Y: It's animal week on Chinese Studio, and welcome in everyone. Wo shi Y.
B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. It's the weekend and we've got time to visit the zoo. But we better review what we've learned during the week, before heading off.
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Sentences of the week:
Let's go to the zoo. 咱们去动物园吧 。What's your favorite animal? 你最喜欢哪种动物?Please don't feed the animals! 请不要给动物喂食。Panda 大熊猫, Snake 蛇,Rabbit 兔子,dolphin 海豚,Tiger 老虎, Lion 狮子, Peacock 孔雀。All in today's Chinese Studio.
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B: So, we both want to go the zoo. Then let's go to the zoo.
Y: Great, but let's say that in Chinese, 咱们去动物园吧。
B: zan2men qu4 dong4 wu4 yuan2 ba.
Y: 咱们 zan2men means we,
B: zan2men,
Y: 去 qu4 means set off for some place,
B: qu4,
Y: 动物园 dong4 wu4 yuan2 means zoo,
B: dong4 wu4 yuan2
Y: 咱们去动物园吧.
B: zan2men qu4 dong4 wu4 yuan2 ba. Let's go to the zoo.
Conversation 1:
A: 咱们去动物园吧。
B: 太好了,我正好很喜欢动物 。
B: What's your favorite animal Yajie?
Y: Let's review the question in Chinese: 你最喜欢哪种动物?
B: ni3 zui4 xi3 huan1 na2 zhong3 dong4 wu4?
Y: 最喜欢 zui4 xi3 huan1 means like the best,
B: zui4 xi3 huan1,
Y: 哪种 na2 zhong3 means which one,
B: na2 zhong3,
Y: 动物 dong4 wu4 is animal,
B: dong4 wu4,
Y: 你最喜欢哪种动物 ni3 zui4 xi3 huan1 na2 zhong3 dong4 wu4?
B: ni3 zui4 xi3 huan1 na2 zhong3 dong4 wu4? What’s your favorite animal.
Conversation 2:
A: 你最喜欢哪种动物?
B: 我最喜欢孔雀。你呢?你最喜欢哪种动物?
A:我最喜欢大熊猫。
B: One important rule to follow in the zoo is don't fee the animals without a permission…
Y: Right, let's review it in Chinese: 请不要给动物喂食。
B: qing3 bu2 yao4 gei3 dong4wu wei4 shi2.
Y: 请不要 qing3 bu2 yao4, please don't do sth,
B: qing3 bu2 yao4
Y: 给 gei3 means for,
B: gei3,
Y: 动物 dong4wu means animal,
B: dong4wu,
Y: 喂食 wei4 shi2 means feed,
B: wei4 shi2,
Y: 请不要给动物喂食 qing3 bu2 yao4 gei3 dong4wu wei4 shi2
B: qing3 bu2 yao4 gei3 dong4wu wei4 shi2 Please don't feed the animals.
Conversation 3:
A: 管理员,我们可以给动物喂食吗?
B: 对不起,请不要给动物喂食。
Y: Let's have a quick review of the animals we learned this week.
B: okay. I remember panda is 大熊猫 da4 xiong2 mao1.
Y: Good, da4 xiong2 mao1 what about tiger?
B: it's 老虎 lao2 hu3.
Y: lao2 hu3,很好. Lion is Chinese is 狮子 shi1zi ,
B: shi1zi,
Y: Peacock 孔雀
B: kong3 qu4.
Y: Finally snake is 蛇 she2,
B: she2.
B: It'll be great to put all those new words to use down at the dongwuyuan, at the zoo.
Y: Indeed, and before we go, here's our question of the day. Remind us how to say "Shall we go to see the dolphins?"
