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Those two large dogs reckon the cat is very amusing

M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ManLi.

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Our suspense story continues.

M: Remember, the bird thinks the bread is tasty hǎochī.

S: The cat thinks the bird is hǎochī. And, Chapter 3 begins:

M: Those two large dogs reckon the cat is very amusing, fun to play with 好玩
儿 hao3 wanr2. 那两只大狗认为那只猫很好玩儿 nà liǎng zhī dà gǒu rènwéi nà zhī
māo hěn hǎo wónr.

S: Suddenly, the cat jumped. 突然,那只猫跳起来了 tūrán, nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái le.

M: At the same time, the little bird flew off. 同时,那只小鸟飞起来了 tóngshí, nà
zhī xiǎo niǎo fēi qǐlái le.

S: And then??

M: Patience. Wait for chapter 4. Now we look at the new stuff.

S: Remember from the previous lesson - nàkuài miànbāo hǎochī, 好吃 good to


eat hǎochī. Well, the two big dogs thought, 那两只大狗想,那只猫好玩儿

M: nà zhī māo hǎo wánr. 好玩儿, 玩 WAN wán ‘to play', as in play a game, not
play a piano. The wán changes to wánr in hǎo wánr.

S: So what does 好玩儿 mean? Duìle. Good to play, amusing, fun.

M: 那只猫好玩儿 that cat looks like fun nà zhī māo hǎowánr.

S: And I said突然,那只猫跳起来了!

M: tūrán, nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái le. 突 然 TU RAN tū rán, 1st tone, 2nd,
means 'sudden', 'suddenly' tūrán.

S: So try to say, Suddenly, they came. Méi cuò. 突然,他们来了 tū rán, tāmen lái
le.

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M: Now say, 那太突然了。It's too sudden. Nà tài tūrán le.

S: Back to our māo, and 跳起来了

M: tiào qǐ lái le. 跳 TIAO tiào, 'to jump, leap' tiào. 跳起来 qǐlái QI LAI qǐlái,
means 'to get up' or 'rise'. It can be used to say, What time do you get up? 你
几点起来? Say it, nǐ jǐdiǎn qǐlái?

S: What does qǐlái do after a verb? Listen, and you'll get the idea. 哭 kū, is ‘to
cry'. He burst out crying, 他哭起来了 say it, tā kū qǐlái le.

M: 想 xiǎng, 'to think'. 哦,我想起来了 Oh, I've thought of it! ò, wǒ xiǎng qǐ láile!

S: So what does 跳起来了 mean? Duìle. Jumped up, leapt. Nà zhī māo tiào qǐlái
le.

M: And I said, 同时,那只小鸟飞起来了 同时 TONG SHI tóngshí, 'at the same time',
tóngshí.

S: And 飞起来了. 飞 FEI fēi, 'to fly', like in flying machine, airplane, 飞机 fēiji.

M: So what does 同时, 那只小鸟飞起来了 mean? Méi cuò. At the same time, that
little bird flew up.

S: So, it seems our little bird is ok. But what about the cat?

S: To end, here's chapter 3 again:

M: 那两只大狗认为那只猫很好玩儿。

S: 突然,那只猫跳起来了。

M: 同时,那只小鸟飞起来了。

S: And then?

M: Wait for Chapter 4. After our fùxí kè. Zàijiàn.

S: Zàijiàn!

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