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Stepping Stones Lesson Four


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2. Audio Practice

Listen to one line of the story, and then repeat it aloud. Follow the characters in the text as you listen--each character corresponds to one syllable. Practice until you can recite the line from memory. Then go on to the next line. Again, don't worry about the meaning for now.


    
gōng
shān


        
gōng
jiā
mén
kǒu


山,
        
yǒu
liǎng
zuò
shān,


里,
        
fāng
yuán
liù
bǎi
lǐ,


 很
便。
        
jìn
chū
hěn
fāng
biàn.


走。
        
jué
dìng
shān
zǒu.


公,
        
yǒu
lǎo
rén
xiào
gōng,



说:
        
gōng
shuō:



“我
山,
        
"wǒ
rén
zǒu
zhè
liǎng
zuò
shān,



子、
挖,
        
de
ér
zi
sūn
zi
hái
huì
wā,



挖。
        
de
ér
sūn
de
ér
sūn
hái
huì
wā.



高,
        
shān
huì
zhǎng
gāo,



天。”
        
zǒng
huì
yǒu
zǒu
de
tiān."

 

了,
        
tiān
shàng
de
shén
tīng
le,


公,
        
hěn
jìng
zhòng
gōng,



        
jiù
rang
shén

 

了。
        
shān
zǒu
le.


 

Once you have memorized each line of the story, you are ready to go on to the next step.