铃美：周末你打算做什么？
吴小宇：我周末打算去唱歌。
铃美：你喜欢唱歌？
吴小宇：我特别喜欢唱歌，就是唱得不好。
你喜欢唱歌吗？
铃美：我不喜欢唱歌，不过喜欢听歌。
吴小宇：你还有别的爱好吗？
铃美：有啊。
我还喜欢游泳、看电影、打网球、旅游。
吴小宇：你的爱好真多！
铃美：那你呢？
你喜欢什么运动？
吴小宇：我也喜欢游泳。
铃美：你游泳游得怎么样？
吴小宇：我游得还可以，下次我们可以一起去游泳。
铃美：好啊！
我最近还在健身房办了一张卡。
吴小宇：你找了私人健身教练吗？
铃美：没有，我在练瑜伽。
吴小宇：瑜伽？
瑜伽好像很难。
你练瑜伽练得怎么样？
铃美：如果自己练，可能有点儿难，不过跟着老师一起练就容易多了。
我现在练得还不错。
你平时喜欢做什么运动？
吴小宇：我有时候早上跟我爷爷去公园打太极。
对了，听说你会弹钢琴？
铃美：是的，我从7岁就开始弹钢琴了。
吴小宇：除了钢琴，你还会别的乐器吗？
铃美：不会了，我只会弹钢琴。
你呢？
你学过什么乐器？
吴小宇：我什么乐器都没学过，但我正在学习摄影。
铃美：是吗？
那下个周末我们出去拍照吧，最近的天气很好。
怎么样？
吴小宇：好啊，没问题。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 吴小宇 | Wú Xiǎo yǔ | a Chinese personal name |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 唱歌 | chàng gē | to sing a song |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 唱 | chàng | to sing / to call loudly / to chant |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 歌 | gē | song |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 别的 | bié de | else / other |
| 爱好 | ài hào | interest; hobby |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 网球 | wǎng qiú | tennis / tennis ball |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | trip / journey / tourism / travel / tour |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 运动 | yùn dòng | to exercise / sports / exercise |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 游 | yóu | to swim |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | not bad / pretty good |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 健身房 | jiàn shēn fáng | gym; fitness club |
| 办 | bàn | to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) / to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) / (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 张 | zhāng | classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes |
| 卡 | kǎ | (loanword) card |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 私人 | sī rén | private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique |
| 健身 | jiàn shēn | physical exercise |
| 教练 | jiào liàn | instructor; sports coach; trainer |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 练 | liàn | to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / to boil and scour raw silk |
| 瑜伽 | yú jiā | (loanword) yoga |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | to seem like |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 跟 | gēn | to follow closely / to go with / (of a woman) to marry sb |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 平时 | píng shí | ordinarily |
| 有时候 | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa |
| 公园 | gōng yuán | park (for public recreation) |
| 太极 | Tài jí | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology |
| 对了 | duì le | Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ... |
| 听说 | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 弹 | tán | to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach |
| 钢琴 | gāng qín | piano |
| 是的 | shì de | yes, that's right |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 乐器 | yuè qì | musical instrument |
| 不会 | bù huì | will not |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 都 | dōu | (not) at all |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 摄影 | shè yǐng | photography |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed |
| 拍照 | pāi zhào | to take a picture |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |