Let's hear a line-by-line translation of the dialogue from lesson 14, and then practice with a Q&A.
At the end of the lesson, I suggest that you can practice answering the questions yourself, and can even send me your answers -- either written (pinyin or Chinese characters) or, better yet, as a recording of yourself speaking! Don't be afraid of making mistakes, and if you want to copy part or even all of A-Ming's answers as your own, that is fine! When learning a language, imitation is golden.
Lesson Outline:
- [00:21] Introduction
- [01:46] Translation of the dialogue
- [10:17] Questions and answers with A-Ming
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- Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters)
- Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation)
- Questions and answers (Chinese characters)
- Questions and answers (w/ pinyin and translation)
Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only):
- 阿明：哈囉！有人嗎？
- 康太太：喔，這麼早就回來！
- 小李：現在不是七點嗎？
- 康太太：可是我女兒還沒下班呢！
- 莉莉：媽媽，我在這裡！
- 康太太：嚇死我了！莉莉！你什麼時候進來我都不知道！
- 莉莉：我今天坐計程車回家，比較快。
- 康太太：是喔，我都沒聽到你進來的聲音。
- 莉莉：所以這個是你說的那個外國朋友嗎？你好。
- 康太太：啊對！欸你叫什麼名字？我不記得了！
- 小李：你好，我叫小李，我住在隔壁。這個是我朋友阿明。
- 阿明：你好。
- 莉莉：你好，你好。
- 康太太：啊這個小李還沒結婚！你要不要跟他約會？
- 莉莉：媽！不要亂講！不好意思，她年紀大了，講話比較直接。
- 小李：沒事，沒事。謝謝你邀請我們來你家。好香！
- 康太太：沒有！我做得很簡單。炒蘑菇、竹筍、青菜、雞湯、清蒸魚、豬腳、白飯，就這樣而已！
- 阿明：這麼多！
- 康太太：還好啦！
- 莉莉：媽，你這樣太辛苦了！你不用煮這麼多！
- 康太太：還好啦！有客人，當然要準備多一點啊！來，請坐。東西快好了。
Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation):
- 阿明：哈囉！有人嗎？
- Hello! Is anyone here?
- Hā luō! Yǒurén ma?
- 康太太：喔，這麼早就回來！
- Oh! You’re back so early!
- Ō, zhème zǎo jiù huílái!
- 小李：現在不是七點嗎？
- Isn’t it seven o’clock now?
- Xiànzài bùshì qī diǎn ma?
- 康太太：可是我女兒還沒下班呢！
- But my daughter hasn’t gotten off work yet!
- Kěshì wǒ nǚ'ér hái méi xiàbān ne!
- 莉莉：媽媽，我在這裡！
- Mom, I’m here!
- Māmā, wǒ zài zhèlǐ!
- 康太太：嚇死我了！莉莉！你什麼時候進來我都不知道！
- You scared me to death! Lili! I don’t even know when you came in!
- Xià sǐ wǒle! Lìlì! Nǐ shénme shíhòu jìnlái wǒ dōu bù zhīdào!
- 莉莉：我今天坐計程車回家，比較快。
- I took a taxi home today, it’s faster.
- Wǒ jīntiān zuò jìchéngchē huí jiā, bǐjiào kuài.
- 康太太：是喔，我都沒聽到你進來的聲音。
- Oh. I didn’t even hear you come in.
- Shì ō, wǒ dōu méi tīngdào nǐ jìnlái de shēngyīn.
- 莉莉：所以這個是你說的那個外國朋友嗎？你好。
- So, is this the foreign friend you mentioned? Hi.
- Suǒyǐ zhège shì nǐ shuō de nàgè wàiguó péngyǒu ma? Nǐ hǎo.
- 康太太：啊對！欸你叫什麼名字？我不記得了！
- Oh right! Hey, what’s your name? I don’t remember!
- A duì! Ēi nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? Wǒ bù jìdéle!
- 小李：你好，我叫小李，我住在隔壁。這個是我朋友阿明。
- Hi, I’m Xiao Li. I live next door. This is my friend, A-Ming.
- Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào xiǎo lǐ, wǒ zhù zài gébì. Zhège shì wǒ péngyǒu ā míng.
- 阿明：你好。
- 莉莉：你好，你好。
- 康太太：啊這個小李還沒結婚！你要不要跟他約會？
- Oh this Xiao Li isn’t married yet! Why don’t you go on a date with him?
- A zhège xiǎo lǐ hái méi jiéhūn! Nǐ yào bùyào gēn tā yuēhuì?
- 莉莉：媽！不要亂講！不好意思，她年紀大了，講話比較直接。
- Mom! Don’t talk nonsense. Sorry, she’s old, she speaks a little directly.
- Mā! Bùyào luàn jiǎng! Bù hǎoyìsi, tā niánjì dàle, jiǎnghuà bǐjiào zhíjiē.
- 小李：沒事，沒事。謝謝你邀請我們來你家。好香！
- No worries, no worries. Thanks for inviting us to your house. It smells great!
- Méishì, méishì. Xièxiè nǐ yāoqǐng wǒmen lái nǐ jiā. Hǎo xiāng!
