Cleaning the room

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星期六xīng qī liù早上zǎo shang,小王xiǎo wáng决定jué dìng打扫dǎ sǎo房间fáng jiān。On Saturday morning, Xiaowang decided to clean his room.

他tā先xiān把bǎ桌子zhuō zi上shàng的de书shū和hé本子běn zi整理zhěng lǐ好hǎo。He first organized the books and notebooks on the desk.然后rán hòu,他tā用yòng扫帚sào zhou扫sǎo地dì。Then, he used a broom to sweep the floor.扫sǎo完wán地dì以后yǐ hòu,小王xiǎo wáng又yòu用yòng拖把tuō bǎ拖tuō地dì。After sweeping the floor, Xiaowang also used a mop to mop the floor.最后zuì hòu,他tā把bǎ床chuáng铺pū得de整整齐齐zhěng zhěng qí qí。Finally, he made the bed very neat and tidy.

打扫dǎ sǎo完wán以后yǐ hòu,房间fáng jiān看起来kàn qǐ lai很hěn干净gān jìng很hěn舒服shū fu。After cleaning, the room looked very clean and comfortable.小王xiǎo wáng很hěn满意mǎn yì,因为yīn wèi他tā完成wán chéng了le一个yī ge重要zhòng yào的de任务rèn wu!Xiaowang was very satisfied because he completed an important task!

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