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Stepping Stones Lesson Three


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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.


    
zhāo
sān


        
yǒu
dào
shì


子,
        
yǎng
le
zhī
hóu
zi,


        
hóu
zi
měi
tiān
yào
chī
hěn
duō
shí
wù。


天,
        
yǒu
tiān,


说:         
dào
shì
duì
hóu
zi
shuō:


“以
        
“yǐ
hòu
měi
tiān
zǎo
shàng



        
měi
zhī
hóu
zi

 



子,
        
gěi
sān
zi,

 



子。
        
wǎn
shàng
gěi
zi

 



”猴
气,
        
hóu
zi
tīng
le
hěn
shēng
qì,

 



说:
        
shì
dào
shì
shuō:

 



“那
        
“nà
jiù
měi
tiān
zǎo
shàng

 

,
        
gěi
zi,


子。
        
wǎn
shàng
gěi
sān
zi。



        
hóu
zi
tīng

 


        
zǎo
shàng
duō
le
zi



        
jiù
gāo
xìng
le。

 

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