Quirky comics: Chinese – 喂，喂 1
This beginner text is about a young man who receives a mysterious phone call that leads him to different places.
The Quirky comics video texts support the teaching of 'Understanding texts' outcomes in the Modern Languages K-10 Syllabus. This can be done in many ways, including:
- Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves perform the stories as plays.
- They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the stories.
- They can write profiles of the characters and then put them in different situations.
The texts can also lead to communicative 'Interacting' or 'Creating texts' tasks, such as, telling a nurse why you don’t feel well or writing an invitation to a birthday party.
Watch 'Mystery phone call – 喂，喂 1 – Level 1' (3:23)
(Duration: 3 minutes 23 seconds)
Frame 1-1
Man with blue hair: Wèi, wèi.
喂，喂。
Telephone: Xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, qǐng lái huǒchē zhàn qiánmiànde kāfēi diàn.
下午两点, 请来火车站前面的咖啡店。
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Nǐ shì shéi? Wèi, wèi.
什么? 你是谁? 喂，喂。
Frame 1-2
Man with blue hair: Zhēn qíguài! Xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, qù kāfēi diàn. Zhè shì zěnme yīhuíshì?
真奇怪！ 下午两点，去咖啡店. 这是怎么一回事？
Frame 2-1
Woman with orange hat: Nǐ shì Wěijiàn ma?
你是伟建吗？
Man with blue hair: Duì a! Wǒ jiùshì.
对啊！我就是.
Woman with orange hat: Zhè shì gěi nǐ de.
这是给你的。
Man with blue hair: Āi, nǐ shì jiā líng ma?
哎,你是嘉玲吗？
Woman with orange hat: Bùshì. Nǐ nòng cuòle.
不是。 你弄错了。
Frame 2-2
Man with blue hair: Qǐng qù yóujú pángbiān de fǎ láng.
请去邮局旁边的发廊。
Frame 3
Woman with purple sunglasses: Nǐ shì Wěijiàn ma?
你是伟建吗
Man with blue hair: Duì a! Nǐ shì jiā líng ma?
对啊！你是嘉玲吗？
Woman with purple sunglasses: Bùshì. Nǐ nòng cuòle. Qǐng guòlái, dài shàng jiǎfǎ.
不是。 你弄错了。请过来，戴上假发。
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Dài shàng jiǎfǎ? Wǒ biàn chéng wǒ lǎobà le.
什么？戴上假发? 我变成我老爸了。
Woman with purple sunglasses: Āi, bié fā láosāo. Tīngzhe, xiànzài qù yínháng hòumiàn de shízhuāng diàn.
嗳,别发牢骚。听着，现在去银行后面的时装店。
Man with blue hair: Kěshì…
可是
Woman with purple sunglasses: Kuài, shíjiān bù duōle!
快，时间不多了！
Frame 4-1
Woman with pink wig: Nǐ shì Wěijiàn ma?
你是伟建吗？
Man with blue hair: Shì, nǐ shì jiā líng ma?
是, 你是嘉玲吗？
Woman with pink wig: Bùshì. Guòlái, chuān shàng dàyī.
不是。过来， 穿上大衣。
Man with blue hair: Wèishéme?
为什么？
Woman with pink wig: Nǐ bié wèn. Kuài chuān shàng ba!
你别问。快穿上吧！
Woman with pink wig: Kàn, hěn héshēn.
看，很合身。
Frame 4-2
Man with blue hair: Zhēn qíguài!
真奇
Woman with pink wig: Xiànzài nǐ qù bǎihuò shāngdiàn lǐmiàn de zīxún chù.
现在你去百货商店里面的咨询处。
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Zhè shì zěnme yīhuíshì?
什么？这是怎么一回事？
Woman with pink wig: Kuài, kuài, kuài. Méi shíjiānle.
快,快,快。没时间了
Frame 5-1
Woman with eye patch: À, Wěijiàn, zhōngyú děngdào nǐle.
啊，伟建, 终于等到你了。
Man with blue hair: Nǐ shì jiā líng ma?
你是嘉玲吗？
Woman with eye patch: Bùshì. Nǐ nòng cuòle. Kuài, dài shàng mòjìng. Kàn, duō xiāosǎ!
不是。你弄错了。快， 戴上墨镜。看，多潇洒!
Man with blue hair: Wǒ hútúle. Zhè shì zěnme yīhuíshì?
我糊涂了。这是怎么一回事?
Woman with eye patch: Nǐ biéguǎn. Xiànzài chéng diàntī shàng wǔ lóu.
你别管。现在乘电梯上五楼。
Frame 5-2
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Shàng wǔ lóu? Gǎo shénme guǐ a!
什么? 上五楼? 搞什么鬼啊！
Frame 6
Elevator (woman’s voice): Èr lóu.
二楼。
Elevator (woman’s voice): Sān lóu.
三楼。
Elevator (woman’s voice): Sì lóu.
四楼。
Elevator (woman’s voice): Wǔ lóu.
五楼。
Woman in elevator: Shēngrì kuàilè!
生日快乐！
[End of transcript]
Syllabus
Please note:
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Languages K-10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2019