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An Anniversary Surprise (纪念日的惊喜)

Everyone forgot the anniversary — right up until she opened the door.

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纪念日的惊喜

上个星期shànggexīngqī五wǔ是shì我们的wǒmende结婚jiéhūn纪念日jìniànrì。
Last Friday was our wedding anniversary.
早上zǎoshang我wǒ给gěi妈妈māma打电话dǎdiànhuà,她tā只zhī说了shuōle几jǐ / jī句jù话huà就jiù挂guà了le / liǎo / liào。
In the morning I rang my mum; she said a couple of words and hung up.
我wǒ想xiǎng:她tā一定yīdìng忘了wàngle。
I thought: she must have forgotten.
到了dàole公司gōngsī,同事tóngshì们men也yě没有méiyǒu跟gēn我wǒ说shuō纪念日jìniànrì快乐kuàilè。
At the office, none of my colleagues said happy anniversary either.
那nà / nèi天下tiānxià午wǔ我wǒ很hěn不bù高兴gāoxìng。
I felt low all that afternoon.
下班xiàbān以后yǐhòu,我wǒ慢慢mànmàn地dì / de走zǒu回家huíjiā。
After work I walked home slowly.
我wǒ打开dǎkāi门mén,房间fángjiān里lǐ很hěn黑hēi。
I opened the door and the room was dark.
忽然hūrán,灯dēng亮liàng了le / liǎo / liào,我wǒ的de(possessive)朋友péngyou们men都dōu在zài!
Suddenly the lights came on and all my friends were there!
桌子zhuōzi上shàng有yǒu一个yīgè很大hěndà的de / dì蛋糕dàn'gāo和hé很多hěnduō礼物lǐwù。
There was a big cake on the table and a lot of presents.
大家dàjiā一起yìqǐ给gěi我们wǒmen唱歌chànggē,我wǒ差chā / chà / chāi点diǎn儿ér哭kū了le / liǎo / liào。
Everyone sang to us and I nearly cried.
妈妈māma也yě来lái了le / liǎo / liào。她tā说shuō:“我wǒ怎么zěnme会huì忘wàng呢ne / ní?”
Mum came too. She said, "How could I forget?"

Words to notice

Married
Memorial day (anniversary - day of commemoration)
Gift (present)
Forget (overlook - neglect)
Happy (glad)
To sing a song
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