小心，汤圆！Careful, Tangyuan!

New words

• 预防yùfáng — to prevent
• 防止fángzhǐ — to prevent, guard against
• 救jiù — to save, rescue (救命 = help!)
• 断duàn — to break (off), snap
• 压yā — to press, squash
• 线xiàn — thread, line, cable

The story

小雨：汤圆现在爬得太快了！桌子下面、厨房里，哪儿都去。Tangyuan crawls so fast now! Under the table, into the kitchen: she goes everywhere.

大卫：刚才她爬到电视后面，去拿电线！Just now she crawled behind the TV and went for the cables!

小雨：我们要全面预防危险。We need to prevent accidents across the board.

马爷爷：预防最重要！我当了四十年工程师，我来帮你们。Prevention is everything! I was an engineer for forty years. Let me help you.

马爷爷：先观察她的路线：沙发、桌子、厨房、电线。First, let's observe her route: sofa, table, kitchen, cables.

大卫：马爷爷，您连汤圆的路线都研究了？Grandpa Ma, you've even studied Tangyuan's route?

马爷爷：当然！工程师做事以前，要先研究这个地区的气候。汤圆也一样！Of course! Before an engineer starts any job, he studies the local climate. Tangyuan's no different!

马爷爷：第一，把电线放高，防止她拿到。One: put the cables up high, so she can't get at them.

Opening the lesson…