HSK 1 · Mike in China #6
Dinner at My Friend's Parents' Home
去小王家吃饭
10 short scenes and 144 lines of everyday HSK 1 Chinese, from “At the fruit shop” to “Three years”.
144 lines · 10 scenes · 10 min
Transcript
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1 · At the fruit shop
水果店 shuǐguǒ diàn
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Xiao Wang, what's up? You don't look happy.
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You're coming today, so my mom will ask about girlfriends, and ask you too!
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The question she asks every day?
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Yes. If she asks me about girlfriends, you say "dumplings"!
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Girlfriend... dumplings. OK!
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What should I bring to your parents' place?
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Don't buy anything!
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Showing up empty-handed isn't nice, is it?
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Then... get some fruit.
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What fruit does your mom like?
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She likes apples.
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Me too! OK, I'll get apples.
2 · Does he eat Chinese food?
他吃中国菜吗？ tā chī Zhōngguó cài ma?
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Mom, we're here!
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You're here! Son, is this your friend?
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Yes, his name is Mike.
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Son, does he eat Chinese food?
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I made lots of dumplings. How many will he eat? Five?
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Hello, Auntie! Five? I'll eat twenty!
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Son! He heard all that?
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I did! You weren't listening!
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Auntie, these apples are for you.
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When you come to our home, don't buy things!
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Just a few apples. Not expensive.
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Thank you! How kind! Come in, come in!
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Where's your dad?
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My dad's out having tea with friends.
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He'll be home at ten tonight. Come, come, sit!
3 · Five questions
五个问题 wǔ ge wèntí
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Here, have some tea! How old are you?
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Thank you, Auntie! I'm twenty-five.
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How many days have you been in China?
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Thirty-two days. A month!
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Do you live on campus?
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No, I live off campus, on my own.
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Can you cook?
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I can make bread, but not Chinese food.
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Then what do you eat for lunch?
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I eat at restaurants. Dumplings, noodles...
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Restaurant food isn't good for you! Come eat at our place!
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Auntie, that's five questions already!
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Five? I've got plenty more!
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What do your parents do?
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My dad's a doctor, and my mom's a primary school teacher.
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A doctor! Great! How many people in your family?
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Four. I also have an older sister.
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Does your sister have kids?
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Yes, a son. He's three.
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See! Your sister has a son, and my son...
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Mom! Let's eat!
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Right, right! Let's eat!
4 · Dumplings
吃饺子 chī jiǎozi
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Here come the dumplings!
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Xiao Wang says your dumplings are really good!
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Try one and see.
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OK! Egg filling!
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Egg ones. Do you like them?
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My first dumpling in China was egg too!
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Then have some more!
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Xiao Wang, aren't you eating?
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I am! I've been eating my mom's dumplings for twenty-eight years.
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Have a few more!
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Auntie, I've had twenty already!
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Twenty? That's not many! Have one more!
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When my mom says "have more," you eat.
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Auntie, I've had twenty-five!
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Back in America, I eat twenty-five a year!
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Twenty-five? All right, all right! Have some hot tea.
5 · Girlfriends
女朋友 nǚpéngyou
Mike，？
Mike, do you have a girlfriend?
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No.
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You don't either... Son, what about you?
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Mom...
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You're twenty-eight!
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When are you going to get a girlfriend?
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I... I...
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Auntie! Dumplings!
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Dumplings? You want more?
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No more! I want to learn to make them!
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You want to learn? Great! Come next week. I'll make them, you watch!
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My son won't learn. He can't make anything!
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And he doesn't have a girlfriend either!
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Mom!
Mike，！！
Mike, you talk to him! He listens to you!
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Xiao Wang, your mom says...
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...the dumplings are delicious!
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Yes! Really delicious!
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...The dumplings are delicious?
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Auntie, can I ask you a question too?
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Sure! Go ahead!
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What did Xiao Wang like to do when he was little?
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Singing! When he was five, he sang at home every day!
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Mom!
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He still does! Last Saturday, we went singing.
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Just you two? Who else? Any girls?
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Auntie! Dumplings!
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Dumplings? ...You two planned this, didn't you?
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No, no!
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We... just really like dumplings!
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Fine, no more girlfriend talk.
6 · My friend's daughter
我朋友的女儿 wǒ péngyou de nǚ'ér
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Son, a friend of mine has a daughter.
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Twenty-six, a teacher, very pretty!
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Want to meet her? I've got her on my phone...
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Mom, no!
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Auntie, there's a lot of stuff on your phone!
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This? These are things I'm going to buy.
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You're going to buy all of these?
7 · Double Eleven
双十一 Shuāng Shíyī
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Yes! November eleventh is Double Eleven. Everything's cheap!
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I know! In America I buy things on my phone too.
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Look: tea, fruit, clothes, a table...
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And a big TV!
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Auntie, how many things are you going to buy?
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Thirty-something, I think.
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Thirty-something? I buy ten a month!
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Look at this one: something new to wear, for my son.
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Xiao Wang, you've got new clothes!
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Yes! For when he meets his girlfriend!
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Mom! I don't have a girlfriend!
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Not now. Next year, you will!
Mike，？
Mike, do you have Double Eleven back home too?
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No. We have a day in November too when everything's cheap.
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One day? We shop for days and days!
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Days and days? So that's how it's thirty-something!
8 · I think you're cold
我觉得你冷 wǒ juéde nǐ lěng
！Mike，！
It's cold outside! Mike, you're not wearing enough!
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Auntie, I'm not cold.
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It's very cold today!
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It's really cold back home. Lots of snow. It's not cold here!
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You're not cold, but I think you're cold!
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She says "cold," so I say "cold"...
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...Auntie, I'm cold!
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See? I told you!
9 · Saying goodbye
说再见 shuō zàijiàn
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These dumplings are for you! Heat them up tomorrow morning.
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Thank you, Auntie! I had twenty-five, and there are still more?
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Plenty more! You're on your own in China. You need to eat!
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OK! Tomorrow morning, no baozi. I'll have your dumplings!
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Great! See you next week!
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Thank you, Auntie! Goodbye!
10 · Three years
三年了 sān nián le
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Thanks for today!
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I said "dumplings" a lot!
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Thanks for the "dumplings"!
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Your mom asked me over ten questions.
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And you, just one.
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One question, for three years!
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Not now. Next year, you will!
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Now you sound like my mom!
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Xiao Wang, I really like your mom.
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She likes you a lot too. Let me know when you get home.
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OK! It's cold today... but I'm not cold!
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