Description
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。
Hi.
Nǐ hǎo.
莉莉:你好,你好。
Hi. Hi.
Nǐ hǎo, nǐ hǎo.
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?
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