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Good Boy

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Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy."

How you made your grandmother glad ?

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how you made your grandmother glad ?

A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. "Now, children," said she , "has anyone of you ever make someone else glad?"

"Please, teacher,"said a small boy,"I've make someone glad yesterday."

"Well done. Who was that?"

"My granny."

"Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad."

"Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her three hours. Then I said to her, 'Granny, I'm going home,' and she said, 'Well, I'm glad'!"

Main Entrance

　　A shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand new business much like his own opened up next door and erected a huge sign which read 'BEST DEALS.'

　　He was horrified when another competitor opened up on his right, and announced its arrival with an even larger sign, reading 'LOWEST PRICES.'

　　The shopkeeper panicked, until he got an idea. He put the biggest sign of all over his own shop. It read 'MAIN ENTRANCE'.

Your purse or your life ?

At a court the judge is interrogating a mugg but gets into difficulty because the mugg is a foreigner who doesn't speak English. "Don't you speak English at all?" the judge asks. "Only a few words," replies the mugger.

　　"What words do you know?"

　　"Your purse or your life!"

The Looney Bin --- joke

2009-09-14T01:32:00.000-07:00

The Looney Bin

　　Late one night at the insane asylum one inmate shouted, "I am Napoleon!”Another one said, "How do you know?"

　　The first inmate said, "God told me!"

　　Just then, a voice from another room shouted, "I did not!"

The Swimmer

　　The teacher told the class the story of a man who swam a river three times before breakfast.

　　Johnny laughed.

　　"Do you doubt that a good swimmer could do that?" asked the teacher.

　　"No, sir," answered Johnny, "but I wonder why he did not swim it four times and get back to the side where his clothes were."　

Rich driver?

　　Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi.

　　One of the ladies said,“Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing.”

　　“Yes,”said the other lady,“and the drivers get such big tips that they soon become rich. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.”

　　One of the ladies was smoking a cigarette. After a minute or two she said to the other lady,“Can you see an ashtray in this taxi? There isn’t one on my side.”

　　“No,”said the other,“there isn’t one on this side either. Driver! Where is the ashtray in this taxi? Why haven’t you got one?”

　　The driver, who had heard everything the ladies had said, answered,“Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet--I have a servant who comes in and cleans three days in the week!

High and Low Voice

2009-09-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

What's DC stand for?

An American teacher asked one of her pupils, "What's the nation's capital?"

　　The reply was "Washington DC"

　　On being asked what the "DC"

stood for, the pupils all answered：

　　"Dot com!"

High and Low Voice

　　“Can you explain to me what the difference is

between a high-pitched and low-pitched voice?”

　　“A high-pitched voice is

when my father scolds me；a low-pitched voice is when my father speaks with his

boss.”

Umbrella

A gentleman staying in a hotel left his umbrella in the hall, but he had
　　put on the handle a card on which was written: "This umbrella belongs
　　to a gentleman who can lift up a hundred pounds. I shall be back in ten
　　minutes." When he came back, he found, instead of his umbrella, another
　　card on which was written,"This card belongs to a man who can run ten
　　miles an hour. I shall not come back."

The future of women's clothing ?

2009-09-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

09 09 09 Lucky numbers

2009-09-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Couples across New York are taking advantage of Wednesday's once-in-a-lifetime date - 09/09/09 - to tie the knot.
When Justin Allsopp, a 29-year-old child advocate, proposed to Barbara Fitzgerald, she already had the date in mind.
"Nine is my lucky number," Fitzgerald, 28, an attorney, explained.
The two also discovered that the Irish say the luckiest day to get married is Wednesday.
"I did some research and saw that there were two or three days that every culture agrees on as lucky days," said Fitzgerald, who will wed in Sandy Hook, N.J., near her and Allsopp's hometown.
"Nine, nine, nine is just lucky all around!"
The quirk of the calendar, which won't roll around again until September 2109, is considered especially auspicious for Chinese brides because the Mandarin word for "nine" sounds like the word for "long-lasting."
As one bride-to-be, Silin Trenh, 28, explained, "We picked [the date] because the Chinese meaning of the number nine is longevity."
Trenh, an office manager, and her fiancé, Thanh Von, a 31-year-old lab tech, who both split their time between Manhattan and Boston and are both Chinese-American, are planning a small ceremony at City Hall with their close friends and family, followed by a celebration at City Hall Restaurant.
The luck of nine isn't just in the sound of the word.
Nicole Lin and Joe Hill, 40, who both work with antiquities, explained that nine, because it is the highest single digit number, is associated with the Emperor of China and so will add an extra touch of class to their wedding day.
"We struck upon the date of 09-09-09 a little late in the game," said Hill, of Brooklyn, admitting the couple only picked the day about five months ago.
Thankfully, the last-minute wedding will work out.
The two chose to incorporate Lin's heritage - with an updated twist.
Though traditionally, the bride serves the groom's parents, Hill and Lin, who lives in Queens, agreed to serve each other's parents as a sign of unity. "We're serving tea to our elders," Hill said. Just to add an extra twist to the festivities at their Riverside Church wedding, the bride, who is in her 30s, will walk down the aisle in an antique Edwardian wedding gown sewn in 1909.

