Talking About Languages
谈语言(tán yǔ yán,Talking About Languages)
lì li: nĭ yĭ qián xué guò hàn yŭ ma?
丽丽: 你以前学过汉语吗?
Lili: Have you ever studied Chinese before?
mài kè: wŏ xué guò yī nián.
麦克: 我学过一年。
Mike: I've studied Chinese for one year.
lì li: nĭ yīng gāi xué xí biāo zhŭn de pŭ tōng huà.
丽丽: 你应该学习标准的普通话。
Lili: You'd better study standard Chinese.
mài kè: hàn yŭ de shēng diào hé hàn zì bĭ jiăo nán.
麦克: 汉语的声调和汉字比较难。
Mike: The tones and the Chinese characters are very difficult.
lì li: yŭ fă ne?
丽丽: 语法呢?
Lili: How about the Chinese grammar?
mài kè: yŭ fă bù nán.
麦克: 语法不难。
Mike: The grammar is not difficult.
lì li: nĭ mĕi tiān dōu liàn xí xiě hàn zì ma?
丽丽: 你每天都练习写汉字吗?
Lili: Do you practice and write the Chinese characters everyday?
mài kè: shì de. bù mĕi tiān xiě de huà hěn róng yì wàng jì.
麦克: 是的。不每天写的话很容易忘记。
Mike: Yes. It's easy to forget them if I don't write everyday.
生词(shēng cí,New Words)
语言 yǔ yán: language
学习 xué xí: study
标准 biāo zhŭn: standard
普通话 pŭ tōng huà: common spoken Chinese
声调 shēng diào: tone
字 zì: character
语法 yŭ fă: grammar
练习 liàn xí: practice
容易 róng yì: easy
忘记 wàng jì: forget
Source: china.org.cn