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  S: Da jia hao. Huānyíng nǐ  dào xiànzài xué Hanyu. Learn Chinese Now. Wǒ shì Stuart.
M: Wo shi ML.
S: And it’s fuxi, revision fuxi time. 不要浪费时间. Don’t waste time. Bu yao langfei shijian. Women zai nar?
M: We’re at the hotel. Women zai bin’guan.
S: Where do I check in? 我在哪儿登记? Wo zài nǎr dēngjì?
M: Zài nàr.
S: I’ll go register. 我去登记. Wǒ qù dēngji. Ni hao!
DESK: 您好. 您贵姓? Nín guì xìng?
S: Wo xing Parkins. 我的名字是Stuart. Wǒ de míngzi shì Stuart.
DESK: Let’s have a look. 我看一看.Wǒ kàn yī kàn. 找到了. Zhǎo dào le. Room 1 4 8 9. 您的房间号码是幺四八九. Nín de fángjiān hàomǎ shì yāo sì bā jiǔ. This is your key. 这是您的钥匙. Zhe shi nin de yaoshi.
S: Xiexie.
M: Now we’ll go to your room. Xianzai women qu nide fangjian. Xianzai women qu nide fangjian.
S: Where’s the electric ladder? 电梯在哪儿? Dianti zai nar?
M: Dianti zai nar.
S: You get in first ML. 妳先进, ni xian jin.
M: 请!
S: qing.
M: xiexie.
S: What floor? 几楼? Ji lou?
M: 14th floor. Shí sì lóu. shí sì lóu.
S: Hao, women qu shisi lou. women qu shisi lou.
M: And up we go! 我们上去. Women shang qu.
S: Still not at the 14th floor. 我们还没到十四楼. Women hai mei dao shi si lou. What floor are we up to? 我们在几楼? Women zai ji lou?
M: 我们在十楼，十一楼，十二楼，十三楼
S: We’ve made it. 我们到了十四楼. Women dao le shi si lou. ML, you go first. 妳先走.
M: bu, ni xian zou.
S: Bie keqi. Qing, qing.
M: xiexie.
S: We’re in my hotel room. Meeting people tonight. Quick revision of things like
M: ‘what’s your name?’ ni jiao shenme mingzi?
S: 我叫Stuart Parkins. Wo xing Parkins. 我的名字是Stuart. Wo de mingzi shi Stuart.
M: Wo shi Zhao Manli. 我姓赵. Wo xing Zhao. 我的名字是曼丽. Wo de mingzi shi Manli.
S: 我的中文名字是君士. Wo de zhongwen mingzi shi Junshi. Wo de zhongwen xing shi Bai. So, 所以，我叫白君士. Wo jiao Bai Junshi.
M: wo jiao Zhao Manli. Ni jiao shenme mingzi? What’s your name?’ Remember, here the mingzi is understood to mean the whole name, xing and mingzi.
S: Now let’s be very polite. Remember the polite form of ni, you? Right, it’s nin.
M: 您贵姓? Nin gui xing?
S: Bai is my noble family name. Wo xing Bai. Bai Junshi.
M: Yes, Stuart. Women zhidao! We all know. 我们都知道. White Gentleman Scholar. How inappropriate!
S: That’s it! I’m leaving!
M: Don’t worry. He’ll be ok tomorrow. Zai jian.