Who is happier

2009-09-10T07:47:00.001-07:00

Tall people lead happier lives than their more vertically challenged peers, according to a new study which found that most miserable men are almost an inch shorter than average.
Researchers found that shorter people tended to be more dissatisfied with their lot in life.
The study interviewed more than 450,000 adults about how they viewed their life.
The volunteers were asked to place themselves somewhere on a “life ladder” and asked about their emotions.
According to the findings, people who were taller were also more likely to be positive about their life and were more likely to judge themselves as happy.
They were also less likely to feel a range of negative emotions, including sadness and physical pain, although they were more likely to experience stress and anger, and if they were women, to worry.
Men who reported that their lives were the "worst possible" were in general more than eight tenths of an inch, or two centimetres, shorter than the average height.
Women who viewed themselves as "on the bottom step" on the life ladder were shorter than the average woman by half an inch, or 1.3 centimetres.
There was also a link between height and education, the findings, published in the journal Economics and Human Biology, found.
Men who did not finish secondary school were found to be half an inch, or 1.27 centimetres, shorter than average and more than an inch, or 2.54 centimetres, shorter than the average height of those who had gone on to graduate from university.
However, there was no such clear link when it came to women, with just small differences in height.
The authors of the report, from Princeton University in New Jersey, conclude that the link between education, income and height mostly explained the link with happiness and life satisfaction.
The data was taken from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index daily poll of the American population.

The red car is new

2009-09-10T07:37:00.000-07:00

English : The red car is new.

Italian : L'automobile rossa è nuova.

German : Das rote Auto ist neu.

Chinese : 那辆红色的车是新的。

English : The blue car is new.

Italian : L'automobile blu è nuova.

German : Das blaue Auto ist neu.

Chinese : 那辆蓝色的车是新的。

English : The pink car is old.

Italian : L'automobile rosa è vecchia.

German : Das rosa Auto ist alt.

Chinese : 那辆粉色的车是旧的。

English : The yellow car is old.

Italian : L'automobile gialla è vecchia.

German : Das gelbe Auto ist alt.

Chinese : 那辆黄色的车是旧的。

The cat is black

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English : The car is black.

Italian : L'automobile è nera

German : Das Auto ist shcwarz.

Chinese: 那辆车是黑色的。

English : The cat is black.

Italian : Il gatto è nero.

German : Die Katze ist schwarz.

Chinese: 那只猫是黑色的。

English : The car is yellow.

Italian : L'automobile è gialla.

German : Das Auto ist gelb.
Chinese : 那辆车是黄色的。

English : The car is blue.

Italian : L'automobile è blu.

German : Das Auto ist blau.

Chinese : 那辆车是蓝色的。

The car is blue

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English : The car is blue.

Italian : L'automobile è blu.

German : Das Auto ist blau.

Chinese : 那辆车是蓝色的。

English : The car is white.

Italian : L'automobile è bianca.

German : Das Auto ist weiß.

Chinese : 那辆车是白色的。

English : The car is yellow.

Italian : L'automobile è gialla.

German : Das Auto ist gelb.

Chinese : 那辆车是黄色的。

English : The car is red.

Italian : L'automobile è rossa.

German : Das Auto ist rot.

Chinese : 那辆车是红色的。

The car is yellow

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English : The car is yellow.

Italian: L'automobile è gialla.

German : Das Auto ist gelb.

Chinese : 那辆车是黄色的。

English : The car is white.

Italian : L'automobile è bianca.

German : Das Auto ist weiß.

Chinese : 那辆车是白色的。

English : The aeroplane is yellow.

Italian : L'aereo è giallo.

German : Das Flugzeug ist gelb.

Chinese : 那架飞机是黄色的。

English : The aeroplane is white.

Italian: L'aereo è bianco.

German : Das Flugzeug ist weiß.

Chinese : 那架飞机是白色的。

The bird is red

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English : The bird is red.

Italian : L'uccello è rosso.

German : Der Vogel ist rot.

Chinese : 那只鸟是红色的。

English : The car is red.

Italian : L'automobile è rossa.

