HSK 2 ≈ CEFR A2 155 characters 11 sentences

A Trip With Friends (跟朋友去旅行)

Three days, one mountain, and a sunrise that was worth getting up at four for.

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跟朋友去旅行

fàngjiǎde / dì时候shíhougēnsān朋友péngyou旅行lǚxíng
During the holiday I went travelling with three friends.
我们wǒmenzuòle / liǎo / liào小时xiǎoshíde / dìchēcáidàonà / nèizuòshān
It took five hours by coach to reach the mountain.
第一dìyītiān我们wǒmenzhùzàishānxiàde / dì一个yīgèxiǎo旅馆lǚguǎn
On the first day we stayed in a small hotel at the foot of the mountain.
旅馆lǚguǎnhěn便宜piányi房间fángjiānhěn干净gānjìng
It was cheap and the room was clean.
第二dì'èrtiān早上zǎoshangdiǎn我们wǒmenjiù起床qǐchuángle / liǎo / liào
On the second morning we got up at four.
我们wǒmenxiǎngzài山上shānshàngkàn / kān日出rìchū
We wanted to see the sunrise from the top.
上山shàngshānde / dìhěncháng / zhǎng我们wǒmen走了zǒulesān小时xiǎoshí非常fēichánglèi / léi / lěi
The path up was long; we walked three hours and were exhausted.
dào山上shānshàngde / dì时候shíhoutiān还是háishìhēide / dì
When we got to the top it was still dark.
然后ránhòu太阳tàiyáng慢慢mànmàndì / de出来chūlaile / liǎo / liào山上shānshàngde / dì风景fēngjǐngměile / liǎo / liào
Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.
zhàole / liǎo / liào很多hěnduō照片zhàopiàn可是kěshì照片zhàopiàn没有méiyǒu真的zhēnde好看hǎokàn
I took a lot of photos, but none of them was as good as the real thing.
回来huílai以后yǐhòu我们wǒmendōushuōxià还要háiyāo一起yìqǐ
On the way back we all said: next time, let's do it again.

Words to notice

旅行lǚxíng
Travel
shān
Mountain (hill - iceberg)
lèi / léi / lěi
Tired (fatigued - weary) / Cumbersome / Accumulate
风景fēngjǐng
Scenery
照片zhàopiàn
Photograph (photo - picture)
zǎo
Early (morning)
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