大龙：铃美，下课以后你有空吗？
铃美：我打算去看电影。
怎么了？
大龙：下个星期一有考试，我想跟你一起复习复习。
你不复习吗？
铃美：我早就复习好了。
再说，平时的作业我也认真写了，我不太担心。
大龙：我平时也认真学习了，就是上次生病，有几节课没来，我有点担心。
只有好好复习，我才不紧张。
铃美：你说得对！
即使平时好好学习了，也要认真准备考试。
大龙：那叫上苏南，咱们一起复习吧！
铃美：好，你叫一下苏南，我们图书馆见！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 下课 | xià kè | to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 空 | kòng | space / leisure / free time |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 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 |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 星期一 | Xīng qī yī | Monday |
| 考试 | kǎo shì | exam |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 跟 | gēn | with / compared with / to / towards |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 复习 | fù xí | to review |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 早 | zǎo | long ago |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 好 | hǎo | (verb complement indicating completion) |
| 再说 | zài shuō | moreover / what's more / besides |
| 平时 | píng shí | ordinarily |
| 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 |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 担心 | dān xīn | to worry / to be anxious |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 节 | jié | classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc |
| 课 | kè | subject / course / class / lesson |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 有点 | yǒu diǎn | a little |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | well; carefully; nicely; properly |
| 才 | cái | sb of a certain type / a capable individual |
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | to prepare / to intend / to be about to |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 叫 | jiào | to order / to ask |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 咱们 | zán men | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 图书馆 | tú shū guǎn | library |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |