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 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.