王老师的生日Teacher Wang's Birthday

New words

• 感动gǎndòng — moved, touched
• 了不起liǎobuqǐ — amazing
• 教育jiàoyù — education; to educate
• 帮助bāngzhù — help; to help
• 本来běnlái — originally, at first
• 佩服pèifu — to admire

The story

小雨：今天是王老师的生日。她不知道我们在准备聚会！It's Teacher Wang's birthday today. She has no idea we're getting a party ready!

大卫：她本来以为今天只是上课。She thinks today is just a normal class.

安娜：我本来买了十个包子……现在有九个。I bought ten buns... now there are nine.

马克：我准备了一些话。本来有两百页，我都背了……I've prepared a few words. Originally it was two hundred pages, and I learned it all by heart...

大卫：马克，我很佩服你。可是你只能说两分钟！Mark, I really admire you. But you only get two minutes!

马克：大卫，你太凶了！David, you're so harsh!

乐乐：你们看！我用包子做了一个“十八”！了不起吧？Look! I made an "18" out of buns! Pretty amazing, right?

大卫：十八？为什么是十八？Eighteen? Why eighteen?

Opening the lesson…