M: Dajia hao. Huan ying ni dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Nimen hao, wo shi Stuart. First, Say, ‘I fancy eating meat’.
M: Hen hao. Wo xiang chi rou. Wo xiang chi rou.
S: Now, ‘do you fancy fish?’
M: Dui le. 你想吃鱼吗, ni xiang chi yu ma?
S: And ‘menu’ is? mei cuo. Caidan, caidan.
M: Hao. Zhe shi caidan. Wo kan yi kan.
S: Now we’ll order some food. 现在我们点菜, xianzai women dian cai.
M: Only the two of us, 只有我们两个人, zhi you women liang ge ren.
S: So, suoyi, don’t order too much. 所以, 不要点太多, suo yi, bu yao dian tai duo.
M: Wo tong yi. I fancy a cold dish 一个凉菜, yi ge liang cai; beef, 牛肉niurou; pork, 猪肉zhurou; mutton 羊肉 yangrou; chicken 鸡肉jirou; fish 鱼yu; and two veggie dishes; 和两个青菜, he liang ge qing cai.
S: 8 dishes! Is 8 dishes enough? 八个菜够吗, ba ge cai gou ma?
M: 八个菜。我想够了, ba ge cai, wo xiang gou le. I think that’s enough.
S: Oh dear, I’ll never lose weight in China!
M: Now to learn the new stuff.
S: Only the two of us, 只有我们两个人.
M: zhi you women liang ge ren. 只ZHI zhi, means ‘only’ zhi. 有 YOU you, here means ‘is’ or ‘are’. 只有 there’s only; women liang ge ren, we two people. Zhi you women liang ge ren, there’s only two of us. Say it, zhi you women liang ge ren. Zai lai yi ci: zhi you women liang ge ren.
S: 所以, 不要点太多. 所以 SUO YI suoyi, is ‘therefore’, or ‘so’, suo yi. 不要 bu yao, ‘don’t’. dian tai duo, order too much. So don’t order too much. Suo yi, bu yao dian tai duo.
S: Now let’s quickly learn some animals. First, a member of the cattle family is 牛NIU niu. Niu. Say mooo, then niu. Good. Help to remember it.
M: And ‘rou’, ROU, rou, is meat, 肉。So niu2rou4, literally ‘cattle meat’ is – of course beef. Niúròu, 牛肉。
S: 猪 ZHU zhu is ‘pig’. So pork is?
M: Duile, zhurou, zhu rou.
S: 羊 YANG yang is sheep. So what is mutton? Right, Yangrou, yangrou.
M: 鸡 JI ji, is a chicken. The meat is? Yes, ji rou, ji rou.
S: And 青QING, 1st tone, qing, means ‘green’. Qing cai, green leafy veggies. Qing cai.
M: Yi ge liang cai; niurou; zhurou; yangrou; jirou; yu; he liang ge qing cai.
S: Ba ge cai gou ma?
M: Ba ge cai, wo xiang gou le.
S: Wo xiang tai duo le! Anyway, we’ll see next lesson.
M: Till then, zai jian.
Category: Teaching & Examination
Lesson 046 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
M: Dajia hao. Huan ying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Nimen hao, wo shi S. Now to study hard, haohao xuexi. Repeat everything.
M: Stuart, what lesson do we learn today? 今天我们学第几课, jin tian women xue di ji ke?
S: 今天我们学第四十六课xue di si shi liu ke.
M: 没错, not wrong, mei cuo! Lesson 46, di si shi liu ke.
S: Hey, this is a good time so learn to say ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’.
M: Hao zhuyi.
S: Try to pick out ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’. Remember, the little le after a verb makes it past tense.
M: 昨天我们学了第四十五课, zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke.
S: 今天我们学第四十六课, jin tian women xue di si shi liu ke.
M: 明天我们学第四十七课, ming tian women xue di si shi qi ke.
S: 你们听见了吗? Did you hear it? Nimen ting jian le ma?
M: Heard it! Ting jian le. ‘Yesterday’ is 昨天 ZUO TIAN zuo tian, 2nd tone, 1st tone, zuo tian.
