Mum asks my little brother, "Tony, if I give you ten".

妈妈问我小弟弟：“托尼，如果我给你十块糖。”

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Mum asks my little brother, "Tony, if I give you ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candies do you have?"

妈妈问我的小弟弟，“托尼，如果我给你十块糖，你吃了四块，那么你还有几块？”

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But my mum always asks me to practise playing the piano one hour every day.

但我妈妈总是让我每天练习一小时钢琴。

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So you see your mum at weekends, and one weekend she tells you she wants to go to Peru and asks if she can borrow your Duke of Edinburgh rucksack.

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