2. STORYTELLING
Guānyú Wèilái
《关于未来》
About (The) Future
Level 3 Lesson 44.3 – Conversation & Story
HSK 3+ Conversational Practice
In this part of the lesson, we will be practicing the vocabulary and grammar that we've learned in Lesson 44.1 and Lesson 44.2. There are two separate conversational practice:
- CONVERSATION → 《不敢开快了》
- STORY TELLING →《关于未来》
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Learn
- Listen and repeat along with the video
- Practice daily - the most important part for achieving fluency
- Spend 10-30 minutes per day reading the lesson materials aloud (with or without the video)
- Practice conversations and stories from previous lessons too
1. CONVERSATION
Bù Gǎn Kāi Kuài Le
《不敢开快了》
To Dare Not Drive Fast
❖ QUESTIONS 问题 Wèntí
- Xiǎo Ān wèishénme bù gǎn kāi kuài le?
小安为什么不敢开快了？
Why (is that) Little An dare not drive fast? - Nǎlǐ kěyǐ sài chē?
哪里可以赛车？
Where can (one) race car? - Xiǎo Gāo kāi guo sài chē ma?
小高开过赛车吗？
Has Little Gao ever driven (a) race car?
❖ TEXT 课文 Kèwén
ENGLISH
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
小高 Little Gao 小安 Little An
小高：You bought (one) “liang” (of) car (that is) this handsome(, didn’t you)?
小安：(It is) not-bad(, right)? Get-onto (it), (let) us drive-out to “play” “really quick”.
小高：Okay! (Got onto the car) (It is) really comfortable! How-much fast can this car drive?
小安：(It) should (be) pretty fast! But (if) we drive in (the) city-inside, (we) have to pay-attention-to safety, (and-)also (the) police (are) that many, I dare not to drive fast “even” (by) “a little bit”.
小高：You said (it) right. (Do) you know (that in) City-south Stadium (you) can race car? If you have interest, you can try (the) racing-track there, driver however fast (is) all no-matter.
小安：Then (is it) safe (or) not?
小高：(It is) safe, (and-)also (you do) not-necessarily need to drive especially fast, (at the) time (of) just starting (you can do it) slower, (and) more careful, (and) after-that on (the) race-tracks practice more (by) several “times” “then” (it will be) okay.
小安：Hearing you say (it) (like-)this (it) seems pretty interesting. (Do) you often go race car?
小高：I often watch my boyfriend drive race-car, but I (my)self (have) not even driven (for) one “time”. My boyfriend works at (the) stadium, if you have interest I can introduce you-guys to meet (each other). Things about race cars (-) he knows very much, (if) you have “whatever(/any)” questions (you) all can ask him.
小安：That (is) too good!
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❖ QUESTIONS 问题 Wèntí
- Shāng Yǒuwéi zài nǎlǐ gōngzuò?
商有为在哪里工作？
Where (does) Shang Youwei work at? - Tā wèishénme gǎnjué zìjǐ yě hěn niánqīng?
他为什么感觉自己也很年轻？
Why (does) he feel (that him)self (is) also very young? - Tā shì shénme shíhou jié de hūn?
他是什么时候结的婚？
What-time was (it that) he got-marred?
❖ TEXT 课文 Kèwén
ENGLISH
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
About (The) Future
I am-called Shang Youwei, this year (I am) 29 years old, (I am a) Shanghai-person, (and I) now live in Beijing. (It) was 2008 autumn (that) I came to Beijing, (at) that time (I) took-test(-and-)got-into Beijing University. (It) was history (that) I studied, (in the) time (that is) after finishing attending university I “then” for-the-whole-time worked in Beijing, (I) teach in one “suo” (of) high-school. I very am-satisfied towards this “fen” (of) job, (the) salary (is) not-bad, (and-)also I too like teaching, every day (I) all be together with one “group” (of) students (who are) 10-something years old, (I my)self also can have one “ke” (of) young heart.
My wife is (a) Beijing girl, she and I were college classmates, (it) was (in) last “ge” (of) month (that) we got-married. From being-in(-a-)romantic relationship arriving now we already (have) been together (for) almost five years, (it is a) pretty long time, but (the) feeling after getting-married (is) really pretty not-the-same with before. Before (I) do “whatever(/any)” thing(,) as-long-as (it is) good for (my)self “then” (it) works, but now, (I) do “whatever(/any)” thing all need to (at) the-same-time thinking-about (the) two “ge” (of) people (that are) us, additionally (there) “exists” (our) kids (in the) future. Though I still (have) not be (a) father, but I think, if I had children, I certainly will be-willing to do any thing for them. About (the) future, me and (my) wife both have very many hopes. We plan to first well work (for) several years, (if) (doing it) (like-)this (in the) future (we) can give (our) children one “ge” (of) better life. I also believe (that) our lives certainly will (be) better (and) better.
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