Microstories 微故事 0018：Set Me Up 安排好

安排好

把事情安排好让我赢。

把我知道的词汇选择好，

我能理解你和自己。

把话题选择好，我知道我在说什么。

把问题挑选好，我能回答好。

把问题提前想到，我能准备好。

我的成功也是你的成功，

我的成绩好像是你的成绩。

把事情安排好让我们都赢。

Word List

安 ān calm, settle
排 pái line up, put in order
安排 ānpái arrange, organize, set up; someone puts things in order ahead of time so something can happen smoothly
赢 yíng win, gain victory
挑 tiāo pick, choose, select; carry on a pole, shoulder a load
挑选 tiāoxuǎn select carefully, choose intentionally
成 chéng become, achieve
功 gōng result, achievement
成功 chénggōng succeed, success
成绩 score, grade

Set Me Up

Set me up for the win.

Use words I know

so I can understand you and myself.

Choose topics well so I can know what I’m talking about.

Select questions well so I can answer well.

Anticipate problems so I am well-prepared.

My success will be your success,

as if my score were your score.

Set us up for the win.

Microstories 微故事 are short works written at the intermediate level in two versions, one in Simplified Chinese characters and one in English. Microstories 微故事 are written by Anne 安妮 Giles and edited by 侯慧颖 Hóu Huìyǐng “Mary.”

Some words are repeated in the stories in hopes of offering language learners the 3 to 17 exposures (number of times a learner encounters a word in different contexts) that may be needed to learn a new word.

Microstories 微故事 may serve as short reading and discussion texts for busy adult language learners of Simplified Chinese Characters and/or English.

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• A list of Microstories 微故事 is here.

• 枝丫1: Twig: A Fantasy Novel begins here. The complete 枝丫1 story, just 汉字, is here

• 枝丫2 Twig: A Fantasy Novel begins here. The complete 枝丫2 story, just 汉字，is here.