养花 Growing Flowers — HSK 2 Reading

去年qùnián春天chūntiān，妈妈māma开始kāishǐ在zài家jiā里lǐ养yǎng花huā。

Last spring, mom started growing flowers at home.

她tā在zài阳台yángtái上shàng放fàng了le很hěn多duō花盆huāpén，颜色yánsè都dōu不bù一样yíyàng。

She put a lot of flowerpots on the balcony, all different colors.

每měi天tiān早上zǎoshang，她tā都dōu给gěi花huā浇水jiāoshuǐ，还hái跟gēn它们tāmen说话shuōhuà。

Every morning, she waters the flowers and even talks to them.

我wǒ问wèn她tā：“花huā能néng听懂tīngdǒng你nǐ说话shuōhuà吗ma？”

I asked her: "Can the flowers understand what you say?"

她tā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“可能kěnéng不bù能néng，但是dànshì我wǒ觉得juéde很hěn快乐kuàilè。”

She smiled and said: "Maybe not, but it makes me happy."

夏天xiàtiān的de时候shíhou，阳台yángtái上shàng的de花huā都dōu开kāi了le，特别tèbié漂亮piàoliang。

In summer, the flowers on the balcony all bloomed — especially pretty.

现在xiànzài每次měi cì回家huíjiā，我wǒ都dōu先xiān去qù阳台yángtái看看kànkan那些nàxiē花huā。

Now every time I go home, I go look at those flowers on the balcony first.

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Key words 生词

养花yǎng huāto grow flowers

阳台yángtáibalcony

花盆huāpénflowerpot

浇水jiāoshuǐto water (plants)

听懂tīngdǒngto understand (by listening)

快乐kuàilèhappy

跟 + person + verb — with someone

跟 introduces the person an action is done together with or toward.

她跟花说话。 — She talks to the flowers.

V + 懂 — understanding successfully

听懂 and 看懂 add 懂 as a result to show the listening or reading was actually understood.

花能听懂你说话吗？ — Can the flowers understand what you say?

1. Where does mom keep the flowerpots?

2. What does mom do every morning?

3. What happened to the flowers in summer?