"Big thanks for the software! I just started learning Chinese here at the UN,
and your program is just what I need. It lets me follow up what I
learn in the classroom and then explore further."
—Nikolai Galkin, United Nations
Audio Immersion  | 
Audio Practice  | 
Vocabulary Study  | 
Vocabulary Review
Reading Practice  | 
Exercises  | 
Stepping Stones Home
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.
盲 |
人 |
摸 |
象 |
||
máng |
rén |
mō |
xiàng |
古 |
时 | 候, | ||
gǔ |
shí |
hou |
有 |
一 |
个 |
国 |
王 |
让 |
人 |
拉 |
来 |
一 |
头 |
大 |
象, |
||
yǒu |
yí |
gè |
guó |
wáng |
rang |
rén |
lā |
lái |
yì |
tóu |
dà |
xiàng, |
让 |
六 |
个 |
盲 |
人 |
用 |
手 |
去 |
摸, |
||
rang |
liù |
gè |
máng |
rén |
yòng |
shǒu |
qù |
mō, |
然 |
后 |
再 |
说 |
出 |
大 |
象 |
是 |
什 |
么 |
样 |
子。 |
||
rán |
hòu |
zài |
shuō |
chū |
dà |
xiàng |
shì |
shén |
me |
yàng |
zi. |
由 |
于 |
六 |
个 |
人 |
所 |
的 |
位 |
置 |
不 |
同, |
||
yóu |
yú |
liù |
gè |
rén |
suǒ |
de |
wèi |
zhi |
bù |
tóng, |
所 |
以 |
感 |
觉 |
不 |
同, |
||
suǒ |
yǐ |
gǎn |
jué |
bù |
tóng, |
说 |
出 |
的 |
象 |
的 |
形 |
状 |
也 |
不 |
一 |
样。 |
||
shuō |
chū |
de |
xiàng |
de |
xíng |
zhuàng |
yě |
bù |
yí |
yàng. |
他 |
们 |
各 |
说 |
各 |
的, |
||
Tā |
men |
gè |
shǒu |
gè |
de, |
都 |
认 |
为 |
自 |
己 |
说 |
得 |
对, |
||
dōu |
rèn |
wéi |
zì |
jǐ |
shuō |
de |
duì, |
并 |
争 |
论 |
起 |
来, |
||
bìng |
zhēng |
lùn |
qǐ |
lái, |
谁 |
也 |
说 |
服 |
不 |
了 |
谁。 |
||
shéi |
yě |
shuō |
fu |
bu |
liǎo |
shéi. |
Once you have memorized each line of the story, you are ready to go on to the next step.