INTERPERSONAL
Unit 10 Review 2 ▸ In this HSK 1 Listening Practice Unit Review, we will practice how to talk about transportation in Chinese with a dialogue.
马可 is talking to his friend 高飞。
马可=Mǎkě 高飞=Gāofēi
*The English translation is made to be literal for a better understanding of the Chinese sentence structures and language flow.
高飞:Thank you (for) coming to my home. You -shi- sit subway to come -de- -ma?
马可:No, I -shi- sit taxi to come -de-.
高飞:You how come not sit subway to come -ne? Subway (is) pretty cheap, also pretty fast.
马可:I every day all sit subway to go to school, today (I do) not want to sit -le.
高飞:Taxi how (is)? Fast –ma? Expensive -ma?
马可:Taxi (is) also pretty fast, also pretty expensive.
高飞:You last week also -shi- sit taxi to come -de- -ma?
马可:Last week? I last week -shi- drive car to come -de-.
高飞:You bought car –le? How come not tell me? -Shi- when buy -de-?
马可:That “liang” of car not is mine, -shi- my girlfriend last month buy -de-. I last week -shi- drive her car to come -de-.
高飞:You and your girlfriend both like driving car -ma?
马可:We both (do) not like driving.
高飞:You -shi- how old to learn and know how to drive car -de-?
马可:I -shi- 17 years old in America learned and knew how to drive car -de-, you -ne?
高飞:I -shi- also 17 years old learned and knew how to drive car -de-. I now (do) not like drive car, I like sitting subway and taxies.
马可:I now also (do) not like driving car, in China driving car (is) too slow, sitting subway (is) fast.
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