Grandpa's Map (Part 1)

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小雨xiǎo yǔ的de爷爷yé ye家里jiā lǐ有yǒu一yī张zhāng大dà地图dì tú。Xiao Yu's grandpa had a big map at home.地图dì tú上shàng有yǒu很多hěn duō红色hóng sè的de小xiǎo星星xīng xing。The map was covered with little red stars.“爷爷yé ye,这些zhè xiē星星xīng xing是shì什么shén me?”"Grandpa, what are these stars?"

“这zhè是shì我去wǒ qù过guò的de地方dì fāng。”爷爷yé ye笑着xiào zhe说shuō。"These are the places I've been," Grandpa said with a smile.

“你nǐ去qù过guò北京běi jīng吗ma?”“去qù过guò,去qù过guò三次sān cì!”"Have you been to Beijing?" "I have — three times!"

“你nǐ爬pá过guò长城Cháng chéng吗ma?”“当然dāng rán爬pá过guò!”"Have you climbed the Great Wall?" "Of course I have!"

“你nǐ坐zuò过guò飞机fēi jī吗ma?”“坐zuò过guò很hěn多次duō cì。”"Have you flown on a plane?" "Many times."

小雨xiǎo yǔ说shuō:“爷爷yé ye,你nǐ去qù过guò的de地方dì fāng真zhēn多duō!”Xiao Yu said, "Grandpa, you've been to so many places!"

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