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唱歌跳舞Chànggē tiàowǔSinging and Dancing

HSK 2 reading practice · 75 words · ~1 min
星期六xīngqīliù晚上wǎnshang,我wǒ和hé朋友péngyou们men一起yìqǐ去qù唱歌chànggē。
On Saturday evening, my friends and I went out singing together.
我wǒ朋友péngyou小王Xiǎo Wáng唱chàng得de非常fēicháng好hǎo,大家dàjiā都dōu喜欢xǐhuan听tīng。
My friend Xiao Wang sings extremely well; everyone loves listening to him.
虽然suīrán我wǒ唱chàng得de不bù好hǎo,但是dànshì我wǒ唱chàng得de很hěn快乐kuàilè。
Although I don't sing well, I sing very happily.
唱chàng完wán歌gē,大家dàjiā开始kāishǐ跳舞tiàowǔ。
When the singing was done, everyone began to dance.
小王Xiǎo Wáng跳tiào得de比bǐ我wǒ好hǎo,我wǒ看kàn着zhe他tā慢慢mànmàn学xué。
Xiao Wang dances better than I do, so I watched him and slowly learned.
回huí家jiā的de时候shíhou已经yǐjīng十二shí'èr点diǎn了le,但是dànshì大家dàjiā都dōu很hěn高兴gāoxìng。
By the time we went home it was already twelve o'clock, but everyone was very happy.
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Key words 生词

唱歌chànggēto sing (songs)
跳舞tiàowǔto dance
非常fēichángextremely
快乐kuàilèhappy
开始kāishǐto begin
已经yǐjīngalready

Grammar note 语法点

虽然…但是…

"Although ... but ..." — both halves are used together in Chinese: 虽然我唱得不好,但是我很快乐。

虽然我唱得不好,但是我唱得很快乐。 — Although I don't sing well, I sing very happily.
A + 比 + B + adjective

比 compares two things: A 比 B 好 means A is better than B.

小王跳得比我好。 — Xiao Wang dances better than me.

Check yourself 小测验

1. Who sings extremely well?
2. What did everyone do after the singing was finished?
3. What time was it when they went home?

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