After the Exam: a Chinese dialogue with translation
Xiao Wang finishes his exam in forty minutes without noticing the questions on the back, but it's not as bad as it seems. HSK 2, 11 sentences, 162 characters. Tap a line to see the translation, tap the icon to hear it.
考完了 kǎo wán le
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Anna: Xiao Wang, how was the exam?
Xiao Wang: Great! I knew everything and finished in forty minutes.
Anna: Forty minutes? The exam was two hours long; I was writing until the last minute.
Xiao Wang: There weren't many questions, only twenty, and none of them were long.
Anna: Twenty? There were twenty more questions on the back. Didn't you see them?
Xiao Wang: On the back?... I didn't look at the back.
Anna: What? Then hurry and go ask the teacher!
Xiao Wang: I did. The teacher laughed. She said the questions on the back were for next week's exam; she gave out the wrong ones.
Anna: What? So I did twenty extra questions?
Xiao Wang: That's right! That's why you wrote for two hours and I only wrote for forty minutes.
Anna: Well, at least I'm already ready for next week's exam!
HSK 2 words in this text
- 考试kǎoshìexam
- 就jiùright away; exactly
- 完wánfinish
- 最zuìmost
- 题tíquestion (on a test)
- 后面hòumiànbehind, back side
- 快kuàifast; soon
- 笑xiàolaugh, smile
- 错cuòwrong; mistake
- 所以suǒyǐso, therefore
- 已经yǐjīngalready
- 准备zhǔnbèiprepare; plan to
Questions on the text
How long did it take Xiao Wang to finish the exam?
Forty minutes.
What didn't he notice?
Twenty more questions on the back.
What were the questions on the back for?
Next week's exam.
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