Good evening, wanShang hao. Lesson 14. Today we are going to read a short article to you, so you learn some new words, and get used to Chinese grammar. Please repeat after me when I read the words.

Sentence One: After quite a few years, I returned Zhoukou City of Henan Province, where my old home is.

• shirGe 时隔after /shige
• doo-or 多many /duo
• nee-an 年years /nian，
• hoo-ay le 回了returned /huile
• Tang 趟(~round/ride) /Tang
• henan 河南Henan Province
• Dsoukou 周口 Zhoukou (City)
• nongTsun 农村 countryside /nongcun
• lao 老 old /lao
• Jar 家home / jia

I am not quite sure if it just because I have seen so many new buildings in the big cities,

• Boodsir 不知not knowing /Buzhi
• Shir boo Shir是不是 is not is /ShibuShi
• Dsai Dar tsengShir 在大城市 in big cities /Zai DachengShi
• Kan 看 saw /Kan
• sheen 新new /xin
• lowfung 楼房 buildings /loufang
• doo-or 多 too many /duo
• 了(~-ed) / le，

The villages appeared to be quite shabby in my eyes.

• ganDow 感到feeling /ganDao
• tsundsung 村庄 villages /cunzhuang
• hen 很 very /hen
• Porbai 破败 shabby / PoBai

Although the newly built buildings showed a little bit vitality.

• sheen 新newly /xin
• Jee-an chee lai 建起来 built /Jianqilai
• d 的 de /de
• Yeeshee-ay 一些 some /Yixie
• lowfung 楼房buildings /loufang
• Sirhoo 似乎seems /Sihu
• sheeand 显示 showing /xianShi
• nongtsung 农村 countryside /nongcun
• hai 还 still /hai
• yo 有have /you
• shee-ay 些 some /xie
• shengjee 生机 vitality / Shengji

But this is on the surface.

• Dan 但but /Dan
• Dser 这 this /Zhe
• Dsir 只 only /zhi
• Shir 是 is /Shi
• bee-ao_mee-an 表面 the surface /biaoMian

With a little bit tone of humor,

• yong 用using /Yong
• war 我 my /wo
• tee-ao_kan_d调侃的 humourous /tiaokan de
• Hoo-ar 话 words /Hua
• Shoo-or 说 saying /shuo

I would say the rural homes are just like resorts, which are only used for less than one month in a year.

• nongtsun d 农村的countryside /nongcun de
• jar 家 homes /jia
• Shir 是are /Shi
• Yee 一one /Yi
• nee-an 年 year /nian
• shir_Yong 使用use /shiYong
• boo 不 not /bu
• Dow 到reaching /Dao
• YeeGer 一个 one /yiGe
• Yew-ay 月month /Yue
• d 的de /de
• DooJar tsoo-en “度假村resorts”/DuJiacun

The rural China’s decling trend is inevitable.

• Dsong_goo-or 中国Chinese /zhongguo
• nongtsoo-en农村 rural /nongcun
• d 的/de
• shoo-aiBai 衰败 decling /shuaiBai
• trueShir 趋势trend /quShi
• yeeJing 已经 already /yiJing
• Booker Needsoo-an不可逆转 inevitable /Buke Bimian

When I returned home,

• hoo-ayDow回到 returned /huiDao
• jarli 家里 home /jiali

Grass growing everywhere,

• jingjee 荆棘 grass /jingji
• tsongsheng 丛生 overgrown(growing everywhere) /congSheng

I felt like that I have walked into the wild.

• fungfoo 仿佛seems like /fangfu
• Dowle到了 returned /Daole
• hooyeah Deeli 荒野地里the wild /huangye Dili。

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