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新工作的第一天
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新工作的第一天

xīn gōng zuò de dì yī tiān

First day at the new job

Reading time
4 min
Total words
780
Unique words
337
Avg frequency
#234

Story

tāo

jiǔ

tāo

jiǔ tāo

céng

tāokǒu

tāo tāo

tāo tāo

tāo

tāohóng hóng tāohóng

tāo

tāo

tāo tāo tāo

tāo

tāo tāo

Comprehension drill

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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.

今天是王涛的什么日子?

What kind of day is it for Wang Tao today?

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Drill these words

112-word session

A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.

Words in this story

Curriculum
112 words
#Word
1I, me
4he, him
6zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
10zhèthis
11hǎogood, well, OK
11that
12什么shén mewhat
13yǒuto have, there is/are
14jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
16she, her
18知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)
19shuōto say, to speak
20dōuall, both, already
20shìto be (linking verb)
22hěnvery, quite
24yàoto want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
27and; with
29xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
30rénperson, people
31huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting
35duìcorrect, right; toward; pair
40gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)
41可以kě yǐcan, may (permission or possibility)
45dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement
46háistill, yet; also; even more
50怎么zěn mehow; why (in rhetorical questions)
56zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
57shàngup, above, on; to go up; to attend
63kànto look, to watch, to read, to see
64shìmatter, affair, thing (abstract)
74先生xiān shēngMr., sir; husband (informal)
78已经yǐ jīngalready
79zàiagain; then (sequential)
82因为yīn wèibecause, since
83谢谢xiè xièthank you
87但是dàn shìbut, however (formal)
89所以suǒ yǐtherefore, so, as a result
92jiàoto be called; to call out; to order
95觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)
98zhǎoto look for, to seek, to find
108一起yì qǐtogether, with each other
109应该yīng gāishould, ought to, must
112qǐngplease, to invite, to treat
114看到kàn dàoto see, to catch sight of
121cáionly then, just, merely
122yòngto use, to need, using
123还是hái shìor, still, had better
125问题wèn tíquestion, problem, issue
126工作gōng zuòwork, job, to work