我在学校认识了一个同学。
At school I got to know a classmate.
他问我：“你叫什么名字？”
He asks me: "What's your name?"
我说：“我叫王小明，你呢？”
I say: "My name is Wang Xiaoming. And you?"
他说：“我叫李明。”
He says: "My name is Li Ming."
他二十岁，是中国人。
He is twenty years old and is Chinese.
我们现在是好朋友。
We are good friends now.
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Key words 生词
认识rènshito get to know
同学tóngxuéclassmate
问wènto ask
名字míngziname
岁suìyears old
朋友péngyoufriend
Grammar note 语法点
你呢?
呢 bounces the same question back to the other person: 'and you?'
我叫王小明,你呢?
叫 + name
Use 叫 to give your name: 我叫 + name.
我叫李明。
Check yourself 小测验
1. 我在哪儿认识他?
2. 他叫什么名字?
3. 他多少岁?
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