S: Now say, ‘yesterday we learnt’, …… Dui le. Zuo tian women xue le.
M: Now say, ‘lesson 45’. …. Dui le. Di si shi wu ke. Di si shi wu ke.
S: Now try, ‘yesterday we learnt lesson 45’.
M: Dui le. Zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke. Zuo tian women xue le di si shi wu ke.
S: Now say, ‘today we learn lesson 46’ ….. Dui le, jin tian women xue di si shi liu ke.
M: And ‘tomorrow’, 明天 MING TIAN ming tian, 2nd tone 1st tone, ming tian. Try it, ming tian, ming tian.
S: Now say, ‘tomorrow we learn lesson 47’. …..
M: Feichang hao! 明天我们学第四十七课, ming tian women xue di si shi qi ke.
S: Wow, that was a lot of work! Breaktime.
S: Now, where were we? Time to check if you did your gongke.
M: We asked you to say out loud all the variations you can think of, ta, tamen, wo, women, ‘like’ and don’t like’, and zhongcan and xican.
S: For example, 我们喜欢中餐, women xihuan zhongcan.
M: Or, 他不喜欢西餐, ta bu xihuan xican.
S: We also asked you to practice, ‘what restaurant are we/you/ they etc. going to?’
M: Like, 我们去哪个餐馆, women qu nei ge canguan?
S: Or, 你去什么餐馆? Ni qu shenme canguan?
M: The shenme is the same shenme as in 什么意思？ What meaning? Shenme yisi?
S: By the way, it’s very important that you make up and say these homework sentences. You’ll learn and remember much better than if you don’t.
M: Dui le. We must hao hao xue xi.
S: And, before we go, ‘yesterday’?
M: zuo tian.
S: Today.
M: jin tian.
S: Tomorrow.
M: ming tian.
S: And “Ming Tian Jian”! See you tomorrow.
Lesson 047 Are You Tired?
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.
Lesson 048 Revision of Expressions for the Days
Dajia hao. Huan ying ni dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Nimen hao, wo shi Stuart. Lesson 48 today.
M: So, answer everyone. What lesson do we learn today? 今天我们学第几课, jin tian women xue di ji ke?
S: Dui le. 今天我们学第四十八课xue di si shi ba ke. Now answer this one. Zuo tian, women xue le di ji ke? ……….
M: 没错，not wrong, right, mei cuo. 昨天我们学了第四十七课, zuo tian women xue le di si shi qi ke?
S: Now you ask, ‘what lesson do we learn tomorrow?’ …..
M: Mei cuo! 明天我们学第几课, ming tian women xue di ji ke?
S: And the answer is? …. Dui le. 明天我们学第四十九课， ming tian women xue di si shi jiu ke.
M: Feichang hao.
S: Today is a revision lesson, 复习课, fuxi ke. And I’m very hungry. 我非常饿, wo feichang e.
M: 好，我们吃饭去, women chi fan qu.
S: Hao zhuyi.
M: Which restaurant? 我们去哪个餐馆, women qu nei ge canguan?
S: You say. 你说, ni shuo.
M: 你喜欢中餐吗, ni xihuan zhongcan ma?
S: 中餐，西餐，我都喜欢, zhongcan, xican, wo dou xihuan.
M: 我们吃中餐，好不好, women chi zhongcan, hao bu hao?
S: 很好， 我很喜欢中餐, wo hen xihuan zhongcan.
M: 好，我们走吧, women zou ba.
S: Now, can you say, “Chinese food, western food, I like everything”.
M: Mei cuo. Zhongcan, xican, wo dou xihuan. Zhongcan, xican, wo dou xihuan.
S: We also learnt ‘yesterday’ and ‘tomorrow’.
M: Yesterday. 昨天, zuo tian.
S: Tomorrow, 明天, ming tian.
M: For practice, say, ‘Yesterday, we learnt lesson one’.
S: Mei cuo. 昨天我们学了第一课, zuo tian women xue le di yi ke. Now say, ‘tomorrow we learn lesson 20’.
