This bilingual book tells the story about Guo Guo's visit to Beijing with his family. He enjoyed the food. He liked the shops. Then the most unexpected thing happens. His parents disappeared! And Guo Guo cannot speak Chinese!
The story is written in Simplified Chinese and English, with pinyin provided to help you pronounce words correctly as used in the context of the story.
The story use words taken from the HSK Exam Level 1 word list (additional vocabulary kept to a minimum). Candidates preparing for the exam can revise their required vocabulary without being overloaded with new ones. Learners not preparing for the HSK exam can use this book to build up their vocabulary in an interesting manner.
Find out how Guo Guo got reunited with his parents.
Enjoy reading the story in both Chinese and English, and build up your Chinese fluency at the same time!
These books are always beneficial to improving my reading skills. I can't wait to be able to read proper, full length books in Chinese, and these graded readers will definitely help me get there.
I've noticed these books aren't witjout their faults though, but I can easily overlook it.
On the very first line there appears to be a mistake. The Chinese says that Guo Guo is in first year of middle school, whereas the English translation says he's in seventh grade. It's no wonder I struggled to translate this one when the translation says something completely different.
The English translations also have bad grammar at time so take it with a grain of salt. Eg. His Chinese teacher is a Chinese living in Beijing.
My first ever book in Mandarin! It was simplistic and repetitive but this was actually really useful. It also introduced some new words and easy grammar in an accessible way. Feeling super proud of myself for being able to read this!