好消息Good News

New words

• 消息xiāoxi — news
• 恭喜gōngxǐ — congratulations
• 当dāng — to be, act as
• 该gāi — should; to be time to
• 为wèi — for (the sake of)
• 它们tāmen — they (animals, things)

The story

王老师：好，该上课了。今天我们学……Right, time for class. Today we're learning...

大卫：王老师，等一下！我们有一个消息。Teacher Wang, wait a moment! We have some news.

王老师：什么消息？好消息还是坏消息？放松，慢慢说。What news? Good news or bad news? Relax, take your time.

小雨：好消息。我们……Good news. We...

大卫：我和小雨在谈恋爱了！Xiaoyu and I are going out!

安娜：真的吗？！恭喜！恭喜！Really?! Congratulations! Congratulations!

马克：恭喜你们！我们为你们高兴！Congratulations, you two! We're so happy for you!

王老师：太好了！我也为你们高兴！其实，我早就想当你们的介绍人了！Wonderful! I'm so happy for you! Actually, I've wanted to be your matchmaker for ages!

Opening the lesson…