小美和男朋友的一天

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你们好！我叫小美，今年二十一岁。我是大三的一个学生。我有一个男朋友叫小江。我们每天过得很简单。我们的课不少，早上我们一起去上课，下课后去吃午饭，然后我们回去休息一小时，下午两点又开始上课。周一到周三我们四点半才下课，但是别的时间我们三点就下课了。下课以后，如果我们不太累的话，可能会去和朋友一起玩儿。我们几个朋友在一起的话，会用我男朋友的照相机拍照。给自己拍照，中文叫自拍，英文叫selfie。我和朋友们都喜欢自拍。拍完后我们都会用手机发出去让别的人看到。

Top-Down Words

大三 - third year of university
就  jiù- (expressing condition “then”)
英文 yīngwén - English
都 dōu - all, every
喜欢 xǐhuān- to like

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

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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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