{"id":5849,"date":"2019-11-17T03:59:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T03:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-031-the-bar-is-on-the-second-floor\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T03:59:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T03:59:29","slug":"lesson-031-the-bar-is-on-the-second-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-031-the-bar-is-on-the-second-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 031 The Bar Is on the Second Floor."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>M: \u670b\u53cb\u4eec,\u4f60\u4eec\u597d! \u6211\u662f\u66fc\u4e3d. <br \/>  S: Wo shi Stuart. No time to waste! <br \/>  M: Stuart, are you happy today? \u4f60\u4eca\u5929\u9ad8\u5174\u5417? Ni jintian gaoxing ma? <br \/>  S: \u4eca\u5929\u6211\u975e\u5e38\u9ad8\u5174. Jin tian wo feichang gaoxing. <br \/>  M: \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48. Wei shenme? <br \/>  S: \u56e0\u4e3aBecause, yinwei, we&#8217;re going to the bar, see a few friends. You at home, try to pick out the words for &lsquo;bar&#8217; and &lsquo;a few&#8217;. \u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u53bb\u9152\u5427, \u770b\u51e0\u4e2a\u670b\u53cb. <br \/>  M: Yinwei women yao qu jiuba, kan ji ge pengyou. <br \/>  S: &lsquo;Bar&#8217;, and &lsquo;a few&#8217;. Get them? Dui le. &lsquo;Bar&#8217; is jiuba, JIU BA, jiuba. Very im<em><\/em>portant word. <br \/>  M: jiuba, say it again, jiuba. Out of interest, \u9152 jiu means alcoholic drinks, and the ba comes from the English word &lsquo;bar&#8217;. And how a<em><\/em>bout &lsquo;a few&#8217;? Listen: <br \/>  S: See a few friends. Kan ji ge pengyou. <br \/>  M: Right! Ji ge, JI GE, ji ge, a few. A few friends, ji ge peng you. <br \/>  S: \u597d,\u73b0\u5728\u6211\u4eec\u53bb\u9152\u5427, now let&#8217;s go to the bar. xianzai women qu jiuba. <br \/>  M: We&#8217;ll take the lift. \u6211\u4eec\u5750\u7535\u68af. Women zuo dianti. <br \/>  S: I prefer &lsquo;electric ladder&#8217;! Hao, women zuo dianti. <br \/>  M: The lift&#8217;s arrived. \u7535\u68af\u6765\u4e86. Dianti lai le. <br \/>  S: \u8bf7\u8fdb.Qing jin. <br \/>  M: Xiexie. <br \/>  S: What floor is the bar on? \u9152\u5427\u5728\u51e0\u5c42? Jiuba zai ji ceng? <br \/>  M: \u9152\u5427\u5728\u4e8c\u5c42. Jiuba zai er ceng. <br \/>  S: \u597d,\u4e8c\u5c42. Er ceng. <br \/>  M: we&#8217;ve arrived. \u5230\u4e86, dao le. <br \/>  S: Ladies first. \u8bf7,qing. <br \/>  M: Xiexie. <br \/>  S: And a quick explanation before we have a drink. Remember my room is on the 14th floor, shi si lou. Lou can mean &lsquo;floor&#8217; or &lsquo;storey&#8217;. <br \/>  M: And so can \u5c42, ceng CENG ceng. <br \/>  S: What floor is the bar on? Jiuba zai ji ceng? <br \/>  M: Jiuba zai ji ceng. <br \/>  S: \u51e0JI ji, can mean &lsquo;a few&#8217;, as in &lsquo;ji ge peng you&#8217;, and sometimes it means &lsquo;how many&#8217;, as in &lsquo;ji ceng?&#8217; &lsquo;how many floors?&#8217;, or, in this case, &lsquo;what floor&#8217;. Jiuba zai ji ceng? <br \/>  M: zai er ceng. <br \/>  S: \u4e00 \u4e8c, \u4e8c\u5c42. Second floor. <br \/>  M: To finish, let&#8217;s say all the Chinese again. We&#8217;ll repeat everything. <br \/>  S: Repeat with us, in a loud voice. <br \/>  M: \u4f60\u4eca\u5929\u9ad8\u5174\u5417? Ni jintian gaoxing ma? <br \/>  S: \u4eca\u5929\u6211\u975e\u5e38\u9ad8\u5174. Jin tian wo feichang gaoxing. <br \/>  M: \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48. Wei shenme? <br \/>  S: \u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u53bb\u9152\u5427, Yinwei women yao qu jiuba. \u770b\u51e0\u4e2a\u670b\u53cb, kan ji ge pengyou. <br \/>  M: \u6211\u4eec\u5750\u7535\u68af. Women zuo dianti. <br \/>  S: \u7535\u68af\u6765\u4e86. Dianti lai le. \u8bf7\u8fdb.Qing jin. <br \/>  M: Xiexie. <br \/>  S: \u9152\u5427\u5728\u51e0\u5c42? Jiuba zai ji ceng? <br \/>  M: \u9152\u5427\u5728\u4e8c\u5c42. Jiuba zai er ceng. <br \/>  S: \u597d,\u4e8c\u5c42. Er ceng. <br \/>  M: \u5230\u4e86, dao le. <br \/>  S: Ladies first. \u8bf7,qing. <br \/>  M: Xiexie. <br \/>  S: Pengyoumen, see you in the bar tomorrow. 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