Quirky comics: Chinese – 喂，喂 2
This intermediate 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 – Level 2' (4:00)
(Duration: 4 minutes 0 seconds)
Frame 1-1
Man with blue hair: Wèi, wèi.
喂，喂。
Frame 1-2
Telephone: Jīntiān xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, qǐng nǐ lái Zhōngyāng huǒchē zhàn qiánmiàn de kāfēi diàn.
今天下午两点, 请你来中央火车站前面的咖啡店。
Frame 1-3
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Nǐ shuō shénme? Nǐ shì shéi? Wèi, wèi.
什么? 你说什么? 你是谁? 喂，喂。
Frame 1-4
Man with blue hair: Zhēn qíguài! Jīntiān xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn, qù Zhōngyāng huǒchēzhàn qiánmiàn de kāfēi diàn. Zhè shì zěnme yīhuíshì?
真奇怪！今天下午两点，去中央火车站前面的咖啡店。 这是怎么一回事？
Frame 2-1
Woman with orange hat: Nǐ shì Wěijiàn ma?
你是伟建吗？
Frame 2-2
Man with blue hair: Duì. Wǒ jiùshì.
对。我就是。
Frame 2-3
Woman with orange hat: Zhè fēngxìn gěi nǐ de.
这封信给你的。
Frame 2-4
Man with blue hair: Āi, nǐ shì bùshì Jiālíng?
哎,你是不是嘉玲？
Frame 2-5
Woman with orange hat: Bùshì. Nǐ nòng cuòle. Zhè fēngxìn fēicháng zhòngyào, nǐ yào hǎohāor de dú.
不是。 你弄错了。这封信非常重要，你要好好儿地读。
Frame 2-6
Man with blue hair: Qǐng qù yóujú pángbiān de fǎláng. Yǒurén huì zài nà biān děng nǐ.
请去邮局旁边的发廊。有人会在那边等你。
Frame 2-7
Man with blue hair: Shéi huì zài nà biān děng wǒ ne?
谁会在那边等我呢？
Frame 3-1
Woman with purple sunglasses: Nǐ shì Wěijiàn ma?
你是伟建吗?
Frame 3-2
Man with blue hair: Dui. Nǐ shì Jiālíng ma?
对。你是嘉玲吗？
Frame 3-3
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。
Frame 3-4
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Dàishàng jiǎfǎ? Wǒ biànchéng wǒ lǎobà le.
什么？戴上假发? 我变成我老爸了。
Frame 3-5
Woman with purple sunglasses: Āi, bié fā láosāo. Tīngzhe, xiànzài qù yínháng hòumiàn de shízhuāng diàn. Nà biān huì yǒurén děng nǐ.
嗳,别发牢骚。听着，现在去银行后面的时装店。那边会有人等你。
Frame 3-6
Man with blue hair: Kěshì…
可是 .。。。
Frame 3-7
Woman with purple sunglasses: Kuài, shíjiān bù duōle!
快，时间不多了！
Frame 4-1
Woman with pink wig: Wǒ cāi nǐ jiùshì Wěijiàn.
我猜你就是伟建。
Frame 4-2
Man with blue hair: Nǐ bù jiùshì Jiālíng ma?
你不就是嘉玲吗？
Frame 4-3
Woman with pink wig: Bùshì. Nǐ wùhuì le. Guòlái, chuān shàng dàyī.
不是。你误会了。过来， 穿上大衣。
Frame 4-4
Man with blue hair: Wèishéme?
为什么？
Frame 4-5
Woman with pink wig: Nǐ bié wèn. Kuài chuān shàng ba!
你别问。快穿上吧！
Frame 4-6
Woman with pink wig: Kàn, hěn héshēn. Nǐ chàbùduō zhǔnbèi hǎole.
看，很合身。你差不多准备好了。
Frame 4-7
Man with blue hair: Zhǔnbèi hǎole? Zhǔnbèi shénme? Zhēn qíguài!
准备好了？准备什么？真奇怪！
Frame 4-8
Woman with pink wig: Xiànzài nǐ kuài qù bǎihuò shāngdiàn lǐmiàn de zīxúnchù.
现在你快去百货商店里面的咨询处。
Frame 4-9
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Zhè dàodǐshì zěnme yīhuíshì?
什么？这到底是怎么一回事？
Frame 4-10
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。
Frame 5-2
Man with blue hair: Nǐ jiù shì Jiālíng, bùshì ma?
你就是嘉玲，不是吗？
Frame 5-3
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!
Frame 5-4
Man with blue hair: Gàosù wǒ zhè shì zěnme yīhuíshì?
告诉我这是怎么一回事。
Frame 5-5
Woman with eye patch: Nǐ biéguǎn. Xiànzài lìkè chéng diàntī shàng wǔ lóu.
你别管。现在立刻乘电梯上五楼。
Frame 5-6
Man with blue hair: Shénme? Shàng wǔ lóu? Gǎo shénme guǐ？
什么? 上五楼? 搞什么鬼？
Frame 6-1
Elevator (woman’s voice): Èr lóu.
二楼。
Frame 6-2
Elevator (woman’s voice): Sān lóu.
三楼。
Frame 6-3
Elevator (woman’s voice): Sì lóu.
四楼。
Frame 6-4
Elevator (woman’s voice): Wǔ lóu.
五楼。
Frame 6-5
Woman in elevator: Shēngrì kuàilè!
生日快乐！
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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