坚强一点儿Be Strong

New words

• 克服kèfú — to overcome
• 考验kǎoyàn — test, trial
• 坚强jiānqiáng — strong (in spirit)
• 坚决jiānjué — firm, determined
• 决心juéxīn — determination; to be determined
• 争取zhēngqǔ — to strive for, fight for

The story

学生：乐乐……我发烧了，三十九度。Lele... I've got a fever. Thirty-nine degrees.

乐乐：什么？今天下午就是决赛！What? The final's this afternoon!

学生：医生说，我不能去了。对不起……The doctor says I can't go. I'm sorry...

大卫：不要说对不起。你好好休息，多喝一点儿果汁。Don't say sorry. You rest up and drink plenty of juice.

学生：乐乐，今天你当队长。这是一个考验，你要坚强一点儿！Lele, you're captain today. This is a test. You've got to be strong!

乐乐：我？当队长？我从来都是第二名……Me? Captain? I always come second...

主持人：小红病了？规定是三个人。不过，两个人也可以比赛。Xiaohong's ill? The rules say three. But two can still compete.

校长：两个人对三个人，这个考验太大了。要是你们不想比，我们可以不参加。Two against three, that's too big a test. If you don't want to compete, we can pull out.

Opening the lesson…