Mary is from Canada. She teaches English in Shanghai now. She knows a little(一点点) Chinese. She isn' t free from Monday to Friday. So she often goes shopping on Saturday.
Today is Saturday. Mary goes to the shop. She comes out of her car(小汽车) and, goes into the shop. " What can I do for you? " the girl in the shop asks her in Chinese. Mary thinks she can tell the girl what she wants in Chinese. So she says in Chinese, " yige beizi (" 一床被子" 的拼音) please. " Then the girl goes to the back of the shop. " My Chinese is not bad. The girl understands(理解) me. " Mary thinks.
Mary is happy. Soon the girl comes back. She shows Mary a cup.
