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ID: 0619 Advanced
中国是一个讲孝道的国家。古代人们就对孝非常重视。上至皇帝，下至街头乞丐，无论是谁对父母不孝，都会受到严重的处罚。自古以来也流传着很多孝顺父母的故事。有人为了能让母亲在冬天吃到鲤鱼，就卧在厚厚的冰上求鲤鱼。有人可以为了母亲放弃官位。我们可以不学习古人的做法，但我们可以学习古人孝顺父母的心。赶快行动起来吧，让我们好好孝顺我们的父母！
Sat Aug 25 2007 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
孝顺 xiàoshùn to demonstrate filial piety
孝道 xiàodào filial obligations
老年痴呆症 lǎonián chīdāizhèng Alzheimer's disease
一个头两个大 yī ge tóu liǎng ge dà difficult to solve (of a problem)
你爸爸找到了吧？
nǐ bàba zhǎodào le ba ？
Did you find your dad?
谢天谢地，昨天夜里终于找到他了。你不知道，我们全家发动，跑了大半个上海。结果还是在我家附近找到的。
xiètiānxièdì ，zuótiān yèlǐ zhōngyú zhǎodào tā le 。nǐ bù zhīdào ，wǒmen quánjiā fādòng ，pǎo le dàbàn ge Shànghǎi 。jiéguǒ háishi zài wǒ jiā fùjìn zhǎodào de 。
Thank heavens, we finally found him yesterday in the middle of the night. You have no idea- our entire family got mobilized, and we ran all over half of Shanghai. And in the end, he was found near our home.
还好，还好。一大把年纪的人了，走丢了就糟了。幸好他没走远。
háihǎo ，háihǎo 。yīdàbǎ niánjì de rén le ，zǒudiū le jiù zāo le 。xìnghǎo tā méi zǒuyuǎn 。
It's OK then. When an old person gets lost, it's a big mess. It's lucky he didn't roam too far.
是啊，回来就好。事后我问他去哪儿了，他自己也记不清了。照这么看，他的老年痴呆症是越来越严重了。
shì a ，huílai jiù hǎo 。shìhòu wǒ wèn tā qù nǎr5 le ，tā zìjǐ yě jìbuqīng le 。zhào zhème kàn ，tā de lǎonián chīdāizhèng shì yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le 。
Yeah. As long as he came back, it's OK. Afterward I asked him where he'd gone. He wasn't even sure himself. It looks like his Alzheimer's is getting more and more serious.
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