My Chinese Teacher
A student remembers the first months of class, when the teacher’s Chinese was still a wall of sound. Wang laoshi slowed down, told the class to ask whenever they did not follow, and one afternoon wrote out the characters he could not read. By exam time he could answer every question — and she told him he was ready to talk to Chinese people. Sixteen sentences within HSK 1–2.
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Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) xìng (fourth tone, falling) Wáng, (second tone, rising) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling) tā (first tone, high and level) Wáng (second tone, rising) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)
Our Chinese teacher’s surname is Wang, and we all call her Teacher Wang.
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Tā (first tone, high and level) jīnnián (first tone, high and level) sānshí (first tone, high and level) suì, (fourth tone, falling) fēicháng (first tone, high and level) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) xiào. (fourth tone, falling)
She is thirty this year and smiles a great deal.
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Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) měi (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level) shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling) dōu (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) kè. (fourth tone, falling)
We have a Chinese lesson every morning.
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Kāishǐ (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) shíhou, (second tone, rising) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level) Hànyǔ, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) dǒng. (third tone, dipping)
At first, when the teacher spoke Chinese, I understood nothing.
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Wáng (second tone, rising) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) shuōhuà (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) màn, (fourth tone, falling) yīnwèi (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) zhīdào (first tone, high and level) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) xīn (first tone, high and level) xuéshēng. (second tone, rising)
Teacher Wang speaks slowly, because she knows we are beginners.
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Tā (first tone, high and level) duì (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) shuō: (first tone, high and level) “Bù (fourth tone, falling) dǒng (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) wèn (fourth tone, falling) wǒ.” (third tone, dipping)
She told us, “If you do not understand, just ask me.”
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Yǒu (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) cì, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) wèntí, (fourth tone, falling) jiù (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) jiàoshì (fourth tone, falling) zhǎo (third tone, dipping) tā. (first tone, high and level)
One day I had a question, so I went to the classroom to find her.
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Tā (first tone, high and level) gěi (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiě (third tone, dipping) le (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) Hànzì, (fourth tone, falling) hái (second tone, rising) dú (second tone, rising) gěi (third tone, dipping) wǒ (third tone, dipping) tīng. (first tone, high and level)
She wrote out a lot of characters for me and read them aloud as well.
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Wǒ (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling) zhe (neutral tone) nàxiē (fourth tone, falling) zì, (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) kuài (fourth tone, falling) jiù (fourth tone, falling) dǒng (third tone, dipping) le. (neutral tone)
Looking at those characters, I understood almost at once.
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Shàng (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) yuè (fourth tone, falling) wǒmen (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) kǎoshì. (third tone, dipping)
Last month we had a Chinese exam.
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Kǎoshì (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) tí (second tone, rising) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō, (first tone, high and level) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yìdiǎnr (fourth tone, falling) lèi. (fourth tone, falling)
There were a lot of questions and I got a little tired.
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Dànshì (fourth tone, falling) nàxiē (fourth tone, falling) tí (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) dōu (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling) zuò. (fourth tone, falling)
But I knew how to answer every one of them.
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Wáng (second tone, rising) lǎoshī (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling) le (neutral tone) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) kǎoshì, (third tone, dipping) xiào (fourth tone, falling) zhe (neutral tone) duì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) shuō: (first tone, high and level) “Hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo!” (third tone, dipping)
Teacher Wang read my paper and said with a smile, “Very good!”
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Tā (first tone, high and level) shuō: (first tone, high and level) “Nǐ (third tone, dipping) yǐjīng (third tone, dipping) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) hé (second tone, rising) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising) shuōhuà (first tone, high and level) le.” (neutral tone)
She added, “You can hold a conversation with Chinese people now.”
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Wǒ (third tone, dipping) fēicháng (first tone, high and level) gāoxìng. (first tone, high and level)
I was overjoyed.
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Xiànzài (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling) Hànyǔ (fourth tone, falling) kè, (fourth tone, falling) yě (third tone, dipping) fēicháng (first tone, high and level) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) Wáng (second tone, rising) lǎoshī. (third tone, dipping)
These days I love going to Chinese class — and I am very fond of Teacher Wang.
理解检测
1.What is the Chinese teacher’s surname?
汉语老师姓什么？
2.How did the narrator feel at the beginning?
开始的时候，“我”觉得怎么样？
3.What does Teacher Wang tell her students?
王老师告诉学生什么？
4.How did the narrator do in the exam?
考试的时候，“我”做得怎么样？
5.What does Teacher Wang say after reading his paper?
王老师看了考试以后说了什么？