yí ge rén. wǒ kě yǐ kàn yí xià cài dān ma?
Just one. May I have a look at the menu?
sān diǎn sì shí wǔ, dà gài hái yào děng yí ge xiǎo shí.
Three forty-five. Probably another hour wait.
cóng qián, yǒu yí ge nóng mín, měi tiān dōu zài tián lǐ xīn kǔ de gōng zuò.
Long ago, there was a farmer who worked hard in his fields every day.
gǔ shí hou, zài zhōng guó běi biān de biān jìng shang, zhù zhe yí ge lǎo rén.
In ancient times, on China's northern frontier, there lived an old man.