The Master's Cruelty · 壞人德古拉 · Dracula · Traditional Mandarin · HSK 1

米娜在房間裡。她坐下。約翰在房間裡看她。米娜變了。她現在很壞。她想喝血。她不要草藥。她想打約翰。

外面有霧。凡醫生開門了。他說：「露西死了。」「我們用木頭了。」「我們殺露西了。」這時候，米娜不在。吸血鬼抓米娜了！

約翰在外面看。他看見雷恩。雷恩是吸血鬼的狗。他們跟雷恩。雷恩去大房子。大房子的門開了。他們也進去。

德古拉在大房子裡。他覺得雷恩變了。他覺得雷恩很壞。德古拉跟雷恩說話。他很不高興。他想殺雷恩。他打這隻狗。大房子裡有樓。德古拉抓雷恩了。雷恩下樓了。雷恩死了。德古拉坐下。他等約翰。

語法 · Grammar

The change of state particle 了

Subject + (Verb / Adjective) + 了

When placed at the end of a sentence, the particle 了 can indicate a change of state or a new situation. It shows that things are different now than they were before (e.g., someone was alive, but now is dead; someone was normal, but now has changed).

米娜變了。Mina has changed.

「露西死了。」"Lucy is dead."

Indicating location with 在

Subject + 在 + Place (+ Verb)

The preposition 在 is used before a place word to indicate where someone is located or where an action takes place. If a verb follows, it means the subject is doing that action at that location.

米娜在房間裡。Mina is in the room.

約翰在外面看。John looks outside.

練習二 · Matching

Match each Chinese word to its English meaning.

1.吸血鬼

2.木頭

3.殺

4.覺得

5.變

a.to feel

b.vampire

c.to change

d.wood

e.to kill

1-b · 2-d · 3-e · 4-a · 5-c

譯文 · Translation

Mina is in the room. She sits down. John looks at her in the room. Mina has changed. She is very bad now. She wants to drink blood. She doesn't want herbs. She wants to hit John.

There is fog outside. Dr. Van opened the door. He said: "Lucy is dead." "We used wood." "We killed Lucy." At this time, Mina is not here. The vampire has grabbed Mina!

John looks outside. He sees Ren. Ren is the vampire's dog. They follow Ren. Ren goes to the big house. The door of the big house opened. They also go in.

Dracula is in the big house. He feels Ren has changed. He feels Ren is very bad. Dracula talks to Ren. He is very unhappy. He wants to kill Ren. He hits this dog. There are stairs in the big house. Dracula grabbed Ren. Ren went downstairs. Ren died. Dracula sits down. He waits for John.