M: Péngyǒumen, dàjiāhǎo! 欢迎收听Learn Chinese Now, 我是ML. S: Dàjiāhǎo! Wǒshì Stuart. Today is a revision lesson, 复习课。
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Lesson 141 It’s Getting Colder and Colder.
M: Hello everyone, good to meet you again in ‘Learn Chinese Now’, 我是 ML. S: 大家好！我是Stuart. Achoo! Excuse me, I must have caught a cold.
Olympic Sports in Chinese Mandarin 奥运会
As we all know,Chinese have a good performance in many competitions.If you are interested in sports and willing to learn Chinese, you may get a good chance here. We put together a quick list of the Olympic Sports that may be useful for learners.
Chinese phrase translation: 食言 (shíyán) to break one’s promise or word
食言 (shíyán) to break one’s promise or word Usage: “食言”的字面意思是吃掉说过的话，引申为违背诺言，不能做到自己以前承诺的那样。 “食言” literally means to eat one’s own words, and is
Chinese grammar: Structure of days of the week
When we learn Chinese grammar, date is also important for beginers.There are several ways to refer to the days of the week in Chinese. (Fortunately, they’re all pretty easy.)
Read a Chinese history story, learn a Chinese idiom – 脱颖而出
Today we’ll learn Chinese idiom 脱颖而出 tuō yǐng’ér chū through a history story. In Warring States period (about 1500 years
Chinese Characters and Radicals – learn chinese pinyin
Chinese Pronunciation 声母Initials 普通话语音共有二十一个声母，声母是音节开头的辅音。 The phonetic symbols of putonghua comprises 21 initials that are consonants beginning a syllable. 韵母Finals 现代汉语普通话的语音共有三十九个韵母，韵母是由元音或元音加鼻辅音构成的，可分为三类。
Don't let me be misunderstood
Nearly all foreigners who intend to learn Chinese would like to communicate with local people using their new-found skills. They
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.
Lesson 040 Revision of Counting
S: Pengyoumen hao, huanying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu, Learn Chinese Now. Wo shi Bai laoshi.
M: Dajia hao, wo she Zhao Laoshi.
S: We’re being formal again!
M: Yes, but we’ll use laoshi, teacher, so you guys at home get familiar with it. Bai laoshi, ni tongyi ma?
S: Zhao Laoshi, wo tong yi.
M: Hao. Jin tian shi 复习时间, revision time, fuxi shijian.
S: Di yi, first,你们的功课, your homework, nimen de gongke.
M: Numbers.
S: The first was 121, which is?..…
M: yi bai er shi yi, say it out loud, yi bai er shi yi. zai lai yi ci, once again, Yi bai er shi yi.
S: 532.
M: wu bai san shi er, zai lai yi ci, wu bai san shi er.
S: Now a big one! 1,400
M: Yi qian si bai, yi qian si bai
S: And 1,588.
M: Yi qian wu bai ba shi ba, Yi qian wu bai ba shi ba.
S: Great. This all sounds like a game of bingo! There’s a prize for 100% correct answers. If you got them all right, write yourself a cheque for 九千九百九十九块.
M: jiu qian jiu bai jiu shi jiu kuai. How much is that? …….
S: Dui le, 9,999 kuai. Now you can have a party.
M: Now for the small numbers.
S: How do we say ‘zero’? Dui le, ling LING ling.
M: How do we say ‘point’, as in 1.2? Dui le. Dian DIAN dian.
S: What is 2.3?
M: Dui le, er dian san, er dian san.
S: and 4.2?
M: Right! Si dian er, si dian er.
S: And 12.59.
M: Yes! Shi er dian wu jiu, shi er dian wu jiu.
S: All correct? Wow! Write yourself another cheque.
S: Finally, remember zero? Ling, ling, so what is 0.5?
M: Yes! Ling dian wu, ling dian wu.
S: 0.3?
M: ling dian san, ling dian san.
S: And 0.76.
M: Ling dian qi liu, ling dian qi liu.
S: Feichang hao.
M: Now let’s quickly practice the other stuff we learnt this week. Try to answer the questions yourselves, out loud.
S: How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱? Altogether, how much? Yi gong, duoshao qian?
M: 一杯咖啡是五块钱, yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian.
S: 两杯咖啡是多少钱?
M: Dui le. Liang bei kafei, yi gong shi shi kuai qian. Yi gong shi shi kuai qian.
S: Now, how many mao in one kuai?
M: Dui le. Ten. 十毛是一块钱, shi mao shi yi kuai qian.
S: Let’s see who gets this one right. 一杯啤酒是八块五毛，bakuai wu mao.
M: San bei pijiu shi duoshao qian?
S: Dui le, san pijiu shi er shi wu kuai wu mao qian, san bei shi er shi wu kuai wu mao.
M: Hen hao. You’re all very clever. Ni men dou hen congming.
S: Wonderful. We’re all so clever! 我们都这么聪明, women dou zheme congming.
M: You guys at home, don’t be modest, say, ‘I’m so clever!’
S: Dui le. Wo zheme congming! Wo zheme congming!
M: So we can call it a lesson. Ming tian jian.
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