谁当班长？Who'll Be Class Monitor?

New words

• 男生nánshēng — boy (student), guy
• 女生nǚshēng — girl (student)
• 名míng — place, rank (第一名); (measure word: people)
• 组zǔ — group; to form (小组)
• 排pái — row; to line up, arrange

The story

李老师：同学们，今天我们选班长。谁想当班长？Everyone, today we're choosing a class monitor. Who wants to be monitor?

乐乐：我！我想当班长！Me! I want to be monitor!

学生：我也想！李老师，班长应该是女生！Me too! Teacher Li, the monitor should be a girl!

A：不对！班长应该是男生！No way! The monitor should be a boy!

李老师：好，男生有乐乐，女生有小红。下午每个人写一个名字。OK: the boys have Lele, the girls have Xiaohong. This afternoon everyone writes down one name.

乐乐：跑步比赛，我是第二名。画画儿比赛，我也是第二名。这次我一定要第一名！In the running race I came second. In the drawing contest I came second too. This time I'm going to be first!

学生：女生们，我们组一个小组！我当组长。Girls, let's form a team! I'll be team leader.

C：好！我们女生组都坐第一排！OK! All of us in the girls' team sit in the front row!

Opening the lesson…