M: Dui le. 明天我们学第二十课, ming tian women xue di er shi ke.
S: henhao!
S: Break over! Ask ML, ‘are you hungry?’, using two types of question. ….
M: Mei cuo! 你饿吗，ni e ma? And 你饿不饿, ni e bu e?
S: Now, same again with, ‘are you tired?
M: Dui le, 你累吗? And, ‘你累不累, ni lei bu lei.
S:Now try, ‘are you going?’ ….
M: right! 你去吗?, and, 你去不去, ni qu bu qu?
S: Now say, ‘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?
S: So, we’re off to eat. At last! Zai jian.
Lesson 049 To Order Dish
M: Dajia hao. Huan ying ni dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu. Wo shi ML.
S: Nimen hao, wo shi Stuart. Women kaishi. Jin tian women xue di ji ke? So today what lesson do we learn?
M: Jin tian women xue di si shi jiu ke.
S: Di si shi jiu ke. Lesson 49.
M: 我们到了餐馆 women dao le canguan.
S: Na hen hao, yinwei wo e le!
M: Hungry, as usual!
Waitress: 你们好！你们几位呀？
M: 两位。
Waitress: 请坐这边。
S: 谢谢。
S: Now to ask for the menu and order some food.
M: Repeat everything. Try to guess the meaning of new words.
S: Miss, we want to order food. 小姐，我们要点菜, women yao dian cai.
WTRSS: 好，here’s the menu. 给您菜单，gei nin caidan.
Lesson 033 What Do You Want to Drink?
S: 朋友们,你们好! Wo shi Stuart.
M: Wo shi ML. And let’s not waste time. 我们不要浪费时间 women bu yao langfei shijian.
S: Because we’re in the bar. Yinwei women zai jiuba. You’ll never find me wasting time in a bar. And the most important thing here is probably to get a drink. Now listen carefully.
M: Stuart, what do you want to drink? 你想喝什么? ni xiang he shenme?
S: I want a glass of beer. 我想喝一杯啤酒. Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. ML, 你想喝什么? Ni xiang he shenme?
M: I want some iced water. 我想喝冰水。 Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: 好. 小姐, 请来一杯冰水. Xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bingshui.
S: Back again. We hope you were trying to repeat the Putonghua with us, including the new words, the louder the better.
M: And now to learn the new words.
S: Try to catch the words for ‘to want’ or ‘to think of’, and ‘to drink’.
M: Stuart? 你想喝什么? ni xiang he shenme?
S: Dui le. To ‘think of’ or ‘want’, is xiang XIANG xiang. And ‘to drink’, right, he HE he, 1st tone. And ‘beer’ is pijiu, PI JIU, pi jiu. Another very important word, pijiu. Now say ‘I want to drink beer’…..
M: Dui le, 我想喝啤酒, wo xiang he pijiu.
S: Now catch the words for ‘a glass’. 我想喝一杯啤酒.
M: Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. Get it? Dui le, yi bei, bei BEI bei, meaning ‘glass’ or ‘cup’.
S: Now say, no help from us, ‘He wants to drink beer’. ….
M: Dui le, 他想喝啤酒, ta xiang he pijiu.
S: Now, He wants to drink a glass of beer. ……
M: Feichang hao. 他想喝一杯啤酒, ta xiang he yi bei pijiu.
S: Now it’s time for me to be keqi, polite. ML, 你想喝什么? Ni xiang he shenme?
M: 我想喝冰水. Wo xiang he bing shui. Bing, BING bing, is ‘ice’. Shui SHUI shui, is ‘water’. Bing shui, iced water, say it, bing shui. Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: 小姐, 请来一杯冰水.
M: Xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bingshui. Xiaojie XIAO JIE xiaojie is a ‘miss’, a young woman, and how we address, for example, waitresses.
S: xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bing shui.
M: Qing lai, lai LAI, here means ‘to bring’, Xiao jie qing lai yi bei bing shui, Miss, please bring a glass of iced water.
WAITRESS: 一杯冰水, 没问题
S: Good, before we finish, the dialogue again, full speed.
M: Stuart? ni xiang he shenme?
