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Welp, you can’t get more forcefully patriotic than this. This trans<\/em>cript of a student’s classroom speech reads like a political call-to-action and includes rousing images of bloody soldiers, strong Chinese athletes and Chinese workers throwing off the yoke of imperialist might. This might be upper intermediate level reading, but I’m classifying it as advanced, as the sentence structure really isn’t very straightforward, and there are quite a few new words.
Simplified Chinese Practice Texts – Patriotic Chinese Communist SpeechThere’s a saying in the third paragraph that makes no sense in English, o<\/em>nly in Chinese. The saying is: ‘\u56fd\u5bb6\u56fd\u5bb6\uff0c\u6709\u56fd\u624d\u6709\u5bb6’. This translates to “Country, country, have country, then home.” Doesn’t mean much, does it? But we must examine the structure of the sentence to see that this is actually a play on words. The word for “country” is \u56fd\u5bb6. \u56fd, by itself, means “country” or “kingdom”. \u5bb6, by itself, means “home” or “family”. Put them together, and you get the complete, proper word for “country”. So the author is first saying the word “country” twice (\u56fd\u5bb6\u56fd\u5bb6), then the second part means “the word country is made up first of the character for country, THEN then character for ‘home’”, in other words, “you must have a country before you can have a home or family”. This seems to also insinuate that “country should come before family”.
If you remember no other word in this whole essay, remember this one: \u7956\u56fd z\u01d4 guó. Look at it: \u7956\u56fd \u7956\u56fd \u7956\u56fd \u7956\u56fd. It means “motherland”, and o<\/em>nce you know it, you will see it everywher.
Another interesting word here is \u5e1d\u56fd\u4e3b\u4e49\u8005, which means “imperialist”. If you ever have plans to use your Chinese skills to read old Maoist textbooks, you’d better remember that one as well. It also co<\/em>ntains a useful grammar point: \u4e3b\u4e49\u8005 is equivalent to the English suffix “ist”, as in “imperial-ist”. \u4e3b\u4e49, without \u8005, is equivalent to the “ism”. So \u5e1d\u56fd\u4e3b\u4e49 is “imperialism”. This can be applied to other words, such as \u5973\u6743\u4e3b\u4e49\u8005 (feminist) and \u5973\u6743\u4e3b\u4e49 (feminism), and \u7406\u60f3\u4e3b\u4e49\u8005 (idealist) and \u7406\u60f3\u4e3b\u4e49 (idealism).
The title of this speech is: \u7231\u6211\u4e2d\u534e
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\u7956\u56fd – z\u01d4 guó – Motherland
\u8a79\u5929\u4f51 – zh\u0101n ti\u0101n yòu – Railroad engineer who co<\/em>nstructed the first Chinese railroad built without foreign assistance
\u94b1\u5b66\u68ee – qián xué s\u0113n – Engineer, co<\/em>nsidered the father of Chinese rocketry
\u7231\u7956\u56fd (also \u7231\u56fd) – ài z\u01d4 guó – Love the motherland, a patriot
\u5f85\u9047 – dài yù – Treatment, pay, wages
\u524d\u7a0b – qián chéng – Future career prospects
\u5e1d\u56fd\u4e3b\u4e49\u8005 – dì guó zh\u01d4 yì zh\u011b – Imperialist
\u56de\u51fb – huí j\u012b – Counterattack
\u6218\u573a – zhàn ch\u01ceng – Battlefield
\u629b – p\u0101o – Toss, throw away, abandon
\u8fb9\u7586 – bi\u0101n ji\u0101ng – Borders, borderlands
\u785d\u70df – xi\u0101o y\u0101n – Gun smoke
\u5c38\u6a2a\u904d\u91ce – sh\u012b héng biàn y\u011b – Corpses strewn over a plain
\u8367\u5c4f – yíng píng – TV screen
\u5065\u513f – jiàn ér – Meaning both ‘top athlete’ and ‘heroic warrior’
\u593a\u5f97 – duó dé – Seize by force
\u51a0\u519b – guàn j\u016bn – Champion
\u4e89\u5149 – zh\u0113ng gu\u0101ng – Win a prize, win an honor
\u6b66\u88c5 – w\u01d4 zhu\u0101ng – To arm (someone)
\u62a5\u6548 – bào xiào – Return a kindness by doing a service
\u656c\u7231\u7684\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u4eb2\u7231\u7684\u540c\u5b66\u4eec: \u5927\u5bb6\u597d\uff01
\u4eca\u5929\u6211\u6f14\u8bb2\u7684\u9898\u76ee\u662f“\u7231\u6211\u4e2d\u534e“
\u6709\u4e24\u53e5\u8bdd“\u751f\u6211\u8005\u7236\u6bcd\uff0c\u517b\u6211\u8005\u7956\u56fd\uff0e“ “\u56fd\u5bb6\u56fd\u5bb6\uff0c\u6709\u56fd\u624d\u6709\u5bb6\uff0e“ \u6211\u7231\u6211\u7684\u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u80dc\u8fc7\u7231\u6211\u7684\u4e00\u5207\uff01
