HSK 3 · Lesson 14前面跑过来一个孩子 A child came running up

Nature and animals: appearing and disappearing — 前面跑过来一个孩子, 树上飞走了一只鸟; 着 — “standing, sitting” (站着吃); 到处 “everywhere”; 长 zhǎng “grow”; 养 “keep (animals)”; 小心! 注意安全!

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Dialogues

At the zoo

A
动物园里人真多，到处都是人！
Dòngwùyuán li rén zhēn duō, dàochù dōu shì rén!
So many people at the zoo — there are people everywhere!
B
你看，那边站着很多人，他们在看大熊猫。
Nǐ kàn, nàbiān zhànzhe hěn duō rén, tāmen zài kàn dàxióngmāo.
Look, there’s a crowd standing over there watching the giant panda.
A
大熊猫坐着吃东西，真可爱！
Dàxióngmāo zuòzhe chī dōngxi, zhēn kě’ài!
The panda is sitting and eating — so cute!
B
小心！前面跑过来一个孩子。
Xiǎoxīn! Qiánmiàn pǎo guolai yí ge háizi.
Careful! A child is running towards us.
A
孩子们都喜欢动物。我小时候家里养过一只狗。
Háizimen dōu xǐhuan dòngwù. Wǒ xiǎoshíhou jiā li yǎngguo yì zhī gǒu.
All children love animals. We had a dog when I was little.

Hiking

A
周末我们去爬山吧。山上有很多树，环境特别好。
Zhōumò wǒmen qù pá shān ba. Shān shang yǒu hěn duō shù, huánjìng tèbié hǎo.
Let’s go hiking at the weekend. There are lots of trees on the mountain — it’s lovely there.
B
好啊！春天山上的花都开了吧？
Hǎo a! Chūntiān shān shang de huā dōu kāi le ba?
Great! The flowers on the mountain must be out in spring?
A
对，草地上开着很多花。
Duì, cǎodì shang kāizhe hěn duō huā.
Yes, there are lots of flowers blooming in the meadows.
B
爬山的时候要注意安全。
Pá shān de shíhou yào zhùyì ānquán.
We need to be careful when climbing.
A
放心吧，我们慢慢儿爬。
Fàngxīn ba, wǒmen mànmānr pá.
Don’t worry, we’ll take it slowly.

New words

📝 Worksheet for this lesson

Grammar

1. Something appears / disappears: 前面跑过来一个孩子

Place + verb + direction / result + (了) + number + who / what

When someone or something unknown appears or disappears, the sentence starts with the place and the newcomer comes last with a number: 前面跑过来一个孩子 “a child came running up ahead”, 我们班来了一个新同学 “a new student joined our class”, 树上飞走了一只鸟 “a bird flew off the tree”.

我们班来了一个新同学。
Wǒmen bān láile yí ge xīn tóngxué.
A new student has joined our class.
树上飞走了一只鸟。
Shù shang fēizǒule yì zhī niǎo.
A bird flew off the tree.

2. 着: 站着, 坐着吃, 开着很多花

Verb + 着 is a lasting state (门开着, HSK 2). New uses: 1) what is in some position somewhere: 那边站着很多人 “a lot of people are standing over there”, 草地上开着很多花; 2) how a second action is done: 坐着吃 “eat sitting down”, 笑着说 “say with a smile”, 站着看书.

他笑着说：“没问题！”
Tā xiàozhe shuō: “Méi wèntí!”
He said with a smile, “No problem!”
别站着，请坐！
Bié zhànzhe, qǐng zuò!
Don’t stand — please sit down!

3. 到处 — “everywhere”; 长 zhǎng, 养

到处 means “everywhere”, usually with 都: 到处都是人 “there are people everywhere”. 长 zhǎng is “to grow”: 长大 “grow up”, 孩子长高了, 长得像 “look like” (while 长 cháng is “long”). 养 means “keep, raise”: 养狗, 养花, 养孩子.

春天到处都开花了。
Chūntiān dàochù dōu kāi huā le.
In spring everything is in bloom.
孩子长大了。
Háizi zhǎngdà le.
The child has grown up.

4. 小心! 注意! — warnings

小心 means “careful!”: 小心车! “mind the car!”, 小心点儿! 注意 is “pay attention, watch”: 注意安全 “stay safe”, 注意身体 “take care of yourself”, 请注意 “attention, please”.

小心车！
Xiǎoxīn chē!
Mind the car!
爬山的时候要注意安全。
Pá shān de shíhou yào zhùyì ānquán.
Be careful when you climb.

Exercises

1. Listen and choose the translation

  1. Answer
    前面跑过来一个孩子。 Qiánmiàn pǎo guolai yí ge háizi. — A child is running towards us.

  2. Answer
    到处都是人。 Dàochù dōu shì rén. — There are people everywhere.

  3. Answer
    他笑着说。 Tā xiàozhe shuō. — He says with a smile.

  4. Answer
    小心车！ Xiǎoxīn chē! — Mind the car!

2. Choose the correct option

  1. “A new student has joined our class”

    Answer
    我们班来了一个新同学。
  2. “Eat sitting down”

    Answer
    坐着吃
  3. 春天___都开花了。

    Answer
    到处
  4. “The child has grown up” — 孩子___大了。

    Answer
    长

3. Build the sentence

  1. A bird flew off the tree.

    Answer
    树上飞走了一只鸟。 Shù shang fēizǒule yì zhī niǎo.
  2. Lots of people are standing over there.

    Answer
    那边站着很多人。 Nàbiān zhànzhe hěn duō rén.
  3. Be careful when you climb.

    Answer
    爬山的时候要注意安全。 Pá shān de shíhou yào zhùyì ānquán.
  4. I had a dog when I was little.

    Answer
    我小时候养过一只狗。 Wǒ xiǎoshíhou yǎngguo yì zhī gǒu.

4. Dialogue: answer as the speaker

You are speaker B. Pick the right reply and the conversation goes on.

A
你喜欢什么动物？
Nǐ xǐhuan shénme dòngwù?
What animals do you like?
B
我最喜欢大熊猫。
Wǒ zuì xǐhuan dàxióngmāo.
I like the giant panda best.
A
你养过动物吗？
Nǐ yǎngguo dòngwù ma?
Have you ever had a pet?
B
养过，我小时候养过一只猫。
Yǎngguo, wǒ xiǎoshíhou yǎngguo yì zhī māo.
Yes, I had a cat when I was little.
A
周末去动物园吧？
Zhōumò qù dòngwùyuán ba?
Shall we go to the zoo at the weekend?
B
好啊，那儿的环境特别好。
Hǎo a, nàr de huánjìng tèbié hǎo.
Sure, it’s really nice there.

5. Translate into Chinese

  1. There are flowers everywhere.
    Answer
    到处都是花。
  2. Don’t stand — please sit down!
    Answer
    别站着，请坐！
  3. A new colleague has joined our company.
    Answer
    我们公司来了一个新同事。

💡 Did you know?: The panda — a “national treasure”

The giant panda, 大熊猫, is called 国宝, a “national treasure”, in China. In the wild pandas live in the mountain bamboo forests of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. China lends pandas to other countries rather than giving them away — as a sign of friendship.

Phrase audio — Microsoft speech synthesis (voices Xiaoxiao, Yunyang, Yunxi); syllables and some words — native recordings (audio-cmn, CC BY-SA).