Dialogue
小王\uFF1A
Nǐ你cóng从nǎr哪guò儿lái过来？Where did you come from?
小李\uFF1A
Wǒ我cóng从tú图shū书guǎn馆huí回lái来。Wǒ我yǐ已jīng经kàn看wán完shū书le了。Nǐ你ne呢？I just came back from the library. I've already finished reading. What about you?
小王\uFF1A
Yīn音yuè乐huì会kuài快yào要kāi开shǐ始le了！Wǒ我men们kuài快jìn进qù去ba吧。The concert is about to start! Let's hurry inside.
小李\uFF1A
Hǎo好！Shàng上cì次wǒ我yě也lái来guo过yí一cì次，fēi非cháng常hǎo好。OK! I came once last time too; it was really good.
小王\uFF1A
Měi每cì次nǐ你dōu都zhè这me么shuō说。Yǒu有shí时nǐ你yě也chū出lái来yì一qǐ起wán玩ba吧！You say that every time. Sometimes you should come out and have fun together too!
小李\uFF1A
Hǎo好，qǐ起lái来zǒu走ba吧！Yīn音yuè乐yào要kāi开shǐ始le了。OK, let's get up and go! The music is about to begin.
小王\uFF1A
Shàng上cì次nǐ你lái来guo过yí一cì次，nà那cì次hǎo好bù不hǎo好？You came once last time — was it good?
小李\uFF1A
Fēi非cháng常hǎo好！Wǒ我jìn进qù去jiù就bù不xiǎng想chū出lái来le了。Yǒu有shí时wǒ我yě也xiǎng想zài再guò过qù去yí一cì次。Really good! Once I went in, I didn't want to come out. Sometimes I want to go over again.
小王\uFF1A
Nà那wǒ我men们měi每cì次yì一qǐ起jìn进qù去ba吧！Nǐ你kuài快shàng上lái来，yīn音yuè乐yǐ已jīng经kāi开shǐ始le了。Then let's go in together every time! Hurry up here — the music has already started.
小李\uFF1A
Hǎo好！Wǒ我shàng上lái来le了。Wǒ我men们kuài快jìn进qù去ba吧，bú不yào要xià下qù去le了！OK! I'm up. Let's hurry inside — let's not go back down!
Key vocabulary
Words introduced or practised in this lesson.
已经already快要nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)开始to begin完to finish过来to come over过去(in the) past回来to return; to come back回去to return出来to come out出去to go out进来to come in进去to go in上来to come up上去to go up下来to come down下去to go down起来beginning or continuing an action次next in sequence每each有时sometimes
View full Level 2 vocabulary \u2192Characters in context
Key characters from this lesson.
已
快
开
完
过
回
出
进
Grammar in use
Structures you will practise in this lesson.
Directional complements 来/去
Use verb + 来/去 (过来, 出去, 回来) to indicate direction of movement relative to the speaker.
已经 for already
Place 已经 before a verb to indicate an action has already happened.
所以 for therefore
Use 所以 after a cause clause to express the result or conclusion.
Skill practice
Activities linked to this lesson\u2019s objectives.
Unit check
Answer the questions, then submit to see your results.
Your turn
Write a short summary of a school event. Describe what has already happened (已经…了), what is about to happen (快要…了), and use at least one directional complement (回来/进去/出来/起来).
Frame
今天学校有……。我已经……了。……快要开始了。我们一起……去吧！
Self-check
- \u2610 I used 已经 + verb + 了 for a completed event.
- \u2610 I used 快要 + verb + 了 for an upcoming event.
- \u2610 I used at least one directional complement (回来/进去/出来/起来).
- \u2610 I included a frequency word (每次/有时) at least once.