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你小时候想过以后干什么吗？
有一天，我问儿子：“你长大后想当什么？”
儿子回答说：“爸爸，我长大后要当北极探险家。”
我很高兴：“好极了！”
儿子又说：“我想马上开始训练。”
我觉得很奇怪：“怎么训练？”
儿子回答：“北极非常冷，我每天吃一桶冰激凌，就能适应那儿的温度了。”
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: | the Arctic Pole |
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: | explorer |
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: | train |
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: | a bucket/pail of |
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: | ice-cream |
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: | temperature |
语言点 Language Points
当
work as
“当” is a verb that means “act as”， “work as”. It is followed by a noun of profession or post.
你长大后想当什么？
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Example:
(1) 当了班长以后，他更忙了。
(2) 我现在学习汉语，回国后想当汉语老师。
极了
extremely
“极了”in the structure of “adj.+极了” means “a great degree ”.
好极了！
Wonderful!
Example:
(1) 冰激凌好吃极了。
(2) 那儿的天气冷极了！我很不喜欢。
适应
accustom to
“适应” is a verb that means “adapt to (a condition or a need)” .
北极非常冷，我每天吃一桶冰激凌，就能适应那儿的温度了。
The North Pole is very cold. If I could eat one bucke of ice-cream every day, I would be able to adapt to the weather there.
Example:
(1) 刚来中国的时候，我不适应这儿的天气，所以感冒了。
(2) 口语老师说话很快，同学们不太适应。
source:《中文天天读 – 奇妙的中文2A》
Foreign Language Teaching And Research Press
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你小时候想过以后干什么吗？
When you were small, did you ever think about what
you intend to do?
有一天，我问儿子：“你长大后想当什么？”
One day, I ask my son: “when you grow up, do
you think about what you intend to become?”
儿子回答说：“爸爸，我长大后要当北极探险家。”
My son answered: “Dad, When I grow up, I intend to become
an explorer in the North Pole”.
我很高兴：“好极了！”
I feel happy: “That’s wonderful”
儿子又说：“我想马上开始训练。”
My son said: “I’m thinking about training right away.”
我觉得很奇怪：“怎么训练？
I feel very strange: “how to train?”
儿子回答：“北极非常冷，我每天吃一桶冰激凌，就能适应那儿的温度了。”
My son replied: “It is very cold in the North Pole. If I can eat a bucket
of ice cream, then I should be able to adapt myself to the temperature
there.”
Oops! I forgot to write “everyday” at the end of the the sentence
“If I can eat a bucket of ice cream”.
So the sentence should read: “If I can eat a bucket of ice cream everyday”
Hi Cheng ΒoonKuan,
Thanks for your translation.
(In) the future your child thought about doing what?
One day, I ask (my) son: “What do you want to be (when you) grow up?”
(My) son replied: “Dad, I want to be an Arctic explorer when I grow up.”
I was very pleased: “Great!”
(My) son (then) said: “I want to start training immediately.”
I was very surprised: “How (does one) train?”
(My) son replied: “The Arctic is very cold, I (shall) eat a bucket of ice cream every day, where(upon) I will be (able to) adopt to the temperature”.
Hi arthur chen,
For you first sentence, it is not very correct.
你小时候想过以后干什么吗？ – (In) the future your child thought about doing what?
It should be:
When you were small, did you ever think about what you want to do/be in future?
你好敏敏这是我的翻译
When you were still young, did you know what want to be later?
One day, I asked my child, “When you grow up what do you want to be?”.
My child replied, “Papa I want to become a North Pole explorer”
I said “That’s great!”
My child continued “I will start immediately to train myself”
How odd I thought tis very strange: “How will you prepare yourself?”
My child said:” The North Pole is very cold, I will eat a bucket ice-cream each day,
so I get used to the temperature there.”
陆蓝克
谢谢，陆蓝克。