German : Das Auto ist rot.

Chinese : 那辆车是红色的。

English : The car is white.

Italian : L'automobile è bianca.

German : Das Auto ist weiß.

Chinese : 那辆车是白色的。

English : The fish is white.

Italian : Il pesce è bianco.

German : Der Fisch ist weiß.

Chinese : 那条鱼是白色的。

Cartoon pictures

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fish - bird - swim 020

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English : The bird is swimming.

Itlaian : L'uccello sta nuotando.

German : Der Vogel schwimmt.

Chinese : 那只鸟在游。

English : The bull is running.

Italian : Il toro sta correndo.

German : Der Stier rennt.
Chinese : 那头牛在跑。

English : The bird is flying.

Italian : L'uccello sta volando.

German : Der Vogel fliegt.

Chinese: 那只鸟在飞。

English : The fish is swimming.

Italian : Il pesce sta nuotando.

German : Der Fisch schwimmt.

Chinese : 那只鱼在游。

swim - fall - jump 019

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English : The boy is swimming.

Itlaian : Il bambino sta nuotando.

German : Der Junge schwimmt.

Chinese : 那个男孩儿在游泳。

English : The boy is falling.

Italian : Il bambino sta cadendo.

German : Der Junge fällt.

Chinese : 那个男孩儿正摔下来。

English : The man is falling.

Italian : L'uomo sta cadendo.

German : Der Mann fällt.

Chinese : 那个男人正摔下来。

English : The woman is swimming.

Italian : La donna sta nuotando.

German : Die Frau schwimmt.

Chinese : 那个女人在游泳。

fall - fly - jump 018

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English : The man is falling.

Italian : L'uomo sta cadendo.

German : Der Mann fällt.

Chinese : 那个男人正摔下来。

English : The man is jumping.

Italian : L'uomo sta saltando.

German : Der Mann springt.

Chinese : 那个男人在跳。

English : The man is running.

Italian : L'uomo sta correndo.

German : Der Mann läuft.

Chinese : 那个男人在跑。

English : The airplane is flying.
Italian : L'aereo sta volando.

German : Das Flugzeug fliegt.

Chinese : 那架飞机在飞。

girls - fall - after 017

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English : The girls are running after the boy.

Italian : Le bambine stanno correndo dietro il bambino.

German : Die Mädchen laufen dem Jungen hinterher.

Chinese：那两个女孩儿在追那个男孩儿。

English : The boy is falling.

Italian : Il bambino sta cadendo.

German : Der Junge fällt.

Chinese : 那个男孩儿正摔下来。

English : The man is falling.

Italian : L'uomo sta cadendo.

German : Der Mann fällt.

Chinese : 那个男人正摔下来。

English : The man is running after the boy.

Italian : L'uomo sta correndo dietro il bambino.

German : Der Man läuft dem Jungen hinterher.

Chinese : 那个男人在追那个男孩儿。

read - dance - jump 016

2009-09-08T21:29:00.000-07:00

English : The woman is jumping.

Italian : La donna sta saltando.

German : Die Frau springt.

Chinese : 那个女人在跳。

English : The man is dancing.

Italian : L'uomo sta ballando.

German : Der Mann tanzt.

Chinese : 那个男人在跳舞。

English : The woman is reading.

Italian : La donna sta leggendo.

German : Die Frau liest.

Chinese : 那个女人在读书。

English : The man is reading.

Italian : L'uomo sta leggendo.

German : Der Mann liest.

Chinese : 那个男人在读书。

My photographs of Florence Church

2009-09-05T07:42:00.000-07:00

Florence Church

dance - walk - run 015

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English : The woman is dancing.

Italian : La donna sta ballando.

German : Die Frau tanzt.

Chinese : 那个女人在跳舞。

English : The woman is walking.

Italian : La donna sta camminando.

German : Die Frau geht.

Chinese : 那个女人在走。

English : The man and the woman are dancing.

Italian : L'uomo e la donna stanno ballando.

German : Der Mann und Die Frau tanzen.

Chinese : 一个男人和一个女人在跳舞。

English : The man and the woman are walking.

Italian : L'uomo e la donna stanno camminando.

German : Der Mann und Die Frau gehen.

Chinese : 一个男人和一个女人在走。

walk - run - jump 014

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English : The boy is walking.
Italian : Il bambino sta camminando.
German : Der Junge geht.
Chinese : 那个男孩儿在走。

English : The boy is jumping.
Italian : Il bambino sta saltando.
German : Der Junge springt.
Chinese : 那个男孩儿在跳。

English : The girls are running.
Italian : Le bambine stanno correndo.
German : Die Mädchen laufen.
Chinese :那两个女孩儿在跑。

English : The girls are walking.
Italian : Le bambine stanno camminando.
German : Die Mädchen gehen.
Chinese : 那两个女孩儿在走。

jump - run - girls 013

2009-09-05T06:54:00.000-07:00

English : The girls are jumping.

