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A very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University. 

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北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - AbbrBeijing University
哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn
伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch
香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory
津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto
香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage
仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse
稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw
磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one's teeth
吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow
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王先生是<strong>北大</strong>的老教师，一九三八年五月二十四号出生，　今年五十八岁。　今天是他的生日。　他是一位非常有经验的法语老师。这个学期他教大三的学生现代法语语法。

王先生的一位老朋友是老年大学的老师，　他经常在这个大学教日语。

他的一个学生在师大工作。　他有汉语书，法语书和日语书。　他天天教留学生现代汉语。现在他有五个男学生，八个女学生。

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Mr. Wang is an old teacher at Beijing University. He was born May 24, 1938, he's 58 this year. Today is his birthday. He is a French teacher with a lot of experience. This semester he is teaching modern French grammar to 3rd year students. 

One of Mr. Wang's friends is an old university teacher, he often teaches Japanese at this university. 

One of his students works at Beijing Normal University. He has Chinese books, French book and Japanese books. Every day he teaches foreign students modern Chinese. Right now he has 5 male students and 8 female students. 

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