苏南：喂，大龙，我是苏南。
王老师叫我问你，今天怎么没来上课？
大龙：对不起，我睡过头了。
昨晚吃了感冒药，今天早上没听见闹钟响。
苏南：你的感冒不是好了吗？
上个星期我陪你看的医生。
大龙：本来是快好了，周末我太热了，空调开到了16度。
现在我的感冒不但没好，反而更严重了。
苏南：那你今天不能上课了吧？
大龙：我恐怕去不了了，得休息，麻烦你帮我请两天假。
苏南：行，我现在去一趟王老师办公室，帮你请假。
不过，今天上了新课，这个周五还要考试，你怎么办？
大龙：要是你今天有空，就来我家，给我看看你的笔记，可以吗？
苏南：没问题。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 喂 | wèi | hey |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 王 | Wáng | surname Wang |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 叫 | jiào | to order / to ask |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 过头 | guò tóu | to overdo it / to overstep the limit |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 昨晚 | zuó wǎn | yesterday evening / last night |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | (common) cold |
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 听见 | tīng jiàn | to hear |
| 闹钟 | nào zhōng | alarm clock |
| 响 | xiǎng | to make a sound / to sound / to ring |
| 你的 | nǐ de | your; yours |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 好 | hǎo | to heal, to recover |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 陪 | péi | to accompany / to keep sb company / to assist |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 本来 | běn lái | originally / at first / of course |
| 快 | kuài | soon / almost |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 空调 | kōng tiáo | air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 反而 | fǎn ér | on the contrary; instead |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot / must not / should not |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 恐怕 | kǒng pà | fear / I'm afraid that... |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 不了 | bù liǎo | (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) |
| 得 | děi | to have to / to need to |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 麻烦 | má fan | to bother sb; to put sb to trouble |
| 帮 | bāng | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask / to request |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 假 | jià | vacation |
| 行 | xíng | capable; competent / all right; OK!; will do |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 趟 | tàng | classifier for times, round trips or rows |
| 办公室 | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 请假 | qǐng jià | to request leave of absence |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 周五 | Zhōu wǔ | Friday |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | to take an exam |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 要是 | yào shi | (coll.) if |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 空 | kòng | space / leisure / free time |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 看看 | kàn kan | to take a look at / to examine / to survey |
| 笔记 | bǐ jì | notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |