唱歌跳舞 Singing and Dancing — HSK 2 Reading

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

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.

1. Who sings extremely well?

2. What did everyone do after the singing was finished?

3. What time was it when they went home?