大卫的汉语David's Chinese

New words

• 学习xuéxí — to study
• 进步jìnbù — progress
• 努力nǔlì — hard-working
• 越来越yuèláiyuè — more and more
• 得de — (complement marker)

The story

王老师：大家好！新年好！祝你们学习进步！Hello, everyone! Happy New Year! I wish you all good progress in your studies!

安娜：王老师新年好！您带包子了吗？Happy New Year, Teacher Wang! Did you bring buns?

王老师：带了！今天我还带了这个。I did! And today I brought this, too.

大卫：这是……我的第一个本子！That's... my very first notebook!

王老师：对。你学习汉语一年多了。今天我们来看看你的进步！Right. You've been studying Chinese for over a year. Today let's look at your progress!

大卫：一年多以前，我第一次来这个城市。A little over a year ago, I came to this city for the first time.

王老师：你看第一页：“大”，“小”，还有……Look at page one: "big", "small", and...

小雨：还有大大的猫字！And Dada's cat characters!

Opening the lesson…