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A Letter From Grandmother (奶奶的信)

In an age of instant messages, a paper letter arrives — written twice, because of one wrong character.

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奶奶的信

上个月shànggèyuè,我wǒ收到shōudào了le / liǎo / liào一yī封fēng信xìn。
Last month I received a letter.
现在xiànzài几乎jīhū没有人méiyǒu rén写信xiěxìn了le / liǎo / liào,所以suǒyǐ我wǒ很hěn吃惊chījīng。
Almost nobody writes letters now, so I was surprised.
信xìn是shì奶奶nǎinai寄jì来lái的de / dì。
It was from my grandmother.
她tā今年jīnnián八十bāshí三sān岁suì了le / liǎo / liào,眼睛yǎnjīng不bù太tài好hǎo / hào。
She's eighty-three this year and her eyes aren't good.
信xìn上shàng的de / dì字zì写xiě得很dehěn大dà,很hěn认真rènzhēn。
The characters on the page were large and carefully formed.
她tā在zài信xìn里lǐ问wèn我wǒ:吃chī得dé / děi / de好hǎo / hào不好bùhǎo?睡shuì得dé / děi / de好hǎo / hào不好bùhǎo?工作gōngzuò累lèi / léi / lěi不bù累lèi / léi / lěi?
She asked in it: was I eating well, sleeping well, was work tiring?
最后zuìhòu她tā说shuō:“不用búyòng担心dānxīn我wǒ,我wǒ很好hěnhǎo。”
At the end she wrote, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
我wǒ给gěi她tā打电话dǎdiànhuà的de / dì时候shíhou,她tā说shuō这zhè / zhèi封fēng信xìn她tā写了xiěle两次liǎngcì。
When I rang her, she said she'd written the letter twice.
第一次dìyīcì写xiě错cuò了le / liǎo / liào一个yīgè字zì,她tā觉得juéde不好bùhǎo看kàn / kān,就jiù重新chóngxīn写了xiěle一yī遍biàn。
The first time she'd got one character wrong, thought it looked untidy, and written the whole thing again.
为了wèile一个yīgè字zì,一yī位wèi八十bāshí三sān岁suì的de / dì老人lǎorén写了xiěle两liǎng遍biàn。
For the sake of one character, an eighty-three-year-old had written it out twice.
我wǒ把bǎ那nà / nèi封fēng信xìn放fàng在zài了le / liǎo / liào书shū桌zhuō上shàng,每天měitiān都dōu能néng看见kànjiàn。
I put the letter on my desk where I see it every day.
有些yǒuxiē东西dōngxī,发fā消息xiāoxi是shì给gěi不了bùliǎo的de / dì。
There are some things a message simply cannot give you.

Words to notice

Letter (information - believe - trust - evidence)
Receive
Character (symbol - letter - word)
Serious (take seriously - take to heart)
Value (treasure - cherish)
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