Dialogue 5
Learning Chinese: synthesis dialogue 5
Here is the synthesis dialogue of the unit. In order to build reflexes, we advise you to first practice repeating it aloud, then translating it from Chinese into English, and finally translating it from English into Chinese.
Dialogue recording:
你是哪国人？
- 白雪：你好，李老师。
- 李明：你好，白雪。
- 白雪：李老师，您是中国人吗？
- 李明：我是中国人。你是哪国人？
- 白雪：我是法国人。
- 李明：他也是法国人吗？
- 白雪：不是。他是英国人。
- 李明：她是哪国人呢？
- 白雪：她是美国人。他们都是我的同学。
- 李明：你的同学们也会说汉语吗？
- 白雪：他们不都会说汉语。
- 李明：你们是不是都学中文？
- 白雪：是的。我们都学中文。
- 李明：你们会不会写汉字？
- 白雪：我们都不会写汉字。
Which country are you from?
- Bai Xue: Hello, teacher Li.
- Li Ming: Hello, Bai Xue.
- Bai Xue: Teacher Li, are you Chinese?
- Li Ming: I am Chinese. Which country are you from?
- Bai Xue: I am French.
- Li Ming: Is he also French?
- Bai Xue: No. He is English.
- Li Ming: And her, which country is she from?
- Bai Xue: She is American. They are all my classmates.
- Li Ming: Can your classmates also speak Chinese?
- Bai Xue: They cannot all speak Chinese.
- Li Ming: Do you all study Chinese?
- Bai Xue: Yes. We all study Chinese.
- Li Ming: Can you write Chinese characters?
- Bai Xue: None of us can write Chinese characters.