要 yào Auxiliary verb, means “soon will”; “is going to” 弯 wān Verb, to bend 腰 yāo Noun, waist 山坡 shānpō Noun, the slope of a hill 山顶(ding)，the top of a hill 山脚，the foot of a hill 山腰，the mid of a hill 闷 mēn Adj, stifling 直（起） zhí (qǐ) Verb, to straight up… 直起腰 直起身子 身子 shēnzi Noun, body 伸 shēn Verb, to stretch 腰 yāo Noun, waist 燕子 yànzi Noun, swallow 大声 dàshēng Adv, loudly 喊 hǎn Verb, yell; shout 低 dī Adj, low （一）边……（一）边…… (yī) biān……(yī) biān…… (one) is doing two things at the same time. 他一边吃饭一边看电视。He is eating his meal and at the same time watching TV. 空气 kōngqì Noun, air 潮湿 cháoshī Adj, humid 虫子 chóngzi Noun, bug 翅膀 chìbǎng Noun, wing 沾 zhān Verb, to wet; to soak 水珠 shuǐ zhū Noun, drop of water 正 zhèng Adv, 正（在）+verb…, (someone) is doing something. 我正（在）吃饭。I am eating my meal. 忙 máng Adj, busy. 忙着+verb…, (someone) is busy doing something. 我正忙着做作业。I am busy doing my homework. 捉 zhuō Verb, to catch 往前 wǎng qián Towards the direction of the front 往后，往左，往右 池子 chízi Noun, pool Or 水池 游 yóu Verb, to swim 水面 shuǐmiàn Noun phrase, the surface of the water 有空 yǒu kòng Verb, to be available; to be free 你明天有空吗？Will you be free tomorrow? 透气 tòuqì Verb, to get some fresh air 透不过气，to suffocate 快 kuài Adv, hurry 小心 xiǎoxīn Verb, to watch out; to be careful 淋雨 lín yǔ Verb phrase, to get wet in the rain 连忙 liánmáng to hasten to do… 挎 kuà Verb, to carry on the arm 篮子 lánzi Noun, basket 路边 lù biān Noun phrase, the side of the road 群 qún flock, measure word for animals 蚂蚁 mǎyǐ Noun, aunt 消息 xiāoxi Noun, news 高处 gāo chù Noun phrase, high place 低处，low place 搬家 bānjiā Verb, to move (to a new place to live) 加快 jiākuài Verb, to accelerate 步子 bùzi Noun, step 哗 huā The sound of the rain falling 下起来 xià qǐlái Verb phrase, to start to rain/snow New words and grammatical structures in the story are being taught in this episode. A lot of repetitions are used so that our learners can get master this story in no time! Enjoy the lesson and please find the new word list on our website: www.learningchinesethroughstories.com