Quirky comics: Chinese – sick – level 1

This beginner text is an entertaining text about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the nurse.

The Quirky comics video texts support the teaching of 'Understanding texts' outcomes in the Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus. This can be done in many ways, including:

  • Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves perform the stories as plays.
  • They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the stories.
  • They can write profiles of the characters and then put them in different situations.

The texts can also lead to communicative 'Interacting' or 'Creating texts' tasks, such as, telling a nurse why you don’t feel well or writing an invitation to a birthday party.

Watch 'Chinese – sick – level 1' (2:54).

Chinese sick level 1

(Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds)

Sick [Chinese] – Level 1

生病 [中文] – 第 1 级

shēng bìng (zhōngwén) - dì yī jí

Frame 1-1

Girl with braids: I'm so hungry

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ hǎo è

梳辫子女孩: 我好饿

Frame 1-2

Boy with blond tuft: Good morning, sir, Lili is sick

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zǎoshanghǎo, lǎoshī, Lìli shēngbìng le

金色簇发男孩: 早上好,老师,丽丽生病了

Frame 1-3

Girl with braids: I’ve got a stomachache

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ dùzi téng 。

梳辫子女孩: 我 肚子疼。

Frame 1-4

Teacher: Go to the nurse

Lǎoshī: Qùkàn hùshì ba。

老师: 去看护士吧!

Frame 1-5

Boy with blond tuft: Let's go to the nurse

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Wǒmen qùkàn hùshìba !

金色簇发男孩: 我们去看护士吧!

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Frame 1-6

Girl with braids: I'm sick

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ shēngbìng le

梳辫子女孩: 我生病了

Frame 2-1

Boy with blond tuft: Nurse,Lili is sick.

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Hùshì, Lìli shēngbìng le

金色簇发男孩: 护士,丽丽生病了

Frame 2-2

Nurse: You’re sick?

Hùshì: Nǐ shēngbìng le ma?

护士: 你生病了吗?

Frame 2-3

Nurse: Let's see...

Hùshì: Wǒ kànkan...

护士: 我看看...

Frame 3-1

Boy with blond tuft: What is this? A band-aid?

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zhè shì shénme? Chuàngkětiē?

金色簇发男孩: 这是什么? 创可贴?

Frame 3-2

Boy with blond tuft: Why are these kids here? Are they sick too?

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zhèxiē háizi wèishénme zài zhèlǐ? Tāmen yě shēngbìng le ma?

金色簇发男孩: 这些孩子为什么在这里? 他们也生病了吗?

Frame 3-3

Nurse: He has earache. He has a headache. Don’t worry. Here, put on band aid.

Hùshì: Tā ěrduo téng. Tā tóuténg. Bié dānxīn. zhè yǒu chàungkětiē, tiē shàng jiù hǎo le.

护士: 他耳朵疼。他头疼。别担心。这有创可贴,贴上就好了。

Frame 4-1

Girl with red hair: What happened, Mingming?

Hóngfà nǚhái: zěnme le, Míngmíng?

红发女孩: 怎么了, 明明?

Frame 4-2

Boy with blue helmet: I fell from my bike.

Lántóukuī nánhái: Wǒ cóng zìxíngchē shàng shuāixiàlái le.

蓝头盔男孩: 我从自行车上摔下来了。

Frame 4-3

Girl with red hair: Are you okay, Mingming?

Hóngfà nǚhái: Nǐ méishì ba, Míngmíng?

红发女孩: 你没事吧, 明明?

Frame 4-4

Boy with blue helmet: Ah! My foot is hurting.

Lántóukuī nánhái: Ā! Wǒde jiǎoténg.

蓝头盔男孩: 啊! 我的脚疼。

Frame 4-5

Girl with red hair: Let’s go to the nurse.

Hóngfà nǚhái: Wǒmen qù kàn hùshì ba.

红发女孩: 我们去看护士吧。

Frame 4-7

Nurse voice over: Here’s a band aid

Hùshì pángbái: Zhè yǒu chuàngkětiē

护士旁白: 这有创可贴。

Frame 5-1

Boy with red nose: I'm cold

Hóngbízi nánhái: Wǒ lěng

红鼻子男孩: 我冷

Frame 5-2

Boy with red nose: I'm sick

Hóngbízi nánhái: Wǒ shēngbìng le

红鼻子男孩: 我生病了

Frame 5-3

Nurse voice over: Here's a band aid

Hùshì pángbái: Zhè yǒu chuàngkětiē

护士旁白: 这有创可贴

Frame 6-1

Boy with blond tuft: There are only band-aids for every sickness. No medicine. Let’s quickly go and tell the Principal.

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Bùguǎn shénme bìng dōu zhǐyǒu chuàngkětiē. Méiyǒu yào. Wǒmen

kuài qù gàosù xiàozhǎng ba.

金色簇发男孩: 不管什么病都只有创可贴。没有药。我们快去告诉校长吧。

Frame 6-2

Teacher: Hmm…Ok kids, I'll call now

Lǎoshī: Ēn…Hǎode háizimen, wǒ xiànzài jiù dǎdiànhuà

老师: 嗯…好的孩子们,我现在就打电话

Frame 6-3

Teacher: Hello! Can you hear me?

Lǎoshī: Nǐhǎo! Nǐ néng tīngdào wǒ ma?

老师: 你好! 你能听到我吗?

Frame 7-1

Truck arrives: A truck arrives at the school

Kǎchē dàodá: Yí liàng kǎchē dào le xuéxiào

卡车到达: 一辆卡车到了学校

Frame 7-2

Nurse: Wow! Here are the band aids.

Hùshì: Wā! Chuàngkětiē dàole.

护士: 哇! 创可贴 到了。

[End of transcript]

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