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  4. hsk 4
  5. day 5

day 5a life story

unit 1 · people & personality

    a life story

    Tell a life story: never, at first, suddenly, from then on, and never again.

    today’s words

    • 从来 cónglái · ever (with 不 / 没: never)
    • 本来 běnlái · originally, at first
    • 忽然 hūrán · suddenly
    • 当时 dāngshí · at that time, back then
    • 从此 cóngcǐ · from then on
    • 童年 tóngnián · childhood
    • 儿童 értóng · children
    • 经历 jīnglì · experience; go through
    • 人生 rénshēng · life (a person’s)
    • 一生 yīshēng · all your life, a lifetime
    • 回忆 huíyì · recall; memory
    • 成为 chéngwéi · become
    • 生 shēng · be born; give birth
    • 家乡 jiāxiāng · home town
    • 老家 lǎojiā · home town, family home
    • 难忘 nánwàng · unforgettable
    • 今后 jīnhòu · from now on
    • 将来 jiānglái · the future; in future

    sentences

    • 我从来没去过云南。 · I’ve never been to Yunnan.
    • 本来我想坐飞机,后来决定坐火车。 · At first I wanted to fly, but then I decided to take the train.
    • 我们正吃着饭,外面忽然下起了大雨。 · We were in the middle of dinner when it suddenly started pouring outside.
    • 那次旅游是我最难忘的经历。 · That trip is the most unforgettable thing that’s ever happened to me.
    • 我的童年是在老家过的。 · I spent my childhood in my home town.