VocabularyTextbook Page 2-3

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2. Click the audio sign and you can listen to its pronunciation.

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1. one boy

yī gè nán hái

一 个 男 孩

2. one girl

yī gè nǚ hái

一个 女 孩

3. I am …wǒ jiào

我 叫

4. talk, speakshuō

说

5. squatdūn xià 蹲 下

6. walk to girl

zǒu dào nǚ hái nà lǐ 走 到 女 孩 那 里

7. Chinese zhōng wén

中 文

8. English yīnɡ wén 英 文

Mini StoryTextbook Page 4

Practice Tips

Listen to the audio and translate the Chinese sentences into English;

Look at each picture and try to describe it in your own words. Then click on the ‘speaker’ to check with the original version;

Look at the pictures and retell the whole story in your own sentences.

Mini Story 1.1

Picture 1 Picture 2

Picture 3 Picture 4

one boy

walk to

one girl

also say

hello

My name is …

squat

say

hello

stand up

also stand

bye

1. yí ɡè nán hái zǒu dào yí ɡè nǚ hái nà lǐ.一 个 男 孩 走 到 一 个 女 孩 那 里。One boy walks to one girl.

2. nán hái dūn xià 。 nán hái shuō ： “ nǐ hǎo ！ 男 孩 蹲 下。 男 孩 说 ： “ 你 好 ！ ”。The boy squats. Boy says, ‘Hello!’

3. nǚ hái yě shuō：“ nǐ hǎo！ ” nán hái shuō ：“ wǒ jiào Jack 。” 女 孩 也 说：“ 你 好！” 男 孩 说：“ 我 叫 Jack 。 ”

nǚ hái shuō ： “ wǒ jiào Jennifer 。 ” 女 孩 说 ： “ 我 叫 Jennifer 。 ” The girl also says, ‘Hello!’ The boy says, ‘I am Jack.’ The girl says, ‘I am Jennifer.’

4. nán hái zhàn qǐ lái， shuō： “ zài jiàn 。 ” 男 孩 站 起 来， 说 ：“ 再 见。” nǚ hái yě zhàn qǐ lái ， shuō ： “ zài jiàn 。 ” 女 孩 也 站 起 来， 说 ：“ 再 见。”The boy stands up, says, ‘Goodbye.’ The girl also stands up, says, ‘Goodbye.’

Chinese CharactersTextbook Page 5

Chinese Stroke 1

1.

2.

一丨

横 hénɡ horizontal line

竖 shù vertical line

You should be able to recognize these 3 Chinese phrases.

1. 2. 3.

一个 女孩 你好

You should be able to recognize these 3 Chinese words.

Chinese Word Pronunciation PinyinEnglish

Meaning

1. 一个

2. 女孩

3. 你好

yí ɡè one (person)

nǚ hái girl

nǐ hǎo hello

Table of Content

Vocabulary List

Story 1.1

Chinese Characters

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