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Counting Things in the Classroom
lǐ fāng李芳dài带zhe着xiǎo měi小美yòng用shù zì数字hé和liàng cí量词shù数jiào shì教室lǐ里de的wù pǐn物品，bāng zhù帮助tā她shú xī熟悉shù liàng数量biǎo dá表达fāng shì方式。

Li Fang and Xiaomei count objects in the classroom using numbers and measure words to help Xiaomei become familiar with quantity expressions.

李芳
xiǎo měi小美，wǒ men我们lái来shù数yī一shù数jiào shì教室lǐ里de的dōng xī东西，hǎo好ma吗？

Xiaomei, shall we count the things in the classroom?

小美
hǎo好a啊！wǒ我xiān先shù数yǐ zi椅子，yǒu有yī一、èr二、sān三……shí十bǎ把yǐ zi椅子。

Sure! I’ll start with the chairs. One, two, three… ten chairs.

李芳
hěn很hǎo好，yào要jì de记得shuō说‘shí十bǎ把yǐ zi椅子’。nà那zhuō zi桌子ne呢？

Very good. Remember to say ‘ten chairs’. How about the tables?

小美
yǒu有wǔ五zhāng张zhuō zi桌子。

There are five tables.

李芳
duì对。hēi bǎn黑板yǒu有jǐ几kuài块？

Correct. How many blackboards are there?

小美
zhǐ yǒu只有yī kuài一块hēi bǎn黑板。

There is only one blackboard.

李芳
nà那chuāng hù窗户ne呢？

And what about the windows?

小美
yǒu有sì四shàn扇chuāng hù窗户。

There are four windows.

李芳
zhēn bàng真棒，nǐ你yòng用le了‘bǎ把’、‘zhāng张’、‘kuài块’、‘shàn扇’zhè xiē这些liàng cí量词。

Excellent, you used measure words like ‘ba’, ‘zhang’, ‘kuai’, and ‘shan’.

小美
wǒ我fā xiàn发现，bù tóng不同de的dōng xī东西yào要yòng用bù tóng不同de的liàng cí量词！

I see! Different things need different measure words!

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