英国朋友来中国学习汉语的英语作文

英国朋友来中国学习汉语的英语作文
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篇1
My Best Friend From Britain Came to Learn Chinese!
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about my new best friend Jack who came all the way from Britain to learn Chinese. It's been such an awesome adventure having him here!
Jack is 10 years old just like me. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a ton of freckles on his face. Jack's family moved to Shanghai from London because his dad got a new job here. Even though they don't speak any Chinese, Jack's parents wanted him and his little sister to learn the language.
At first, Jack was really nervous about starting at a new school where nobody spoke English. He told me he was afraid the other kids would make fun of his terrible Chinese. I promised him that everybody at my school is super nice and we would help him learn.
Jack's first day of school was hilarious! The teacher asked him to introduce himself in front of the whole class. Poor Jack's face turned bright red and he stammered "Wo...wo...jiao Jack."
That's all he could get out because he was so shy! We all started cracking up, but in a friendly way. Jack looked scared for a second until I gave him a big smile and a thumbs up.
After that rocky start, things got a lot better for Jack. I started showing him around the school and introducing him to all my friends. Even though we couldn't speak the same language at first, it was fun using body gestures to communicate. Jack learned the words for basic things like "hello", "thank you", and "soccer" right away.
My absolute favorite thing was going with Jack to Chinese class every day. Watching him learn to write characters was hilarious! He could never remember the stroke order or tones. Jack would just scratch his head and say "Why are there so many lines?? This is mental!" I had to show him over and over again. Slowly but surely, he started improving little by little.
When we weren't in class, Jack and I loved playing basketball together at recess. We didn't need to talk much since the game is the same everywhere. It felt awesome becoming friends through just shooting hoops without language. One day, the most popular boy Curtis came over and tried bullying Jack by saying "Wow, you're REALLY bad at this!" Without missing a beat, Jack fired back "Si, wo bu hao!" which means "Yes, I'm not good!" We
all busted out laughing at Jack making a joke in Chinese. Curtis just smiled and taught Jack some basketball trash talk after that.
My favorite memories are from when Jack started getting more confident with his Chinese. He would run up to me excitedly and surprise me by saying whole sentences. Like one time he said "Wo jintian mai le yi ge xin de bisai! Kan!" and pulled out a new backpack from behind his back. I was so proud of him for using different tenses and saying "I bought a new backpack today. Look!"
Another time, Jack's parents took us to a museum over the weekend. Even though it was pretty boring, it was awesome seeing how much Jack could comprehend. The tour guide would say stuff and then Jack would turn to me and whisper what it meant in English. At one point he leaned over and whispered "This guy's voice is putting me right to sleep!" He was so witty and funny, it made the whole museum way more fun.
Jack has only been in China about six months, but his Chinese is already getting super good. He can pretty much keep up in class and understand all the basics. I think one of the biggest things that helped was Jack's great attitude. He was never afraid to make mistakes or be a little silly. Whenever he
messed up a tones, he would make a goofy face and laugh at himself.
In fact, Jack's been such a good language learner that my parents joked about having ME take English lessons from HIM! I asked Jack to teach me some British slang and now I love words like "rubbish", "bloody", and "loo". My English teacher thought it was well weird that I raised my hand one day and asked her where the "loo" was. She looked so confused until Jack started cracking up!
Even though there was a bit of a language barrier at first, Jack and I became best mates pretty much straight away. We helped each other with our schoolwork, played loads of sports together, and had tons of laughs. I'm going to be right gutted when Jack's family has to move back to Britain next year! I'll miss him terribly.
If you ever have the chance to make friends with someone from another country, I can't recommend it enough! Learning about different cultures and languages has been a brilliant experience. Jack taught me that even if you can't speak the same mother tongue, you can find a way to communicate through actions, body gestures, jokes, or even just hanging out playing
games. I'm so lucky I got to be mates with Jack and show him around my world in China. I made a best friend for life!
篇2
My British Friend Learns Chinese
Hi everyone! I'm so excited to tell you about my really cool new friend. His name is Jack and he's from London, England. Jack just moved to my city in China a few months ago with his mom and dad. He's going to be living here for a whole year while his dad works at a big company.
