Learning Chinese from cartoons-借不到玉米种子的狗熊

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I am Ace, a teacher who teaches Chinese professionally. Today we are going to look at a Chinese fairy tale short story. Can you see what this short story tells us?

There are many different ways tolearn Chineseand for different purposes. Many peoplelearn Chineseto better understandChinese culture; some are interested in it. In my six years of teaching experience, no matter your purpose in learning Chinese, the fastest progress must be to speak it and speak it correctly. You can start by watching classic Chinese cartoons or starting with the most basic fairy tales.

《借不到玉米种子的狗熊》,The Bear Who Couldn't Borrow Corn Seed, did you understand this story?

有一只狗熊很喜欢吃玉米,把家中的玉米种子也吃了。

狗熊见大家都在播种玉米了,自己却连一粒种子也没有,急得像热锅上的蚂蚁——团团转。

狗熊又没有钱买玉米种子,只好拿着空袋子去邻居家借。

狗熊去了猩猩家,猩猩说留的玉米种子刚够自己用,没有多余的了。

狗熊又去了别的邻居家,他们也都没有多余的种子借给他

狗熊遇见了金丝猴,叹了一口气,埋怨地说:“邻居们都说没有多余的玉米种子,实际上是不肯借我。如今大家不再相互关心、相互帮助了。”

金丝猴说:“那你有没有好好想想,他们到底为什么不愿意借呢?”

狗熊气呼呼地说:“他们都是小气鬼,怕我不还他们吧。”

金丝猴说:“不要埋怨邻居,要怪就怪你自己。这几年,你老是把玉米种子吃掉,播种的时候就四处去借。你向所有的邻居都借过,借的时候总说要还人家,你还了没有? 你三年前向我借的玉米种子也没有还呢!”

狗熊说:“我不是故意不还,是忘记了。”

不懂得回报的狗熊,借玉米种子以失败告终。为自己的行为不是惭愧,而是以忘记了为借口。不管狗熊是假的忘记还是真的忘记,都是不应该的。

俗话说“有借有还,再借不难”,狗熊只借不还,还有谁愿意借给狗熊呢?不遵守诺言,就会失去信誉、失去朋友。一个不懂得信守诺言的人,怎么可能会得到他人不间断的帮助呢?

  1. It is not difficult to borrow and repay. What does this mean?
  2. How many characters appear in this story?
  3. What is this story about?
  4. Which phrase do you find particularly difficult to understand?

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