铃美：王老师，您好。
王老师：铃美，身体好些了吗？
铃美：好多了，谢谢您。
这是上周的作业。
王老师：好的。
对了，你这周六有时间吗？
铃美：周六……
我
上午要去图书馆借书，下午没事。怎么
了王老师？王老师
：这周六是中秋节，我想请你们几个留学生和中国学生去我家里吃饭，一起庆祝中秋节。铃美：
那太好了！我一定
会去，这还是我第一次在中国过中秋节呢！(2)
大龙：王老师您找我？王老师
：大龙来了。大龙：
铃美？你怎么
也在这儿呢？铃美：
我来找王老师交作业呢。王老师
：大龙，这周六是中秋节，我想请你们几个学生去我家里一起吃饭庆祝。铃美已经
答应要来了，你呢？有时间吗
？大龙：哎呀
！王老师，真
不好意思，我已经跟朋友约好了。周六上午一起
打篮球，下午去看电影，晚上我们一起吃饭。真是不巧。王
老师：这样
啊，你已经跟朋友约好了，那就没办法了。大龙：下次吧
。下次我请大家
去我家里，顺便也让大家尝尝我的手艺。王老师：好，
我们下次再约。（3）苏南：
王老师好……大龙，铃美
，
你们也在啊。大龙：苏南，
王老师想邀请我们这周六去他家一起庆祝中秋节。我跟朋友先约
好了，所以去不了。但是铃美会去
，你呢？王老师：苏南
，你能来吗？苏南：当然！
我一定会去！
谢谢您邀请我
。铃美：王老师
，我周六下午两点半去您家可以吗？王老师：好啊
！早点儿来，大家
一起喝喝茶，聊聊天。晚上吃了饭我们
就吃月饼。铃美：苏南，你
打算几点去？苏南：我跟你一样
吧，两点半去。铃美：好的。那我们
周六见。苏南
：周六见。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 王 | Wáng | surname Wang |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 您好 | nín hǎo | hello (polite) |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | one's health |
| 好 | hǎo | to heal, to recover |
| 些 | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | thanks / thank you |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 周 | zhōu | week |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 作业 | zuò yè | school assignment / homework |
| 对了 | duì le | Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 周六 | Zhōu liù | Saturday |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 上午 | shàng wǔ | morning |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 图书馆 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 借 | jiè | to borrow / to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 事 | shì | work |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 中秋节 | Zhōng qiū jié | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 请 | qǐng | to treat (to a meal etc) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 留学生 | liú xué shēng | student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 饭 | fàn | meal |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 庆祝 | qìng zhù | to celebrate |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 第一 | dì yī | first |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to reach |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 答应 | dā ying | to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise |
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 不好意思 | bù hǎo yì si | to feel embarrassed / to find it embarrassing / to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 约 | yuē | to make an appointment / to invite |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 篮球 | lán qiú | basketball |
| 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 |
| 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 巧 | qiǎo | opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 顺便 | shùn biàn | conveniently / in passing / without much extra effort |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 尝尝 | cháng chang | to have a taste; to try a little |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 手艺 | shǒu yì | craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 邀请 | yāo qǐng | to invite |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 不了 | bù liǎo | (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth) |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 半 | bàn | (after a number) and a half |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 早 | zǎo | early |
| 点儿 | diǎn r | erhua |
| 喝喝 | hē hē | have a drink; casually drink together |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 聊聊天 | liáo liáo tiān | have a chat; talk casually |
| 月饼 | yuè bing | mooncake |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |