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Try some tongue twisters

 


Tongue twisters: A word or group of words difficult to articulate rapidly, usually because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds, as in Shall she sell seashells?

Point: Keep on exercising to be as quickly and correctly  as possible when you are reading.Try if you can do better than others and show your friends the stunt!

Part 1

Read for 20 times loudly:


hóng
fèng
huáng


Translation: Red phenix

Read for 20 times loudly:


fěn
hóng
fèng
huáng


Translation: Pink phenix

Read for 10 times loudly:


hóng
fèng
huáng

huáng
fèng
huáng

fěn
hóng
fèng
huáng
huā
fèng
huáng


Translation: Red phenix, yellow phenix, Pink phenix, colorful phenix

Part 2

gē
kuà
guā
kuāng
guò
kuān
gōu


gǎn
kuài
guò
gōu
kàn
kuài
gǒu


guān
kàn
guài
gǒu
guā
kuāng
kòu


guā
gǔn
kuāng
kōng
gē
guài
gǒu


Translation:

Brother wear a skep and go through the ditch,

Look at fast dog quickly.

Fasten the dog with melon skep,

Melon drops down and brother blame the dog.

Part 3

biǎn
dān
cháng

bǎn
dèng
kuān

biǎn
dān

bǎn
dèng
cháng

bǎn
dèng

biǎn
dān
kuān

biǎn
dān
bǎng
zài
le
bǎn
dèng
shàng

bǎn
dèng
bù
ràng
biǎn
dān
bǎng
zài
bǎn
dèng
shàng

biǎn
dān
fēi
yào
bǎng
zài
bǎn
dèng
shàng


Translation:

The shoulder pole is long,the wooden bench is broad,the shoulder pole is tied around the wooden bench,the wooden bench doesn't allow the shoulder pole to be tied around the wooden bench,the shoulder pole simply must be tied around the wooden bench.

Part 4

lǎo
bó
bó
mài
mò

lǎo
pó
pó
mài
mó

lǎo
pó
pó
mài
mó
mǎi
mò

lǎo
bó
bó
mài
mò
mǎi
mó

mò
huàn
mó
lǎo
bó
bó
yǒu
mó

mó
huàn
mò
lǎo
pó
pó
yǒu
mò


Translation: Granddad sales ink,grandma sales bread.Grandma sales bread and buys ink, grandpa sales ink and buy bread.Ink to bread,grandpa got bread,bread to ink,grandma got ink.

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