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Chinese Reader for adult learners – Wan Jun 婉君 [3] (Elementary to Intermediate)

Posted by Grace Feng on October 11, 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 …

婉君知道伯健一直深爱着自己，不想让他们

兄弟间因为自己产生矛盾，始终不愿向仲康

表白。

周家为仲康安排好了与宋家女儿的婚事。仲

康极力反对。

但在家人的逼迫下，得不到婉君支持的仲

康，勉强同意了。

然而，仲康发现他无法接受与一个不爱的女

孩儿结婚的事实。

于是，他当着所有人的面提出退婚。并且表

明他对婉君的心意。

周父周母十分生气，但拿仲康没有办法。

这时，老三叔豪也站出来表明他也喜欢婉

君。

周家乱成一团。

仲康的朋友想设法帮仲康和婉君私奔，但出

逃的那天婉君还是选择留下。

周父周母看三个儿子为争夺婉君而不和，就

让婉君选一个订婚。

婉君十分为难。于是她选择自杀以求解脱。

幸好被贴身丫环嫣红救下。

伯健看出婉君真正钟情的并不是自己，不想

再给婉君压力，离家出走。

[pinyin]

wǎn jūn zhīdào bó jiàn yīzhí shēn’ài zhe zìjǐ， bùxiǎng ràng tāmen xiōngdì jiān yīnwèi zìjǐ chǎnshēng máodùn， shǐzhōng bùyuàn xiàng zhòng kāng biǎobái。

zhōujiā wéi zhòng kāng ānpái hǎole yǔ Sòng jiā nǚ’ér de hūnshì。 zhòng kāng jílì fǎnduì。

dàn zài jiārén de bīpò xià， débùdào wǎn jūn zhīchí de zhòng kāng， miǎnqiǎng tóngyì le。

rán’ér， zhòng kāng fāxiàn tā wúfǎ jiēshòu yǔ yī gè bù ài de nǚháir jiéhūn de shìshí。

yúshì， tā dāngzhe suǒyǒu rén de miàn tíchū tuì hūn。 bìngqiě biǎomíng tā duì wǎn jūn de xīnyì。

zhōu fù zhōu mǔ shífēn shēngqì， dàn ná zhòng kāng méiyǒubànfǎ。

zhèshí， lǎo sān shū háo yě zhàn chūlái biǎomíng tā yě xǐhuan wǎn jūn。

zhōujiā luàn chéng yītuán。

zhòng kāng de péngyou xiǎng shèfǎ bāng zhòng kāng hé wǎn jūn sībēn， dàn chūtáo de nàtiān wǎn jūn háishi xuǎnzé liúxià。

zhōu fù zhōu mǔ kàn sān gè érzi wéi zhēngduó wǎn jūn ér bùhé， jiù ràng wǎn jūn xuǎn yī gè dìnghūn。

wǎn jūn shífēn wéinán。 yúshì tā xuǎnzé zìshā yǐqiú jiětuō。 xìnghǎo bèi tiēshēn yāhuan yān hóng jiù xià。

bó jiàn kànchū wǎn jūn zhēnzhèng zhōngqíng de bìng bùshì zìjǐ， bùxiǎng zài gěi wǎn jūn yālì， líjiāchūzǒu。

[vocab table]

