坚持！Keep Going!

New words

• 练liàn — to train, practice
• 坚持jiānchí — to keep at it
• 放弃fàngqì — to give up
• 辛苦xīnkǔ — hard, tiring
• 差不多chàbuduō — almost; about the same
• 只要zhǐyào — as long as

The story

包子：喵！喵！喵！Meow! Meow! Meow!

大卫：哎哟……包子，现在几点？五点？！Ugh... Baozi, what time is it? Five?!

大卫：哦，对，今天我要开始练跑步。谢谢你，包子！Oh, right, today I start training. Thanks, Baozi!

大卫：其实他不是叫我去练。只要他饿了，他就叫我起床。Actually, he's not waking me up to train. Whenever he's hungry, he gets me up.

大卫：好！比赛以前，我每天都练！Right! From now until the race, I'm training every day!

大卫：跑步……真辛苦啊……我跑了多远？Running... is so hard... How far have I gone?

大卫：一个路口？才一个路口？！One block? Only ONE block?!

李奶奶：大卫，这么早！你在练什么呢？David, so early! What are you training for?

Opening the lesson…