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学校的作业The School Assignment

HSK 1Story 3 of 8110 characters2 min

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王老师给同学们一个作业:听一听学校附近的声音。

小雨听到了鸟叫、汽车声和孩子们的笑声。阿明听到了商店的音乐,还听到了周叔叔关门的声音。

陈可刚来这个学校。她一个人坐在教室后面。小雨走过去说:“你可以和我们一起做作业。”

陈可笑了。她说:“好啊。我会听得很仔细。”

Vocabulary

  • 作业zuòyèhomework
  • 附近fùjìnnearby
  • 鸟叫niǎojiàobird call
  • 笑声xiàoshēnglaughter
  • 仔细zǐxìcarefully

Grammar

动词重叠 (AA / A一A)

Verb Reduplication for Casual Action

Verb + 一 + Verb

Softens the tone and indicates taking a quick, brief, or exploratory action ('take a listen').

听一听学校附近的声音。

Questions

  1. 王老师给了什么作业?
  2. 阿明听到了什么?
  3. 陈可为什么笑了?

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