Even though Jack is only 9 years old like me, he's already really smart. He speaks perfect English obviously, since that's his native language. But he doesn't know any Chinese at all! That must be really hard for him since nobody in China (except his parents) speaks English. Jack's parents hired a tutor to come to their home a few times a week to teach Jack how to speak, read, and write Chinese.
At first, Jack told me learning Chinese was super duper hard. The writing system with all the different characters is nothing like the English alphabet. And the tones you have to use when speaking were very confusing for him in the beginning. Jack said
it felt like his mouth was doing yoga poses! He got frustrated a lot in those first few weeks of lessons.
But Jack is really determined and he practiced every single day. His tutor started by teaching him common phrases kids use, like "Hello, my name is..." and "Thank you." Then they moved on to things about school, like how to say "teacher," "student," "book," "pencil" and so on. Jack's parents put labels with the Chinese characters all over their home to help him learn.
After a couple months, Jack could have simple conversations in Chinese! He could introduce himself, talk about his family, count to 100, and say things like "I'm hungry" or "That dog is cute." Jack's parents were so proud of how hard he worked.
The other day, I met up with Jack at the park near his house. When I arrived, I heard him talking in Chinese with an elderly man who was walking his dog! Jack spotted me and ran over.
"Sarah! Sarah! Did you see that?! I just had a whole conversation in Mandarin with that grandpa!" Jack exclaimed breathlessly.
"That's awesome, Jack! What did you guys talk about?" I asked.
Jack launched into an explanation in his still
heavily-accented but improving Chinese. "The grandpa asked me if I liked his dog. I said 'Yes, I love dogs! That dog is very cute.' Then he asked if I had any pets. I told him 'No, I don't have any pets at my home in China, but in England we had a cat.' We talked a little bit more about our pets back home too!"
I gave Jack a high five. "Nice work! Your Chinese is getting so good. You're practically fluent!"
Jack shook his head vigorously. "Oh no no, I'm still just a beginner. But I'm studying hard every day so I can learn as much as possible while we're here. Hey, want to practice some more with me? Let's sit on those swings and you can quiz me."
For the next hour, Jack and I took turns testing each other on Chinese vocabulary words and phrases. We'd speak half in English and half in Mandarin, mixing it all together. It was kind of like a fun game!
At one point, an ice cream truck pulled up to the park and all the kids went running over. Jack got his first chance to order something all by himself in Chinese! The ice cream man looked really surprised when this little blonde British boy walked up and, in pretty good Mandarin, said "One chocolate ice cream bar please!"
When we said goodbye later, I felt so impressed by Jack's dedication and positive attitude. If a 9 year old kid from across the world can pick up this crazy hard language just by studying hard, maybe I could become fluent in another language too someday! Like French or Spanish. Or who knows, maybe I'll even try learning Jack's native English better than him. Just kidding...that's probably impossible for a Chinese kid like me!
Anyways, I'm really grateful to have such an inspiring friend like Jack. He reminds me that if you truly put your mind to something and work at it diligently every day, you can accomplish anything! Even something as difficult as mastering Mandarin Chinese. I think Jack is going to be speaking like a pro by the time he leaves China next year. Yuan ben yi lu, as we say in Chinese...once you start walking down a road, there's no turning back!
I can't wait to see how much more progress Jack makes with his Chinese over these next months. Having an awesome friend who's basically like a free language tutor is the best. Keep it up, Jack! Jia you!
篇3
My British Friend Learns Chinese
Hi, my name is Li Ming and I'm 10 years old. I live in Beijing, China with my mom, dad, and little sister Mei Mei. Last year, a new student joined my class at school. His name is Jack and he's from London, England!
Jack's family moved to China because his dad got a job working for a big company here. Jack didn't know any Chinese when he first arrived. Everything was totally new and different for him. I remember on his first day, he looked really confused and a little scared.
The Chinese language uses totally different letters and sounds than English. We don't have an alphabet, we use thousands of unique characters instead. Chinese also has four different tones that change the meaning of words. It's really tricky, even for us native speakers!
Jack started from zero, learning basic greetings and nouns. Our teacher was very patient with him. At first, he could only say simple things like "Hello" (nǐ hǎo), "Thank you" (xiè xiè), and name objects around the classroom.
In the beginning it was really hard for Jack. He got mixed up a lot because the tones and characters were so unfamiliar. Sometimes he'd accidently say things like "Mom is a horse"
instead of "This is a book" just because his tones were a little off. We all had a good laugh about his mistakes.
But Jack worked super hard every day, practicing writing characters and listening to audio lessons. Gradually, he started picking it up through full immersion at school and spending time with my family.
My parents were really nice to Jack. They helped him learn words around the house and words for foods we ate. Jack says his favorite Chinese dish is Buddha's delight, a delicious vegetarian menu item. He hated it at first but got used to it.
Jack still mixed up tones sometimes, which was funny. Once he accidently told my mom "I want to sleep with you" instead of "I want noodle soup" at dinner. My mom thought it was hilarious, but poor Jack turned bright red!
After a few months, Jack could understand most of what our teachers said and have basic conversations. He worked really hard on writing lots of vocab words and simple sentences too. My parents were proud of his dedication.
To encourage him, we played lots of games using his new language skills. We'd take turns putting different character tiles
together and seeing who could make the longest sentence. Jack loved games like that to practice.
For his birthday, my mom made him practice reading out loud by helping hirrimt read a Chinese poem. I split my sides laughing at his pronunciation at first, but he got better very quickly.
Now, a year later, Jack can speak, read and write Chinese at a high level for his age. It's amazing how fast he learned it all! Sometimes he'll still mix up an obscure word or say something a tiny bit off tone. But generally, he's really, really good. I'm proud of my friend for never giving up.
Last week, Jack's whole family went with my family to watch a Peking Opera show. It's a special type of Chinese opera with incredible choreography, costumes and music. Before Jack learned Chinese, he wouldn't have understood any of it. But he watched intently and kept annotating the stories in a notebook. Afterwards, he analyzed the symbolism and talked about his favorite characters. Very impressive!
My parents said Jack could become an amazing translator one day because he learned our crazy language plus syntax and culture so fast at such a young age. I think Jack's fluency in
Chinese will open up lots of opportunities for jobs, friends and fun as he grows up.
It makes me super happy to have a friend who was brave enough to move across the world and take on the insanely difficult challenge of mastering Chinese. Jack is living proof that with hard work and full dedication, anything is possible!
I can't wait to see how well Jack's Chinese keeps progressing over the years. I'm so lucky to have a friend from England who can explore our cultures together. I'm sure we'll remain buddies for life no matter where we
篇4
My New British Friend Learns Chinese
Hi everyone! I have to tell you about the very exciting thing that happened to me recently. A new student joined my class at school - and he's from England! His name is Oliver and he just moved to China with his family. Oliver doesn't know any Chinese yet, so he is going to learn it along with the rest of us in class.
At first, I thought it would be really hard for Oliver since he doesn't understand any Chinese at all. How would he follow what the teacher was saying? How would he read and write and do his homework? I felt bad for him having to start learning everything
from the very beginning. Chinese is super difficult, even for those of us who grew up speaking it at home. I can't imagine how confusing it must be for Oliver!
On Oliver's first day, the teacher introduced him to the class. Oliver seemed really shy and nervous. He has reddish-blonde hair and lots of freckles on his face. When the teacher asked him to say a few words to us, Oliver said in English "Hello, my name is Oliver. I'm from London. I don't know any Chinese yet, but I'm going to try my best to learn." His English sounded so funny and different from the way we speak Chinese!
During class that day, it was pretty hard for Oliver to follow along. Whenever the teacher said something, I could see Oliver looking confused and lost. I felt bad for him, so I started sitting next to Oliver to help explain things. Whenever the teacher wrote a new character on the board, I would lean over and whisper to Oliver what the meaning and pronunciation was in English. I could see the appreciation in his eyes that I was helping him out.
