{"id":10835,"date":"2019-11-20T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-155-happy-new-year-3\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:03:43","slug":"lesson-155-happy-new-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/lesson-155-happy-new-year-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 155 Happy New Year ! (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">YJ:&nbsp; It is almost the New Year&hellip; welcome to Chinese Studio everyone, wo shi Yajie.<br \/>  Cam:  And who shi Cam.&nbsp; We are talking all a<em><\/em>bout New Year&rsquo;s celebrations this  week.&nbsp; YJ:&nbsp; and today, let&rsquo;s learn some New Year&rsquo;s resolutions you  might have!<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s get started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <br \/>  <\/strong>drink less, \u5c11\u559d\u9152\uff0c learn how  to cook,\u5b66\u505a\u996d\uff0close weight.\u51cf\u80a5,&nbsp;&nbsp; What is your new year&rsquo;s resolution?  \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1f Stop smoking, \u6212\u70df&nbsp; All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, some people tend to drink a lot at a New Year&rsquo;s party, and the next morning they might feel sick.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; That&rsquo;s true. Drinking a lot is bad for your health. <br \/>  Cam: So maybe drinking less would be a good resolution. How do I say that in Chinese? <br \/>  YJ: you can say shao3 he1 jiu3<br \/>  Cam: shao3 he1 jiu3<br \/>  YJ: shao3 he1, to drink less,<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; shao3 he1<br \/>  YJ: jiu4 means alcohol, <br \/>  Cam: jiu4<br \/>  YJ: shao3 he1 jiu3,<br \/>  Cam: shao3 he1 jiu3, drink less.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<br \/>  A\uff1a\u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a \u6211\u51b3\u5b9a\u5728\u65b0\u7684\u4e00\u5e74\u91cc\u5c11\u559d\u9152\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  Cam: what is your New Year&rsquo;s resolution, Yajie? Something like to lose weight?<br \/>  YJ:  No&hellip; I have a better one. I want to make more friends and learn  something new&hellip; so I might take classes to learn&#8212; how to cook.<br \/>  Cam: That sounds good for you, Yajie. How do you say your resolution in Chinese?<br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s xue2 zuo4 fan4. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; xue2 zuo4 fan4.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; xue2 means to learn,<br \/>  Cam: xue2,<br \/>  YJ: zuo4 fan4 means to cook,<br \/>  Cam: zuo4 fan4.<br \/>  YJ: xue2 zuo4 fan4, learn how to cook. <br \/>  Cam: xue2 zuo4 fan4.<br \/>  YJ: Although I don&rsquo;t need to lose weight, but it&rsquo;s still a popular new year&rsquo;s resolution. In Chinese it&rsquo;s jian3 fei2. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; jian3 fei2. <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; jian3 means to lose, to decrease,<br \/>  Cam: jian3,<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; fei2 means fat,&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: fei2.&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: jian3 fei2, <br \/>  Cam: jian3 fei2, to lose weight.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  A: \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\u5462\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6211\u6253\u7b97\u5b66\u505a\u996d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  Cam: Yajie, what should I ask my Chinese friends what is his\/her new year&rsquo;s resolution?<br \/>  YJ: you can ask &ldquo;\u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1f&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4? <br \/>  YJ: ni3 means you,<br \/>  Cam: ni3,<br \/>  YJ: you3 means to have,<br \/>  Cam: you3,<br \/>  YJ: shen2me, what,<br \/>  Cam: shen2me , <br \/>  YJ: xin1 nian2, new year,<br \/>  Cam: xin1 nian2,<br \/>  YJ: da3 suan4, resolution, plan,<br \/>  Cam: dan2 suan4. <br \/>  YJ: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4?<br \/>  Cam: ni2 you3 shen2me xin1 nian2 da3 suan4? What is your new year&rsquo;s resolution? <br \/>  YJ\uff1aMy father told me his new year&rsquo;s resolution is try to stop smoking.<br \/>  Cam\uff1aThat&rsquo;s a good one, what&rsquo;s the Chinese for it?<br \/>  YJ\uff1ayou can say &ldquo;jie4 yan1&rdquo;<br \/>  Cam\uff1ajie4 yan1<br \/>  YJ\uff1ajie4 means to stop doing something, <br \/>  Cam\uff1ajie4<br \/>  YJ\uff1ayan1 means cigarette, <br \/>  Cam\uff1ayan1 <br \/>  YJ: jie4 yan1<br \/>  Cam: jie4 yan1, stop smoking. <\/p>\n<p>  Conversation3:<br \/>  &nbsp;<br \/>  A: \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6211\u8981\u51cf\u80a5\uff0c\u8fd8\u8981\u6212\u70df\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  <\/strong>drink  less, \u5c11\u559d\u9152\uff0c learn how to cook,\u5b66\u505a\u996d\uff0close weight.\u51cf\u80a5,&nbsp;&nbsp; What is your new  year&rsquo;s resolution? \u4f60\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u65b0\u5e74\u6253\u7b97\uff1fStop smoking, \u6212\u70df\uff0cAll in today&rsquo;s Chinese  Studio.<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-4151389209\"><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>YJ:&nbsp; It is almost the New Year&hellip; welcome to Chinese Studio everyone, wo shi Yajie.<br \/>\n  Cam:  And who shi Cam.&nbsp; We are talking all about New Year&rsquo;s celebrations this  week.&nbsp; YJ:&nbsp; and today, let&rsquo;s learn some New Year&rsquo;s resolutions you  might have!<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; 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-10835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":199,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835","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=10835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}