新同学
The new classmate
Name: ________________ Date: ________
星期一，我们班来了一个新同学。她叫玛丽，不是中国人。她的中文只有两个字：“你好。”
老师说：“我们每天教玛丽一个中文词，玛丽也教我们一个她们国家的词。”
星期一，我们教她“谢谢”。玛丽也教我们她们国家的“你好”。我们都说得不好，她笑了。
星期二，我们教她“好吃”。中午，她吃了我的一个包子，说：“好吃！”
星期三，我们教她“朋友”。她看着我，说：“朋友。”我很高兴。
星期四下午，玛丽回家了，我们没走。老师在手机上找到了她们国家的一句话：“你好，朋友！”我们学了很长时间。
星期五早上，玛丽进了教室，我们一起说了那句话。
玛丽也说了一句话，是中文：“大家好，我的朋友们！”
我们都笑了。她说得比我们好。
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly; just |
| 同学 | tóngxué | classmate; fellow student |
| 中国 | zhōngguó | China |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 中文 | zhōngwén | Chinese (language) |
| 字 | zì | character; written word |
| 你好 | níhǎo | hello; hi |
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 谢谢 | xièxie | thank you; thanks; to thank |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious |
English (for the teacher)
On Monday, a new classmate joined our class. Her name was Mary, and she wasn’t Chinese. Her Chinese was just two characters: “Nǐ hǎo.”
The teacher said, “Every day we’ll teach Mary one Chinese word, and Mary will teach us one word in her language.”
On Monday, we taught her “thank you”. Mary taught us “hello” in her language too. We all said it badly, and she laughed.
On Tuesday, we taught her “delicious”. At lunch, she ate one of my steamed buns and said, “Delicious!”
On Wednesday, we taught her “friend”. She looked at me and said, “Friend.” I was very happy.
On Thursday afternoon, Mary went home, but we stayed. On her phone, the teacher found a sentence in Mary’s language: “Hello, friend!” We practised it for a long time.
On Friday morning, Mary walked into the classroom, and we all said that sentence together.
Mary said a sentence too, in Chinese: “Hello, everyone, my friends!”
We all laughed. She said it better than we did.