At lunch, some boys from our class started teasing Oliver, making fun of his strange accent and calling him a foreigner. That wasn't very nice at all! I went over and asked Oliver if he wanted to eat lunch together with me and my friends. Oliver seemed really relieved and gave me a big smile. We showed
Oliver how to properly use chopsticks and explained to him what all the different dishes were. Oliver was very brave and tried everything, even though it was all new cuisine for him.
Over the next few weeks, Oliver worked incredibly hard to learn Chinese. Every day after school, he would spend hours practicing tones, writing out characters, and memorizing vocabulary. Sometimes when I was playing outside, I would see Oliver's mom patiently going over lessons with him through the open window of their apartment. Oliver never got discouraged, even though Chinese is one of the hardest languages in the world to master.
Slowly but surely, Oliver started picking things up. His tones got better and he could recognize more and more characters. Our teacher was really impressed with his dedication and efforts. Oliver would always raise his hand eagerly to answer questions or read passages out loud, stumbling over the pronunciations but never giving up. The kids who used to tease Oliver started admiring him for working so hard.
One day, Oliver approached me at lunch bursting with excitement. "Hey, I can speak a whole sentence in Chinese now!" he exclaimed. "Wǒ shì Oliver, wǒ lái zì Yīngguó" - which means "I am Oliver, I come from England." His tones were a little off, but I
could understand what he was saying and I was so proud of him! We gave Oliver a big cheer and clapped for his first full sentence in Mandarin Chinese.
A few months later, Oliver's parents invited my family over to their house for a traditional English dinner. It was fun trying household cuisine like shepherd's pie, Yorkshire pudding, and mushy peas. Oliver's mom raved about how welcoming all the families at our school had been, and how Oliver's Chinese was improving so quickly thanks to us.
After dinner, Oliver surprised us all by giving a little speech - entirely in Chinese! He thanked my parents for helping him practice his tones and normalize different accents. He praised our teacher for being so patient and encouraging. He even made a joke about his terrible handwriting with Chinese characters. Oliver has worked so unbelievably hard, and we were all beaming with pride watching him accomplish this milestone. Way to go, Oliver!
Now Oliver is becoming a superstar in our Chinese class. He a wonderful pronunciation, reads out loud flawlessly, and aces all the tests and writing assignments. I've even started asking him for help occasionally when there's a phrase or grammar rule I'm struggling with. Having Oliver in our class has allowed us to
appreciate how incredible and nuanced the Chinese language really is. We're all super lucky we grew up speaking it natively.
I'm so grateful Oliver came to our school and we became friends. He's living proof that with enough hard work, dedication and perseverance, anything is possible - even mastering one of the world's most difficult languages as a young kid. Oliver went from knowing absolutely zero Chinese to being perfectly fluent. If that's not inspirational, I don't know what is! Thanks for being such an amazing friend, Oliver. We're all so impressed by you.
篇5
My British Friend Learns Chinese
Hi there! My name is Li Ming and I'm 10 years old. I study at Huaxi Elementary School in Beijing, China. Today I want to tell you all about my very good friend Jack from England who came to live with my family for a few months to learn Chinese. It was so much fun having him stay with us!
Jack is 11 years old and he's from a city called Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has reddish-brown hair and lots of freckles on his face. His eyes are a pretty greenish-blue color. Jack is a little bit taller than me. He's really good at football
(which they call soccer in England) and plays striker on his school team back home.
Jack's dad is a businessman who got transferred to work at his company's Beijing office for six months. So Jack and his mom came along too. They didn't know any Chinese at all before coming here. Jack's parents wanted him to take advantage of being in China by learning to speak, read and write Chinese. That's why he started going to a Chinese language school for foreigners while his mom stayed home and took online Chinese classes.
At first, Jack was really nervous about having to learn such a difficult new language from scratch. He told me the Chinese writing system with all the different characters looked super complicated and hard. Jack was also worried he might not make any friends here since he couldn't speak the language. But I promised to be his translator and buddy to help him out!
