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The Zodiac Race: Part 1

十二生肖的比赛第一部分

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很久很久以前hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，天上tiān shàng有yǒu一位yí wèi神shén。他tā叫jiào玉皇大帝yù huáng dà dì。玉皇大帝yù huáng dà dì想xiǎng用yòng动物dòng wù来lái记录jì lù年份nián fèn。他tā决定jué dìng举办jǔ bàn一场yì chǎng比赛bǐ sài。他tā说shuō："我wǒ要yào选xuǎn十二种shí èr zhǒng动物dòng wù来lái代表dài biǎo十二年shí èr nián。先到xiān dào的de动物dòng wù排在前面pái zài qián miàn，后到hòu dào的de排在后面pái zài hòu miàn。"消息xiāo xi很快hěn kuài传遍chuán biàn了le全国quán guó。很多hěn duō动物dòng wù都dōu想xiǎng参加cān jiā比赛bǐ sài。猫māo和hé老鼠lǎo shǔ是shì好朋友hǎo péng you。他们tā men听到tīng dào消息xiāo xi，都dōu很hěn兴奋xīng fèn。猫māo说shuō："我们wǒ men一起yì qǐ去qù参加cān jiā吧ba！"老鼠lǎo shǔ同意tóng yì了le。但是dàn shì路lù很远hěn yuǎn，也yě很难走hěn nán zǒu。他们tā men需要xū yào早点zǎo diǎn出发chū fā。猫māo说shuō："明天早上míng tiān zǎo shàng，你nǐ要yào叫醒jiào xǐng我wǒ。"老鼠lǎo shǔ答应dā ying了le。但是dàn shì老鼠lǎo shǔ心里想xīn lǐ xiǎng："如果rú guǒ猫māo去了qù le，它tā一定yí dìng跑得比我快pǎo dé bǐ wǒ kuài。""我wǒ不想bù xiǎng输shū。"第二天早上dì èr tiān zǎo shàng，老鼠lǎo shǔ没有méi yǒu叫醒jiào xǐng猫māo。老鼠lǎo shǔ一个人yí gè rén出发chū fā了le。

Key Vocabulary

决定jué dìng

to decide

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玉皇大帝yù huáng dà dì决定jué dìng举办jǔ bàn一场yì chǎng比赛bǐ sài。

The Jade Emperor decided to hold a race.

消息xiāo xi

news; message

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消息xiāo xi很快hěn kuài传遍chuán biàn了liǎo全国quán guó。

The news spread quickly throughout the land.

兴奋xīng fèn

excited; thrilled

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他们tā men听到tīng dào消息xiāo xi，都dōu很hěn兴奋xīng fèn。

When they heard the news, they were both very excited.

答应dā ying

to promise; to agree

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老鼠lǎo shǔ答应dā ying了liǎo。

The rat promised.

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