Chinese Reader for adult learners – Wan Jun 婉君 [2] (Elementary to Intermediate)

Posted by Grace Feng on October 8, 2012

This is a simplified story that I edited based on a Taiwan TV episodes Wan Jun 婉君 wǎn jūn that was shoot in 1989. It is one out of six “Dreams” series written by a famous Taiwan women writer 琼瑶 qióngyáo.

This Chinese Reader is suitable for Elementary to Intermediate level Chinese learners (with character base ranging from 1000 to 2500) to practice Chinese reading.

This story happened at the beginning of 民国 (100 years back) in China. It all started when the eldest son of a wealthy family fell ill and was dying …

但重病的他很快昏迷了。

 

大家以为伯健快死了，都伤心痛哭。

 

可是，第二天，伯健的病出现了好转。没过

多久，他就恢复健康了。

 

周家看到婉君的到来救了伯健，对她十分的

疼爱。

 

这样，婉君就象周母的亲生女儿一样在周家

慢慢长大。

 

温柔美丽的婉君和周家三兄弟相处得十分融

洽。

 

到了婉君十六岁的时候周家准备为婉君和伯

健正式举行婚礼. 伯健十分的高兴。

 

婉君虽然内心真正爱着的是二儿子仲康，但

十分传统的她不想违抗周家为她安排好的命

运。

 

也十分爱婉君的仲康是学校的大学生，他学

习和接受了很多来自西方的自由民主的思

想。

 

当他觉察到婉君对她也很特别的时候，他就

开导婉君说出自己的真心话，他会为他们共

同的幸福去争取。

 

[pinyin]

dàn zhòngbìng de tā hěn kuài hūnmí le。

dàjiā yǐwéi bó jiàn kuài sǐ le， dōu shāngxīn tòngkū。

kěshì， dì’èrtiān， bó jiàn de bìng chūxiàn le hǎozhuǎn。 méi guò duōjiǔ， tā jiù huīfù jiànkāng le。

zhōujiā kàn dào wǎn jūn de dàolái jiù le bó jiàn， duì tā shífēn de téng’ài。

zhèyàng， wǎn jūn jiù xiàng zhōu mǔ de qīnshēng nǚ’ér yīyàng zài zhōujiā mànmàn zhǎngdà。

wēnróu měilì de wǎn jūn hé zhōujiā sān xiōngdì xiāngchǔ dé shífēn róngqià。

dàoliǎo wǎn jūn shíliù suì de shíhou zhōujiā zhǔnbèi wéi wǎn jūn hé bó jiàn zhèngshì jǔxínghūnlǐ. bó jiàn shífēn de gāoxìng。

wǎn jūn suīrán nèixīn zhēnzhèng ài zhe de shì èr érzi zhòng kāng， dàn shífēn chuántǒng de tā bùxiǎng wéikàng zhōujiā wéi tā ānpái hǎo de mìngyùn。

yě shífēn ài wǎn jūn de zhòng kāng shì xuéxiào de dàxuéshēng， tā xuéxí hé jiēshòu le hěn duō láizì Xīfāng de zìyóu mínzhǔ de sīxiǎng。

dāng tā juéchá dào wǎn jūn duì tā yě hěn tèbié de shíhou， tā jiù kāidǎo wǎn jūn shuōchū zìjǐ de zhēnxīn huà， tā huì wéi tāmen gòngtóng de xìngfú qù zhēngqǔ。

 

[vocab table]

Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Mandarin Pinyin	English Definition
昏迷	昏迷	hun1 mi2	to lose consciousness; to be in a coma
伤心	傷心	shang1 xin1	to grieve; to be broken-hearted
痛哭	痛哭	tong4 ku1	to cry bitterly
出现	出現	chu1 xian4	to appear; to arise
好转	好轉	hao3 zhuan3	to improve; to take a turn for the better;
恢复	恢復	hui1 fu4	to recover; to regain
健康	健康	jian4 kang1	health; healthy
疼爱	疼愛	teng2 ai4	to love dearly
亲生	親生	qin1 sheng1	born to oneself (i.e. one’s natural child)
温柔	溫柔	wen1 rou2	gentle and soft; tender;
美丽	美麗	mei3 li4	beautiful;
兄弟	兄弟	xiong1 di4	brothers
相处	相處	xiang1 chu3	to get along with; to have dealings with;
融洽	融洽	rong2 qia4	harmonious; friendly relations
准备	準備	zhun3 bei4	preparation; to prepare
正式	正式	zheng4 shi4	formal; official;
虽然	雖然	sui1 ran2	although; even though
内心	內心	nei4 xin1	heart; innermost being;
真正	真正	zhen1 zheng4	genuine; real
传统	傳統	chuan2 tong3	tradition
违抗	違抗	wei2 kang4	to disobey;
安排	安排	an1 pai2	to arrange; to plan
命运	命運	ming4 yun4	fate; destiny
十分	十分	shi2 fen1	very
仲康	仲康	kang1 Zhong4	second son’s name
大学生	大學生	da4 xue2 sheng1	university student
接受	接受	jie1 shou4	to accept; to receive;
西方	西方	xi1 fang1	the West; Western countries;
自由	自由	zi4 you2	freedom
民主	民主	min2 zhu3	democracy
思想	思想	si1 xiang3	thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4];
觉察	覺察	jue2 cha2	to sense; to perceive; to come to realize; to be aware;
特别	特別	te4 bie2	especially; special; particular; unusual;
开导	開導	kai1 dao3	to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten;
自己	自己	zi4 ji3	oneself; one’s own;
真心	真心	zhen1 xin1	sincere; heartfelt; CL:片[pian4];
共同	共同	gong4 tong2	common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative;
幸福	幸福	xing4 fu2	happiness; happy; blessed;
争取	爭取	zheng1 qu3	to fight for; to strive for; to win over;

 

[English translation]

However, as sick as he was, he passed out soon after.

The family thought he was going to die, they all started to prepare for the worst.

However, the next day, Bo Jian was actually getting better. Not long after, he’s totally recovered.

Zhou family believed that Wan Jun’s coming actually saved Bo Jian, they appreciated Wan Jun even more.

Thereafter, Wan Jun was raised up by Zhou family like a daughter of their own.

The gentle and beautiful Wan Jun got along with the three brothers very well.

When Wan Jun was 16 years old, Zhou family was planning to hold an official wedding for Bo Jian and Wan Jun. Bo Jian was excited.

Although Wan Jun was actually in love with the second son Zhong Kang, as traditional as she was, she decided to accept whatever arrangement Zhou family had planned for her.

Zhong Kang, at that time a university student who was also in love with Wan Jun, was full of Western ideas about freedom and democracy.

When he sensed that Wan Jun behaved differently while he was around, he encouraged Wan Jun to tell him her real feelings (who she really loved), so he would fight for their happiness.

 

[traditional Chinese]

但重病的他很快昏迷了。

 

大家以為伯健快死了，都傷心痛哭。

 

可是，第二天，伯健的病出現了好轉。沒過

多久，他就恢複健康了。

 

周家看到婉君的到來救了伯健，對她十分的

疼愛。

 

這樣，婉君就象周母的親生女兒一樣在周家

慢慢長大。

 

溫柔美麗的婉君和周家叁兄弟相處得十分融

洽。

 

到了婉君十六歲的時候周家准備為婉君和伯

健正式舉行婚禮. 伯健十分的高興。

 

婉君雖然內心真正愛著的是二兒子仲康，但

十分傳統的她不想違抗周家為她安排好的命

運。

 

也十分愛婉君的仲康是學校的大學生，他學

習和接受了很多來自西方的自由民主的思

想。

 

當他覺察到婉君對她也很特別的時候，他就

開導婉君說出自己的真心話，他會為他們共

同的幸福去爭取。

 

to be continued …

 

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