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Lesson 1 问候!Greetings! | ||
作者:无忧教育 article来源:www.51education.net 点击数: 更新时间:2007-9-5 | ||
Y: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio, a brand new Chinese learning program on China Radio International. I’m Yajie. Cam: Hi, everyone, I’m Cam. This daily show will teach Chinese at the elementary level, which is very appropriate, considering I’m just starting to learn myself! Hi Yajie, may I have the honour of suggesting our first topic? Cam: Sorry… I was kidding. I guess it’s too soon for that! In fact, the first thing I wanna learn is all about greetings. How to say hello? Y: I think it is also where most foreigners want to start learning Chinese. Now let’s check Key words of the day! ***************** Key words of the day Cam: When somebody says你好 to you, what should you reply? (converstation) Y: Right, your reply should be same - 你好. 你 means ‘you’. 好 means ‘good’. Together ‘you- good’: 你好。 Cam: The pronunciation of 你 is similar to that of the English word ‘knee’, and好 similar to ‘how’. Y: But the tone is totally different. That’s because Chinese is a tonal language. It has four basic tones. Cam: That’s what I always have a problem with. It’s so confusing! Y: Don’t worry. We’ll have plenty chances to practice the tones in the future. Cam: 你好 means ‘Hi, hello’. Actually ‘Hi’ is also used in Chinese to make a greeting. So when you forget how to say hello in Chinese, it still works if you say 嗨. The reply can be same. Y: 嗨can be used on anybody, at any time, like 你好. And both of them are very causal expressions. So when greeting someone older, or, in a formal manner, we usually say Nin Hao. Nin is the polite form of 你。 Y: Of course, after you say Nin Hao, you won’t expect the same words as a reply. Actually the reply can be 你好, or simply a nod. C: If you want to greet somebody you have already known, you can also say 你好吗?Remember, like the English expression ‘How are you?’, it’s only used on acquaintances. Y: 你好吗?How are you? It’s 你好 plus吗. Like a question mark, 吗 is a sign of a question in Chinese. Y: 我 is I, 很 means ‘very’, and 好 is ‘good’, remember? So word for word, 我很好 means ‘I – very good.’ C: 你好吗, Yajie? Y: 我很好. 谢谢!Thanks. 谢谢! *********** Key words reminder: C: In fact there are in China some special ways to say hello, which may confuse we foreigners if we don’t know the local culture. Y: Yes. For instance, ‘你吃了吗’ - ‘have you eaten’ . You'll hear this very very often in Beijing. But never be serious to answer ‘Yes, I’ve eaten blah blah blah at my dinner.’ Don’t play fool. C: In fact, ‘你吃了吗’ – Have you eaten? - is simply a casual greeting like 你好. It’s like we Canadians always talk about weather in our daily greetings. But this doesn’t mean we’re all meteorologists. Got it? Cam: Well, that’s it for today. One more important thing, you can win a gift by answering the question of the day: What’s the difference between 你好 and 您好? Y: Send us your answer to chinesestudio@crifm.com. That’s chinesestudio@crifm.com. If you submit the correct answer, you’ll be eligible to win CRI prizes! Cam: Well, class is over. This is Cam saying goodbye for now! Y: And this is Yajie. Hope you’ll join us tomorrow on China Radio International. Bye for now. (Written by Zhao Pingping) we help you learning Chinese, remember to visit the site ! |
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