大龙：今天急死我了！
苏南：怎么了？
大龙：我在学校门口遇到一位老奶奶，她问路，我听不懂。
苏南：怎么会听不懂？
大龙：她一开始说的是方言，后来才说普通话，但是她普通话的口音很重，我还是不明白。
苏南：难怪你听不懂。
后来呢？
大龙：多亏了吴小咪！
她刚好到学校门口，顺便帮了那位老奶奶。
苏南：那太好了！
不过，中国有这么多方言，连很多中国人都听不懂，更不要说外国人了。
你听不懂也没关系，别难过了。
大龙：我学汉语四年了，越学越觉得难。
苏南：我学汉语三年了。
虽然汉语有点难，但是我越学越喜欢。
大龙：和英语相比，汉字非常特别。
我上高中的时候，认识了一位中国朋友，他给我介绍了中国的文化和汉字，从那个时候起，我开始对汉语感兴趣，所以我在高中和大学都选修了汉语和中国文化课。
但是那个时候我身边的中国人很少，学汉语的人也不多，我没有很好的语言环境，口语和听力比阅读和语法差得多，因此我计划一毕业就来中国继续学习。
苏南：原来你是这样开始学汉语的。
大龙：你呢？
苏南：我小时候跟爸爸来中国旅行，吃过很多中国的美食，就爱上了中国菜。
后来我想学做更多的中国菜，品尝更多的中国美食，所以就来中国学习了。
大龙：既然这样，我们就多认识一些中国朋友，好好练习我们的汉语吧！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 急 | jí | to make (sb) anxious |
| 死 | sǐ | extremely / damned |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 门口 | mén kǒu | doorway / gate |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 奶奶 | nǎi nai | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 懂 | dǒng | to understand / to comprehend |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | beginning |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 方言 | fāng yán | topolect / dialect |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 普通话 | pǔ tōng huà | Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 口音 | kǒu yin | voice / accent |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 明白 | míng bai | to understand; to realize |
| 难怪 | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 多亏 | duō kuī | thanks to / luckily |
| 吴小咪 | Wú Xiǎo mī | a name |
| 刚好 | gāng hǎo | just / exactly |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 顺便 | shùn biàn | conveniently / in passing / without much extra effort |
| 帮 | bāng | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 连 | lián | continuously / in succession / including / even |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 都 | dōu | (used for emphasis) even |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 外国 | wài guó | foreign country |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 没关系 | méi guān xi | it doesn't matter |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 难过 | nán guò | to feel sad |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 越 | yuè | the more... the more |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 有点 | yǒu diǎn | a little |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 英语 | Yīng yǔ | English (language) |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | to compare |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 特别 | tè bié | unusual; special |
| 上 | shàng | to attend (class or university) |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 介绍 | jiè shào | to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 起 | qǐ | verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel |
| 兴趣 | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth) / interest; hobby |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 选修 | xuǎn xiū | (at a school) to take as an elective |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 身边 | shēn biān | at one's side / on hand |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 口语 | kǒu yǔ | colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip |
| 听力 | tīng lì | hearing / listening ability |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 阅读 | yuè dú | reading |
| 语法 | yǔ fǎ | grammar |
| 差 | chà | different / wrong; mistaken / not up to standard; inferior |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 计划 | jì huà | to plan / to map out |
| 毕业 | bì yè | to graduate / to finish school |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 旅行 | lǚ xíng | to travel |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 食 | shí | food / animal feed |
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like |
| 菜 | cài | dish (of food) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 做 | zuò | to make; to produce |
| 品尝 | pǐn cháng | to have a taste of; to sample |
| 既然 | jì rán | since; as; this being the case |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well; carefully; nicely; properly |
| 练习 | liàn xí | to practice |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |