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The Robot Learns Tea

机器人学茶

Jīqìrén xué chá

2:17 min video · 6 sentences · 7 key words

Transcript with pinyin and English

Hide the English to test yourself.
  1. 小白是机器人。Xiǎo Bái shì jīqìrén.Xiao Bai is a robot.
  2. 他想学茶。Tā xiǎng xué chá.He wants to learn tea.
  3. 他太快了，茶都在桌子上。Tā tài kuài le, chá dōu zài zhuōzi shàng.He is too fast, and the tea is all on the table.
  4. 王老师说：“慢一点儿。”Wáng lǎoshī shuō: “Màn yìdiǎnr.”Teacher Wang says, "A little slower."
  5. 小白慢慢地做了一杯茶。Xiǎo Bái mànmàn de zuò le yì bēi chá.Xiao Bai slowly made a cup of tea.
  6. 老师喝了，说：“很好喝！”Lǎoshī hē le, shuō: “Hěn hǎo hē!”The teacher drank it and said, "Very delicious!"

About this lesson

A little robot wants to learn tea ceremony from his teacher, but he is too heavy-handed and spills the tea. The teacher smiles and teaches him to go slowly, and the robot makes a good cup.

How to practise

  1. Watch once with the English subtitles to understand the story.
  2. Watch again and repeat every sentence out loud in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.
  3. At the end, read along with the narrator at the same time.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
机器人jīqìrénrobotHSK 5
茶cháteaHSK 1
学xuéto learnHSK 1
老师lǎoshīteacherHSK 1
慢mànslowHSK 1
杯bēicup (measure word)HSK 1
桌子zhuōzitableHSK 1

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