Quirky comics: Chinese – sick, level 1

This beginner text is an entertaining text about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the nurse.

This Quirky comics video 'Chinese – sick, level 1' supports 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 text 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 'Chinese – sick, level 1', Chinese title '生病 1' (2:54).

Chinese – sick, level 1

(Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds)

Sick [Chinese] – Level 1

生病 [中文] – 第 1 级

shēng bìng (zhōngwén) - dì yī jí

Frame 1-1

Girl with braids: I'm so hungry

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ hǎo è

梳辫子女孩: 我好饿

Frame 1-2

Boy with blond tuft: Good morning, sir, Lili is sick

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zǎoshanghǎo, lǎoshī, Lìli shēngbìng le

金色簇发男孩: 早上好,老师,丽丽生病了

Frame 1-3

Girl with braids: I’ve got a stomachache

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ dùzi téng 。

梳辫子女孩: 我 肚子疼。

Frame 1-4

Teacher: Go to the nurse

Lǎoshī: Qùkàn hùshì ba。

老师: 去看护士吧!

Frame 1-5

Boy with blond tuft: Let's go to the nurse

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Wǒmen qùkàn hùshìba !

金色簇发男孩: 我们去看护士吧!

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Frame 1-6

Girl with braids: I'm sick

Shūbiànzi nǚhái: Wǒ shēngbìng le

梳辫子女孩: 我生病了

Frame 2-1

Boy with blond tuft: Nurse,Lili is sick.

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Hùshì, Lìli shēngbìng le

金色簇发男孩: 护士,丽丽生病了

Frame 2-2

Nurse: You’re sick?

Hùshì: Nǐ shēngbìng le ma?

护士: 你生病了吗?

Frame 2-3

Nurse: Let's see...

Hùshì: Wǒ kànkan...

护士: 我看看...

Frame 3-1

Boy with blond tuft: What is this? A band-aid?

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zhè shì shénme? Chuàngkětiē?

金色簇发男孩: 这是什么? 创可贴?

Frame 3-2

Boy with blond tuft: Why are these kids here? Are they sick too?

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Zhèxiē háizi wèishénme zài zhèlǐ? Tāmen yě shēngbìng le ma?

金色簇发男孩: 这些孩子为什么在这里? 他们也生病了吗?

Frame 3-3

Nurse: He has earache. He has a headache. Don’t worry. Here, put on band aid.

Hùshì: Tā ěrduo téng. Tā tóuténg. Bié dānxīn. zhè yǒu chàungkětiē, tiē shàng jiù hǎo le.

护士: 他耳朵疼。他头疼。别担心。这有创可贴,贴上就好了。

Frame 4-1

Girl with red hair: What happened, Mingming?

Hóngfà nǚhái: zěnme le, Míngmíng?

红发女孩: 怎么了, 明明?

Frame 4-2

Boy with blue helmet: I fell from my bike.

Lántóukuī nánhái: Wǒ cóng zìxíngchē shàng shuāixiàlái le.

蓝头盔男孩: 我从自行车上摔下来了。

Frame 4-3

Girl with red hair: Are you okay, Mingming?

Hóngfà nǚhái: Nǐ méishì ba, Míngmíng?

红发女孩: 你没事吧, 明明?

Frame 4-4

Boy with blue helmet: Ah! My foot is hurting.

Lántóukuī nánhái: Ā! Wǒde jiǎoténg.

蓝头盔男孩: 啊! 我的脚疼。

Frame 4-5

Girl with red hair: Let’s go to the nurse.

Hóngfà nǚhái: Wǒmen qù kàn hùshì ba.

红发女孩: 我们去看护士吧。

Frame 4-7

Nurse voice over: Here’s a band aid

Hùshì pángbái: Zhè yǒu chuàngkětiē

护士旁白: 这有创可贴。

Frame 5-1

Boy with red nose: I'm cold

Hóngbízi nánhái: Wǒ lěng

红鼻子男孩: 我冷

Frame 5-2

Boy with red nose: I'm sick

Hóngbízi nánhái: Wǒ shēngbìng le

红鼻子男孩: 我生病了

Frame 5-3

Nurse voice over: Here's a band aid

Hùshì pángbái: Zhè yǒu chuàngkětiē

护士旁白: 这有创可贴

Frame 6-1

Boy with blond tuft: There are only band-aids for every sickness. No medicine. Let’s quickly go and tell the Principal.

Jīnsècùfà nánhái: Bùguǎn shénme bìng dōu zhǐyǒu chuàngkětiē. Méiyǒu yào. Wǒmen

kuài qù gàosù xiàozhǎng ba.

金色簇发男孩: 不管什么病都只有创可贴。没有药。我们快去告诉校长吧。

Frame 6-2

Teacher: Hmm…Ok kids, I'll call now

Lǎoshī: Ēn…Hǎode háizimen, wǒ xiànzài jiù dǎdiànhuà

老师: 嗯…好的孩子们,我现在就打电话

Frame 6-3

Teacher: Hello! Can you hear me?

Lǎoshī: Nǐhǎo! Nǐ néng tīngdào wǒ ma?

老师: 你好! 你能听到我吗?

Frame 7-1

Truck arrives: A truck arrives at the school

Kǎchē dàodá: Yí liàng kǎchē dào le xuéxiào

卡车到达: 一辆卡车到了学校

Frame 7-2

Nurse: Wow! Here are the band aids.

Hùshì: Wā! Chuàngkětiē dàole.

护士: 哇! 创可贴 到了。

[End of transcript]

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Modern Languages K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

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