Packing Up (Part 1)

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小林xiǎo lín和hé小雨xiǎo yǔ要yào搬家bān jiā了le。Xiao Lin and Xiao Yu were moving house.他们tā men把bǎ书shū从cóng书架shū jià上shàng拿ná下来xià lai,放进fàng jìn箱子xiāng zi里lǐ。They took the books down from the shelf and put them into boxes.小雨xiǎo yǔ把bǎ衣服yī fu叠dié好hǎo,放进fàng jìn行李箱xíng li xiāng。Xiao Yu folded the clothes and packed them into the suitcase.小林xiǎo lín把bǎ碗wǎn和hé杯子bēi zi用yòng纸zhǐ包bāo起来qǐ lai。Xiao Lin wrapped the bowls and cups in paper.

“别bié忘了wàng le把bǎ植物zhí wù带上dài shàng!”小雨xiǎo yǔ说shuō。"Don't forget to bring the plant!" said Xiao Yu.他们tā men把bǎ每个měi gè箱子xiāng zi都dōu写xiě上shàng名字míng zi。They labeled every box with its name.

晚上wǎn shang,他们tā men把bǎ最后zuì hòu一个yī ge箱子xiāng zi关guān好hǎo。That night, they closed up the last box.小林xiǎo lín说shuō:“明天míng tiān,我们wǒ men就jiù有yǒu新xīn家jiā了le!”Xiao Lin said, "Tomorrow, we'll have a new home!"

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