1Hěn jiǔ yǐqián, Cáo Chōng háishì yí ge háizi.
A long time ago, Cao Chong was still a child.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
2Yǒu rén sòng lái yì tóu tèbié dà de xiàng.
Someone brought a very large elephant.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
3Dàjiā dōu xiǎng zhīdào xiàng yǒu duō zhòng.
Everyone wanted to know how heavy the elephant was.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
4Dàren men juéde zhè ge wèntí bǐjiào nán.
The adults felt this problem was rather difficult.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
5Cáo Chōng kàn zhe shuǐ, kāishǐ xiǎng bànfǎ.
Cao Chong looked at the water and began to think of a method.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
6Tā gàosu dàjiā, kěyǐ xiān ràng xiàng shàng chuán.
He told everyone that they could first let the elephant get on a boat.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
7Chuán jìn shuǐ bǐjiào shēn, dàjiā jiù zài chuán biān zuò jìhào.
When the boat sat fairly deep in the water, everyone made a mark on the boat.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
8Ránhòu xiàng xià chuán, dàjiā zhǔnbèi hěn duō shítou.
Then the elephant got off the boat, and everyone prepared many stones.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
9Tāmen yìbiān fàng shítou, yìbiān kàn shuǐxiàn.
They put stones in while watching the water line.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
10Shuǐxiàn yǐjīng dào gāngcái de dìfang le.
The water line had already reached the place from just now.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
11Yīnwèi shítou yíyàng zhòng, suǒyǐ kěyǐ zhīdào xiàng de zhòngliàng.
Because the stones had the same weight, they could know the elephant's weight.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem
12Dàjiā juéde Cáo Chōng de bànfǎ hěn jiǎndān, yě hěn cōngming.
Everyone felt Cao Chong's method was simple and smart.
Sentence vocabulary
想 · xiǎng
to want; to think
觉得 · jué de
to feel; to think
非常 · fēi cháng
very; extremely
开始 · kāi shǐ
to begin; to start
问题 · wèn tí
question; problem