Jack started going to his Chinese classes four days a week in the afternoons after regular school let out. The classes were taught completely in Chinese from day one with no English allowed at all. That was really tough for Jack at the beginning. He had to learn words and phrases for basic things like colors,
numbers, telling time, introducing yourself, and so on. Let me try writing one of the first sentences Jack learned:
老师好,我叫杰克。

(That means "Hello teacher, I'm called Jack.")
Jack's teacher was strict but funny. She used fun games and activities to help the students pick up vocabulary. Jack really enjoyed learning to write with a brush and ink. He said it was similar to calligraphy but much harder than using a pen or pencil. Here's one of the words he practiced writing a lot:
你好
(Hi there!)
The toughest part was mastering the four different tones in Mandarin because English doesn't really have tones. If you say a word with the wrong inflection it can mean something totally different! For example:
"ma" (with a flat tone) means "mother"
"má" (w ith a rising tone) means "hemp"
"mǎ" (with a dipping tone) means "horse"
"mà" (with a falling tone) means "to scold"
Crazy, right?!
After a while though, Jack started catching on. I bet you didn't know he has a special talent - Jack is really good at imitating accents and voices. That helped him get the tones down after lots of practice. We'd walk around the neighborhood and shops nearby, and I'd help Jack learn words and phrases from listening to people speak Chinese naturally. That real world practice made a big difference.
In class, they also learned about things like measure words, stroke order for characters, and basic sentence patterns. They played fun games like Chinese Bingo, flashcard races, and little skits to practice what they were learning. Jack's favorite was a singing game where you pass an object person-to-person while singing a silly song in Chinese and whoever has it when the song stops is out. He showed it to me and it looked hilarious!
At home every night, Jack had homework like reviewing vocabulary with flashcards, writing out characters and words from that day's lesson over and over, and simple reading passages to practice. His mom was super strict about making sure he did all his homework diligently. Jack said that's the only way he could drill the information into his brain since Chinese was so different from English.
On weekends, my parents took Jack around town to cool places in Beijing so he could experience the culture. We'd go to old historic sites like the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, and Temple of Heaven. We visited busy markets selling strange snacks and souvenirs. Jack jumped at the chance to try any unique Chinese food, even if it looked a little iffy! He loved getting hand-pulled noodles, jianbing (those awesome crispy egg crepes), and dragon's beard candy (that stretchy sugary stuff).
Sometimes we'd go to more modern places like the big malls, movie theaters, arcades, and indoor amusement parks with rides and games since the pollution was often bad outside. At delicious restaurants, Jack got to practice using his Chinese to order different dishes like Peking duck, dumplings, hot pots and more. Whenever he mastered a new phrase or vocabulary word, he'd beam with pride! It made him more and more confident using Chinese out in the real world.
Before we knew it, six months had flown by and Jack had to move back to England with his family. I was really sad to see him go. Jack gave me a big hug and thanked me for being his friend, guide, and Chinese tutor rolled into one. He said learning
Mandarin wasn't easy but it was such a cool language and he was really glad he stuck with it.
It turned out, Jack was one of the top students in his Chinese class! In fact, he even won an award for most improved student over the six month program. How awesome is that?! I was just as proud of him as his parents were.
To celebrate his Chinese learning accomplishments, Jack's parents took us all out to an incredible Chinese banquet full of so many different kinds of tasty dishes. It was the fanciest restaurant I've ever been to. Jack thrilled his parents by ordering most of the meal himself in perfect Mandarin. We all had a wonderful evening together.
Jack made me promise I'd come visit him someday in Manchester so he could show me around England and be my English teacher! How cool would it be if someday we could understand each other easily in both languages and swap between the two seamlessly?
I sure am going to miss my pal Jack. Having an foreign friend like him stay with us and learn Chinese was honestly one of the greatest, most exciting experiences of my life so far. Getting to know someone from such a faraway place and introduce them to my language and culture was so interesting and rewarding. I feel
like we both grew a ton from the whole adventure. I hope Jack keeps working hard at Chinese and achieves his dream of becoming totally fluent someday. I know if he sticks with it using the methods he learned here, he definitely can! Jiāyóu Jack!。