Quirky comics: Chinese – 你的一生 1

This beginner text is about a girl who appears on a TV show about her life.

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 '你的一生 – Level 1' (3:45)

你的一生 1 – Level 1

Frame 1-1

Heading

Nǐ de yīshēng.

你的一生。

Male presenter

Gèwèi láibīn, wǎnshàng hǎo! Huānyíng nǐmen lái zhèlǐ. Jīntiān wǎnshàng, wǒmen de jiābīn shì wáng hóng.

各位来宾,晚上好!欢迎你们来这里。今天晚上,我们的嘉宾是王虹。

Frame 1-2

Male presenter

Wáng hóng, qǐng tīng......

王虹,请听。。。。。。

Frame 1-3

Male presenter

Tā xiǎoshíhòu, wǒ jiào tā yóuyǒng. Tā měitiān cānjiā xùnliàn, chéngle yī míng yóuyǒng hǎoshǒu.

她小时候,我教她游泳。她每天参加训练,成了一名游泳好手。

Frame 1-4

Male presenter

Wáng Hóng, cāi yī cāi. Zhè shì shéi de shēngyīn?

王虹,猜一猜。这是谁的声音?

Frame 1-5

Male presenter

Tā jiùshì Chén jiàoliàn.

他就是陈教练。

Frame 1-6

Girl

Ń?
嗯?

Frame 2-1

Malepresenter

Hǎo! Xiànzài wǒmen lái kàn yīxiē huàndēng piàn. Nǐ hái jìdé guòqù de shì ma?

好!现在我们来看一些幻灯片。你还记得过去的事吗?

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Girl

Wǒ jì bù qīngle.

我记不清了。

Frame 2-3

Male presenter

Xiǎoshíhòu, nǐmen yījiā chángcháng qù yěyíng.

小时候,你们一家常常去野营。

Frame 2-4

Male presenter

Nǐmen qù diàoyú,

你们去钓鱼,

Frame 2-5

Male presenter

qù páshān,

去爬山,

Frame 2-6

Male presenter

qù huáchuán。

去划船。

Frame 2-7

Male presenter

Yǒu yīcì nǐ shuāi pòle tóu, zhù jìnle yīyuàn. Kàn, nǐ hái jìdé zhāng yīshēng ma?

有一次你摔破了头,住进了医院。看,你还记得张医生吗?

Frame 2-8

Doctor

Wáng hóng, hěnjiǔ méi jiànle! Nǐ de tóu méishìle ba!

王虹,很久没见了!你的头没事了吧!

Frame 2-9

Girl

Wǒ de tóu méishì a!

我的头没事啊!

Frame 3-1

Male presenter

Wáng Hóng, nǐ hěn xǐhuān dòngwù. Jīntiān nǐ de gǒu “hēi hēi” yě láile.

王虹,你很喜欢动物。今天你的狗“黑黑”也来了。

Frame 3-2

(Dog barks and bites)

Male presenter

“Hēi hēi”, guòlái.

“黑黑”,过来。

Frame 3-3

Girl

Āiyō! Zhēn téng! Tǎoyàn!

唉哟!真疼!讨厌!

Frame 4-1

Male presenter

Zài zhōngxué lǐ, nǐ shì xiǎo yuèduì de duìyuán

在中学里,你是小乐队的队员。

Frame 4-2

Male presenter

Xiànzài, qǐng nǐ biǎoyǎn yīxià.

现在,请你表演一下。

Frame 4-3

Girl

Dàn de bù hǎo, hěn bàoqiàn.

弹的不好,很抱歉。

Frame 5-1

Male presenter

Hǎo! Cāi cāi zhè shì shéi? Nǐmen hěnjiǔ méi jiànle. Tā cóng méi guòlái, gānggāng xià jī. Tā jiùshì nǐ de luánshēng mèimei měijiā.

好!猜猜这是谁?你们很久没见了。她从没过来,刚刚下机。她就是你的孪生妹妹美加。

Frame 6-1

Girl

Nǐ shì shéi?

你是谁?

Frame 6-2

Blonde girl

Nǐ shì shéi?

你是谁?

Frame 6-3

Male presenter

Wáng hóng, nǐ yǒu shé me gǎnshòu?

王虹,你有什么感受?

Frame 6-4

Girl

Wǒ hútúle. Wǒ bù huì yóuyǒng. Wǒ cónglái méi qù yěyíng. Wǒ bù xǐhuān dòngwù. Wǒ bù huì dàn jítā. Wǒ yě méiyǒu luánshēng mèimei.

我糊涂了。我不会游泳。我从来没去野营。我不喜欢动物。我不会弹吉它。我也没有孪生妹妹。

Frame 6-5

Girl

Nǐ nòng cuòle. Nǐ shuō de bùshì wǒ.

你弄错了。你说的不是我。

[End of transcript]

Syllabus

Please note:

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Languages K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2019

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