看报纸 Reading the Newspaper

爷爷yéye每天měitiān早上zǎoshang都dōu看kàn报纸bàozhǐ。

Grandpa reads the newspaper every morning.

他tā一边yìbiān喝hē茶chá，一边yìbiān看kàn报纸bàozhǐ。

He drinks tea while reading the newspaper.

今天jīntiān的de报纸bàozhǐ上shàng说shuō，明天míngtiān会huì下雨xiàyǔ。

Today's newspaper says it will rain tomorrow.

爷爷yéye告诉gàosu我wǒ：“明天míngtiān别bié忘wàng了le带dài雨伞yǔsǎn。”

Grandpa told me, "Don't forget to bring an umbrella tomorrow."

我wǒ谢谢xièxie爷爷yéye，说shuō他tā每天měitiān看kàn报纸bàozhǐ真zhēn好hǎo。

I thanked grandpa, and said that his reading the newspaper every day is really good.

爷爷yéye笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“看kàn报纸bàozhǐ可以kěyǐ知道zhīdào很多hěnduō事情shìqing。”

Grandpa smiled and said, "Reading the newspaper lets you know about many things."

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Key words 生词

报纸bàozhǐnewspaper

告诉gàosuto tell

忘wàngto forget

雨伞yǔsǎnumbrella

一边yìbiānwhile (doing something)

可以kěyǐcan; may

一边…，一边… — doing two things at once

一边 + V1，一边 + V2 describes two actions happening at the same time.

他一边喝茶，一边看报纸。 — He drinks tea while reading the newspaper.

别 + V + 了 — don't (do something)

别 before a verb tells someone not to do something.

别忘了带雨伞。 — Don't forget to bring an umbrella.

可以 + V — can; may

可以 expresses permission or possibility before a verb.

看报纸可以知道很多事情。 — Reading the newspaper lets you know about many things.

1. What does grandpa do every morning?

2. What does today's newspaper say?

3. What did grandpa say reading the newspaper lets you do?

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