INTERPERSONAL
In this HSK 2 dialogue, we will practice and hear how two people talk about work casually in Chinese over some tea.
kāfēidiàn li, Xiè Lǎoshī hé tāde péngyou Gāo Sīwén zài yìqǐ hēchá。
咖啡店里,谢老师和她的朋友高思文在一起喝茶。
In a coffee shop, Teacher Xie and her friend Gao Siwen is having some tea.
TRANSCRIPT
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
高思文 Gao Siwen 谢老师 Teacher Xie
高思文:Your kid’s height is very tall, how old is she (now)?
谢老师:Ten. In her school, her height is the tallest.
高思文:Her hair is very long and very pretty. Does she like sports or not?
谢老师:Yes. Because she does sports every day, so her body is pretty healthy, (and she is) pretty happy too.
高思文:I too hope I can have time to do sports every day.
谢老师:How come you don’t have time? Your company is even busier (now)?
高思文:This year is even busier than last year. I feel more tired than last year too. My office is also further (now), I drive to the company to go to work every day, (and) I need to use one hour.
谢老师:(It’s) too far! Do you want to come to our school to be a Chinese teacher? In our school, other people all don’t know Chinese, so we don’t have Chinese teacher.
高思文:Your guys’ school is very close, and very good. I hope I can go there and be a Chinese teacher.
谢老师:Can you also be my kid’s Chinese teacher or not?
高思文:Does she know Chinese or not?
谢老师:(She) knows some, not much. I hope she can learn and know how to use Chinese to type.
高思文:OK. I have time every Sunday afternoon.
谢老师:Sunday afternoon she has music class, do you have time Saturday morning?
高思文:Yes. I (will) go to your house Saturday morning 9 o’clock.
谢老师:OK, thank you Siwen!
高思文:No worries, don’t be polite (anymore)!
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