长大以后当什么？

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A: 今天上课的时候，我问我班上的小孩子们，你们长大以后想做什么？有一个女孩说她想当记者，另一个女孩说她想当老师，和我一样。

B: 对，我们以前也是说的这些。

A: 但是有个小男孩说，他想成为超人，因为超人可以保护地球，还可以飞来飞去救人。

B: 哈哈哈，小孩真的太可爱了！

A: 后来，吃饭的时候，别的老师告诉我，这个小男孩从不吃水果和菜，只吃肉。

B: 可是这样吃对小孩子不好！

A: 对！我也这样认为。所以我就去问他为什么不吃，他说他不爱吃。然后我说只吃猪肉的话，长大以后就会长成一只猪，长不成超人了，因为超人什么都爱吃。所以你想成为超人的话，水果和菜你都得吃。

B: 那他听你的话了吗？

A: 他说，老师，别骗我了！我和你一样是人，所以是变不成猪的！不过，我会把水果和菜都吃了，因为我要长高一点。

B: 我觉得他比我还聪明。

Top-Down Words

时候 shíhòu - moment
当 dāng - to be (a profession)
成为 chéngwéi - to become
超人 chāorén - superman
保护 bǎohù - to protect, to defend
告诉 gàosu - to tell
所以 suǒyǐ- so, as a result
就  jiù- then
成 chéng - to become
超人 chāorén - superman
骗 piàn - to lie
把 bǎ - (used to shift the object to before the verb)
高 gāo - tall
聪明 cōngming - smart

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. 

Step Two

Download the zip file from the sidebar (desktop/laptop) or below this description (Mobile APP). That zip file contains the following:

• Text tracking video(s) MP4 file(s)
• Audio MP3 file(s)
• Image file of the text & top-down words for your reference

Dialogues contain one text-tracking video file at 80% speed followed by native speed. 

Opinions & Short Stories contain two text tracking video files, one female voice, and one male voice. Both start at 80% speed, followed by native speed.

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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Rebecca Wheble

Cute story!

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Dom Thomson

他说，老师，别骗我了！
The audacity of this lad!