Stage 8 · Lesson 40

Welcoming a new friend

Combine greetings, plans, directions, meals, and returning books in a final project.

2 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/10 correct without hintsReview the preceding lesson

Listen, read, and retell

Pinyin Meaning

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

Conversation

安安

上shàng次cì我们wǒ men一yī起qǐ做zuò中文zhōng wén小xiǎo书shū，这zhè次cì请qǐng阿ā文wén来lái玩儿wán ér吧ba。

Last time we made a Chinese book; this time let us invite A Wen.

小禾

好hǎo。星期xīng qī六liù上午shàng wǔ九jiǔ点diǎn，我wǒ去qù车chē站zhàn。

Great. I will go to the stop at nine on Saturday morning.

阿文

你好nǐ hǎo，我wǒ叫jiào阿ā文wén。从cóng车chē站zhàn到dào学校xué xiào远yuǎn吗ma？

Hello, I am A Wen. Is it far from the stop to school?

小禾

不bù远yuǎn，走zǒu十shí分钟fēn zhōng。先xiān看kàn学校xué xiào，再zài去qù书店shū diàn。

Not far: a ten-minute walk. School first, then the bookshop.

安安

中午zhōng wǔ我们wǒ men吃chī面条儿miàn tiáo ér。你nǐ喝hē茶chá还hái是shì喝hē水shuǐ？

We will have noodles for lunch. Tea or water?

阿文

喝hē水shuǐ。下午xià wǔ我wǒ想xiǎng听tīng你们nǐ men唱chàng歌gē，也yě想xiǎng看kàn看kàn小xiǎo书shū。

Water, please. In the afternoon, I would like to hear you sing and see the little book.

小禾

行xíng。最zuì后hòu，我们wǒ men还huán给gěi林lín老师lǎo shī一yī本běn书shū，再zài一yī起qǐ回huí家jiā。

Yes. Finally, we will return a book to Teacher Lin and go home together.

Extension reading

上shàng次cì只有zhǐ yǒu小xiǎo禾hé和hé安ān安ān，这zhè次cì还hái有yǒu阿ā文wén。

Last time there were only Xiao He and An An; this time A Wen joins them.

最zuì后hòu，阿ā文wén说shuō：“今天jīn tiān很好hěn hǎo玩儿wán ér，下xià次cì我wǒ还hái来lái！”

Finally, A Wen says, “Today was fun. I will come again next time!”

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.

只 zhī: only
再 zài: again; then

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