S: Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. ML, Ni xiang he shenme?
M: Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: Xiaojie, qing lai yi bai bingshui.
WAITRESS: 一杯冰水, 没问题
M: Follow it ok? 那很好.
S: So ‘til next time, zaijian.
M: Zaijian.
Lesson 034 Nice to Meet You .
M: 朋友们,你们好! 我是曼丽. Wo shi ML.
S: Wo shi Stuart. ML, 我们在哪儿?
M: We’re in the hotel bar. Women zai bin’guan de jiuba.
S: Waiting for a few friends. Women zai deng ji ge peng you.
M: And maybe some strangers, so we might have to learn how to make introductions.
S: Right.
M: Ah, 玛丽来了. Mali lai le.
S: With a pengyou. Now, try to pick out how we say ‘to recognize’ or ‘know’ someone, ‘let me’, and to ‘introduce’. ML, do you recognize her friend? 你认识她的朋友吗? Ni renshi ta de peng you ma?
M: 不, 我不认识, wo bu renshi ta de pengyou.
MARY: Stuart, Manli, 你们好吗?
M/S: hen hao, 你呢, ni ne?
MARY: Wo ye hen hao. Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友,李建国. Rang wo jieshao wo de peng you, Li Jianguo.
M: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, li xiansheng, hen gao xing renshi ni. 我姓赵,赵曼丽. Wo xing Zhao, Zhao Manli.
LJG: 赵小姐, 很高兴认识你, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: 让我介绍白君士, rang wo jie shao Bai Junshi.
LJG: 白先生,很高兴认识你, Bai xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
S: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, Li xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Now for the new stuff. Did you hear the word for ‘recognize’, or ‘know’ someone. Listen.
S: Do you know her friend? 你认识她的朋友吗?
M: Dui le. It’s renshi RENSHI renshi. Can you say ‘I know him’? …. Right, 我认识他, wo renshi ta.
S: Henhao. And what about ‘let me introduce’. Listen again.
MARY: Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友.
M: Dui le. Rang wo, let me, rang RANG rang, to let, or permit. Jieshao JIESHAO jieshao, ‘to introduce’. Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友.
S: The usual reply is, 很高兴认识你, very happy to know you, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Finally, who is 白先生, Bai xiansheng? It’s Stuart, Mr. Bai. Xiansheng XIAN SHENG xiansheng, means Mr., and, like xiaojie, Miss, comes after the name.
S: Now the dialogue again. Full speed. ML, ni renshi ta de peng you ma?
M: Bu, wo bu renshi ta de pengyou.
S: Wo ye bu renshi ta.
MARY: Stuart, Manli, nimen hao ma?
M/S: Hen hao, ni ne?
MARY: Wo ye hen hao. Rang wo jieshao wo de peng you, Li Jianguo.
M: Li xiansheng, hen gao xing renshi ni. Wo xing Zhao, Zhao Manli.
LJG: Zhao xiaojie, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: Rang wo jieshao Bai Junshi.
LJG: Bai xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
S: Li xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: And we’re all so gaoxing we can finish the lesson.
S: Ming tian jian.
Lesson 035 I Want Cola.
S: 请来一个可乐, and, pay attention, listeners! 两个啤酒, liang ge pijiu.
WAITRESS: 一个可乐, 两个啤酒, yi ge kele, liang ge pi jiu.
S: Dui, xiexie.
S: Here come our drinks. So what’s the word for ‘two’ when you ask for two beers? It’s not the er, as in yi er san si. Listen carefully.
WAITRESS: 一个可乐, 两个啤酒. liang ge pijiu.
M: Dui le, it’s liang LIANG liang. We always use liang when we want to say ‘two people’, two glasses, two dollars, in fact, two anythings. Er, also meaning two, is used for telephone numbers and the like.
S: So how do we say, ‘two twos’?
M: Dui le, liang ge er, liang ge er. Now, back to our waitress.
WAITRESS: Yi ge kele, liang ge pijiu.
S: Xiexie. How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱, duoshao qian?
WAITRESS: 一个可乐是四块. 两个啤酒是九块.
