M: Dajia hao. Huan ying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Nimen hao, wo shi Stuart.
M: Stuart, what lesson do we learn today? 今天我们学第几课, jin tian women xue di ji ke?
S: 今天我们学第四十七课.
M: 没错, not wrong, mei cuo! Lesson 47, di si shi qi ke. Jin tian women xue di si shi qi ke.
S: Now, you guys at home try to answer this. ‘Yesterday, what lesson did we learn?’ Zuo tian, women xue le di ji ke? ……….
M: Dui le. 昨天我们学了第四十六课, zuo tian women xue le di si shi liu ke?
S: Now ask, ‘what lesson do we learn tomorrow?’
M: 明天我们学第几课, ming tian women xue di ji ke?
S: And the answer is? …. Dui le.
M: 明天我们学第四十八课， ming tian women xue di si shi ba ke.
S: Feichang hao.
M: Stuart, are you hungry? 你饿吗，ni e ma?
S: 是的，我饿, wo e, 我非常饿, wo feichang e.
M: Or, I could ask，Stuart, 你饿不饿, ni e bu e? ‘ni e ma’和‘Ni e bu e’ 一样， the same, yi yang.
S: So we’ve just learnt another way to ask a question. What was the first? Right, just put a little ma on the end. Ni e ma?
M: Or we can say, ‘you hungry not hungry?’ 你饿不饿? Ni e bu e?
S: Now use this type of question to ask, ‘are you tired, lei, tired?
M: Dui le, ‘你累不累, ni lei bu lei.
S: Now try, ‘are you going?’ ….
M: right! 你去不去, ni qu bu qu?
S: Now try, ‘do you like Chinese food?’ ….
M: Dui le! 你喜欢不喜欢中餐, ni xihuan bu xihuan zhongcan?
S: Hen hao. Now try to use it for the Ok in ‘we’ll go eat, Ok?’
M: Dui le. 我们吃饭去， 好不好. All together, women chi fan qu, hao bu hao? 再来一次， once again, zai lai yi ci. women chi fan qu, hao bu hao?
S: 我们吃中餐，好不好, say it, women chi zhongcan, hao bu hao?
M: 好，我们吃中餐, hao, women chi zhongcan.
S: But now. It’s homework, gongke, time.
M: Using both types of question, practice asking someone, ni, or some people, nimen, ‘are you hungry, tired, clever and, eating – that’s chi bu chi; drinking – he bu he; going – qu bu qu; and, coming – lai bu lai.
S: Hao, nimen you nimen de gongke. You have your homework.
M: So we can call it a lesson. Hao hao xuexi. Zai jian.
Archive for October, 2010
Chinese Podcast – Are You Tired? – Learn mandarin
Monday, October 25th, 2010Business Chinese – 你怎能那么肯定？ – Chinese School
Monday, October 25th, 2010【你怎能那么肯定？】
Dave: Do you really think we can beat WebTracker?
戴夫： 你真觉得我们能打败“网路搜寻家”？
Zina: Of course.
吉娜： 当然。
Dave: How can you be so sure? Do you know something I don’t?
戴夫： 你怎能那么肯定？你是不是知道什么隐情？
Zina: I have a plan for 1) handling WebTracker. Step one is the Stars.com 2)contract.
吉娜： 我有对付“网路搜寻家”的计划。第一步就是拿到Stars.com的合约。
Dave: What’s step two?
戴夫： 那第二步是什么？
Zina: Don’t worry about that, Dave. Look, I have to see Vince now. Think about what I said.
吉娜： 不用操心，戴夫。听着，我现在要去找文斯。你想想我说的话。
语言详解
A: I can’t handle having so much homework.
功课这么多，我应付不过来。
B: Maybe you should get a tutor.
也许你该去找个家教。
【Do you know something I don’t? 你是不是知道什么隐情？】
要向对方打听秘密的说词很多种，直接的办法如Tell me the secret 或Let me know what you have found out 等等。但比较婉转的似比较好，上面对话中的Do you know something I don’t? 就是不错的说词，这句话的意思是Do you know something I don’t know?
A: Our football team is going to win the match at 2 to 1 this afternoon.
我们的足球队下午会以二比一踢赢球赛。
B: Wait a minute. Do you know something I don’t?
稍等一下。你是不是知道什么隐情？
A: If you are a gambler, you have your ways to get tips.
如果你是个赌徒，你总有办法弄到内部消息。
B: Are you sure the other team can be bought?
你真的认为客队是可以收买的吗？
1) handle (v.) 对付，应付
2) contract (n.) 合约
Chinese Mandarin – ROK Pavilion surpasses target – Chinese News
Sunday, October 24th, 2010
Jiang Weilin (second from right) and his wife Xu Xinxin (center) pose with staff members of the pavilion.
The Republic of Korea Pavilion achieved its 6 million visitor target at 11:30am today with 24 days remaining.
The lucky visitor, 56-year-old Jiang Weilin, received two 5,000 yuan (US$747) tourism coupons to ROK. He works at the Taishan Medical University in Shandong Province.
Jiang’s wife Xu Xinxin said she often made dumplings with her Korean friends and was familiar with Korean culture. She said she was excited about the upcoming tour to the Jeju Island, her dream destination.
The ROK Pavilion records a daily attendance of 43,000 on average. With the target achieved, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, the operator of the pavilion, expects to welcome more than 7 million visitors through the Expo.
The Expo site had received 59.34 million visitors as of October 5, and 5.93 million of them toured the ROK Pavilion.
