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.

yúnwǎng

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.

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

Curriculum
51 words
#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