小云的梦想
- Reading time
- 5 min
- Total words
- 336
- Unique words
- 200
- Avg frequency
- #339
Story
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Xiaoyun loves painting. Her paintings are beautiful. But her father says: "Painting cannot be a job. You should find a real job." Hearing this, Xiaoyun feels very sad.
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After university, Xiaoyun finds a job at a company. Every day she does the same thing. She has money now, but she is not happy. In the evenings, she still paints. Painting lets her forget all her tiredness.
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One day, a new person comes to the company, called Dawei. He sees Xiaoyun's paintings. "Did you paint these?" he asks. "So beautiful! Why don't you do this?" Xiaoyun smiles: "This is only my dream."
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Dawei says: "Dreams are important. They will affect your whole life. If you don't do it now, you will definitely regret it later." His words affect Xiaoyun. That evening, she thinks for a long time.
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In the months that follow, Xiaoyun spends more time painting. Dawei helps her put her paintings online for others to see. Slowly, more and more people come to like her paintings.
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One day, someone wants to buy one of Xiaoyun's paintings. It is the first time she earns money from painting. She is so happy she cries. She decides: she will become a real painter.
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At first, her father does not agree. But later, seeing his daughter so happy and her paintings so beautiful, his heart changes too. "I'm sorry," he says. "I didn't understand before. This is your life."
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Now, Xiaoyun has her own small company and paints every day. She says: "I am glad I did not give up my dream. One decision really can change a person's whole life."
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Words in this story
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 17 | 为什么why |
| 36 | 没有do not have; have not; not (past negation) |
| 41 | 可以can, may (permission or possibility) |
| 47 | 现在now, at present |
| 48 | 这个this one, this (with general measure word) |
| 53 | 如果if, in case |
| 65 | 自己oneself, self |
| 72 | 不能cannot, must not (prohibition or incapacity) |
| 73 | 真的really, truly; genuine |
| 75 | 只是just, merely, only |
| 85 | 这么so, this much, like this |
| 90 | 喜欢to like, to enjoy |
| 109 | 应该should, ought to, must |
| 114 | 看到to see, to catch sight of |
| 123 | 还是or, still, had better |
| 126 | 工作work, job, to work |
| 127 | 一样same, alike, equally |
| 129 | 开始to begin, to start, beginning |
| 139 | 一定certainly, definitely, must |
| 149 | 所有all, every, all of |
| 165 | 的话if, assuming, in that case |
| 166 | 爸爸dad, father (informal) |
| 171 | 时间time (duration/point) |
| 182 | 起来to get up, to rise |
| 191 | 对不起sorry, excuse me |
| 216 | 得到to obtain, to get, to receive |
| 236 | 可是but, however, yet |
| 277 | 高兴happy, glad, pleased |
| 279 | 重要important, significant |
| 307 | 以前before, previously, in the past |
| 330 | 别人other people, others, someone else |
| 341 | 晚上evening, night |
| 360 | 决定to decide, to make a decision; decision |
| 376 | 公司company, corporation, firm |
| 389 | 女儿daughter |
| 401 | 真正genuine, true, real, authentic |
| 437 | 改变to change, to alter, to transform |
| 447 | 以后after, from now on, in the future |
| 494 | 不同different, unlike, not the same |
| 525 | 第一次the first time |
| 608 | 放在to put in, to place at |
| 646 | 每天every day |
| 686 | 放弃to give up, to abandon |
| 764 | 忘记forget |
| 781 | 快乐happy, joyful |
| 814 | 人生life, human life |
| 959 | 后来afterwards, later |
| 964 | 大学university |
| 1001 | 影响to influence, to affect, influence, effect |
| 1018 | 接下来next, following, what comes next |