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Lesson 218 May Holiday II

Y: Dajia hao, hello everyone, perfect your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Wo shi Y.
B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. May Day holiday is on the horizon and this week we’re planning our May getaway.
Y: It’s a great opportunity to see something different. Let’s check our key words of the day.

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Lesson 021 I Wish You Good Health!

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam.  Yajie, have you bought a present yet for Louis?  It’s his birthday tomorrow.
Yajie: No, not yet! 
Cam: I got him something… but I need to learn how to say Happy Birthday in Chinese when I see him tomorrow.
Yajie:  I’ll teach you.  Today we can learn some expression of congratulations when somebody is celebrating a birthday.  Let’s check Key Words of the Day. 
************Key words of the day
Today we’ll expressions of congratulating someone when he/she is celebrating a birthday. 祝你生日快乐！Happy Birthday! 祝你生活幸福美满！祝你身体健康！ All in today’s Chinese Studio.　
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Cam: In English we say happy birthday when attending a birthday party. How to say this in Chinese?
Yajie: We say  “祝你生日快乐！”
Cam: 祝你生日快乐!
Yajie: Right. “祝你生日快乐！”  Is how we would wish somebody a happy birthday. 祝你 is used to express good wishes, sometimes with the implication of “congratulating in advance”. 祝,  zhù, the forth tone. It means offering good wishes. 你, means you. 祝你 together means I wish you….
Cam: 祝你 (zhù nǐ).
Yajie: 生日 is birthday. 生, shēng, the first tone. 生, to give birth to.
Cam: 生 (shēng). 日 (rì), we learned it during last week. It means the day, the forth tone. 日(rì). And 星期日(Xīngqī rì) is Sunday.
Yajie: Absolutely right! Well, Cam, you have a sound memory.
Cam: Xie xie.
Yajie: 快乐 means happy. 快, k-u-a-i, kuài, the fourth tone. 乐, l-e, lè, also the fourth tone. Together it’s快乐(kuài lè).
Cam: 快乐(kuài lè). 我很快乐 (wǒ hěn kuài lè)。I’m very happy. 你快乐吗？(nǐ kuài lèma?)
Yajie: 我也很快乐 (wǒ yě hěn kuài lè)。I’m happy too.

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Lesson 217 May Holiday I

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, improve your Chinese every day, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan.
Y: And, wo shi Y, ni hao B. What would you like to learn this week?
B: You know Y, we have a holiday coming up in a couple of weeks. I’d love to talk about what to do in that time.
Y: Good idea, let’s check our key words of the day.

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Lesson 020 Revision of Directions

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way， in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Good morning I’m Cam. We have reached the end of the week once again.
Yajie: Yep, so soon.  It’s time for us to review some of the words and phrases we learned this past week.  Let’s hear Sentences in the Week.

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Lesson 019 where Is My Room?

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam. 早上好 zǎoshang hǎo, yajie.
Yajie: 早上好！Today we’ll learn how to ask directions, and look for someone. First let’s take a look at key words of the day!

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Lesson 215 Easter III

Y: It’s Easter week on Chinese Studio, da jia hao. Wo shi Y.
B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Those Easter eggs we painted look great. Can we learn some more about Easter Y?
Y: Dang ran le, of course we can. Let’s go.

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Lesson 214 Easter II

Y: Dajia hao, hello everyone, perfect your Chinese your way in only 5 fenzhong a day. Wo shi Y.
B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. It’s Easter week and time to learn more about painting Easter eggs.
Y: Yummy. Let’s check our key words of the day.

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Lesson 213 Easter I

B: Dajia hao, hello everyone, perfect your Chinese your way, right here in the Chinese Studio. Welcome in, I’m Brendan.
Y: And wo shi Yajie, ni hao B. What would you like to learn this week?
B: You know Y, Easter is on us this week, so how about talking about Easter activities.
Y: Good idea, let’s check our key words of the day.

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