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Chinese reading: a book for the weekend
Original Chinese study material with English explanations. Simplified Chinese with pinyin; beginner, intermediate and advanced are editorial difficulty labels.
Read for a person, a place and a plan. Try the question before revealing the English. The passage uses common everyday vocabulary; the difficulty label is editorial.
我叫林月。我住在学校旁边。
Wǒ jiào Lín Yuè. Wǒ zhù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
My name is Lin Yue. I live beside the school.
今天是星期五。下午我和朋友去图书馆。
Jīntiān shì xīngqīwǔ. Xiàwǔ wǒ hé péngyou qù túshūguǎn.
Today is Friday. In the afternoon, a friend and I go to the library.
我想借一本关于鸟的书，周末在家看。
Wǒ xiǎng jiè yì běn guānyú niǎo de shū, zhōumò zài jiā kàn.
I want to borrow a book about birds and read it at home at the weekend.
借 can mean borrow or lend depending on the construction. Here the library context supports borrow. The text gives a plan, not proof that the book was borrowed.
Try it
What does Lin Yue plan to do at the weekend?
- Read a book about birds at home
- Move next to the library
- Visit a friend’s school
Answer and explanation
Read a book about birds at home. 周末在家看 identifies both the time and the place for reading the book.