watermelon

A young child’s thoughts and description of watermelon, their favorite fruit. The Chinese title of this article is 西瓜.
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圆圆的 – yuán yuán de – Spherical
花纹 – huā wén – Design pattern
皮球 – pí qiú – Ball (made of plastic or leather)
周围 – zhōu wéi – Surrounding, encompassing
瓤 – ráng – Pulp (of a fruit)
咬 – yǎo – Bite, nibble, nip
拉肚子 – lā dù zi – Diarrhea
垃圾桶 – lā jī tǒng – Trash Can
乱扔 – luàn rēng – To litter
我吃好多水果，但是我最喜欢的是西瓜。
西瓜圆圆的，有一条一条的绿色花纹，像一个皮球。
破开西瓜，周围是白色的瓜皮，中间是鲜红的瓜瓤。咬一口，甜甜的，真好吃。我好想一口气把整个西瓜吃完，可是妈妈说，西瓜不能多吃，吃多了会拉肚子。
吃完西瓜，瓜皮要丢进垃圾桶，可不能随便乱扔，因为有人踩到上面会摔倒的。
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I eat a lot of fruit, but my favorite is watermelon.
Watermelon is round, and has a striped green design [on it], like a leather ball.
When you break open a watermelon, it’s surrounded by white skin, in the middle is bright red pulp. Take a bite, it’s so sweet, it’s delicious. I’d love to eat it all up in one mouthful, but mama says you can’t each too much watermelon, if you eat too much you’ll have diarrhea.
When you finish eating the watermelon, you have to dro the skin in the trash can, you can’t just carelessly litter, because if a person steps on it they can slip and fall.