Bai Xue and Xiaobei are chatting in the schoolyard during lunch break.
白雪:小北,明天放假,你去哪儿玩?
Bai Xue: Xiaobei, tomorrow is a day off. Where are you going to have fun?
小北:我有个高中同学回来了。明天我要请他去饭馆吃饭。
Xiaobei: One of my high school classmates is back. I’m going to treat him to a meal at a restaurant tomorrow.
白雪:高中同学?是男孩儿还是女孩儿?
Bai Xue: A high school classmate? A guy or a girl?
小北:男孩儿。他读完高中就出国了。
Xiaobei: A guy. He went abroad right after finishing high school.
他爸爸是外国人,他跟着爸爸去了外国。
His father is a foreigner, and he went abroad with his father.
白雪:你们去哪个饭馆吃饭?
Bai Xue: Which restaurant are you going to eat at?
小北:他想吃北京烤鸭。
Xiaobei: He wants to eat Peking duck.
他说他小时候很喜欢吃烤鸭,但出国后就没有吃过好吃的烤鸭了。
He said that when he was a child, he loved eating roast duck, but after going abroad, he hasn’t had any delicious roast duck.
白雪:他那样喜欢烤鸭,那四季民福怎么样?听说他们的烤鸭不错。
Bai Xue: Since he likes roast duck so much, what about Siji Minfu? I’ve heard their roast duck is pretty good.
小北:我也在想四季民福。他住的酒店旁边就有一家四季民福。
Xiaobei: I was thinking about Siji Minfu too. There’s a Siji Minfu right next to the hotel where he’s staying.
白雪:他住在哪个酒店?离我们学校远吗?
Bai Xue: Which hotel is he staying at? Is it far from our school?
小北:他住在王府井酒店,离我们学校有点儿远,坐公交车要一个小时。
Xiaobei: He’s staying at Wangfujing Hotel. It’s a bit far from our school. It takes an hour by bus.
白雪:公交车太慢了,还是打车吧!打车多长时间?
Bai Xue: The bus is too slow. Take a taxi instead! How long does it take by taxi?
小北:打车只要半个小时。我明天打车去吧。
Xiaobei: It only takes half an hour by taxi. I’ll take a taxi there tomorrow.
白雪:你高中同学会在北京住多长时间?
Bai Xue: How long will your high school classmate stay in Beijing?
小北:一个星期。他们学校现在在放假,下周三开学,他星期天就要回去了。
Xiaobei: A week. His school is on break now and starts next Wednesday, so he will go back on Sunday.
白雪:你们是很好的朋友吧?
Bai Xue: You’re very good friends, right?
小北:对。他小时候在南京上学,高中才来北京。他是我最好的朋友。
Xiaobei: Yes. He went to school in Nanjing when he was a child and only came to Beijing for high school. He is my best friend.
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 白雪 | bái xuě | Bai Xue (name) |
| 小北 | xiǎo běi | Xiaobei (name) |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 放假 | fàng jià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal) |
| 去 | qù | to go |
| 哪儿 | nǎ'r | where |
| 玩 | wán | to play |
| 我 | wǒ | I |
| 有 | yǒu | to have |
| 个 | ge | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school |
| 同学 | tóng xué | fellow student |
| 回来 | huí lái | to return |
| 了 | le | (marks a completed action or a change of situation) |
| 要 | yào | will |
| 请 | qǐng | to treat (to a meal etc) |
| 他 | tā | he or him |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal |
| 是 | shì | is |
| 男孩儿 | nán hái'r | boy (erhua variant of 男孩) |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 女孩儿 | nǚ hái'r | girl (erhua variant of 女孩) |
| 读 | dú | to attend (school) |
| 完 | wán | (as a complement, indicating the action is complete) |
| 就 | jiù | as early as |
| 出国 | chū guó | to go abroad |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | father (informal) |
| 外国人 | wài guó rén | foreigner |
| 跟着 | gēn zhe | to follow after |
| 外国 | wài guó | foreign (country) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 哪 | nǎ | which |
| 想 | xiǎng | to want |
| 吃 | chī | to eat |
| 北京烤鸭 | běi jīng kǎo yā | Peking duck |
| 说 | shuō | to say |
| 小时候 | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 很 | hěn | very |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like |
| 烤鸭 | kǎo yā | roast duck |
| 但 | dàn | but |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) |
| 过 | guò | (experienced action marker) |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty |
| 的 | de | (shows possession or belonging) |
| 那样 | nà yàng | that kind |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 四季民福 | sì jì mín fú | Siji Minfu, famous Peking duck restaurant |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | what’s it like? |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) |
| 他们 | tā men | they |
| 不错 | bú cuò | right |
| 也 | yě | also |
| 在 | zài | in the middle of doing sth |
| 住 | zhù | to live |
| 酒店 | jiǔ diàn | hotel |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side |
| 一 | yì | one |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 离 | lí | to be away from |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we |
| 学校 | xué xiào | school |
| 远 | yuǎn | far |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 王府井 | wáng fǔ jǐng | Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn'r | slightly |
| 坐 | zuò | to take (a bus, airplane etc) |
| 公交车 | gōng jiāo chē | public transport vehicle |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 太 | tài | too (much) |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 打车 | dǎ chē | to take a taxi (in town) |
| 吧 | ba | (indicates a suggested action) |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 长 | cháng | length |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 只 | zhǐ | only |
| 半 | bàn | halfway |
| 会 | huì | likely to |
| 北京 | běi jīng | Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now |
| 下 | xià | next |
| 周三 | zhōu sān | Wednesday |
| 开学 | kāi xué | school opening |
| 星期天 | xīng qī tiān | Sunday |
| 回去 | huí qù | to return |
| 好 | hǎo | good |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 对 | duì | right |
| 南京 | nán jīng | Nanjing, subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province, |
| 上学 | shàng xué | to go to school |
| 才 | cái | not until (with an expression of time) |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best |