A New Morning

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第二天dì èr tiān早上zǎo shang小郭xiǎo guō起得qǐ de很早hěn zǎoThe next morning, Xiao Guo wakes up early.做了zuò le早饭zǎo fànyǒu鸡蛋jī dàn牛奶niú nǎiHe makes breakfast — eggs and milk.天气tiān qì很好hěn hǎo太阳tài yánggāng出来chū láiThe weather is nice; the sun is just rising.想着xiǎng zhe今天jīn tiān一定yí dìnghuì顺利shùn lì。”He thinks, “Today will go smoothly.”

走到zǒu dào地铁站dì tiě zhànshí看到kàn dào一个yí gè老人lǎo rén摔倒了shuāi dǎo leWhen he walks to the subway station, he sees an old man fall down.很多人hěn duō rén看着kàn zhedàn没人méi rén过去guò qùMany people look, but no one goes over.小郭xiǎo guō马上mǎ shàng跑过去pǎo guò qùbāng老人lǎo rén站起来zhàn qǐ láiXiao Guo quickly runs over and helps the old man stand up.老人lǎo rén笑着xiào zheshuō谢谢你xiè xie nǐ小伙子xiǎo huǒ zi。”The old man smiles and says, “Thank you, young man.”小郭xiǎo guō笑了xiào le心里xīn lǐ觉得jué de今天jīn tiān真不错zhēn bú cuòXiao Guo smiles too and feels that today is truly a good day.

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