Atomic Annihilation · 大爆炸 · 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 1

尼莫不能動。尼莫想去水裡。他說：「我們都死吧。」潛水艇往下走。

尼德不想死。尼德打尼莫。潛水艇撞了。潛水艇不走。尼德叫教授走。

教授不走。教授想看大爆炸。尼德打教授。教授睡覺了。尼德和助手走。他們有艾米。

他們都坐小船走。教授在小船裡睡覺。他們坐小船看。小船非常小。

小島大爆炸。那裡有很多火。火非常大。小島沒了。

水裡沒有潛水艇。潛水艇沒了。教授不睡覺。尼莫的故事結束。這一切都結束。他們說再見。再見，尼莫。

語法 · Grammar

The suggestion particle 吧

Statement + 吧

Placing the particle 吧 at the end of a sentence turns it into a suggestion, a proposal, or a softened command. When used with '我們' (we), it translates naturally to 'Let's...'

他說：「我們都死吧。」He said: 'Let's all die.'

Change of state with 了

Statement + 了

When the particle 了 is placed at the end of a sentence, it often indicates a change of state or a new situation. It shows that things are now different than they were before.

潛水艇撞了。The submarine crashed (it wasn't crashed before, now it is).

小島沒了。The small island is gone (it used to be there, now it is not).

練習二 · Matching

Match each Chinese word to its English meaning.

1.潛水艇

2.教授

3.小船

4.睡覺

5.故事

a.to sleep

b.submarine

c.story

d.small boat

e.professor

1-b · 2-e · 3-d · 4-a · 5-c

譯文 · Translation

Nemo could not move. Nemo wanted to go into the water. He said: "Let's all die." The submarine went down.

Ned did not want to die. Ned hit Nemo. The submarine crashed. The submarine would not go. Ned told the professor to go.

The professor would not go. The professor wanted to see the big explosion. Ned hit the professor. The professor fell asleep. Ned and the assistant went. They had Amy.

They all left in a small boat. The professor slept in the small boat. They sat in the small boat and looked. The small boat was very small.

The small island had a big explosion. There was a lot of fire there. The fire was very big. The small island was gone.

There was no submarine in the water. The submarine was gone. The professor was not sleeping. Nemo's story ended. All of this ended. They said goodbye. Goodbye, Nemo.