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Stepping Stones Lesson Five


Audio Immersion  |  Audio Practice  |  Vocabulary Study  |  Vocabulary Review
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2. Audio Practice

Listen to one line of the story, and then repeat it aloud. Follow the characters in the text as you listen--each character corresponds to one syllable. Practice until you can recite the line from memory. Then go on to the next line. Again, don't worry about the meaning for now.


    
yín
sān
bǎi
liǎng


候,       
shí
hou,


下。
       
yǒu
rén
yín
zi
mái
zài
xià.


走,
        
bié
rén
yín
zi
tōu
zǒu,


        
jiù
zài
mái
yín
zi
de
fang
le.


“此
两”
子。
        
"cǐ
yín
sān
bǎi
liǎng"
de
pái
zi.


了,
        
lín
yǒu
jiào
Wáng
Èr
de
rén
kàn
jiàn
le,



了。
        
děng
tiān
hēi
jiù
yín
zi
tōu
zǒu
le.



的,
        
Wáng
Èr
bié
rén
zhī
dào
shì
tōu
de,



句:
        
jiù
zài
pái
zi
shang
jiā
le
jù:



“邻
偷。”
        
"Lín
jiā
Wáng
Èr
céng
tōu."



果,
后,
        
Jié
guǒ,
bié
rén
kàn
le
hòu,



子。
        
dōu
zhī
dào
shì
Wáng
Èr
tōu
le
yín
zi.


 

Once you have memorized each line of the story, you are ready to go on to the next step.