2. STORYTELLING
Yí Ge Bù Xǐhuan KāiChē De Rén
《一个不喜欢开车的人》
One “Ge” (Of) Person (Who Does) Not Like Driving-Vehicle
Level 3 Lesson 37.3 – Conversation & Story
HSK 3+ Conversational Practice
In this part of the lesson, we will be practicing the vocabulary and grammar that we've learned in Lesson 37.1 and Lesson 37.2. There are two separate conversational practice:
- CONVERSATION → 《办签证》
- STORY TELLING →《一个不喜欢开车的人》
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Learn
- Listen and repeat along with the video
- Practice daily - the most important part for achieving fluency
- Spend 10-30 minutes per day reading the lesson materials aloud (with or without the video)
- Practice conversations and stories from previous lessons too
1. CONVERSATION
Bàn Qiānzhèng
《办签证》
To “Handle” Visa
❖ QUESTIONS 问题 Wèntí
- Ān Xiānsheng de lǚyóu qiānzhèng duō jiǔ cái néng bàn hǎo?
安先生的旅游签证多久才能办好？
How long should (it be for) Mr. An’s tourist visa (be) handle-well? - Ān Xiānsheng dǎsuàn shénme shíhou qù lǚyóu gōngsī bàn qiānzhèng?
安先生打算什么时候去旅游公司办签证？
When (does) Mr. An plan to go to (the) travel company (to) handle (the) visa? - Ān Xiānsheng shì cóng nǎlǐ zhīdào zhè jiā qiānzhèng gōngsī de?
安先生是从哪里知道这家签证公司的？
(It) was from where (that) Mr. An knew(-about) this “jia” (of) visa company?
❖ TEXT 课文 Kèwén
ENGLISH
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
工作人员 Stuff 安先生 Mr. An
工作人员：Hi, hello, “Kuai-qian(/Fast-visa)” Visa Company. Please-(allow me)-to-ask you noble-last-name-is?
安先生：Hello. My last-name-is An.
工作人员：Mr. An hello, please-(allow me)-to-ask (does there) exist “anything” (that I) can help you?
安先生：I want to get-to-know-well “really quick” how-to “handle” France “de” visa? I (do) not know French, also (I do) not know English, (I) only can seek you-guys to help (me).
工作人员：Okay mister, please-(allow me)-to-ask you arrive France is to travel or go-on-business-trip?
安先生：Travel. Me, additionally (there) exists my wife and two “ge” (of) kids. (It) should (be) “as late as” how long to handle-well (it)?
工作人员：The-most fast (it will be) “as early as” 15 “ge” (of) work days to-be-able-to handle-well (it).
安先生：That (is) too good. I “as early as” (in the) time (that is) several years before wanted to take (my) family to exit-country to travel (already), but (in) the-past I always (did) not find (a) chance. If “as early as” this quick (that it) can (be) handle-well, I “as early as” tomorrow (will) arrive your-guys company, please you-guys help me handle (the) visas (of) us (who are) four “ge” (of) people.
工作人员：Okay no problem. If you plan to come-over tomorrow, (at) morning 9:15 or afternoon 3:30 coming-over both (are) okay. What time (are) you convenient?
安先生：Afternoon 3:30, I (will) tell (the) company “really quick” to get-off-work “a little bit” earlier, (I will) after getting-off-work go-over.
工作人员：Okay, our company’s visa service is 980 yuan (for) every “wei” (of) person, you using cash or bank-card both (are) okay. Then Mr. An, (do) you additionally have “any” questions?
安先生：No, you said very clear.
工作人员：Mr. An, (in) the-end we want to please-(allow us)-to-ask “really quick”, (it) was from where (that) you knew our company?
安先生：(It) was (that my) friend introduced (your company). He (in) the-past in here (where) you (are) (have) “handled” US visa.
工作人员：Okay thank you. If you (-) “ba”{indicating the handling of} this “wei” (of) friend’s last-name-(and)-first-name (-) and phone-(number) tell us, our company will for you and your friend sent-out one “fen” (of) small gift.
安先生：(There) additionally exists gift? (It is) really not-bad. Then I (will at the) time (when I) come tomorrow give you, see (you) tomorrow.
工作人员：Thank you Mr. An, see (you) tomorrow!
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❖ QUESTIONS 问题 Wèntí
- Wǒ xué chē de shíhou kǎo le jǐ cì cái kǎo guò?
我学车的时候考了几次才考过？
(At the) time (when) I learned (driving-)vehicle(,) "as late as" (after) taking(-the-)test (for) how many times (did) I took-test-(with the result of)-passing? - Kāichē de shíhou wǒ zuì pà de shì shénme?
开车的时候我最怕的是什么？
(At the) time (of) driving-vehicle what (do) I the-most fear? - Wèishénme wǒ kāichē xǐhuan dǔchē?
为什么我开车喜欢堵车？
Why (do) I like having-(a)-traffic-jam (while) driving-(a)-vehicle?
❖ TEXT 课文 Kèwén
ENGLISH
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
One “Ge” (Of) Person (Who Does) Not Like Driving-Vehicle
I am one “ge” (of) person (that does) not like driving-vehicle. I still remember (at the) time (of) attending college-3rd-grade or college-4th-grade, (my) classmates all started to learn (driving-)vehicle, for (in the) future finding (a) job to prepare. Classmates (that I) learned (driving-)vehicle together all very quick “soon” learned-(with the result of)-knowing-how-to-(do it), (and) took-test-(with the result of)-passing. But (how about) me? I learned (for) very long, probably “reaching the evaluation of) almost one year, after-that “as late as” (I) taking-test (for) three times (then) I took-test-(with the result of)-passing. Furthermore I am that type (of) person (that when) driving-vehicle often go-(with the result of)-(going)-wrong (the) road(/direction). (In the) city-inside (of where) I live (my)self, every time (in the) time (that is) before going to one “ge” (of) place, I always need-to first (-) “ba”{indicating the handling of} (the) map there (-) look-at “really quick”, to see clearly (and) also remember clear, (and) “as late as” (that I) will start to towards there go. Though now (on the) phone, (and) vehicle (there) both exists (a) map, but I especially am-not-used to drive-vehicle while reading (the) map, so (what) I the-most fear “exactly” is(,) in cities (that I have) not gone(/been to,) driving (a) vehicle. But sometimes (the) company wants to make me to arrive othr cities to go-on-business-trips, (does) there exists “any” method? I only can “as soon as” arriving there first spend “a little bit” (of) time to read (the) map, (and) “as late as” after-that (I) sit-into (a) vehicle-inside. Additionally (what) the-most funny (one there) exists is (that), other people(, while) driving-vehicle all the-most hate having-(a)- traffic-jam, right? Me? I “exactly” like having-(a)- traffic-jam, because “immediately after” having-(a)- traffic-jam, I then can sit (in the) vehicle-inside moreover read “really quick” (the) map, (in) this-manner “then” (I will) not fear to go-(with the result of)-(going)-wrong (the) road(/direction).
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