晚上 at night
山頂尖尖，土路彎彎，
The mountain top is pointy, the paths are winding (or the unpaved roads are curvy),
森林裡有間方方的小木屋。
There is a square log cabin inside of the forest.
天上有個圓圓的大月亮，
There is a big round moon in the sky,
還有許多小星星。
There are also many small stars.
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小人兒上大山             Little people go up the big mountain.

啊！ 火！ 大火！ 山上大火！
Ah! Fire! Big Fire! Big fire atop of the mountain!

下山！ 下山！ 小人兒下大山，
Descend the mountain! Descend the mountain! Little people go down the mountain,

啊！ 水！ 大水！ 山下大水！
Ah! Water! Flood!  Flood at the base of the mountain!

上山！ 上山！
Climb up the mountain! Climb up the mountain!

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我有十個手指頭 I have ten fingers,

五個在左、五個在右。Five on the left, five on the right.

會寫字、會拍球, Knows how to write, knows how to dribble a ball,

就是不開口。However, it does not talk. Continue reading

一年有幾個月

How many months per year?

一年有十二個月。A year has twelve months.

一月大，二月小，January is big, February is small,

三月大，四月小，March is big, April is small,

五月大，六月小，May is big, June is small,

七月大，八月大，July is big, August is big,

九月小，十月大，September is small, October is big,

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拍拍手 Clap your hands,

老師的大手拍一拍,  The teacher claps her big hands,

小朋友的小手拍一拍。  The students clap their small hands.

上拍三下,下拍三下, Clap three times up top,Clap three times down low,

中間用力拍一下,  Clap heavily in the middle,

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少了一頭驢 The Missing Donkey

小小趕著十頭驢，他一邊走，一邊數：Xiao-xiao was driving a herd of donkeys.  While walking, he counted them:

一二三四五六七八九十。“On, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten.”

小小走累了，他騎上一頭驢。小小數Xiao-xiao was too tired to walk, so he got on one of the donkeys and counted again,

一二三四五六七八九—-One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine—-
哎呀！不好了！少了一頭驢。“Oh-no! A donkey is missing.”

小小急得跳下來，他又數：Xiao-xiao panicked and jumped off the donkey.  He then counted again:

一二三四五六七八九 十。嗯！沒錯！Hmm,  It’s correct, he said.

小小騎上驢，他再數：Xiao-xiao got on the donkey’s back again.  He counted one last time.

二三四五六七八九—One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine—-

哎呀！怎麽又少了一頭？“Oh-no! A donkey is missing again.”

這是怎麽一回事兒？What on earth is going on?

一二三,握握手。 1 2 3, shake hands.

四五六,點點頭。 456, nod your head.

七八九, 大步走。 7 8 9, take big walking steps. (Marching on)

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一棵樹上十樣果
There are ten different types of fruit on one tree.
一二三四五六七八九十1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10,
一棵樹上十樣果，你說稀奇不稀奇？
There are ten different types of fruit on one tree, is this amazing or not?
蘋果、香蕉、葡萄、桔子、番茄、
Apple, banana, grapes, orange, tomato
桃子、杏子、木瓜、李子、梨。
Peach, apricot, papaya, plum, pear.  Continue reading