Italian : Le bambine stanno slatando.

German : Die Mädchen springen.

Chinese : 那两个女孩儿在跳.

English : The girls are running.

Italian : Le bambine stanno correndo.

German : Die Mädchen laufen.

Chinese : 那两个女孩儿在跑。

English : The woman is jumping.

Italian : La donna sta saltando.

German : Die Frau springt.

Chinese : 那个女人在跳。

English : The woman is running.

Italian : La donna sta correndo.

German : Die Frau läuft.

Chinese : 那个女人在跑。

woman - boy - horse 012

2009-09-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

English : The horse is running.

Italian : Il cavallo sta correndo.

German : Das Pferd rennt.
Chinese : 那匹马在跑。

English : The girl is running.

Italian : La bambina sta correndo.

German : Das Mädchen läuft.

Chinese : 那个女孩儿在跑。

English : The woman is running.

Italian : La donna sta correndo.

German : Die Frau läuft.

Chinese : 那个女人在跑。

English : The boy is running.

Italian : Il bambino sta correndo.

German : Der Junge läuft.

Chinese : 那个男孩儿在跑。

jump - boy - horse 011

2009-09-05T06:01:00.000-07:00

English : The dog is jumping.

Italian : Il cane sta saltando.

German : Der Hund springt.

Chinese : 那只狗在跳。

English : The girl is jumping.

Italian : La ragazza sta saltando.

German : Das Mädchen springt.

Chinese : 那个女孩儿在跳。

English : The horse is jumping.

Italian : Il cavallo sta saltando.

German : Das Pferd springt.

Chinese : 那匹马在跳。

English : The boy is jumping.

Italian : Il ragazzo sta saltando.

German : Der Junge springt.

Chinese : 那个男孩儿在跳。

very cute

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very cute

cute animals

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catch me, if you can

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catch me , if you can

photo

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dog - and - boy 010

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English : a boy in an airplane

Italian : un bambino in un aereo

German : ein Junge in einem Flugzeug

Chinese : 在飞机里的一个男孩儿

English : a boy under an airplane

Italian : un bambino sotto un aereo

German : ein Junge unter einem Flugzeug

Chinese : 在飞机下面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy on an airplane

Italian : un bambino su un aereo

German : ein Junge auf einem Flugzeug

Chinese : 在飞机上面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy and a dog

Italian : un bambino e un cane

German : ein Junge und ein Hund

Chinese : 一个男孩儿和一只狗

car - in - woman 009

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English : a boy and a girl in a boat

Italian : un bambino e una bambina in una barca

German : ein Junge und ein Mädchen in einem Boot

Chinese : 在船上的一个男孩儿和一个女孩儿

English : a boy in a car

Italian : un bambino in un'automobile

German : ein Junge in einem Auto

Chinese : 在汽车里的一个男孩儿

English : a woman in a car

Italian : una donna in un'automobile

German : eine Frau in einem Auto

Chinese : 在汽车里的一个女人

English : a girl in a car

Italian : una bambina in un'automobile

German : ein Mädchen in einem Auto

Chinese : 在汽车里的一个女孩儿

table - under - airplane 008

2009-09-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

English : a boy under a table

Italian : un ragazzo sotto un tavolo

German : ein Junge unter einem Tisch

Chinese : 在桌子下面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy on a table

Italian : un ragazzo su un tavolo

German : ein Junge auf einem Tisch

Chinese :在桌子上面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy under an airplane

Italian : un bambino sotto un aereo

German : ein Junge unter einem Flugzeug

Chinese : 在飞机下面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy on an airplane

Italian : un bambino su un aereo

German : ein Junge auf einem Flugzeug

Chinese : 在飞机上面的一个男孩儿

airplane - under - boy 007

2009-09-04T08:04:00.000-07:00

English : a boy and a dog

Italian : un bambino e un cane

German : ein Junge und ein Hund

Chinese :一个男孩儿和一只狗

English : a boy under a table

Italian : un ragazzo sotto un tavolo

German : ein Junge unter einem Tisch

Chinese : 在桌子下面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy under a ball

