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Stage 8 · Lesson 39

Working together and returning books

Describe teamwork and return a borrowed item with 还 huán.

12 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/30 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pass 1: understand the situation. Pass 2: hide meanings and read. Pass 3: retell it in your own words.

Conversation

林老师
今天jīn tiān做zuò什么shén me？

What shall we do today?

小禾
我们wǒ men一yī块kuài儿ér做zuò中文zhōng wén小xiǎo书shū。有的yǒu de同学tóng xué写xiě，有些yǒu xiē同学tóng xué读dú。

We will make a little Chinese book together. Some classmates write and some read.

安安
我wǒ有yǒu时候shí hòu写xiě错cuò，请qǐng帮bāng我wǒ看kàn一下yī xià儿ér。

I sometimes make mistakes; please check for me.

林老师
行xíng。常cháng常cháng练liàn，一yī次cì写xiě一点儿yī diǎn ér。

Yes. Practice often, a little at a time.

小禾
这zhè本běn书shū我wǒ看kàn好hǎo了le，现在xiàn zài还huán给gěi您nín。

I have finished this book and will return it now.

林老师
谢谢xiè xie。你nǐ得dé到dào什么shén me新xīn知zhī识shi了le？

Thank you. What new knowledge did you gain?

小禾
我wǒ会huì说shuō“还huán书shū”了le，不bù是shì“还hái在zài看kàn书shū”。

I can say “return a book”; it differs from “still reading.”

安安
哈hā哈hā，我wǒ不bù是shì开kāi玩wán笑xiào，这zhè两liǎng个gè还hái真zhēn的de不bù一yī样yàng！

Ha ha, I am not joking; these two uses of 还 really differ!

Extension reading

大家dà jiā一yī块kuài儿ér做zuò书shū，也yě一yī块kuài儿ér学xué知zhī识shi。

Everyone makes the book and learns together.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · An An; 林老师 · Teacher Lin; 阿文 · A Wen. These helper expressions support comprehension and are not counted in the 499 target entries.

大家 dà jiā
everyone
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