"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.
以 |
牙 |
还 |
牙 |
||
Yǐ |
yá |
huán |
yá |
孔 |
融 |
小 |
时 |
候 |
||
Kong |
Rong |
xiǎo |
shí |
hou |
便 |
聪 |
明 |
过 |
人, |
||
biàn |
cōng |
ming |
guò |
rén, |
好 |
些 |
有 |
才 |
学 |
的 |
大 |
官 |
||
hǎo |
xiē |
yǒu |
cái |
xué |
de |
dà |
guān |
都 |
难 |
不 |
倒 |
他。 |
||
dōu |
nán |
bu |
dǎo |
ta. |
有 |
一 |
次, |
||
yǒu |
yí |
cì, |
很 |
多 |
人 |
都 |
当 |
着 |
||
hěn |
duō |
rén |
dōu |
dāng |
zhe |
孔 |
融 |
的 |
面 |
夸 |
他, |
||
Kong |
Rong |
de |
miàn |
kuā |
tā, |
但 |
有 |
一 |
个 |
大 |
官 |
却 |
说: |
||
dàn |
yǒu |
yí |
gè |
dà |
guān |
què |
shuō:" |
小 |
时 |
候 |
聪 |
明 |
的 |
人, |
||
xiǎo |
shí |
hou |
cōng |
ming |
de |
rén, |
长 |
大 |
以 |
后 |
||
zhǎng |
dà |
yǐ |
hòu |
不 |
一 |
定 |
怎 |
么 |
样。” |
||
bù |
yí |
ding |
zèn |
me |
yàng." |
孔 |
融 |
以 |
牙 |
还 |
牙 |
地 |
说: |
||
Kong |
Rong |
yǐ |
yá |
huán |
yá |
de |
shuō:" |
大 |
人 |
小 |
的 |
时 |
候, |
||
dà |
rén |
xiǎo |
de |
shí |
hou, |
想 |
必 |
也 |
是 |
很 |
聪 |
明 |
的。” |
||
xiǎng |
bì |
yě |
shì |
hěn |
cōng |
míng |
de." |
Once you have memorized each line of the story, you are ready to go on to the next step.