"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.
愚 |
公 |
移 |
山 |
||
yú |
gōng |
yí |
shān |
愚 |
公 |
家 |
门 |
口 |
||
yú |
gōng |
jiā |
mén |
kǒu |
有 |
两 |
座 |
大 |
山, |
||
yǒu |
liǎng |
zuò |
dà |
shān, |
方 |
圆 |
六 |
百 |
里, |
||
fāng |
yuán |
liù |
bǎi |
lǐ, |
进 |
出 |
很 |
不 |
方 |
便。 |
||
jìn |
chū |
hěn |
bù |
fāng |
biàn. |
他 |
决 |
定 |
把 |
山 |
挖 |
走。 |
||
tā |
jué |
dìng |
bǎ |
shān |
wā |
zǒu. |
有 |
一 |
个 |
老 |
人 |
笑 |
愚 |
公, |
||
yǒu |
yí |
gè |
lǎo |
rén |
xiào |
yú |
gōng, |
愚 |
公 |
说: |
||
yú |
gōng |
shuō: |
“我 |
一 |
个 |
人 |
挖 |
不 |
走 |
这 |
两 |
座 |
山, |
||
"wǒ |
yí |
gè |
rén |
wā |
bù |
zǒu |
zhè |
liǎng |
zuò |
shān, |
我 |
的 |
儿 |
子、 |
孙 |
子 |
还 |
会 |
挖, |
||
wǒ |
de |
ér |
zi |
sūn |
zi |
hái |
huì |
wā, |
我 |
的 |
儿 |
孙 |
的 |
儿 |
孙 |
还 |
会 |
挖。 |
||
wǒ |
de |
ér |
sūn |
de |
ér |
sūn |
hái |
huì |
wā. |
山 |
不 |
会 |
长 |
高, |
||
shān |
bú |
huì |
zhǎng |
gāo, |
总 |
会 |
有 |
挖 |
走 |
的 |
一 |
天。” |
||
zǒng |
huì |
yǒu |
wā |
zǒu |
de |
yì |
tiān." |
天 |
上 |
的 |
神 |
听 |
了, |
||
tiān |
shàng |
de |
shén |
tīng |
le, |
很 |
敬 |
重 |
愚 |
公, |
||
hěn |
jìng |
zhòng |
yú |
gōng, |
就 |
让 |
大 |
力 |
神 |
||
jiù |
rang |
dà |
lì |
shén |
把 |
山 |
移 |
走 |
了。 |
||
bǎ |
shān |
yí |
zǒu |
le. |
Once you have memorized each line of the story, you are ready to go on to the next step.