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The Beginnings of a chinese course

Posted by Rachel on Jan 20 2008

This is just something I’ve been working on, trying to write my own course to learn Chinese. I thought it would be more helpful if I had a little story to help me remember the words…its a silly story but will serve the purpose, I think.

Mary Jane lives in China.
Today is her shopping day. The weather is cool so she will need to bring a light ______.
Also, she will need to bring her ________to carry some cash.
She will ride the ______to town.
Mary Jane has two children, Jimbob and Jannet.
Jimbob is _____for his age. He is only 9 but stands 5 ft tall.
His sister Jannet is 12 but is only 4′11”. Jannet looks ____compared to her brother.
Jannet is a strait A student in school. She is ___.
Answers:
jiā kè jacket
qián bāo purse / wallet
qì chē automobile / bus / car
qiáo tall
cuó dwarfish / short
luó smart

Mary Jane lives in China.
Today is her shopping day. The ____ __ is cool so she will need to bring a light ___ __.
Also, she will need to bring her ____ ___ to carry some ____ ___.
She will ride the __ ___ to _____ ___.
Mary Jane has two children, Jimbob and Jannet.
Jimbob is ____ for his ____. He is only 9 but stands 5 ft tall.
His sister Jannet is 12 but is only 4′11”. Jannet looks ___compared to her __ __.
Jannet is a strait A ___ ____ in school. She is ___.
Answers:
tiān qì weather
xiàn jīn cash
chéng shì town
líng age
dì di younger brother
xué yuán student

Mary Jane lives in China.
___ ____ is her shopping day. The ____ __ is cool so she will need to bring a light ___ __.
Also, she will __ to bring her ____ ___ to carry some ____ ___.
She _____ ___ ride the __ ___ to _____ ___.
Mary Jane has two children, Jimbob and Jannet.
Jimbob is ____ for his ____. He is only 9 but __ __ 5 ft tall.
His ___ ___ Jannet is 12 but is only 4′11”. Jannet looks ___compared to her __ __.
Jannet is a ____ ___ ___ ____in school. She is ___.
Answers:
jīn tiān today
xū need
jiāng yào will
gè zi5 hieght/stands’
jiě jie older sister
tǐng hǎo very good

This is completely original, not a true story, just something I came up with I’m working on writing some more like that.
The Goal for the story is for you to be able to tell it all in Chinese, without the English. So Its not really finished yet…I’m still working on it.
Anyway, I just wanted to put that up to show ya what I’ve been doing sometimes.
If you are interested in learning Chinese and doing the course with me, just let me know, I’m always looking for someone to learn with (H) It might not be super fast since I’m still writing the course but, hopefully it will be efficient. That’s my goal