Balloons And Bulls · 熱氣球和牛 · Around the World in 80 Days · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 1

山上有很多雪。很多雪掉下來。火車壞了。天氣很不好。福格不喜歡雪。福格想走。福格買熱氣球。熱氣球很大。福格在熱氣球上。巴圖也在熱氣球上。熱氣球在天上飛。他們飛上高山。高山的天氣很冷。風很大。熱氣球飛下山。他們在西班牙。西班牙有很多牛。這裡有大牛。大牛看見巴圖。大牛很不高興。巴圖很小。大牛跑。巴圖也跑。巴圖跳上跳下。大牛不跑了。巴圖很安全。巴圖買去埃及的船票。福格看手錶。他們沒有很多時間。比賽很難。

語法 · Grammar

Change of State with 了

Statement + 了

Placing 了 at the end of a sentence can indicate a change of state or a new situation that has arisen. For example, a train going from working to broken, or someone who was running but is now stopping.

火車壞了。The train broke down. (It wasn't broken before, but now it is)

大牛不跑了。The big bull stops running. (It was running, but now it has stopped)

Location with 在...上

Subject + 在 + Noun + 上

To express that someone or something is 'on' or 'in' a certain space, use 在 before the location and the localizer 上 after it. Though 上 usually means 'on', it is also used for spaces you occupy like the sky or a balloon.

福格在熱氣球上。Fogg is in the hot air balloon.

熱氣球在天上飛。The hot air balloon flies in the sky.

練習二 · Matching

Match each word to its meaning.

1.天氣

2.高興

3.手錶

4.難

5.船票

a.watch

b.boat ticket

c.weather

d.happy

e.difficult

1-c · 2-d · 3-a · 4-e · 5-b

譯文 · Translation

There is a lot of snow on the mountain. A lot of snow falls down. The train is broken. The weather is very bad. Fogg does not like snow. Fogg wants to leave. Fogg buys a hot air balloon. The hot air balloon is very big. Fogg is in the hot air balloon. Passepartout is also in the hot air balloon. The hot air balloon flies in the sky. They fly up the high mountain. The weather in the high mountains is very cold. The wind is very strong. The hot air balloon flies down the mountain. They are in Spain. Spain has a lot of cows. Here there is a big bull. The big bull sees Passepartout. The big bull is very unhappy. Passepartout is very small. The big bull runs. Passepartout also runs. Passepartout jumps up and down. The big bull stops running. Passepartout is very safe. Passepartout buys boat tickets to Egypt. Fogg looks at his watch. They do not have a lot of time. The race is very difficult.