S: So how much is the bill? Remember, a kuai is one renminbi, or one yuan.
WAITRESS: Yi ge kele shi si kuai. Liang ge pijiu shi jiu kuai.
S: Worked it out? Si kuai, and jiu kuai. Four and nine is …. Dui le. 十三块, shi san kuai. I give the waitress fifteen kuai. 给你十五块, gei ni shi wu kuai.
WAITRESS: 找您两块. Zhǎo nín liǎng kuài.
S: xiexie.
M: Thinking caps on? Hao!
S: Say, ‘he is my colleague’…
M: Dui le. 他是我的同事, ta shi wo de tongshi.
S: The drinks are ordered; 一个可乐, 两个啤酒, yi ge kele, liang ge pijiu. 多少钱, duoshao qian?
WAITRESS: 十三块, thirteen kuai, shi san kuai.
S: 给你十五块, shi wu kuai.
WAITRESS: 找您两块. zhao nin liang kuai.
S: Now I’ve got my change, we can finish our lesson. Ming tian jian.
Lesson 036 Revision of Ordering Drinks
M: 朋友们,你们好. 我是曼丽. With wo de tongshi, Stuart.
S: Da jia hao!
M: We’ll start with a puzzle. I work with Stuart. Stuart是我的同事, Stuart shi wo de tongshi.
S: What does 同事, tongshi mean?
M: A clue: tongyi, meaning ‘agree’, literally means, ‘same idea’. And tongshi literally means ‘same business’.
S: So tongshi is? Dui le, colleague, or co-worker. So say, ‘he is my colleague’. …..
M: Hen hao. 他是我的同事. Ta shi wo de tong shi.
S: Women zai jiǔbā. Listen and repeat with us, loudly. The drinks aren’t free, so we have to learn a bit about money, and listen out for how we say ‘two beers’.
M: With us are Mary and Li xiansheng. 李先生是玛丽的朋友, Li xiansheng shi Mali de pengyou. Stuart 是我的同事, Stuart shi wo de tongshi.
S: Mary wants a cola, Li xiansheng a beer, and I fancy another beer. ML’s ok for now.
M: Stuart calls the waitress
S: 小姐, xiaojie.
WAITRESS: What would you like? 你要什么? Ni yao shenme?
S: 朋友们,你们好! Wo shi Stuart.
M: Wo shi ML. Let’s not waste time. 我们不要浪费时间 women bu yao langfei shijian.
S: Because today is 复习, revision, fuxi. Revise this week’s lessons, plus a bit of new stuff. Women zai jiuba. What shall I drink? Wo xiang he shenme? A glass of beer! 我想喝一杯啤酒. Wo xiang he yi bei pijiu. ML, 你想喝什么? Ni xiang he shenme?
M: Iced water. 我想喝冰水. Wo xiang he bing shui.
S: 小姐, please bring请来, 请来一杯冰水,一杯啤酒. Xiaojie, qing lai yi bei bingshui, yi bei pijiu..
WAITRESS: Mei wen ti.
S: Back again. Quick test. Say, ‘I want to drink beer’…..
M: Dui le, 我想喝啤酒, wo xiang he pijiu.
S: Now say ‘I want to drink a glass of beer’.
M: Dui le, 我想喝一杯啤酒, wo xiang he yi bei pijiu.
S: Now say, I want to drink a glass of iced water.
M: Feichang hao. 我想喝一杯冰水. Wo xiang he yi bei bing shui.
S: Hey, Mary and a guy have just come in. Guess we’ll have to practice introductions, jie4shao4.
MARY: Stuart, Manli, 你们好吗?
M/S: hen hao, 你呢, ni ne?
MARY: Wo ye hen hao. Let me introduce my friend. 让我介绍我的朋友,李建国. Rang wo jieshao wo de peng you, Li Jianguo.
M: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, li xiansheng, hen gao xing renshi ni. Wo shi Zhao Manli.
LJG: 赵小姐, 很高兴认识你, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: 让我介绍白君士, rang wo jie shao Bai Junshi.
