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Stage 4 · Lesson 24

Taking a camera on an outing

Describe preparing for and recording an outing.

18 new words2 sessions · 20–25 minutes each0/42 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

安安
明天míng tiān我们wǒ men要yào出chū门mén参cān观guān,再zài爬pá山shān。相xiàng机jī我wǒ带dài来lái了le,你nǐ还hái想xiǎng带dài什么shén me?

Tomorrow we will go out to visit a place and climb a hill. I brought the camera. What else would you take?

小禾
先xiān看kàn天气tiān qì,再zài带dài水shuǐ和hé要yào用yòng的de东西dōng xī。山shān上shàng有yǒu几jǐ个gè地dì方fāng要yào慢màn慢màn爬pá,不要bù yào为wèi了le照zhào相xiàng到dào处chù跑pǎo。

Check the weather and bring water and necessities. Some parts require slow climbing; do not run everywhere for photographs.

安安
经jīng过guò花huā园yuán时shí,我们wǒ men可以kě yǐ分fēn开kāi走zǒu一yī会huì儿er吗ma?我wǒ想xiǎng先xiān拍pāi几jǐ张zhāng照zhào片piàn,再zài过guò来lái找zhǎo你nǐ。

Could we separate briefly in the garden? I would like to take some pictures and then come over to you.

小禾
先xiān约yuē好hǎo见jiàn面miàn的de地dì方fāng和hé时间shí jiān,别bié直zhí接jiē走zǒu开kāi。晚上wǎn shàng看kàn月yuè亮liang和hé星xīng星xing,也yě要yào在zài能néng安ān全quán走zǒu到dào的de地dì方fāng。

Agree on a meeting place and time before walking away. Even for moon and stars, stay somewhere safely accessible.

Extension reading

安ān安ān没有méi yǒu把bǎ每měi一yī分钟fēn zhōng都dōu用yòng来lái照zhào相xiàng。她tā有yǒu时shí把bǎ相xiàng机jī放fàng下xià,认rèn真zhēn看kàn看kàn面miàn前qián的de树shù和hé路lù,也yě听tīng听tīng同tóng行xíng人rén的de话huà。

Anan does not spend every minute taking pictures. Sometimes she puts down the camera, observes the trees and paths and listens to her companion.

回huí家jiā以yǐ后hòu,他们tā men把bǎ照zhào片piàn全quán部bù看kàn了le一yī遍biàn,选xuǎn出chū几jǐ张zhāng图tú片piàn做zuò记jì录lù。小xiǎo禾hé说shuō,照zhào片piàn能néng帮bāng助zhù想xiǎng起qǐ事shì情qing,却què不bù能néng代dài替tì真zhēn的de走zǒu过guò那nà条tiáo路lù。

At home they review all the photographs and choose some for a record. Xiao He says pictures recall experiences but cannot replace actually walking the route.

Names and helper expressions

小禾 · Xiao He; 安安 · Anan. These supporting phrases aid understanding and are not added to the new HSK 2 vocabulary list.

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