2. STORYTELLING
Wǒ Zài Běijīng Děng Nǐ
《我在北京等你》
I In Beijing Wait (For) You
In this part of the lesson, we will be practicing the vocabulary and grammar that we've learned in Lesson 01.1 and Lesson 10.2. There are two separate conversational practice:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Gēn Lǎo Tóngxué Jiànmiàn
《跟老同学见面》
To Meet With (An) Old Classmate
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
老马 Old Ma 老高 Old Gao
老马:Old classmate, hello hello! Hurry-up (and) come in to take-seat!
老高:Old Gao hello hello, sorry I came late.
老马:No worries. When I came outside (it) blew-wind blew “kind of” big(/heavy). How was (the) road-surface(/way here)? (Did it) rain (or) not?
老高:(On the) road-surface(/way here) (it) rained (for) one “duration-of-time”, so (I) waited for (the) taxi waited (for) “kind of” long-time. Today (we) say (it) well-and-ready, I invite-guest(/treat you).
老马:You (are) too polite, you return Shanghai, (it) should (be) me treating you, I already ordered-well (the) dishes! You (have) now came back-here to work (already), I (in the) future can often meet with you, (in the) future you treat me again.
老高:(The one who is) polite is you, old classmate! Thanks! After graduating I (had) not been in Shanghai, now (I) can come back, I really (am) especially happy.
老马:You tell (it), “reaching the evaluation of” how long (that) we (have) not met?
老高:(At the) time (of) Teacher Zhang’s 60-year-old birthday we met (for) one time, correct?
老马:Correct, that already was (an) a-few-years-ago event! This year Teacher Zhang (is) already 65 (or) 66 (now, right)? (Do) you still remember? Teacher Zhang (, in the) time (when he was) young(,) had-as-hobby sports, (he) liked swimming “habitually”, (and) runnin “habitually”, plus he played ball also played very well.
老高:Not-wrong, that “duration-of-time” (when we were) attending school, he often took us together to go climb that “zuo” (of) mountain (in the) back (of the) school.
老马:He took 10 something classmates (in the) class together to climb (the) mountain (while) singing songs, (it was) especially fun. (Does) Teacher Zhang now still give (or) not give classes?
老高:(No, he does) not give (classes anymore). Last year I arrived his home-inside to see him, he said (that) (him)self now every day at home read books “habitually”, wrote characters “habitually”, (in the) evening (after) eating meal (he) went out with (his) wife to take-a-walk (for) one hour.
老马:Teacher (-) now (is) (his) body well?
老高:He (-) body (is) very well, (for) a few years (he has) not gotten sick (already). He additionally said, wait (until) (the) time (when) he (is) 70 years old, (he) plans to again invite(/treat) guests (for) one time, to chat “(for) a little bit”, (and) drink alcohol “(for) a little bit” with old coworkers and students (of the) past.
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Wǒ Zài Běijīng Děng Nǐ
《我在北京等你》
I In Beijing Wait (For) You
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
I In Beijing Wait (For) You
Yesterday was June 21, Xiaofei (from) university/college graduated. He with classmates (in the) class together arrived (a) restaurant-inside to eat meal, (and) drink alcohol. Everyone together chatted-“sky” chatted especially happi(ly). Probably “is (because)” (he) drank-(with the result of)-drinking-(to)-much, Xiaofei (did) not remember when(, and) how was (it that) (him)self returned (the) dormitory, also (he did) not remember (him)self took (or) not took shower (in the) time (that is) before sleeping.
(At) 10 o’clock (in the) morning, Xiaofei got-up-(from)-bed, washed (one) “ge” (of) hot-water-shower. (At) this moment, (there) existed (a) person making phone call to Xiaofei.
Xiaofei received (the) cellphone, (it) was (his) girlfriend Xiaofeng. Xiaofei and Xiaofeng’s relationship (was) very good, they (had) been together (for about) two (or) three years, (they) still (had) not verbally fight (for) one time. Xiaofeng this year attended Grade Three (in college), “being away from” graduating additionally (there) existed one year. (What about) Xiaofei? Next “ge” month (he) “soon would” go to Beijing (already), because (the) job he found was in Beijing. Beijing “being away from” (the) school (was) very far very far, (it) required taking 10-something-hours (of) plane.
Xiaofei chatted with Xiaofeng (for) one “ge” hour, thinking of after gradating (that he) cannot meet with Xiaofeng often, Xiaofei felt “kind of” sad. (At) this moment, he looked at “really quick” (the) weather outside. Outside (it) was going-down rain very big(/heavily), also (it) was blowing very big(/heavy) wind. This cloudy(/gloomy) weather made him more sad (now). (How about) Xiaofeng? (She) also cried in the phone. Heard Xiaofeng’s crying-voice, Xiaofei said, “(Do) not cry (anymore), I all (of) every day would make phone call to you! (For) this one year we meeting (or) not meeting does not matter, wait (until) next year this time, you too (will) graduate (already), we can together in Beijing start new life. I (will) wait-for you in Beijing!”
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