2. STORYTELLING
Bú Shì Xuésheng Chà, Shì Lǎoshī Bù Hǎo
《不是学生差,是老师不好》
(It) Is Not Because (That The) Student (Is) Bad, (It) Is Because (That The) Teacher (Is) Not Good
In this part of the lesson, we will be practicing the vocabulary and grammar that we've learned in Lesson 12.1 and Lesson 12.2. There are two separate conversational practice:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Bié Tài Lèi Le
《别太累了》
(Do) Not (Be) Too Tired
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
丈夫 husband 妻子 wife
丈夫:What’s wrong? (Have you) got sick? Where(/what aspect) (are you) not comfortable?
妻子:(My) head “reaches the evaluation of” “a little bit” painful. It’s fine, I (have) eaten “(a) little bit” (of) medicine.
丈夫:You (being like this) “are not because (of)” getting sick, “is because” (your) work (is) too painstaking, so (the) body appeared (a) problem (already). You (do) not (be) too tired, (you) need to learn to know how to rest.
妻子:(I) know (now), my body (is) not that bad. I today (did) not go to attend work, (in the) afternoon (I) at home slept “really quick”, now (my) head already (is) not that painful.
丈夫:(Do) you want to eat “(a) little bit” (of) stuff? (Let) me make for you!
妻子:Banana cake, I additionally want to drink “a little bit” (of) hot coffee. (Is it) okay?
丈夫:No problem! Hot coffee, put-in “(a) little bit” (of) sugar. I now “soon will” go to make (it).
妻子:Thanks, I love you!
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Bú Shì Xuésheng Chà, Shì Lǎoshī Bù Hǎo
《不是学生差,是老师不好》
(It) Is Not Because (That The) Student (Is) Bad, (It) Is Because (That The) Teacher (Is) Not Good
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
(It) Is Not Because (That The) Student (Is) Bad, (It) Is Because (That The) Teacher (Is) Not Good
My math teacher “(-) family name is” Ye, he this year (is) 50 something years old. Teacher Ye (has been) teaching(, for) a few 10s years(,) math (already), (he) teaches especially well. I (in the) past (did) not feel interest for math, so (I) studied not hard, (my) score also “reached the evaluation of” “a little bit” bad. But (what I) was not able to think of was (that), last year (in the) time (that is) after (I) attended Teacher Ye’s classes, I started to have some interest for math. Arriving now, Teacher Ye (has been) teaching our class (for) one year (already), my math score (is) more and more good, plus, I too more and more am fond of math. (There) exists people (- and those people) say, “(It) ‘is not because’ (that) (the) student (is) bad, (it) ‘is because’ (that the) teacher (is) not good.” I (in the) past (did) not believe (it), now “to the extent of” “(a) little bit” (I) believe (it) (already).
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