In Chinese only:
月亮会不会跟人走
一晚,方方问爸爸:” 我走, 月亮也走。月亮为什么跟人走?”
爸爸说:”月亮很高很远,人在哪儿都能看得见,你才会觉得月亮跟人走。”
方方高兴地说:”我有点儿明白了。”
爸爸,你看,月亮出来了!
真的,今天的月亮又大又亮!
爸爸,你看,我们走,月亮也在走;我们不走,月亮也不走,月亮为什么会跟我们走?
你看,月亮在哪儿?
在很高很远的地方。
它很高很远,你在哪儿都能看得见。
那月亮不是真的在跟我走吗?
对。月亮不是真的在跟我们走,是我们觉得它在走。
月亮会不会跟人走 (with translation)
Does the Moon Follow Us
一晚,方方问爸爸:” 我走, 月亮也走。月亮为什么跟人走?”
One night, Fangfang asks dad: ” When I walk, the moon follows. Why does the moon follow people?”
爸爸说:”月亮很高很远,人在哪儿都能看得见,你才会觉得月亮跟人走。”
Dad says: “The moon is very high and very far, people can see it wherever they are. So you feel like the moon is following you.”
方方高兴地说:”我有点儿明白了。”
Fangfang happily says: “I think I understand now.”
爸爸,你看,月亮出来了!
Dad, look! The moon is out again!
真的,今天的月亮又大又亮!
Yes, the moon is big and bright tonight!
爸爸,你看,我们走,月亮也在走;我们不走,月亮也不走,月亮为什么会跟我们走?
Dad, look! We walk, the moon moves too; we don’t walk, the moon doesn’t move either. Why does the moon follow us?
你看,月亮在哪儿?
Look, where is the moon?
在很高很远的地方。
It’s at a place very high and very far from us.
它很高很远,你在哪儿都能看得见。
It’s very high and very far, no matter where you are, you can always see it.
那月亮不是真的在跟我走吗?
So the moon isn’t really following me?
对。月亮不是真的在跟我们走,是我们觉得它在走。
Right. The moon isn’t really following us. We just feel like it is.
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月亮会不会跟人走 (with Pinyin & English)
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | |
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1 | 月亮 | yuèliang | the moon | ||
2 | 会 | 會 | huì | can; will | |
3 | 不会 | 不會 | bù huì | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don’t mention it; not at all | |
4 | 跟 | gēn | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) | ||
5 | 人 | rén | man; person; people; Classifiers: 个 | ||
6 | 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 ); to change (shape, form, meaning) | ||
7 | 一 | yī | one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; “one” radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | ||
8 | 晚 | wǎn | evening; night; late | ||
9 | 方方 | 方方
問 |
fāngfāng | name
ask |
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10 | 爸爸 | bà ba | (informal) father; Classifiers: 个 | ||
11 | 我 | wǒ | I; me; my | ||
12 | 也 | yě | surname Ye; also; too; (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation | ||
13 | 为什么 | 為什麼 | wèishén me | why?; for what reason? | |
14 | 说 | 說 | shuō | to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) | |
15 | 很 | hěn | (adverb of degree); quite; very; awfully | ||
16 | 高 | gāo | surname Gao; high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) | ||
17 | 远 | 遠 | yuǎn | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
18 | 在 | zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) | ||
19 | 哪儿 | 哪兒 | nǎ r | where?; wherever; anywhere | |
20 | 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all | ||
21 | 能 | néng | can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy; can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy | ||
22 | 看得见 | 看得見 | kàn déjiàn | can see; visible | |
23 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 ) | ||
24 | 才 | 纔 | cái | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; only; only then; just now; a moment ago; just now; (indicating sth happening later than expected); (preceded by a clause of condition or reason) not until; (followed by a numerical clause) only | |
25 | 觉得 | 覺得 | jué de | to think; to feel | |
26 | 方方 | fāngfāng | |||
27 | 高兴 | 高興 | gāo xìng | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
28 | 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | ||
29 | 有点儿 | 有點兒 | yǒu diǎnr | slightly; a little; somewhat | |
30 | 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | ||
31 | 了 | le | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker) | ||
32 | 看 | kàn | to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (an illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after verb) to give it a try; Watch out! (for a danger) | ||
33 | 出来 | 出來 | chū lái | to come out; to appear; to arise | |
34 | 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine | ||
35 | 的 | de | of; ~’s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) | ||
36 | 今天 | jīn tiān | today; at the present; now | ||
37 | 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both… and…; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | ||
38 | 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father’s elder or younger brother | ||
39 | 亮 | liàng | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | ||
40 | 我们 | 我們 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our | |
41 | 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
Downloadable document and worksheets
- will-the-moon-follow-and-the-crescent-moon-textbook-materials-pdf
- will-the-moon-follow-us_vocabulary-worksheets
- Will the moon follow us_Story.pdf
- will-the-moon-follow-us_story_with-pinyin-and-chinese
- Will the moon follow us_Story_with pinyin and Chinese.pdf
- will-the-moon-follow-us_story_worksheet_write-out-the-story
- Yueliang hui bu hui gen ren zou_in Chinese characters only.docx
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