- 康太太：沒有！我做得很簡單。炒蘑菇、竹筍、青菜、雞湯、清蒸魚、豬腳、白飯，就這樣而已！
- No it doesn’t! I made it very simply. Stir-fried mushrooms, bamboo shoots, green vegetables, chicken soup, steamed fish, pig’s feet, white rice, that’s all!
- Méiyǒu! Wǒ zuò de hěn jiǎndān. Chǎo mógū, zhúsǔn, qīngcài, jītāng, qīngzhēng yú, zhū jiǎo, báifàn, jiù zhèyàng éryǐ!
- 阿明：這麼多！
- 康太太：還好啦！
- 莉莉：媽，你這樣太辛苦了！你不用煮這麼多！
- Mom, you’re working too hard! You don’t have to cook so much!
- Mā, nǐ zhèyàng tài xīnkǔle! Nǐ bùyòng zhǔ zhème duō!
- 康太太：還好啦！有客人，當然要準備多一點啊！來，請坐。東西快好了。
- Nah… when there are guests, of course you should prepare a little more! Come, please sit. It’s almost ready.
- Hái hǎo la! Yǒu kèrén, dāngrán yào zhǔnbèi duō yīdiǎn a! Lái, qǐng zuò. Dōngxī kuài hǎole.
Questions and answers (Chinese characters only):
- (Q1) 問題：在你的國家，坐計程車很貴嗎？
- (A1) 阿明：還好，在台北剛上車要七十塊。從A到B，要差不多一到兩百塊吧。
- (Q2) 問題：你結婚了嗎？
- (A2) 阿明：呵呵… 還沒。為什麼這樣問？
- (Q3) 問題：你上次約會的時候，你去了哪裡？
- (A3) 阿明：我上次約會… 我們去山上騎腳踏車！
- (Q4) 問題：在你的國家，學生很辛苦嗎？
- (A4) 阿明：非常辛苦！我小時候每一天八點就要上課，下午五點才下課，晚上還要去補習班！
- (Q5) 問題：你會煮飯嗎？你最會煮什麼？
- (A5) 阿明：呃… 我會煮泡麵！
- (Q6) 問題：你會邀請朋友來你家吃飯嗎？
- (A6) 阿明：來我家吃泡麵嗎？去外面吃比較好吧。
Questions and answers (w/ pinyin and translation):
- (Q1) 問題：在你的國家，坐計程車很貴嗎？
- Zài nǐ de guójiā, zuò jìchéngchē hěn guì ma?
- In your country, is taking a taxi expensive?
- (A1) 阿明：還好，在台北剛上車要七十塊。從A到B，要差不多一到兩百塊吧。
- Hái hǎo, zài táiběi gāng shàng chē yào qīshí kuài. Cóng A dào B, yào chàbùduō yī dào liǎng bǎi kuài ba.
- Not really, in Taipei just after getting in the car it's 70 kuai. From A to B, it's around one to two hundred, I guess.
- (Q2) 問題：你結婚了嗎？
- Nǐ jiéhūnle ma?
- Are you married?
- (A2) 阿明：呵呵… 還沒。為什麼這樣問？
- Hēhē… hái méi. Wèishéme zhèyàng wèn?
- Heh heh... not yet. Why do you ask?
- (Q3) 問題：你上次約會的時候，你去了哪裡？
- Nǐ shàng cì yuēhuì de shíhòu, nǐ qùle nǎlǐ?
- Last time you had a date, where did you go?
- (A3) 阿明：我上次約會… 我們去山上騎腳踏車！
- Wǒ shàng cì yuēhuì… wǒmen qù shānshàng qí jiǎotàchē!
- Last time I had a date... we went to the mountains to ride bikes!
- (Q4) 問題：在你的國家，學生很辛苦嗎？
- Zài nǐ de guójiā, xuéshēng hěn xīnkǔ ma?
- In your country, are students xīnkǔ (exhausted / arduous / tired / working hard)?
- (A4) 阿明：非常辛苦！我小時候每一天八點就要上課，下午五點才下課，晚上還要去補習班！
- Fēicháng xīnkǔ! Wǒ xiǎoshíhòu měi yītiān bā diǎn jiù yào shàngkè, xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn cái xiàkè, wǎnshàng hái yào qù bǔxí bān!
- Extremely xīnkǔ! When I was a kid, I had to start class every day at eight, and only got out of class at five in the afternoon. In the evening I also had to go to cram school!
- (Q5) 問題：你會煮飯嗎？你最會煮什麼？
- Nǐ huì zhǔ fàn ma? Nǐ zuì huì zhǔ shénme?
- Can you cook? What are you best at making?
- (A5) 阿明：呃… 我會煮泡麵！
- È… wǒ huì zhǔ pào miàn!
- Uh... I can make instant noodles!
- (Q6) 問題：你會邀請朋友來你家吃飯嗎？
- Nǐ huì yāoqǐng péngyǒu lái nǐ jiā chīfàn ma?
- Do you ever invite friends to come to your house to eat?
- (A6) 阿明：來我家吃泡麵嗎？去外面吃比較好吧。
- Lái wǒjiā chī pào miàn ma? Qù wàimiàn chī bǐjiào hǎo ba.
- Come to my house to eat instant noodles? Going outside to eat is better, I think.
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