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Four is Four, Ten is Ten
xiǎo měi小美liàn xí练习rào kǒu lìng绕口令lǐ fāng李芳lǎo shī老师gǔ lì鼓励

Xiaomei practices a tongue twister, and Teacher Li encourages her.

李芳
xiǎo měi小美jīn tiān今天wǒ men我们láizuòshé tou舌头tǐ cāo体操hǎoma

Xiaomei, today let's do some tongue exercises, okay?

小美
hǎoshén me什么tǐ cāo体操

Okay! What kind of exercises?

李芳
jiàoyī jù一句rào kǒu lìng绕口令shìshíshìshí

I'll teach you a tongue twister: “Four is four, ten is ten.”

小美
shìshíshìashuōluànle

Four is… ten is… ah, I mixed it up!

李芳
méi guān xì没关系xiānmànyì diǎn一点yī zì yī jù一字一句shuō

It's okay, go slowly first, say it word by word.

小美
——shì——shí——shì——shí

Four—is—four, ten—is—ten.

李芳
hěnhǎoxiàn zài现在shāo wēi稍微kuàiyì diǎn一点shìshì

Very good! Now try a little faster.

小美
shìshíshíshìzāo gāo糟糕

Four is ten, ten is four… oh no!

李芳
hā hā哈哈zàishēn hū xī深呼吸wǒ men我们zàiláiyí dìng一定xíng

Haha, take a deep breath and try again, you can do it.

小美
sì shì sì四是四shí shì shí十是十chéng gōng成功le

Four is four, ten is ten! I did it!

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