Get a Chinese girlfriend - 找一个中国女朋友 | Slow-Chinese Reading

Some foreigners want to find a Chinese girlfriend. Why is that? What is the Chinese girls' view of love and marriage? Let's take a look in this video.

单词及短语

Key words and phrases

找 [zhǎo]
 
v. to look for [HSK 2]
中国 [Zhōng guó]
 
n. China [HSK 1]
女朋友 [nǚ péng you]
 
n. girlfriend [HSK 2]
想 [xiǎng]
 
v. to want, would like [HSK 1]
因为 [yīn wèi]
 
conj. because [HSK 2]
漂亮 [piào liang]
 
adj. beautiful [HSK 1]
聪明 [cōng ming]
 
adj. smart [HSK 3]
可爱 [kě'ài]
 
adj. cute, lovely [HSK 3]
会 [huì]
 
v. can, to be able to [HSK 1]
做饭 [zuò fàn]
 
v. cook [HSK 1]
中国菜 [Zhōng guó cài]
 
n. Chinese food [HSK 1]
好吃 [hǎo chī]
 
adj. delicious [HSK 1]
如果 [rú guǒ]
 
conj. if, in case [HSK 3]
可以 [kě yǐ]
 
v. can, may [HSK 2]
越来越 [yuè lái yuè]
 
more and more [HSK 3]
结婚 [jié hūn]
 
v. to marry, to get married [HSK 3]
想法 [xiǎng fǎ]
 
n. opinion [HSK 4]
不一样 [bù yí yàng]
 
unlike [HSK 3]
自己 [zì jǐ]
 
pron. oneself [HSK 3]
工作 [gōng zuò]
 
n.& v. job, to work [HSK 1]
生活 [shēng huó]
 
n.& v. life, to live [HSK 4]
照顾 [zhào gù]
 
v. to take care of [HSK 3]
其实 [qí shí]
 
adv. actually [HSK 3]
秘密 [mì mi]
 
n. secret [HSK 5]

短文

Reading Transcripts

yǒu
ge
Yīng
guó
péng
you
.
I have an English friend.
gào
,
He told me,
xiǎng
zhǎo
ge
Zhōng
guó
péng
you
,
he wants to find a Chinese girlfriend.
yīn
wèi
Zhōng
guó
háir
孩儿
piào
liang
,
cōng
ming
,
kě'ài
可爱
,
Because Chinese girls are beautiful, smart, cute,
ér
qiě
huì
zuò
fàn
.
and can cook.
jué
de
Zhōng
guó
cài
hěn
hǎo
chī
.
He thinks that Chinese food is delicious.
guǒ
yǒu
ge
Zhōng
guó
péng
you
,
If he has a Chinese girlfriend,
jiù
tiān
tian
chī
Zhōng
guó
cài
le
.
he can eat Chinese food every day.
Dàn
shì
,
But,
xiàn
zài
zài
Zhōng
guó
,
now in China,
yuè
lái
yuè
duō
de
háir
孩儿
xiǎng
jié
hūn
,
more and more girls don't want to get married,
xiǎng
zhǎo
nán
péng
you
.
don't want to find a boyfriend either.
qián
,
Before,
Zhōng
guó
rén
jué
de
háir
孩儿
dìng
yào
jié
hūn
.
Chinese people think that girls must get married.
Dàn
shì
xiàn
zài
,
But now,
rén
men
de
xiǎng
yàng
le
.
people's thoughts has changed.
háir
孩儿
men
yǒu
de
gōng
zuò
shēng
huó
,
Girls have their own work and life,
men
zhào
.
they can take care of themselves.
shí
,
Actually,
hái
yǒu
ge
mi
méi
yǒu
gào
de
Yīng
guó
péng
you
.
there's a secret I haven't told my English friend.
jiù
shì
That is,
xiàn
zài
hěn
duō
Zhōng
guó
女儿
háir
dōu
huì
zuò
fàn
.
now many Chinese girls don't know how to cook.