Telling stories in Chinese is about more than "saying the right words".
Things like pauses, emphasis and your overall rhythm are key to making your story flow...
So how do you improve these skills so you can keep your listener engaged?
Well, one effective way is to "shadow" a native speaker.
So in today's lesson I'm going to help you practise telling a story out loud with me!
Summary Of Storytelling In Chinese from the video above
Chinese Story: The New Colleague... (At the office)
jīn tiān，gāo hào de bàn gōng shì lái le yī wèi xīn de nǚ tóng shì.
今天，高浩的办公室来了一位新的女同事。
Today, a new female colleague came to Gao Hao’s office.
tā zuò zì wǒ jiè shào：
她做自我介绍：
She introduced herself:
“wǒ yǒu liǎng gè jiě jie.
“我有两个姐姐。
"I have two older sisters.
dà jiě jiào huì dǎ， èr jiě jiào huì jiāo.
大姐叫会打，二姐叫会教。
The eldest sister is called "Can Fight", and the second is called "Can Teach".
rán hòu dà jiě dāng le jǐng chá， èr jiě dāng le lǎo shī.
然后大姐当了警察，二姐当了老师。
In time, the eldest sister became a police officer, and the second sister became a teacher.
nǐ men cāi cāi wǒ jiào shén me míng zì ne?”
你们猜猜我叫什么名字呢?”
Can you guess what my name is?"
gāo hào kàn zhe nà xīn tóng shì pàng pàng de shēn tǐ,
高浩看着那新同事胖胖的身体，
Gao Hao looked at the chubby body of his new colleague,
jiù rěn bù zhù shuō le：“nǐ shì bù shì jiào huì chī?”
就忍不住说了：“你是不是叫会吃？”
and couldn't help but say: "Are you called "Can Eat"?"
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