我家的狗最近不一样了

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我有一只狗，它很听话。不乱吵也不乱叫。可是最近它常常往外面跑，一跑就是差不多半天。有一天，我跟在我的狗后面来到了一个公园，看到这儿有一只白白的母狗，长得很漂亮。我的狗看着母狗，很开心。还没等它走过去和母狗一起玩儿，就来了另一只狗。这只狗很坏，它在母狗和我的狗中间，不让它们看得见对方。我的狗开始叫了起来，越叫越大声。然后母狗也开始叫了。叫了一会儿，那只狗可能害怕了，它很快跑走了。最后，我的狗和小母狗可以开心地在一起玩儿了。后来，它们生了一只小狗，我叫它“小白”。

Top-Down Words

常常 chángcháng - often
跑 pǎo - to run
就  jiù- (expressing condition “then”)
差不多 chàbuduō - around, approx.
跟 gēn - follow
到 dào - to arrive
漂亮 piàoliàng - pretty
对方 duìfāng - the other party (in this case, the other dog)
越... 越... yuè… yuè - the more X, the more Y
大声 dàshēng - loud
害怕 hàipà - scared
声音 shēngyīn - sound
生 shēng - to give birth to, to emerge

How to Use This Lesson

Step One

Watch the video here on the course platform. Feel free to take as much time as you'd like to understand the content, but don't feel obligated to understand the text right now fully. You'll download the video and return to it later. 

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Step Three

At a time of your choosing, use the video files to practice shadowing. If you need a reminder, this lesson explains how to shadow. These video files are ideal for shadowing, especially if you download them to your phone because you can walk around while doing it.

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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Dima Karanda 

I'm a little bit confused about this sentence: 不乱吵也不乱叫。What does it mean exactly and why we use word: 乱？Thank you for the answer in advance.

Mandarin Blueprint

乱 can be put before a bunch of different verbs to give them the meaning of doing without care or order. Keep an eye out for it, it's rather common!

Dima Karanda

Thank you very much for the explanation! I'll keep that in mind.

MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO4Cfg71stc&t=2243s