Italian : un bambino sotto una palla

German : ein Junge unter einem Ball
Chinese : 在球下面的一个男孩儿

English : a boy under an airplane

Italian : un bambino sotto un aereo

German : ein Junge unter einem Flugzeug
Chinese : 在飞机下面的一个男孩儿

boy - on - horse 006

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English : a boy on a horse

Italian : un bambino su un cavallo

German : ein Junge auf einem Pferd

Chinese : 一个骑在马上的男孩儿

English : a ball on a boy

Italian : una palla su un bambino

German : ein Ball auf einem Jungen

Chinese : 男孩儿身上的一个球

English : a man on a horse

Italian : un uomo su un cavallo

German : ein Mann auf einem Pferd

Chinese : 一个骑在马上的男人

English : a girl on a horse

Italian : una ragazza su un cavallo

German : ein Mädchen auf einem Pferd

Chinese : 一个骑在马上的女孩儿

Butterfly Kisses

2009-09-03T11:19:00.001-07:00

Butterfly Kisses

My newlywed husband said the same thing every morning. "You're beautiful today."
　　One glance in the mirror revealed that it was far from the truth.
　　A skinny girl with mashed hair on one side of her head and no makeup smiled back at me. I could feel my sticky morning breath.
　　“Liar,” I shot back with a grin.
　　It was my usual response. My mother's first husband was not a kind man and his verbal and physical abuse forced her and her two children to find a safe place. He showed up on her doorstep one day with roses. She let him in and he beat her with those roses and took advantage of her. Nine months later she gave birth to a 9 lb. 13 oz. baby girl -- me.
　　The harsh words we heard growing up took root. I had trouble seeing myself as someone of value. I had been married two years when I surprised myself. My husband wrapped his arms around me and told me I was beautiful.
　　“Thank you,” I said.
　　The same thin girl with the mousy3 brown hair still stared back at me in the mirror, but somehow the words had finally blossomed in my heart.
　　A lot of years have passed. My husband has grey in his hair. I'm no longer skinny. Last week I woke up and my husband's face was inches from mine.
　　“What are you doing?” I asked.
　　I covered my mouth, trying to hide my morning breath. He reached down and kissed my face.
　　“What I do every morning,” he said.
　　He leaves in the early hours of the morning while I sleep. I miss our morning conversations, but I had not realized that he continued to tell me that he loved me even while I slept. When he left, I rolled over and hugged my pillow. I envisioned4 the picture of me lightly snoring5 with my mouth open and giggled.
　　What a man! My husband understands my past. He's been beside me as I've grown from an unsure young girl to a confident woman, mother, speaker and author.
　　But I'm not sure that he understands the part he played in that transition6. The words I heard growing up pierced7 my soul, yet his words pierced even deeper.
　　This Anniversary Day I plan to wake early. I want to tell Richard how much I love him. He may look in the mirror and see an extra pound or two, or wish for the day when his hair was dark and curly8, but all I'll see is the man who saw something in me when I couldn't see it myself, and who leaves butterfly kisses, even after twenty-three years of marriage.

a Bird

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A Bird WHAT'S THE NAME?

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Photography

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Photography

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Morning dew

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Morning dew

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and -- e 005

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English : a girl and a dog

Italian : una bambina e un cane

Chinese : 一个女孩儿和一只狗

English : a girl and a horse

Italian : una ragazza e un cavallo

Chinese : 一个女孩儿和一匹马

English : a boy and an airplane

Italian : un bambino e un aereo

Chinese : 一个男孩儿和一架飞机

English : a boy and a dog

Italian : un bambino e un cane

Chinese : 一个男孩儿和一只狗

and - e 004

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English : a man and a boy

Italian : un uomo e un bambino

Chinese : 一个男人和一个男孩儿

English : a man and a womam

Italian : un uomo e una donna

Chinese : 一个男人和一个女人

English : a girl and a woman

Italian : una bambina e una donna

Chinese : 一个女孩儿和一个女人

English : a cat and a car

Italian : un gatto e un'automobile

Chinese : 一只猫和一辆汽车

elephant - ball - horse 003

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Italian : un elefante

English : an elephant

Chinese : 一头象

Italian : un aereo

English : an airplane

Chinese : 一架飞机

Italian : un cavallo

English : a horse

Chinese : 一匹马

Italian : una palla

English : a ball

Chinese : 一个球

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Italian : un aereo

English : an airplane

Chinese : 一架飞机

Italian: un'automobile

English: a car

Chinese: 一辆汽车

Italian : una donna

English : a woman

Chinese : 一个女人

Italian : un uomo

English : a man

Chinese : 一个男人

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Italian : un gatto
English : a cat
Chinese : 一只猫

Italian : un cane

English : a dog

Chinese : 一只狗

Italian : un bambino
English : a boy
Chinese : 一个男孩儿

Italian : una bambina

English : a girl
Chinese : 一个女孩儿