲨鱼!
hǎitún méi yìsi. wǒmen qù kàn shāyú!
The dolphins are boring. Let's go see the sharks!

Key Vocabulary

轩轩 Xuānxuān Xuan Xuan (name)
dài to bring
水族馆 shuǐzúguǎn aquarium
fish
热带 rèdài tropical fish
颜色 yánsè color
拍照 pāizhào to take a picture
水池 shuǐchí pool
海星 hǎixīng starfish
bào to hold
to touch
zāng dirty
水獭 shuǐtǎ otter
像......一样 xiàng ... yīyàng like
老婆 lǎopó wife
大白鲸 dà báijīng beluga whale
比较 bǐjiào relatively
海豚 hǎitún dolphin
鲨鱼 shāyú shark

Supplementary Vocabulary

游泳池 yóuyǒngchí swimming pool
温哥华 Wēngēhuá Vancouver
海龟 hǎiguī turtle
海马 hǎimǎ seahorse
水母 shuǐmǔ jellyfish
海鱼 hǎiyú sea fish
三文鱼 sānwényú salmon

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