Last week Brad attended a student reunion; here he met a lot of old friends who he had not heard from for ages. They seemed to talk a lot about one guy. He used to be an all-can-bully type but now he already became a president of a large company.
When he appeared, they were all amazed. He looked just like a plain man on the street. They couldn’t wait to ask where his luxurious car was, and why his beautiful lady was not around. He laughed and said, “Well, I admit that I earn a lot of money out of my business, but it doesn’t mean that I need to change my old way of living. I have a very simple life still. Look, I get up as early as 6, then go to work. I concentrate on my business and try to make it run very well. I hardly go to parties and I don’t want to spend so much time on other things apart from work. My life is very simple - I spend most of it in the office and the gym.
Brad invited his friends to visit his apartment and he acted so friendly to them that all of them hoped that they could ‘下次再来’. How do Chinese people show their warm welcome to their guests when they visit? We are going to listen to a dialogue that showcases a typical way of dealing with such a circumstance.
In this lesson, we covered topics like: the use of the word 一般, the different responses to "thank you" and the word 简单. Seeing 简单 this word doesn’t necessarily mean that you already understand what it is, since 简单 can mean two things. You can say someone is simple, like 她很简单 - she is simple. Or you can put something before it: 家很简单 - home is simple. However, 简单 can mean’ easy’ too, like :考试很简单 - the exam is easy. Listen to this lesson to learn more.
Consolidate your knowledge of today's Chinese podcast by trying Chinese Test – My life is simple
She looked distinct tonight, or you can say, she was gorgeous. When she stepped down along the stairs in that white, gauzy dress, everyone stopped drinking, their conversations or whatever they were doing and turned around to the glamorous lady that came forward. No one knew exactly who she was walking to and who was going to be selected as the lucky gentleman. The lady didn’t glance around. She was so calm and so indifferent to everyone else. She only forged ahead straight to one corner, where a neatly dressed man was pouring a cup of Whiskey into a glass and handed it directly to her. As she approached closer, he took out another hand from behind and wrapped her attractive waist and scooped her into his arms. That was a ball hosted by a rich family and the man was just about to introduce his girlfriend to his family members. Please listen to this dialogue to find out how to introduce that special one into your family.
In this lesson we discuss the use of the Retroflex tone - 儿. For example: 跟我来这边一下儿. Before 一下儿, the words may look familiar - follow me here. Actually, 一下儿 is a slang for ‘a little bit’. It always comes after the verbs. In a word, it usually sits at the end of a sentence.
我们一起过去行吗? Here we have another grammar point. In most cases, we separate 行吗 with a common, and the closest translation to English is: ”right?, ok?”. For example: 我们到时候见面,行吗? we will meet then, ok? So, to find out more about this grammar, please listen to the lesson, 行吗?
Consolidate your knowledge of today's Chinese podcast by trying Chinese Test – Introducing the special one
The plane landed one hour later. Amy walked back and fourth anxiously while taking glimpses over the exit. Her guest was supposed to arrive at this time. She had no a clue of what he was like. She only knew that his name is Rene. Amy was representing an organization that was going to host a party for international friends. The members were all spread out in different places, where they were picking up newly-arriving people. Here he came, finally, and he looked so Asian. Amy inquired in English about his nationality, he replied that he was a Chinese and he didn’t speak much English. In that case, Amy had to speak Chinese with him. So how could the conversation possibly go on? Please listen to this podcast to find out. Consolidate your knowledge of today's Chinese podcast by trying Chinese Test – Meeting someone at the airport