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Lesson 3 – Elementary – A Very Interesting Chinese Article to Read

For many foreign students, they feel that it is hard to learn Mandarin especially for the reading. In fact, there is convenient way to improving the reading during learning Mandarin. Here is the example from the free Chinese lesson for those who learn Manderin in China.

This is the passage selected from free Chinese lesson for improving learning Mandarin.

今天,我驾校毕业了,拿到了驾驶执照,我真高兴。刚回到宿舍,就接到了一个电话。电话是一个朋友从上海打来的,她说要来北京旅行。她坐火车来,星期六早上到北京,让我去车站接她。星期六我休息,正好可以开车去车站接她了。

朋友在电话里说,她这次来北京想看看北京的名胜古迹,还想了解一些老北京的风土人情。我打算陪她去颐和园、故宫、长城、明十三陵,还要去天坛公园、景山公园、北海公园。抽空儿再带她去老舍茶馆坐坐,逛逛北京的胡同、四合院。她对京剧很感兴趣,有时间我们再去看京剧。北京还要很多好吃的东西,当然也要让她尝尝了。

In order to learn Mandarin well, it is necessary for those students to have general knowledge of the new words from the passage advance so that those students who would like to learn Mandarin can understand the whole passage faster and better. These words is selected from the free Chinese lesson.

生词
New Words

车站 chē zhàn station
风土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs
陪 péi to company
空儿 kòng ér free time
抽空儿 chōu kòng ér to manage to find time
茶馆 chá guǎn teahouse
逛 guàng to stroll
胡同 hú tóng lane, alley
四合院 sì hé yuàn siheyuan, a compound with houses with a courtyard
尝 cháng to taste
明十三陵 míng shí sān líng Ming Tombs
天坛 tiān tán Temple of Heaven 
景山 jǐng shān Jingshan Park 
北海 běi hǎi Beihai Park
老舍茶馆 lǎo shě chá guǎn Lao She Teahouse
For the elementary students who are engaged in learning Manderin, it is difficult for them to measure the true or false. This is the basic type for learning Manderin in reading part.

读后根据短文判断正误 
Describe whether the following statements are true or false according to the obove text. It is beneficial to improving learning Manderin.

(1) 我很高兴,拿到了驾驶执照。
(2) 我接到了一个上海来的电话。
(3) 我要开车去汽车站接朋友。
(4) 朋友说这次要看看北京的名胜古迹。
(5) 朋友来了,我要陪她去公园,带她逛胡同,和她一起看京剧。
 

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