Y: How’s the laptop B? You sorted that virus problem?
B: Da jia hao, ni hao Y. All recovered thanks, and now that it’s the weekend I’ll be online again, and ready to roll. And I really need to review all those Internet terms we learned during the week.

Sentences of the week
Where’s an Internet café? 哪儿有网吧？What’s your email address? 你的邮箱地址是什么? Do you have a blog? 你有自己的博客吗 All in today’s Chinese Studio

B: Not everyone has a computer, but you can always get online in an Internet café? Y, what’s the Chinese for it?
Y: we call it wang3 ba1.
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: as wang3 means internet,
B:  wang3,
Y: ba1 means a place like a pub or a café,
B:  ba1,
Y: wang3 ba1.
B:  wang3 ba1. Internet café, 
Y: And when you’re looking for an Internet café but can’t find one, then you can ask somebody by saying:  na2er you2 wang3 ba1? Where is an Internet café?
B: Let me try that… na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
Y: na2er you3 literally means where have,
B:  na2er you3
Y: wang3 ba1 is Internet café,
B:  wang3 ba1.
Y: na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
B:  na2er you2 wang3 ba1?  Where is an Internet café?

Conversation 1
A: 哪儿有网吧？
B: 前面超市旁边就有一家。

B: Hey Y, I would like to send you an e-mail, but  I’ve forgotten what your email address is.
Y: You can ask like this … ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
Y: ni3 de means your, 
B: ni3de,
Y: you2 xiang1 means e-mail box,
B:  you2 xiang1,
Y: di4 zhe3 means address,
B:  di4 zhe3 
Y: shi4 shen2, is what, 
B:  shi4 shen2 me ,
Y: ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me?
B:  ni3 de you2 xiang1 di4 zhe3 shi4 shen2me? What’s your email address?

Conversation 2
A: 你的邮箱地址是什么?
B:  Chinese@crifm.com.

Y: Here it is, my own blog. Why don’t you take a look…
B: That looks pretty good….
Y: Thanks, hey, do you have a blog? ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: Not yet… but I can still practice the sentence… ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
Y:  bo2 ke4 is blog.
B:  bo2 ke4.
Y: you3 means have,
B: you3,
Y: zi4 ji3 de means one’s own,
B: zi4 ji3 de
Y: bo2 ke4 means blog,
B: bo2 ke4.
Y: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?  Do you have a blog?

Conversation 3
A: 你有自己的博客吗？
B: 当然了。我的博客点击率还挺高的。

B: Emails, blogs, computer games, and that’s just for starters. The WWW is pure magic.
Y: And a great way for our listeners to keep in touch too, let’s find out who’s been listening. Here’s an easy weekend question, how do you say, “Do you have a blog”?
B: As usual, you can send us your correct answer in an email to Chinese@crifm.com. That prize could be yours. Zhoumo yukuai.
Y: Xia ge xingqi jian.