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Just Borrow One Book - 就借一本书

Xiaomei wants to borrow the best book in the library. But with so many wonderful choices, how will she ever pick just one?

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林小美很hěn喜欢xǐ huan看书kàn shū。今天jīn tiān她tā要yào去qù图书馆tú shū guǎn借jiè书shū。她tā想xiǎng:“我wǒ要yào借jiè一yī本běn最好zuì hǎo的de书shū!”她tā高兴gāo xìng地de出门chū mén了le。

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Lin Xiaomei loves reading. Today she is going to the library to borrow a book. She thinks: “I want to borrow the very best book!” She happily heads out the door.

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她tā走进zǒu jìn图书馆tú shū guǎn。书架shū jià上shàng有yǒu很hěn多duō书shū,有的yǒu de大dà,有的yǒu de小xiǎo,有的yǒu de写xiě动物dòng wù,有的yǒu de写xiě旅游lu:3 yóu。她tā说shuō:“真zhēn好hǎo!每měi一yī本běn我wǒ都dōu要yào看kàn一下yī xià。”

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She walks into the library. There are lots of books on the shelves: some big, some small, some about animals, some about travel. She says: “How wonderful! I want to take a look at every single one.”

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她tā拿ná起qǐ一yī本běn写xiě动物dòng wù的de书shū,看kàn了le一下yī xià,说shuō:“真zhēn有意思yǒu yì si!”她tā又yòu拿ná起qǐ一yī本běn写xiě旅游lu:3 yóu的de书shū,说shuō:“真zhēn漂亮piào liang!”她tā一yī本běn一yī本běn地de看kàn,每měi本běn都dōu很hěn好看hǎo kàn。

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She picks up a book about animals, takes a quick look and says: “How interesting!” Then she picks up a book about travel and says: “How beautiful!” She looks through them one by one, and every one of them is good.

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小美看kàn了le很hěn多duō书shū,可是kě shì她tā只zhǐ想xiǎng借jiè一yī本běn。她tā想xiǎng:“哪nǎ本běn最好zuì hǎo呢ne?”她tā又yòu看kàn了le一下yī xià那nà本běn写xiě动物dòng wù的de书shū,心里xīn li说shuō:“我wǒ最zuì喜欢xǐ huan动物dòng wù,就是jiù shì它tā了le!”

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Xiaomei has looked at lots of books, but she only wants to borrow one. She thinks: “Which one is the best?” She takes one more look at the book about animals and says to herself: “I love animals most of all. This is the one!”

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林小美走zǒu到dào借jiè书shū的de地方dì fang,放下fàng xià书shū,对duì工作人员gōng zuò rén yuán说shuō:“我wǒ要yào借jiè这zhè本běn,这zhè是shì最好zuì hǎo的de书shū!”她tā拿ná着zhe书shū走出zǒu chū了le图书馆tú shū guǎn,想xiǎng快点kuài diǎn回家huí jiā看kàn。

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Lin Xiaomei walks to the checkout desk, puts the book down and says to the librarian: “I'd like to borrow this one. It's the best book!” She walks out of the library holding the book, eager to get home and read it.