Text n°5
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Study the text by following these steps:
- Before reading the text in Chinese characters and the translation, first listen to the audio recording several times, trying to gather as much information as possible.
- Then read the text in Chinese characters several times without looking at the English translation. Try to find the meaning of unfamiliar words and expressions from what you know about the Chinese characters.
- Finally, compare the translation with the Chinese text. Some expressions must still seem difficult or even incomprehensible to you. You must then go to the next step: "Analysis of text".
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Xie Fei's phone call
Xie Fei: Hello, Li Liang?
Li Liang: Who is this? I'm Li Liang.
Xie Fei: It's Xie Fei. Next Saturday is Wang Yue's birthday, what do you think about having dinner together?
Li Liang: Where would we have dinner?
Xie Fei: At my place. Call Qian Ming to tell him to join us.
Li Liang: Okay, Qian Ming is with me right now.
Qian Ming: I'm going to buy some fruit, what do you think?
Xie Fei: OK, Wang Yue likes fruit, thank you in advance!
Qian Ming: Please, we are all friends.
Li Liang: I'm going to buy tea cups, what do you think? Wang Yue also likes to drink tea.
Xie Fei: Alright. She will be very happy. I would cook Chinese food, will that be okay?
Li Liang: Yes yes, I like when you cook Chinese, it's so good!
Qian Ming: Me too.
Xie Fei: So see you next Saturday.
Li Liang: OK, bye!
Qian Ming: See you next week.