Lesson Twenty Five: Article
David learned swimming from his mom

Both David’s parents are swimming coaches. David has studied swimming with his mom since his young age. Mom is an earnest coach and David is a diligent learner, that’s why he swims very well. Now, he is Renmei Ding’s swimming coach. Veryday afternoon both David and Ding will go to the gyms next to the students’ center to swim. This afternoom when Ding arrived at the gyms, David was weight-lifting. Ding was embarrassed. She said: “Sorry. Today the teacher let us out late, so I'm... really emarrassed.” “It’s alright. See, I don’t lack of things to do here.” “You’re very nice. Nice personality, and a very nice swimming coach. Yesterday I told Xueyou that a nice coach like you is Bi l tio y” “Biltioy? Renmei , what is Biltioy? I don’t understand.” “Biltioy is an idiom. The Chinese meaning is ‘There is only one in the hundred’”. “Then, it corresponds to English saying ‘one out of the hundred’. Right?” “Exactly.” “Me, a swimming coach out of hundred? I’m humbled. I’m humbled.”

 

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