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Teaching Japanese Go

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ID: 1803 Upper Intermediate
Known in the West as "bizarro Othello" and "the thinking man's checkers," the game known as "go" in Japan and "weiqi" in China is actually quite the intellectual exercise with a long, rich tradition. In this Chinese lesson, the basics are taught to a child (who might actually be a bit too young to absorb it all).
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
围棋 wéiqí go
guāi well-behaved
不仅……而且…… bùjǐn.......érqiě not only...but also...
讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular about
好。小宝,咱们现在来学围棋。
hǎo 。Xiǎobǎo ,zánmen xiànzài lái xué wéiqí 。
OK. Xiao Bao, let's learn how to play go.
小宝,乖,听好哦。
Xiǎobǎo ,guāi ,tīng hǎo o 。
Xiao Bao, be good and pay attention.
围棋呢不仅是一种非常讲究策略的棋类,而且是一门非常高深的学问。
wéiqí ne bùjǐn shì yīzhǒng fēicháng jiǎngjiu cèlüè de qí lèi ,érqiě shì yī mén fēicháng gāoshēn de xuéwèn 。
Go is not only a type of chess that emphasizes strategy, but also one that contains an extremely profound learning.
唉,你尽量讲得通俗易懂些,方便孩子理解。
ài ,nǐ jìnliàng jiǎng de tōngsúyìdǒng xiē ,fāngbiàn háizi lǐjiě 。
Make it as easy to understand as possible so that it's easier for him to comprehend.
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