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老师lǎo shī说shuō：”我们wǒ men学校xué xiào从cóng下xià学期xué qī开始kāi shǐ，用yòng英语Yīng yǔ上shàng课kè。

”学生xué shēng说shuō："我们wǒ men会huì听tīng不bù懂dǒng的de。

”老师lǎo shī说shuō：”学xué英语Yīng yǔ就jiù是shì要yào多duō听tīng,听tīng多duō了le就jiù会huì了le。

"学生xué shēng说shuō："我wǒ每měi天tiān听tīng家jiā里lǐ的de小xiǎo狗gǒu叫jiào，但是dàn shì一直yī zhí不bù知道zhī dào它tā在zài说shuō什么shén me。

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Vocabulary 38 words

Chinese	Pinyin	English
老师	lǎo shī	teacher
说	shuō	to speak; to talk; to say
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our
学校	xué xiào	school
从	cóng	from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
下	xià	later / next (week etc)
学期	xué qī	term / semester
开始	kāi shǐ	to begin / to start
用	yòng	to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using
英语	Yīng yǔ	English (language)
上	shàng	to attend (class or university)
课	kè	subject / course / class / lesson
学生	xué shēng	student / schoolchild
会	huì	to be likely to; to be sure to
听	tīng	to listen to; to hear
不	bù	no; not so
懂	dǒng	to understand / to comprehend
的	de	emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
学	xué	to learn / to study / to imitate
就	jiù	merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
是	shì	indeed (used for emphasis)
要	yào	will; shall; about to / need to; should / if
多	duō	many; much; more; a lot of
了	le	(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
我	wǒ	I; me; my
每	měi	each / every
天	tiān	day
家	jiā	home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
里	lǐ	lining / interior / inside
小	xiǎo	small / tiny / few
狗	gǒu	dog
叫	jiào	to shout
但是	dàn shì	but; however
一直	yī zhí	straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through
知道	zhī dào	to know; to become aware of
它	tā	it
在	zài	(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
什么	shén me	what?