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Taking the HSK

Taking the HSK
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ID: 0931 Upper Intermediate
The 'Fear Factor' of Chinese tests, the sit-down-break-out-in-a-sweat test, the kind of test those standing-naked-at-the-front-of-the-class nightmares are made of. An essay in Chinese characters you say? By hand? Oh ho ho, that's just the beginning. Takers of the HSK test, we bow down to you. Aspirers, sacrifice yourself on the altar of books and prepare for a case of writer's cramp only 10 pages of handwritten Chinese characters can bring. Hear more to tempt you to HSK in this podcast.
Jenny , John
Taking the HSK
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
划船 huáchuán boating
备课 bèikè to prepare lessons
辅导 fǔdǎo to tutor
托福 tuōfú TOEFL
在忙什么呢天气这么好周末我们去公园划船吧
zài 在máng 忙shénme 什么ne 呢tiānqì 天气zhème 这么hǎo 好zhōumò 周末wǒmen 我们qù 去gōngyuán 公园huáchuán 划船ba 吧
What are you busy with? The weather is so great, let's go boating in the park this weekend.
哎在备课呢这两周特忙马上要考HSK了有很多学生来找我辅导
āi 哎zài 在bèikè 备课ne 呢zhè 这liǎng 两zhōu 周tè 特máng 忙mǎshàng 马上yào 要kǎo 考HSK HSKle 了yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多xuésheng 学生lái 来zhǎo 找wǒ 我fǔdǎo 辅导
Oh, I have to prepare my lessons. These next couple weeks I'm extra busy. The HSK test is coming up soon. A lot of students are coming to me for tutoring.
不会吧有很多人考HSK吗
bù huì 不会ba 吧yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多rén 人kǎo 考HSK HSKma 吗
No way. Do a lot of people take the HSK test?
是啊这几年考的人一年比一年多已经有几百万人参加过HSK考试啦
shì 是a 啊zhè jǐ nián 这几年kǎo 考de 的rén 人yī 一nián 年bǐ 比yī 一nián 年duō 多yǐjīng 已经yǒu 有jǐbǎi wàn 几百万rén 人cānjiā 参加guo 过HSK HSKkǎoshì 考试la 啦
Yeah. These past few years the number of people taking the test has been going up and up. There has already been a few million people who have taken the HSK!
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