LJG: 白先生,很高兴认识你, Bai xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
S: 李先生, 很高兴认识你, Li xiansheng, hen gaoxing renshi ni.
M: So 我们都很高兴. Time for a break!
S: And time for my second beer. Mary and ML want coffee, Li xiansheng fancies a beer. 小姐, xiaojie.
WAITRESS: Ni yao shenme?
S: 两杯咖啡, liang bei kafei, 两杯啤酒, liang bei pijiu.
WAITRESS: 两杯咖啡, 两杯啤酒, liang bei kafei, liang bei pijiu.
S: Dui l, I have to pay for the drinks. How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱?
M: Duoshao qian? Pengyoumen, this is your homework. Listen carefully, and give us the answer next lesson. 一杯咖啡是五块钱, yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian. 一杯啤酒是八块五毛, ba kuai wu mao.
S: And ten mao MAO mao make one kuai. One mao is one tenth of a yuan.
M: Yi bei kafei shi wu kuai. Yi beipijiu shi ba kuai wu mao.
S: So, liang bei kafei he liang bei pi jiu, shi duoshao qian?
M: Tell us the answer next lesson. Ming tian jian.
Lesson 037 You Are All Clever.
M: Da jia hao! Huanying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu，Learn Chinese Now! Who am I? 我是谁, wo shi shei? Do you know? 你知道吗, ni zhidao ma?
S: 我不知道, wo bu zhidao.
M: 你不知道吗, ni bu zhidao ma? I’ll tell you. 我告诉你, wo gaosu ni. Wo shi manli. 我知道你是谁, wo zhidao ni shi shei.
S: Oh, you know? Who am I? Wo shi shei?
M: Ni shi Stuart, Bai Junshi, Bai xiansheng.
S: Dui le. You’re very clever. 你很聪明, ni hen congming!
M: Xiexie. Now let’s see how congming you guys at home are. Today is money and numbers day. Remember the homework from the last lesson? Listen again.
S: Oh, dear, I have to pay for the drinks. How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱?
M: Duoshao qian? This was your homework. 一杯咖啡是五块钱, yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian. 一杯啤酒是八块五毛, ba kuai wu mao.
S: And ten mao MAO mao make one kuai.
M: Yi bei kafei shi wu kuai. Yi bei pijiu shi ba kuai wu mao.
S: So, liang bei kafei he liang bei pijiu, shi duoshao qian?
M: And the answer is? 二十七块, twenty-seven kuai, er shi qi kuai.
S: You all got it right. Na hen hao! You’re all very clever, 你们都很聪明, nimen dou hen congming!
M: Wonderful. We’re all so clever! 我们都这么聪明, women dou zheme congming.
S: We can quickly learn the Pinyin for ‘so’ and ‘clever’. ‘So’ 这么 ZHEME zheme. 聪明 CONG MING congming, congming.
M: “So clever’, 这么聪明， zheme congming. You guys at home, don’t be modest, say, ‘I’m so clever!’
S: Dui le. Wo zheme congming!
M: So modest! Now say, ‘so good!’ ….. Dui le. 这么好 zheme hao!
S: Enough of this, let’s get to the money!
M: 好主意，good idea, hao zhuyi.
S: Question. How many mao mao, in one kuai?
M: Dui, 十个，ten of them, shi ge.
S: Right. Tea, the stuff you drink, is cha CHA cha. Like in ‘a cup of tea’.
M: Coffee, we know is kafei KA FEI kafei. Like in 两杯咖啡, liang bei kafei.
S: We also know iced tea, bingcha.
M: And cola, kele.
S: And what is pijiu? Dui le, beer.
M: Now it’s homework time. First question. 一杯茶是四块钱, yi bei cha shi si kuai qian. 五杯茶是多少钱， 五杯茶是多少钱？
S: Second question.
M: Yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian. Yi bei kele shi liu kuai qian. 三杯咖啡和三杯可乐是多少钱? San bei kafei he san bei kele shi duo shao qian?
S: Hao. Two questions. 两个问题，liang ge wenti.
M: Answers next time. Zai jian.
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