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Cam: Da Jia Hao. Wo shi Cam. Nice to have you again on Chinese Studio on China Radio International.
Yajie: and\u6211\u662fYajie.Today we’ll learn how to ask a<\/em>bout jobs. In fact there are quite a number of ways. But we’ll focus on one way, using the phrase \u5728\u54ea\u513f.
Cam: Remember \u5728\u54ea\u513f(zai4 nar3) literally means "at wher". We talked a<\/em>bout how to use it when asking wher one lives.  But today, we tell you how to ask wher one works.  <\/p>\n

Key Words of the Day
<\/strong>\u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c\uff1fwher do you work? \u4f60\u7238\u7238\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c wher does your father work? \u5de5\u4f5c to work. \u5a92\u4f53\uff0cmedia. \u94f6\u884c, bank;  \u5916\u4f01, foreign company.  All in today’s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n

Yajie: \u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c\uff1f wher do you work? \u5de5\u4f5c, job, or as a verb, to work.
Cam: \u5de5\u4f5c, g-ong,. z-u-o,
Yajie: \u5728\u54ea\u513fzai nar means at wher, which we learned previously. \u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c\uff08ni3 zai4 nar3 gong1 zuo4\uff09\uff1fWord for word, You-at wher- work?
Cam: Ni3 zai4 nar3 gong1 zuo4? Yajie, how do I say "I work at China Radio International"?
Yajie: \u6211\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\u56fd\u9645\u5e7f\u64ad\u7535\u53f0\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002\u4e2d\u56fd, China. \u56fd\u9645, International. \u5e7f\u64ad\u7535\u53f0,radio.
Cam: Got it. \u6211\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\u56fd\u9645\u5e7f\u64ad\u7535\u53f0\u5de5\u4f5c(wo3 zai 4 zhong1 guo2 guo2 ji4 guang3 bo1 dian4 tai1 gong1 zuo4) I work at China Radio International.<\/p>\n

Conversation1: <\/p>\n

Yajie: Cam, it’s very popular in China to work for media like radio and television.
Cam: Really? I’m lucky. Yajie, can you tell me how to say media in Chinese?
Yajie: It’s \u5a92\u4f53. \u5a92, m-ei, the second tone. and \u4f53, t-i, the third tone. 
Cam: \u5a92\u4f53 (mei2 ti3) means media. So I can also explain my job as\u6211\u5728\u5a92\u4f53\u5de5\u4f5c(wo3 zai4 mei2 ti3 gong1 zuo4)\u3002I’m working for the media.<\/p>\n

Conversation2:<\/p>\n

Cam: Yajie, I heard a familiar word in the conversation. \u94f6\u884c, bank.
Yajie: Right. \u94f6\u884c, bank.
Cam: Yajie, \u4f60\u7238\u7238\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c (ni3 ba4 ba zai4 nar3 gong1 zuo4)\uff1fLiterally, wher does your father work?
Yajie: \u4ed6\u5728\u94f6\u884c\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002He works at a bank. It’s also ok if the subject ‘he’ is omitted in Chinese.<\/p>\n

Conversation3: <\/p>\n

Yajie: \u5916\u4f01, foreign enterprise, or foreign company. \u5916\u4f01 is short for\u5916\u56fd\u4f01\u4e1a. \u5916\u56fd, foreign country. \u4f01\u4e1a, enterprise. \u5916\u4f01. \u5916, w-ai, the fourth tone,\u4f01, q-i, the third tone. Together\u5916\u4f01.
Cam: Got it. So with the subject omitted, \u5728\u5916\u4f01\u5de5\u4f5c (zai4 wai4 qi3 gong1 zuo4) actually means "He works at a foreign company".  
Yajie: Right. Would you like to say it again? \u4ed6\u5728\u5916\u4f01\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002Or \u5728\u5916\u4f01\u5de5\u4f5c\u3002
Cam: Ta1 zai4 wai4 qi3 gong1 zuo4. In short, zai4 wai4 qi3 gong1 zuo4.
Yajie: Excellent.<\/p>\n

Conversation4:<\/p>\n

Key Words Reminder:
Today we learned: \u4f60\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c\uff1fwher do you work? \u4f60\u7238\u7238\u5728\u54ea\u513f\u5de5\u4f5c wher does your father work? \u5de5\u4f5c to work. \u5a92\u4f53\uff0cmedia. \u94f6\u884c, bank; and \u5916\u4f01, foreign company. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n