练 · liàn · to practice

你这学期一直认真训练，能选上真不容易。

Nǐ zhè xuéqī yìzhí rènzhēn xùnliàn, néng xuǎnshàng zhēn bù róngyì.

You've trained seriously all semester. It really wasn't easy to get selected.

谢谢大家！第一次正式训练是下周一，我还有点儿紧张。

Xièxie dàjiā! Dì yī cì zhèngshì xùnliàn shì xià Zhōuyī, wǒ hái yǒudiǎnr jǐnzhāng.

Thanks, everyone! My first official training session is next Monday, and I'm still a little nervous.

这一周我每天练十五分钟。第一遍不看文字，第二遍再检查没听清的地方。听完以后，我用两三句话写主要内容。

Zhè yì zhōu wǒ měitiān liàn shíwǔ fēnzhōng. Dì yī biàn bú kàn wénzì, dì èr biàn zài jiǎnchá méi tīng qīng de dìfang. Tīngwán yǐhòu, wǒ yòng liǎng sān jù huà xiě zhǔyào nèiróng.

This week I practiced for fifteen minutes every day. The first time I didn't look at the text; the second time I checked the parts I hadn't heard clearly. After listening, I wrote the main content in two or three sentences.

现在我还不能听懂每一个词，但是比较容易抓住主要意思了。下周我想继续练，再看看自己能不能听得更快。

Xiànzài wǒ hái bù néng tīngdǒng měi yí ge cí, dànshì bǐjiào róngyì zhuāzhù zhǔyào yìsi le. Xià zhōu wǒ xiǎng jìxù liàn, zài kànkan zìjǐ néng bu néng tīng de gèng kuài.

I still can't understand every word now, but it's easier to catch the main meaning. Next week I want to keep practicing and see whether I can listen more quickly.

小宇最近课堂练习完成得不错，题目基本都会做。

Xiǎo Yǔ zuìjìn kètáng liànxí wánchéng de búcuò, tímù jīběn dōu huì zuò.

Xiao Yu has been doing well on class exercises recently and can basically do the problems.

我建议先帮助他建立整理书包的习惯，不需要因为这两次作业增加很多练习。

Wǒ jiànyì xiān bāngzhù tā jiànlì zhěnglǐ shūbāo de xíguàn, bù xūyào yīnwèi zhè liǎng cì zuòyè zēngjiā hěn duō liànxí.

I suggest first helping him build the habit of organizing his schoolbag. There is no need to add lots of extra exercises because of these two assignments.

比赛最后是68比66。下周校队还有一场比赛，教练说今天先休息，明天再开始训练。

Bǐsài zuìhòu shì liùshíbā bǐ liùshíliù. Xià zhōu xiàoduì hái yǒu yì chǎng bǐsài, jiàoliàn shuō jīntiān xiān xiūxi, míngtiān zài kāishǐ xùnliàn.

The final score was 68–66. The school team has another game next week, and the coach said to rest today and resume training tomorrow.