Level 3 · Intermediate · Story
鸡和千足虫
Chicken and Millipede
Two friends who love to compete, a chicken and a millipede, decide to find out who is best with a game of football.
🔑 Key words in this story (24)
- 千足虫 qiānzúchóng millipede
- 场 chǎng measure word for games and matches
- 飞快 fēikuài fast as lightning
- 轮 lún round, turn
- 守门员 shǒuményuán goalkeeper
- 输 shū to lose
- 恶心 ěxīn sick (as if about to throw up); disgusting
- 咕噜 gūlu gurgle, rumble (a sound in the belly)
- 咳嗽 késou to cough
- 互相 hùxiāng each other
- 竞争 jìngzhēng to compete
- 进行 jìnxíng to hold, to carry out
- 看看 kànkan to see, to find out
- 棒 bàng great, excellent
- 球员 qiúyuán player (in a ball game)
- 有点 yǒudiǎn a little, somewhat
- 闷闷不乐 mènmènbùlè glum, in low spirits
- 点球 diǎnqiú penalty kick
- 大战 dàzhàn big battle (点球大战 'penalty shoot-out')
- 当 dāng to act as, to be (当守门员 'be goalkeeper')
- 拿到 nádào to get, to win
- 猛 měng hard, with force (猛地一踢 'a hard, sudden kick')
- 运球 yùnqiú to dribble (the ball)
- 头球 tóuqiú header (in football)
Tap any word for its meaning.
鸡
Chicken and Millipede were friends. But they were always competing with each other. One day they decided to play football to see who the best player was.
它们
They went to the football field and started their game. Chicken was fast, but Millipede was faster. Chicken kicked far, but Millipede kicked further. Chicken started to feel grumpy.
最后,
They decided to play a penalty shoot-out. First Millipede was goal keeper. Chicken scored only one goal. Then it was the chicken’s turn to defend the goal.
千足虫
Millipede kicked the ball and scored. Millipede dribbled the ball and scored. Millipede headed the ball and scored. Millipede scored five goals.
鸡
Chicken was furious that she lost. Millipede started laughing because his friend was making such a fuss over losing.
鸡
Chicken was so angry that she opened her beak wide and swallowed the millipede.
鸡
As Chicken was walking home, she met Mother Millipede. Mother Millipede asked, “Have you seen my child?” Chicken didn’t say anything. Mother Millipede was worried.
千足虫
Then Mother Millipede heard a tiny voice. “Help me mom!” cried the voice. Mother Millipede looked around and listened carefully. The voice came from inside the chicken.
千足虫
Mother Millipede shouted, “Use your special power my child!” Millipedes can make a bad smell. Chicken began to feel ill.
鸡
Chicken burped. Gurgle, gurgle – she was about to be sick. Then she sneezed and coughed. The millipede was disgusting!
鸡
Chicken coughed until she coughed out the millipede that was in her stomach. Mother Millipede and her child crawled up a tree to hide.
从此
From that time, chickens and millipedes were enemies.