Simplified Chinese	Traditional Chinese	Mandarin Pinyin	English Definition
知道	知道	zhi1 dao5	know; be aware of;
产生	產生	chan3 sheng1	to arise; to appear
矛盾	矛盾	mao2 dun4	contradictory; contradiction
始终	始終	shi3 zhong1	from beginning to end; all along;
表白	表白	biao3 bai2	to reveal one’s thoughts or feelings; declaration;
安排	安排	an1 pai2	to arrange; to plan;
极力	極力	ji2 li4	to make a supreme effort; at all costs;
反对	反對	fan3 dui4	to fight against; to oppose;
逼迫	逼迫	bi1 po4	to force; to compel; to coerce;
支持	支持	zhi1 chi2	to support;
勉强	勉強	mian3 qiang3	to do with difficulty; reluctant;
同意	同意	tong2 yi4	to agree; to consent; to approve;
然而	然而	ran2 er2	however; yet; but;
发现	發現	fa1 xian4	to find; to discover;
无法	無法	wu2 fa3	unable; incapable;
接受	接受	jie1 shou4	to accept; to receive;
当着	當著	dang1 zhe5	in front of; in the presence of;
提出	提出	ti2 chu1	to raise (an issue); to propose;
退婚	退婚	tui4 hun1	to cancel an engagement (as in marriage)
心意	心意	xin1 yi4	regard; kindly feelings; intention;
叔豪	叔豪	shu1 hao2	third son’s name
表明	表明	biao3 ming2	to make clear; to state clearly;
乱成一团	亂成一團	luan4 cheng2 yi1 tuan2	to throw into disorder; chaos
设法	設法	she4 fa3	to try; to make an attempt;
私奔	私奔	si1 ben1	to elope;
选择	選擇	xuan3 ze2	to select; to pick; choice; option;
争夺	爭奪	zheng1 duo2	to fight over; to contest; to vie over;
不和	不和	bu4 he2	not get along well; be on bad terms;
订婚	訂婚	ding4 hun1	engagement;
为难	為難	wei2 nan2	to feel embarrassed or awkward
于是	於是	yu2 shi4	thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence;
自杀	自殺	zi4 sha1	to kill oneself; to commit suicide;
以求	以求	yi3 qiu2	in order to
解脱	解脫	jie3 tuo1	relief
幸好	幸好	xing4 hao3	fortunately
贴身	貼身	tie1 shen1	personal (servant etc); worn next to the skin;
丫环	丫鬟	ya1 huan2	servant girl; maid;
嫣紅	嫣紅	yan1 hong2	Wan Jun’s maid’s name
钟情	鍾情	zhong1 qing2	to fall in love; to love sb or sth dearly
压力	壓力	ya1 li4	pressure;
出走	出走	chu1 zou3	to leave home; to go off; to run away;

[English translation]

Wan Jun knew Bo Jian was in deep love with her, she didn’t want to see the brothers fought with each other because of her. So she kept her real feelings all to herself.

Zhou family arranged a marriage to Song family for Zhong Kang. Zhong Kang objected to it out loud.

With the pressure that the family gave him, without the support from Wan Jun, he finally agreed to the arrangement reluctantly.

However, he soon realized that he just couldn’t accept the fact of marrying to a woman that he was not in love with.

So he announced to cancel the engagement in front of both families. He also expressed his love for Wan Jun in front of everyone.

His parents were mad at him. But they couldn’t change his mind.

Meanwhile, the youngest son Shu Hao also stepped out and claimed he loved Wan Jun too.

The Zhou family turned into chaos.

Zhong Kong’s friends managed to help Zhong Kang and Wan Jun to elope, at the last moment, Wan Jun chose to stay.

Zhong Kong’s parents realized that the relationships between their sons were getting tense because of Wan Jun, they asked Wan Jun to pick one as her husband in hoping to settle things down.

That placed Wan Jun onto a difficult position. She committed suicide to escape the dilemma. Luckily her personal maid Yan Hong rescued her just in time.

Bo Jian realized that he was not Wan Jun’s real love. To reduce the pressure Wan Jun was having, he chose to leave the family.

[traditional Chinese]

婉君知道伯健一直深愛著自己，不想讓他們

兄弟間因為自己產生矛盾，始終不願向仲康

表白。

周家為仲康安排好了與宋家女兒的婚事。仲

康極力反對。

但在家人的逼迫下，得不到婉君支持的仲

康，勉強同意了。

然而，仲康發現他無法接受與一個不愛的女

孩兒結婚的事實。

於是，他當著所有人的面提出退婚。並且表