苹果和米饭 Apples and Rice

我wǒ喜欢xǐhuan苹果píngguǒ，也yě喜欢xǐhuan米饭mǐfàn。

I like apples, and I also like rice.

苹果píngguǒ是shì水果shuǐguǒ，米饭mǐfàn不bú是shì水果shuǐguǒ。

Apples are fruit, rice is not fruit.

中午zhōngwǔ我wǒ吃chī米饭mǐfàn，不bù吃chī苹果píngguǒ。

At noon I eat rice, not apples.

苹果píngguǒ和hé米饭mǐfàn都dōu很hěn好hǎo。

Both apples and rice are good.

妈妈māma买mǎi了le很多hěn duō苹果píngguǒ和hé米饭mǐfàn。

Mom bought a lot of apples and rice.

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Key words 生词

苹果píngguǒapple

米饭mǐfàncooked rice

水果shuǐguǒfruit

中午zhōngwǔnoon

买mǎito buy

喜欢xǐhuanto like

也 — also

也 sits right before the verb to add another true statement.

我喜欢苹果，也喜欢米饭。 — I like apples, and I also like rice.

不是 — to negate 是

不 goes right before 是 to say something is not the case.

米饭不是水果。 — Rice is not fruit.

都 — both / all

都 comes after the things it covers and before the verb or adjective.

苹果和米饭都很好。 — Both apples and rice are good.

1. What does the narrator like?

2. According to the text, is rice a fruit?

3. What did mom buy?

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