Busy Cabin (Part 2)

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飞机fēi jī起飞qǐ fēi后hòu,林可lín kě开始kāi shǐ分发fēn fā饮料yǐn liào。After the plane took off, Lin Ke started handing out drinks.有些yǒu xiē旅客lǚ kè要yào咖啡kā fēi,有些yǒu xiē旅客lǚ kè要yào果汁guǒ zhī。Some passengers wanted coffee, and some wanted juice.

一位yī wèi小男孩xiǎo nán hái问wèn她tā有没有yǒu méi yǒu热rè巧克力qiǎo kè lì。A little boy asked her if there was hot chocolate.林可lín kě笑xiào着zhe说shuō:“今天jīn tiān只有zhǐ yǒu牛奶niú nǎi和hé茶chá。”Lin Ke smiled and said, "Today we only have milk and tea."

小男孩xiǎo nán hái有点yǒu diǎn失望shī wàng,但dàn还是hái shi点diǎn了le牛奶niú nǎi。The boy was a little disappointed, but he still ordered milk.林可lín kě注意zhù yì到dào他tā的de安全带ān quán dài松开sōng kāi了le。Lin Ke noticed that his seatbelt had come loose.

她tā轻声qīng shēng提醒tí xǐng:“请qǐng把bǎ安全带ān quán dài系jì好hǎo。”She gently reminded him, "Please fasten your seatbelt."男孩nán hái点点头diǎn diǎn tóu,说shuō会huì小心xiǎo xīn。The boy nodded and said he would be careful.

忙máng了le一会儿yī huìr后hòu,林可lín kě终于zhōng yú能néng喝hē一yī口kǒu水shuǐ。After being busy for a while, Lin Ke finally had a sip of water.她tā知道zhī dào这zhè只是zhǐ shì忙碌máng lù的de一天yī tiān的de开始kāi shǐ。She knew this was only the beginning of a busy day.

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