Ever bought all the furniture and still felt like something was missing? This little story tells us it takes more than tables and chairs to make a house feel like a home.
Key vocab
搬到 – bān dào – to move to (a place)
房子 – fáng zi – house
椅子 – yǐ zi – chair
好看 – hǎo kàn – good-looking, nice
觉得 – jué de – to feel, to think
像 – xiàng – to be like, to resemble
以后 – yǐ hòu – after, afterwards
发现 – fā xiàn – to discover, to realize
突然 – tū rán – suddenly
地方 – dì fang – place
房子 – fáng zi – house
椅子 – yǐ zi – chair
好看 – hǎo kàn – good-looking, nice
觉得 – jué de – to feel, to think
像 – xiàng – to be like, to resemble
以后 – yǐ hòu – after, afterwards
发现 – fā xiàn – to discover, to realize
突然 – tū rán – suddenly
地方 – dì fang – place
什么是家
上个星期，我搬到了一个新家。
我第一天来的时候，房子里什么都没有。
我买了一张桌子。我买了两把椅子。我买了一张床。我买了一个灯。
现在，房子很好看。
但是我坐在椅子上，觉得房子不像家。
为什么？我不知道。
第二天，我的朋友来了。
他坐在椅子上。我们一起喝茶, 说话, 开玩笑。
他走了以后，我看了看房子。
椅子还在那里。桌子还在那里。
我发现，房子突然像家了。
有爱的人在的地方，就是家。
2 replies on “Essay: 什么是家? – What makes a home?”
aw this was cute :))
What a wonderful resource this whole website is! I was struggling through ‘Chinese Stories for Language Learners’ by Vivian Ling & Wang Peng, it is too difficult for me. The story above is about my level!