M: 大家好！我是Stuart. 欢迎到LCN.
M: Wo shi ML. dajia hao!
S: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请，Please, qǐng, qǐng, please, say the Chinese out loud with us. We'll repeat most things.
M: Now for a quick revision of what we've learnt this week, plus a little bit more. Agree?
S: Wo tongyi. I agree, wo tongyi. So, where are we going? 我们去哪儿? Women qu na'er?
M: 我们去宾馆。Women qù nǐde bīnguǎn.
S: Na hao. Women qu wo de bin'guan. Good, we're going to my hotel. Women qu wo de bin'guan.
M:去QU qù. To go. qù, 4th tone, qù. Try it, qù qù.
S: And bin'guan, 宾馆是什么意思? What does bin'guan mean? Bin'guan shi shenme yisi?
M: 是什么意思, shi shenme yisi? Is what meaning? Shi shenme yisi?
S: So, Bin'guan shi shenme yisi?
M: Bin'guan shi ‘hotel'. Bin'guan means hotel.
S: 饭店是什么意思, fàndiàn?
M: 饭店也是 ‘hotel', 或 ‘restaurant'. Fandian also is ‘hotel, or ‘restaurant'. 饭店也是 ‘hotel', 或 ‘restaurant'.
S: Fandian. Good! Time for a break.
M: 我同意. I agree, wo tongyi.
(break)
S: That was a quick break! Let's continue with a quiz on the contents of the previous couple of lessons.
M: 好主意, good idea, hao zhuyi. 现在我们开始, now we begin, xianzai women kaishi. Stuart, 你的行李太多了! Ni de xingli tai duo le! ‘tai duo le' shi shenme yise?
S: ‘Tai duo le' shi ‘too much', 或 ‘too many'. Tai duo le.
M: 对了！Right! Remember, the little le LE le on the end doesn't have any real meaning. It's just a colloquial habit. Stuart, 你的行李太重了! Ni de xingli tai zhong le! ‘Tai zhong' shi shenme yisi?
S: Tài zhòng shi ‘too heavy'. Tai zhong.
M: Very good, 非常好！OK. Stuart, 你的行李太沉了! ‘Tài chén' shi shenme yisi?
S: 什么意思？shenme yisi? Ah! 太沉也是 ‘too heavy'. Taichen is also ‘too heavy'.
M: 对了！ 太沉和太重一样。Tai chen he tai zhong yiyang. Are the same, yiyang.
S: And after revising that, we got ready to leave the jichang, airport.
(break)
S: ML said "let's go. I'll get a taxi."
M: 我们走吧。我打车, wo da che.
S: 好，你打车。Ni da che, 我打个电话, I'll make a phone call. Wo da ge dianhua.
M: Stuart finished phoning, the xingli is ready, and, 车来了. The taxi's here. Che lai le.
S: Na hen hao. Che lai le. Here's the driver.
Taxi Driver: 你们去哪儿？nimen qu na'er?
M: 我们去友谊宾馆. We're going to the Friendship Hotel. Women qu youyi bin'guan.
TD: 没问题。Méi wèntí. No problem.
S: Maybe we're finally leaving the jichang!
M: Oh, 我很高兴! I'm very happy. Wǒ hěn gāoxìng. Wǎ hěn gāoxìng.
S: Wo ye shi. Wo ye shi. So am I. Wo ye shi. Wo ye hen gaoxing.
M: Now we're going to 友谊宾馆, the Friendship Hotel. So see you next lesson. Zaijian.
S: Zaijian!