M: Ni hao! 来学汉语。Come and learn hanyu, with Learn Chinese Now!. Woshi ML.
S: Woshi Stuart. It’s 复习 revision fùxí time. Lots to listen to and repeat. We’re going to move fast. kaishi!
M: The car’s come, 车来了，chē láile.
S：I’ll get my luggage. My luggage is very heavy. 我的行李很沉。Wo de xingli hen chen. Driver, can you help me? 司机,你能帮我吗? Siji, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
TD: Mei wenti.
S: Xiexie.
M: Ni neng bang wo ma? Can you help me? Stuart could also have asked…
S: 你能帮忙吗？
M: Bāngmáng, add the máng MANG. bangmang, also means ‘help’. Please help, 请帮忙，qing bangmang.
M: We will sit in the front. 我们坐前面. Women zuò qiánmian.
S: The front, qiánmiàn. So far, so good!
S: Break over! A quick reminder. ‘Open’ – 开 KAI kai. ‘Shut – 关GUAN guan. Door – 门 MEN mén.
M: Get in the car – 上车 SHANG CHE shàng chē. Now the dialogue.
Please open the door. 请开门。Qǐng kāimén.
S: Ok, I’ll open the door. Hao, wo lai kai men. Wo lai kai men.
M: We get in the car. 我们上车, women shàng chē.
M: Please close the car door. 请关车门。Qǐng guān chē mén.
S: Ok, I’ll close it. 好，我来关。Wo lai guan.
M: The door’s closed,门关了. Remember the little ‘le’ after the verb – it indicates completion. Men guan le.
S: Now we leave the jichang. 现在我们离开机场, xianzai women likai jichang.
S: And we’re in the taxi going to my bin’guan.
M: Now we’ll fùxí revise things like, ‘use your mobile phone – shǒujī. And ‘to have’ – yǒu, yǒu; ‘to use’- yòng, yòng; and ‘give’ – gěi, gěi.
S: Not forgetting, kěyǐ – can do, or Ok. Hao, women kaishi.
M: Stuart wants to make a phone call. 他要打个电话. Ta yao da ge dianhua.
S: ML, do you have a mobile phone? 你有手机吗？nǐ yǒu shǒuji ma?
M: 有，我有手机. Yǒu, wǒ yǒu shǒujī. Want to use it? 你要用吗？ni yao yong ma?
S: 是的,我要用你的手机。可以吗？ Wo yao yong ni de xhou ji. Kěyǐ ma.
M: 可以。Of course. Keyi. 给你。Gei ni.
S: Xiexie.
M: 非常好. Stuart is making a phone call. Stuart 在打电话。Ta zài dǎ diànhuà.
S: Dui, wo zai da dianhua. I’m using ML’s mobile phone. Wo zai yong ML de shouji.
M: So maybe I should keep quiet.
S: Hao zhǔyì. Hao zhuyi!
M: So we’ll see you next time. Zaijian.
S: Zaijian.
(Source:english.cri.cn)
