Unit 15
Part I: Listen and Learn 2
Click on the speaker icon of each sentence and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters are in big5 format.
John sh
M
igu
B
n Zh
u y
ji
g
ngs
de j
ngl
.
John is manager of a company in Pennsylvania, U.S.
John 是美國賓州一家公司的經理。
T
g
n Zh
nggu
zu
sh
ngyi.
He does business with China.
他跟中國作生意。
Zh
nggu
ch
ngch
ng y
u r
n l
i M
igu
t
n sh
ngyi.
There are visitors often coming from China to do business.
中國常常有人來美國談生意。
John xi
nz
i hu
shu
y
di
r Zh
ngw
n.
John can speak a little Chinese now.
John 現在會說一點兒中文。
T
k
y
g
n Zh
nggu
l
i de p
ngyou shu
Zh
ngw
n.
He can speak Chinese to the friends who come from China.
他可以跟中國來的朋友說中文。
Ji
nd
n de hu
, t
d
u t
ng de d
ng.
He can understand all simple stuff.
簡單的話,他都聽得懂。
N
n y
di
r de hu
, t
ji
t
ng bu d
ng.
He can't understand talk which is a little difficult.
難一點兒的話,他就聽不懂。
Su
y
t
d
su
n m
ngni
n d
o Zh
nggu
q
j
x
xu
Zh
ngw
n.
Therefore, he plans to go to China and continue to learn Chinese next year.
所以他打算明年到中國去繼續學中文。
Notes:
'Zh
nggu
l
i de p
ngyou': the friends who came from China. This pattern is explained in the previous unit. Remember the 'left' and 'right' branching difference between Chinese and English?
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