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Holidays with grandmother

Holidays with grandmother — read, listen to and print this picture book.

Suggested age: 7–12岁 · Reading level L4 · 20 illustrated pages

A man walking between a boy and girl all smiling.

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A man walking between a boy and girl all smiling.
欧东格、阿皮尤和他们的爸爸一起生活在城市里。他们非常期待过暑假，因为那个时候他们不用去学校，而且他们还可以去看奶奶。他们的奶奶住在一个渔村里，靠近一片很大的湖泊。
A boy in a bed chatting with a girl in a bed next to him, with luggage at the bottom of their beds.
欧东格和阿皮尤又要去看奶奶了，他们非常高兴。前一天晚上，他们整理好了自己的行装，准备踏上前往渔村的旅程。他们晚上睡不着，整晚都在讨论这个暑假。
A car driving past mountains and wild animals.
第二天凌晨，他们坐着爸爸的车前往那个渔村。他们开过了山丘，路上看到了很多野生动物，经过了几个茶园。他们唱着歌数着路上的车辆。
A boy and girl sleeping in a car.
过了一会儿，孩子们累了，就在车里睡着了。
A woman sitting between a boy and a girl each holding luggage.
当他们到达那个渔村的时候，爸爸把欧东格和阿皮尤叫醒了。他们发现他们的奶奶——尼亚·坎亚达——在树荫里铺了一块垫子，正坐在上面休息。在当地的语言里，这个名字的意思是“坎亚达人民的女儿”。她是一个坚强美丽的女性。
A happy-looking boy and girl holding out gifts to give to a woman.
尼亚·坎亚达欢迎他们来到自己的家里，和他们一起快乐地唱歌跳舞。他们的孙子也很高兴地把他们在城里买的礼物送给她。欧东格和阿皮尤吵着要奶奶先打开自己的礼物。
A boy and girl bowing their heads and a woman touching the boy's head.
尼亚·坎亚达打开了礼物后，用传统的习俗祝福了她的孙儿们。
A boy and girl outside chasing butterflies and birds.
欧东格和阿皮尤跑出去玩儿了，他们追着蝴蝶和鸟儿，在它们后面跑。
A boy hanging upside down from a tree and a girl splashing in a lake.
他们还爬树，跳进湖里，溅起了很多水花。
A boy and girl falling asleep eating dinner.
天黑了，他们回到奶奶的家里吃晚饭，但他们太累了，还没吃完，就睡着了。
A boy, a girl and a woman waving goodbye to a man driving off in a car.
第二天，爸爸开车回城了，把孩子们留给奶奶。
A boy fetching water and firewood and a girl carrying eggs and a basket of vegetables.
欧东格和阿皮尤帮助奶奶做家务。他们帮奶奶拎水，运柴。他们还帮奶奶从鸡窝里拿鸡蛋，在花园里摘蔬菜。
A woman with her arms around a boy and girl sitting at a table eating dinner.
尼亚·坎亚达教他们煮乌咖喱，还教他们怎么做和烤鱼一起吃的椰子饭。
Two cows eating crops and a farmer and a boy shouting at the cows.
一天早上，欧东格帮奶奶去牧场上放牛，但是牛跑到了邻居的农场上，邻居很生气，威胁欧东格说，要没收了这些牛作为踩坏粮食的赔偿。从那天以后，欧东格很小心，不想再让这些牛惹麻烦了。
A boy and a girl helping a woman sell vegetables to customers at a marketplace.
有一天，孩子们和尼亚·坎亚达一起去集市上。奶奶有一个卖蔬菜、糖和肥皂的摊位。阿皮尤给顾客们报价钱，欧东格帮着顾客打包。
A boy, a girl and a woman drinking tea together.
这天的工作结束后，他们坐在一起喝茶，帮奶奶数了数这天赚到的钱。
A girl wearing a new sweater and a boy wearing a new cap next to a woman holding lots of luggage.
很快，假期就结束了，孩子们要回城了。尼亚·坎亚达送给欧东格一顶帽子，送给阿皮尤一件毛衣。她帮孩子们装了点食物在路上吃。
A boy and girl hugging a man standing next to a woman with her arms open wide.
当爸爸来接他们的时候，他们一点儿都不想走。孩子们求尼亚·坎亚达和他们一起去城里。她笑着说：“我太老了，不适合住在大城市里。我就在这个村子里面等你们，等你们下次再来。”
A boy and girl hugging a woman tightly.
欧东格和阿皮尤紧紧地抱着她，跟她告别。
A boy and girl talking with school friends.
当欧东格和阿皮尤回到学校时，他们把村子里的生活告诉了伙伴们。一些人觉得城市生活很不错，另一些人觉得乡村生活更好。最重要的是，每个人都相信欧东格和阿皮尤的奶奶太棒啦！

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Written by
Violet Otieno
Illustrated by
Catherine Groenewald
Translated by
Vicky Liu
Read by
Zhuo Sun
Language
Chinese (Mandarin)
Level
Level 4

Source: African Storybook / Storybooks Canada
Original: Holidays with grandmother from African Storybook
License: CC BY 4.0

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