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Sleeping Beauty 睡美人 - Paragraph 1 第一段

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Note: The text is pasted here in case you want to copy/paste one of the words into a dictionary app, but the above video and zip file download are best inputting the content as they have audio and text-tracking.

很久以前,在一个地图上没有的地方,住着一家人,他们生活得很开心。这个地方只有一个花园和一个房子爸爸每天在花园里工作,照顾花园里各种各样的花;妈妈在家做家里的事,比如照顾宝宝,做饭,洗衣服等等。看到这儿,你可能会问,那他们每天吃什么呢?他们每天吃花仙子给他们带来的东西,面包水果什么的。花仙子呢?

Top-Down Words

久 jiǔ- for a long time
爸爸 bàba - dad
照顾 zhàogù - look after
花仙子 huāxiānzi - flower fairy


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

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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Comments   2

Rose Black

Because in the video 花仙子 is a diffrent color, at first I just read 他们每天吃花仙子 and my brain just stopped there, so I was shocked, but then I saw the rest 给他们带来的东西 and it made sense xD

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citsSCwlMn8&t=2403s

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