写汉字Writing Chinese characters

New words

• 写xiě — to write
• 字zì — character, word
• 汉字Hànzì — Chinese character
• 读dú — to read aloud
• 课kè — lesson

The story

王老师：上课了！大卫，今天的课，我们写汉字。Class time! David, in today's lesson we're writing Chinese characters.

大卫：写汉字？我会说汉语……我不会写汉字。Write characters? I can speak Chinese... but I can't write characters.

乐乐：我会写汉字！我会写十个字！I can write characters! I can write ten!

王老师：好！乐乐，你也来上课吧。Great! Lele, you join the lesson too.

王老师：这是什么字？大卫，你读。What character is this? David, you read it.

大卫：我……不会读。I... can't read it.

乐乐：我会读！这个字读“大”！I can! This one is "da"!

王老师：是！大卫的“大”，大大的“大”。Yes! The "da" in David, the "da" in Dada.

Opening the lesson…