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HSK 5 · Article · 294 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/china-un-peacekeepers

中国的“蓝盔”

How many UN peacekeepers does China send?

Name: ________________ Date: ________

联合国liánhéguó有yǒu一种yìzhǒng特别tèbié的de军人jūnrén。他们tāmen去qù发生fāshēng过guo战争zhànzhēng的de地方dìfang，帮助bāngzhù那里nàlǐ的de人rén重新chóngxīn过guò上shàng安全ānquán的de生活shēnghuó。他们tāmen戴dài着zhe蓝色lánsè的de头盔tóukuī，所以suóyǐ人们rénmen叫jiào他们tāmen“蓝lán盔kuī”，正式zhèngshì的de名字míngzi是shì“维和wéihé人员rényuán”。

中国zhōngguó是shì从cóng一九九〇年yījiújiǔlíngnián开始kāishǐ参加cānjiā这zhè项xiàng工作gōngzuò的de。那nà一yì年nián，中国zhōngguó派pài了le五wǔ名míng军人jūnrén去qù中东zhōngdōng，任务rènwu是shì观察guānchá和hé报告bàogào。一九九二年yījiújiǔ’èrnián，中国zhōngguó第一次dìyīcì派出pàichū一yì整zhěng支zhī队伍duìwu，去qù了le柬埔寨jiánpǔzhài，主要zhǔyào工作gōngzuò是shì修路xiūlù和hé修xiū桥qiáo。

到dào现在xiànzài，中国zhōngguó已经yǐjīng派出pàichū了le五万多wǔwànduō人次réncì。在zài安理会ānlǐhuì的de五wǔ个gè常任理事国chángrènlǐshìguó中zhōng，目前mùqián在zài任务rènwu中zhōng的de中国zhōngguó维和wéihé人员rényuán最zuì多duō。这zhè项xiàng工作gōngzuò需要xūyào很hěn多duō钱qián，中国zhōngguó出chū的de钱qián也yě排pái在zài第二dì’èr位wèi。

他们tāmen具体jùtǐ做zuò什么shénme？在zài南苏丹nánsūdān和hé黎巴嫩líbānèn，中国zhōngguó军人jūnrén修路xiūlù、排雷páiléi；医生yīshēng给gěi当地人dāngdìrén看病kànbìng；还有的军人jūnrén负责fùzé保护bǎohù当地dāngdì的de人rén，在zài街jiē上shàng巡逻xúnluó。

这zhè份fèn工作gōngzuò并不bìngbù安全ānquán。三十多sānshíduō年nián来lái，已经yǐjīng有yǒu中国zhōngguó维和wéihé人员rényuán在zài任务rènwu中zhōng失去shīqù了le生命shēngmìng。

你nǐ的de国家guójiā也yě派pài人rén参加cānjiā这zhè项xiàng工作gōngzuò吗ma？

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
重新chóngxīnagain; anew; afresh
戴dàito wear (a hat, glasses, jewelry, etc.)
正式zhèngshìformal; official; officially
人员rényuánstaff; personnel
项xiàngitem; term
任务rènwutask; mission; assignment
整zhěngwhole; complete
修xiūto repair; to mend; to fix
桥qiáobridge
目前mùqiánat present; currently; now
排páito arrange; to line up
负责fùzéto be in charge of; to be responsible for

Questions

  1. 一九九二年，中国第一次派出一整支队伍，去柬埔寨做什么？

    In 1992, China first sent a whole unit to Cambodia. What did it do?

    A. 修路和修桥B. 观察和报告C. 给人看病

  2. 在安理会的五个常任理事国中，哪一点中国是第一？

    Among the five permanent members of the Security Council, in what is China first?

    A. 出的钱B. 派出的时间C. 目前在任务中的人数

  3. 在南苏丹和黎巴嫩，医生做什么？

    In South Sudan and Lebanon, what do the doctors do?

    A. 在街上巡逻B. 修桥和排雷C. 给当地人看病

Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)

HSK 5 · How many UN peacekeepers does China send?. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 重新 and 戴 in sentences of their own.

  1. Warm-up 5 min

    Write 中国的“蓝盔” on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “How many UN peacekeepers does China send?”.

  2. Key words 10 min

    Teach 重新 (chóngxīn, again; anew; afresh), 戴 (dài, to wear (a hat, glasses, jewelry, etc.)), 正式 (zhèngshì, formal; official; officially), 人员 (rényuán, staff; personnel), 项 (xiàng, item; term), 任务 (rènwu, task; mission; assignment). Say each one, the class says it back, then ask for its meaning with the word covered. The rest are in the handout’s table.

  3. Listen 10 min

    Play it read aloud from mandarinthewild.com/library/read/china-un-peacekeepers: once with the text face down, once reading along. Students tap any word there for its meaning.

  4. Read and check 10 min

    Students read it alone, then answer the 3 questions on the handout. Go through them together; the answers and the line that proves each are on the teacher’s page.

  5. Use it 10 min

    In pairs, each student writes two sentences of their own, one with 重新 and one with 戴, and reads one to the class.

Homework. Students read it again at home and Review its words. Put it in a free class (mandarinthewild.com/teachers/class) and you see who read it.

English (for the teacher)

The United Nations has a special kind of soldier. They go to places that have been through war and help the people there get back to a safe life. They wear blue helmets, so people call them “blue helmets”; their formal name is “peacekeepers”.

China began taking part in this work in 1990. That year China sent five military officers to the Middle East to observe and report. In 1992 China sent a whole unit for the first time, to Cambodia, and its main job was repairing roads and bridges.

To date, China has made more than fifty thousand peacekeeper deployments in all. Among the five permanent members of the Security Council, China currently has the most peacekeepers on missions. This work costs a lot of money, and China is second in what it pays.

What exactly do they do? In South Sudan and Lebanon, Chinese soldiers build roads and clear landmines, doctors treat local people, and other soldiers protect local people and patrol the streets.

This job is not safe. In more than thirty years, Chinese peacekeepers have lost their lives on missions.

Does your country send people to do this work too?

Answers

  1. A. 修路和修桥: 主要工作是修路和修桥
  2. C. 目前在任务中的人数: 目前在任务中的中国维和人员最多
  3. C. 给当地人看病: 医生给当地人看病