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A very short, very easy, Chinese passage about a fictional teacher at Beijing University.  <!--more-->

<img src="http://chinesereadingpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110324-INLINE.jpg" alt="Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University" title="Easy Chinese Reading: Mr. Wang Works at the University" width="100" height="100" class="imgborder alignleft" />You'll learn a couple of interesting Chinese abbreviations for some of the biggest and most famous universities in Beijing, and a few school-centric words. Not a whole lot of compelling narrative here, and not much of a stunning conclusion, but good practice nonetheless.

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北大 - [pinyin]bei3 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing University
生日- [pinyin]sheng1 ri4[/pinyin] - Birthday
经验 - [pinyin]jing1 yan4[/pinyin] - Experience
学期 - [pinyin]xue2 qi1[/pinyin] - Semester
现代 - [pinyin]xian4 dai4[/pinyin] - Modern
师大 - [pinyin]shi1 da4[/pinyin] - Abbr. for Beijing Normal University
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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<strong>生日</strong>。　他是一位非常有<strong>经验</strong>的法语老师。这个<strong>学期</strong>他教大三的学生<strong>现代</strong>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<strong>师大</strong>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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