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大理的小咖啡馆
The Little Café in Dali
Lin An arrives alone in Dali Old Town with one suitcase and a plan to sell, opens her late grandmother's tiny cafe for the first time, and the next morning finds a…
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忙碌的蚂蚁
Busy ants
Hello, I am the fourth one in the line. Can you see me?
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我可以制作物品！
I Can Make Things!
I am a big boy now. I can draw and I can make things.
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大理的小咖啡馆
The Little Café in Dali
Lin An arrives alone in Dali Old Town with one suitcase and a plan to sell, opens her late grandmother's tiny cafe for the first time, and the next morning finds a…
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Busy ants
Hello, I am the fourth one in the line. Can you see me?
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I Can Make Things!
I am a big boy now. I can draw and I can make things.
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彩虹的七种颜色
7 Colours of a Rainbow
What are the 7 colours of a rainbow?
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我想要那个！
I Want That One!
It was a holiday for Amma. She was reading a book. Anil had a holiday too. He wanted to do.... SOMETHING! “Amma, I want to see what is in that blue box!” said Anil.…
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野猫！野猫！
Wild Cat! Wild Cat!
Some wild cats have stripes. Like the tiger !
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找工作
Finding a job
Alisha needs to find a job because her family needs money for food and clothes.
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马利克的故事
Malik’s story
My name is Malik and I am 39 years old. I was born in Afghanistan. My religion is different from the main religion in Afghanistan.
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阿戈斯蒂诺的故事
Agostino’s story
My name is Agostino and I am 51 years old. My job is delivering food by bicycle. I have two daughters, but we hardly ever speak. Their mother and I no longer live…
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生孩子
Giving birth
Selamawit is 29 years old. She gave birth to her first child in Eritrea. She and her family had a hard time there, so they decided to go to Italy.
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买药
Getting medicine
Tom has a toothache. His tooth hurts very much.
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食物
Food
He is eating pizza. It is tasty.
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我的家庭
My family
This is my family.
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我会做很多事
I can do many things
I can cook.
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买衣服
Buying clothes
Ali’s shirt is old. He needs a new one.
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你在做什么？
What are they doing?
I am talking.
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天气
The weather
It is sunny.
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你喜欢哪种音乐？
What sort of music do you like?
Tulima loves music. She listens to it every day.
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聊家人
Talking about family
Do you have any family?
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聊天气
Talking about the weather
“The days are starting to get cold. What is the temperature?”
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为了正确的原因而突出
Standing out for the right reason
Edson was born in Angola, just after the country became independent. He was a very tall boy. Because of his height he stood out. The people who were giving weapons to…
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清晨的鸟声
The sound of birds in the morning
Yulia, her husband, and their little daughter lived in a small, quiet village in Ukraine. Yulia loved being woken every morning by the sound of birds. She never…
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初到挪威
Coming to Norway
My two brothers and I came to Norway in December 2016. We wore summer clothes because we thought it would be as warm in Norway as it was in Somalia. However, when we…
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找个老男人做丈夫
An old man as a husband
I thought Norwegian men were the best men in the world, but that is not true! Before I met the man who became my husband, I worked in a factory in Bangkok, and he…
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一粒小种子：旺加里·马塔伊的故事
A Tiny Seed: The Story of Wangari Maathai
In a village on the slopes of Mount Kenya in East Africa, a little girl worked in the fields with her mother. Her name was Wangari.
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决定
Decision
My village had many problems. We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.
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卖香蕉的汤姆
Tom the banana seller
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
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和奶奶一起过暑假
Holidays with grandmother
Odongo and Apiyo lived in the city with their father. They looked forward to the holidays. Not just because school was closed, but because they went to visit their…
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和植物聊天的卡莱
Khalai talks to plants
This is Khalai. She is seven years old. Her name means ‘the good one’ in her language, Lubukusu.
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玛格威
Magozwe
In the busy city of Nairobi, far away from a caring life at home, lived a group of homeless boys. They welcomed each day just as it came. On one morning, the boys…
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离家进城的那一天
The day I left home for the city
The small bus stop in my village was busy with people and overloaded buses. On the ground were even more things to load. Touts were shouting the names where their…
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萨可满的歌声
Sakima’s song
Sakima lived with his parents and his four year old sister. They lived on a rich man’s land. Their grass-thatched hut was at the end of a row of trees.
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驴孩子
Donkey Child
It was a little girl who first saw the mysterious shape in the distance.
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