{"id":10833,"date":"2019-11-20T10:04:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-152-revision-of-expressioins-for-the-x-039-mas\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:04:33","slug":"lesson-152-revision-of-expressioins-for-the-x-039-mas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-152-revision-of-expressioins-for-the-x-039-mas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 152 &#8211; Revision of Expressioins for the X&#039;mas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam: Merry Christmas and welcome to Chinese Studio!&nbsp; Wo shi Cam.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; It is Christmas Day today, and thanks for spending it with us. <br \/>  Cam: That&rsquo;s right Yajie, it is sheng4 dan4 jie2&nbsp; A Time for us to relax AND to have a quick review a<em><\/em>bout this week&rsquo;s lesson. <br \/>  YJ: All righty, let&rsquo;s get started!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentences in the Week<\/strong> <br \/>  Christmas day \u5723\u8bde\u8282, Merry  Christmas \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff0cChristmas present\u5723\u8bde\u793c\u7269\uff0c Santa Claus\u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4ebaCan you please pass  the salt and pepper?&nbsp;&nbsp; \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211\u597d\u5417\uff1f<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie. Today is Christmas day, <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; it&rsquo;s sheng4 dan4 jie2, <br \/>  YJ: sheng4 dan4 means Christmas,<br \/>  Cam: sheng4 dan4<br \/>  YJ: jie2, means festival, <br \/>  Cam: jie2 .<br \/>  YJ: sheng4 dan4 jie2, <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp;  sheng4 dan4 jie2, Christmas day. Then I need to know how to say &ldquo;Merry  Christmas&rdquo; in Chinese, because I want to say it to all the Chinese  people. <br \/>  YJ: Cam, that&rsquo;s a very good idea! it&rsquo;s \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff08sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4\uff09<br \/>  Cam: \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff08sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4\uff09<br \/>  YJ: sheng4 dan4 we just mentio<em><\/em>ned it&rsquo;s Christmas.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; sheng4 dan4<br \/>  YJ: kuai4 le4 means merry or happy<br \/>  Cam: kuai4 le4 <br \/>  YJ: \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff08sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4\uff09, let&rsquo;s say it together, Cam.<br \/>  Cam\/YJ: \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff08sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4\uff09<br \/>  Cam: Merry Christmas everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<br \/>  A\uff1a\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u5723\u8bde\u8282\u3002<br \/>  B\uff1a\u795d\u4f60\u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<br \/>  A\uff1a\u4e5f\u795d\u4f60\u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, what did you get for Christmas? <br \/>  YJ: Oh, I got an ipod shuffle! Now I can download all my favorite music!&nbsp; How a<em><\/em>bout you? <br \/>  Cam: I got a wo<em><\/em>nderful new laptop computer!&nbsp; I love it. Yajie, what&rsquo;s the Chinese for Christmas present? <br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s\u5723\u8bde\u793c\u7269 (sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4)<br \/>  Cam: sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4<br \/>  YJ: sheng4 dan4 is Christmas,<br \/>  Cam: sheng4 dan4 <br \/>  YJ: li3 wu4 means present.<br \/>  Cam: li3 wu4. <br \/>  YJ: sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4<br \/>  Cam: sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4 Christmas present. <br \/>  YJ: Cam, do you still believe in Santa?<br \/>  Cam: Of course!&nbsp; He comes down the chimney and eats milk and coo<em><\/em>kies! <br \/>  YJ: Anyway, Santa in Chinese is \u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4eba(sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2)<br \/>  Cam: sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2<br \/>  YJ: Christmas in Chinese is&hellip;<br \/>  Cam: &hellip;sheng4 dan4! <br \/>  YJ: lao3 ren2 in Chinese means an old man,<br \/>  Cam: \u8001\u4eba( lao3 ren2)<br \/>  YJ: \u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4eba(sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2)<br \/>  Cam: \u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4eba(sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2), Santa Claus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  A\uff1a\u4f60\u76f8\u4fe1\u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4eba\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u6211\u76f8\u4fe1\u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4eba\u3002<br \/>  A\uff1a\u90a3\u4f60\u4e5f\u76f8\u4fe1\u4ed6\u4f1a\u5e26\u6765\u5723\u8bde\u793c\u7269\u55bd\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a \u90a3\u5f53\u7136\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, we learned a very long sentence this week, I think we&rsquo;d better review it now.<br \/>  YJ:  OK. It&rsquo;s \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3  ma?) which means &ldquo;Can you please pass the salt and pepper?&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: I still don&rsquo;t get it.&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: haha, o<em><\/em>nly if you know what it means. qing3 means please.<br \/>  Cam: qing3 <br \/>  YJ: Salt is yan2 <br \/>  Cam: yan2 <br \/>  YJ: pepper is hu2jiao1 <br \/>  Cam: hu2jiao1 <br \/>  YJ: he2 means and<br \/>  Cam: he2 <br \/>  YJ: pass is chuan2 di4, here is short as di4.<br \/>  Cam: di4<br \/>  YJ: hao3 ma? it&rsquo;s a polite way of asking. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; hao3 ma?<br \/>  YJ: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3 ma?)<br \/>  Cam: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f(qing3 ba3 yan2 he2 hu2jiao1 di4gei3wo3 hao3 ma?) &ldquo;Can you please pass the salt and pepper?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<br \/>  A: \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211, \u597d\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u597d\u7684\uff0c\u7ed9\u4f60\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentences in the Week<\/strong> <br \/>  Christmas day \u5723\u8bde\u8282, Merry  Christmas \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50\uff0cChristmas present\u5723\u8bde\u793c\u7269\uff0c Santa Claus\u5723\u8bde\u8001\u4ebaCan you please pass  the salt and pepper?&nbsp;&nbsp; \u8bf7\u628a\u76d0\u548c\u80e1\u6912\u9012\u7ed9\u6211\u597d\u5417\uff1f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-4114677485\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam: Merry Christmas and welcome to Chinese Studio!&nbsp; Wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; \u5723\u8bde\u5feb\u4e50wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; It is Christmas Day today, and thanks for spending it with us.<br \/>\n  Cam: That&rsquo;s right Yajie, it is sheng4 dan4 jie2&nbsp; A Time for us to relax AND to have a quick review about this week&rsquo;s lesson.<br \/>\n  YJ: All righty, let&rsquo;s get started!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[370,98],"class_list":["post-10833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":197,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}