李明的旅行

Reading time
5 min
Total words
264
Unique words
165
Avg frequency
#357

Story

Li Ming's life is very plain. Every day he goes to work, finishes work, and goes home. He has no interest in anything.

One day, his friend Xiao Gao comes to find him. "Let's go travelling together!" Li Ming does not really want to go, but Xiao Gao keeps on at him, and in the end he agrees.

They go to a small place far away. There the sky is high and the roadsides are full of flowers. It is the first time Li Ming has seen a place like this. In his heart there is a joy he cannot put into words.

Li Ming starts taking many photos with his phone. The water, the flowers, the hills - he wants to remember them all. Xiao Gao says with a smile: "See, there are things you like too."

That evening, they sit outside and talk a lot. Li Ming says: "I used to think life was dull. Only today do I understand that it was me who never went looking."

After he gets home, Li Ming starts thinking about his next trip. Travel has become his real interest.

He says to Xiao Gao: "Thank you for bringing me out. You let me see a different world." Xiao Gao says: "The world was here all along - you are the one who walked out into it."

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Words in this story

Curriculum
52 words
#Word
7我们we, us
9他们they, them
19to say, to speak
36没有do not have; have not; not (past negation)
39to let, to allow; to make (causative)
56to walk; to leave, to go
61这样like this, this way, such
65自己oneself, self
83谢谢thank you
90喜欢to like, to enjoy
95觉得to feel, to think, to find (subjective)
102东西thing, object, stuff
108一起together, with each other
114看到to see, to catch sight of
121only then, just, merely
122to use, to need, using
123还是or, still, had better
129开始to begin, to start, beginning
138地方place, location, area
142朋友friend
143今天today
148一直always, continuously, all along
164明白to understand, clear, obvious
198意思meaning, idea, interest
202出来to come out, to emerge
208to bring, to take along, to lead
217很多a lot, many, much
229生活life, to live, livelihood
236可是but, however, yet
247世界world, the whole world
269最后last, finally, in the end
277高兴happy, glad, pleased
292回家to go home, to return home
307以前before, previously, in the past
341晚上evening, night
401真正genuine, true, real, authentic
447以后after, from now on, in the future
464to laugh, to smile
487外面outside, exterior, outdoors
514照片photograph, photo, picture
525第一次the first time
630简单simple, easy; simple-minded
646每天every day
655flower; to spend (money or time)
748答应to agree, to promise
841记住remember, commit to memory
869手机mobile phone, cell phone
977far, distant
1235上班to go to work, to be at work
1303兴趣interest