\u6bcf\u5f53\u9605\u8bfb\u8d77\u7231\u56fd\u4e66\u7c4d\uff0c\u770b\u5230\u8a79\u5929\u4f51\uff0c\u94b1\u5b66\u68ee\u7b49\u8fd9\u6837\u7231\u7956\u56fd\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u653e\u5f03\u597d\u7684\u5f85\u9047\uff0c\u653e\u5f03\u597d\u7684\u524d\u7a0b\uff0c\u5c31\u662f\u7ed9\u90a3\u4e9b\u77a7\u4e0d\u8d77\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u5e1d\u56fd\u4e3b\u4e49\u8005\u4e00\u4e2a\u6709\u529b\u7684\u56de\u51fb\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u7528\u884c\u52a8\u5927\u58f0\u7684\u8bf4:“ \u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u6211\u7231\u60a8\uff01“
\u6bcf\u5f53\u770b\u8d77\u7231\u56fd\u7535\u5f71\uff0c\u770b\u7740\u82f1\u96c4\u6218\u58eb\u4e0a\u6218\u573a\u4e3a\u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u629b\u5934\u9885\uff0c\u6492\u70ed\u8840\u4fdd\u536b\u8fb9\u7586\uff0e\u4e00\u6b21\u6b21\u785d\u70df\u8fc7\u53bb\uff0c\u6218\u573a\u4e0a\u5c38\u6a2a\u904d\u91ce\uff0c\u90a3\u4e9b\u5feb\u8981\u6b7b\u4e86\u7684\u6218\u58eb\u597d\u8c61\u5728\u8bf4: “ \u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u4f60\u6c38\u8fdc\u5728\u6211\u5fc3\u4e2d\uff01“
\u6bcf\u5f53\u5728\u8367\u5c4f\u4e0a\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u5965\u8fd0\u5065\u513f \u5728\u6bd4\u8d5b\u4e2d\u593a\u5f97\u51a0\u519b\u65f6\u4ed6\u4eec\u603b\u662f\u9732\u7740\u707f\u70c2\u7684\u7b11\u5bb9\uff0c\u8eab\u4e3a\u7956\u56fd\u513f\u5973\u7684\u4ed6\u4eec\u611f\u5230\u65e0\u6bd4\u7684\u81ea\u8c6a\uff0e\u5347\u56fd\u65d7\u65f6\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u6d41\u51fa\u6eda\u6eda\u70ed\u6cea\uff0c\u671b\u7740\u4e94\u661f\u7ea2\u65d7\uff0c\u5fc3\u4e2d\u5728\u547c\u5524: “ \u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u6211\u4e3a\u60a8\u4e89\u5149\u4e86\uff01“
\u6211\u4eec\u4e0d\u80fd\u50cf\u52c7\u58eb\u90a3\u6837\u8840\u6492\u6218\u573a\uff0c\u4e0d\u80fd\u50cf\u4f1f\u4eba\u4e00\u6837\u5efa\u8bbe\u7956\u56fd\uff0e\uff0e\uff0e\uff0e\uff0e\uff0e\u6211\u4eec\u73b0\u5728\u5e94\u8be5\u597d\u597d\u5b66\u4e60\uff0c\u7528\u667a\u6167\u548c\u77e5\u8bc6\u6b66\u88c5\u81ea\u5df1\u957f\u5927\u4ee5\u540e\u62a5\u6548\u7956\u56fd\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6\u8981\u50cf\u5468\u603b\u7406\u90a3\u6837\uff0c\u4e3a\u4e2d\u534e\u4e4b\u5d1b\u8d77\u800c\u8bfb\u4e66\uff01\u505a\u4e00\u4e2a\u6709\u5fd7\u5411\u7684\u4eba.
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Respected teacher, dear classmates, hello!
The topic of my speech today is “Love Our China”.
There are two sayings, “My mother and father birthed me, my country raised me.” And “Country, country, you must have a country before you have a home.” I love my motherland, it surpasses everything that I love!
On every patriotic work, we see Zhan TianYou, Qian XueSen, and similar patriots, who gave up good pay, gave up good career prospects, to forcefully fight back against the imperialists who looked down on China. They used their actions to say loudly, “Motherland, I love you!”
In every patriotic movie, we see heroic soldiers who lost their heads and sprinkled their blood on the battlefields for their motherland to defend our borders, and when the gun smoke cleared, the battlefields were littered with corpses. It’s as if those soldiers who were a<\/em>bout to die said, “Motherland, you are forever in my heart!”
Every Chinese Olympic athlete on the TV screen who seizes the champio<\/em>nship in a competition is always smiling brilliantly, as sons and daughters of the motherland, they feel matchless pride. When our flag is raised, hot tears roll down their cheeks as they gaze at the five-starred red flag, in their hearts they are shouting: “Motherland, I won this ho<\/em>nor for you!”
We can’t cast our blood on the battlefield like those warriors, we can’t build the motherland as the great men did… right now we must study well, use our wisdom and knowledge to arm ourselves so that after we grow up we can return with our service the kindness our motherland has done us, we should be like Premier Zhou [Zhou EnLai], read books so that China may rise up! Be an ambitious person.
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