HSK 2 ≈ CEFR A2 128 characters 11 sentences

A Rainy Day (下雨天)

The plan was a picnic. The rain had other ideas, and the day turned out better.

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下雨天

上个星期shànggexīngqī天tiān,我们wǒmen本来běnlái要yào去qù公园gōngyuán玩wán / wàn。
Last Sunday we were supposed to go and play in the park.
早上zǎoshang天气tiānqì还hái / huán很好hěnhǎo。
The weather was still fine in the morning.
我们wǒmen准备zhǔnbèi了le / liǎo / liào很多hěnduō吃chī的de / dì东西dōngxī。
We got a lot of food ready.
可是kěshì我们wǒmen刚gāng出chū门mén,天tiān就jiù黑hēi了le / liǎo / liào。
But the moment we stepped out, the sky went dark.
忽然hūrán下xià起了qǐle大雨dàyǔ。
Suddenly it began to pour.
我们wǒmen没有méiyǒu带dài伞sǎn,只好zhǐhǎo跑pǎo回家huíjiā。
We hadn't brought an umbrella, so we had to run home.
回到huídào家jiā的de / dì时候shíhou,大家dàjiā的de / dì衣服yīfu都dōu湿shī了le / liǎo / liào。
By the time we got back everyone's clothes were soaked.
弟弟dìdi很hěn不bù高兴gāoxìng,因为yīnwèi他tā很想hěnxiǎng去qù公园gōngyuán。
My little brother was upset, because he'd really wanted to go.
妈妈māma说shuō:“在家zàijiā也yě可以kěyǐ玩wán / wàn。”
Mum said, "You can have fun at home too."
我们wǒmen就jiù在zài客kè厅tīng里lǐ吃chī东西dōngxī、看kàn / kān电影diànyǐng、玩wán / wàn游戏yóuxì。
So we ate in the living room, watched a film and played games.
最后zuìhòu弟弟dìdi说shuō:“今天jīntiān比bǐ去qù公园gōngyuán还hái / huán好hǎo / hào玩wán / wàn。”
In the end my brother said, "Today was even more fun than the park."

Words to notice

Rains (rainy)
Umbrella (parasol - sunshade)
Play (have a good time - enjoy - visit) / Antiques
Suddenly
Together (same place)
Good (well) / Like
Play (have a good time - enjoy - visit) / Antiques
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