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Converse in Chinese
Berea Chinese
88 episodes
1 day ago
Listen to Chinese conversations and stories on the go! This channel is hosted by Berea College's Chinese language program. The "Basic Chinese Conversation" series follows the textbook Basic Mandarin Chinese (Kubler, 2017). The numbers indicate the unit that the conversation is based on. For example, “Basic Chinese Conversation 1” is based on Unit 1. Each unit has multiple episodes labeled as 1A, 1B, 1C,…. The “Beauty in Memory” series features short stories or talk shows created by second-year Chinese language learners. The “Basic Specials” series focus on particular linguistic structures.
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Listen to Chinese conversations and stories on the go! This channel is hosted by Berea College's Chinese language program. The "Basic Chinese Conversation" series follows the textbook Basic Mandarin Chinese (Kubler, 2017). The numbers indicate the unit that the conversation is based on. For example, “Basic Chinese Conversation 1” is based on Unit 1. Each unit has multiple episodes labeled as 1A, 1B, 1C,…. The “Beauty in Memory” series features short stories or talk shows created by second-year Chinese language learners. The “Basic Specials” series focus on particular linguistic structures.
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Basic Chinese Conversation 6F
Converse in Chinese
4 minutes 21 seconds
6 months ago
Basic Chinese Conversation 6F

A chat with the maid from Wenzhou

On a train from Beijing to eastern China’s Wenzhou, Chinese American student Anna Lin starts a conversation with the Chinese woman next to her. The woman looks depressed.

A: 你好!你也去温州吗?

B: 对。

A:你看起来好像不太高兴。你没事吧?

B: 我没事。就是我在北京的工作没有了,得回老家了。

A: 你在北京做什么工作?为什么你的工作没有了?

B: 我在北京做保姆(bǎomǔ)。在一位退休(tuìxiū)的老师家里工作。那位老师的女儿住在美国,不能照顾(zhàogù)她父亲,所以请我照顾她父亲,可是那位老师不想要保姆,要赶我走。

A: 他为什么不想要保姆?

B: 我也不知道,我觉得他有一点儿古怪。

A: 请问,古怪是什么意思?

B: 古怪就是奇怪,就是strange,知道吗?

A: 哦。你为什么想在北京工作呢?

B: 因为北京的学校比较好。我想给我女儿找一个好学校。

A: 你女儿多大了?

B: 六岁了。她今年九月就要上小学了。

A: 你一共有几个孩子?

B: 就一个,一个女儿。

A: 你的爱人工作吗?

B: 我没有爱人了。我离婚了。我前夫在上海工作,他现在很有钱。

A: 为什么不让你女儿去上海上学呢?上海的学校不好吗?

B: 上海的学校也好,不过她爸爸又结婚了,所以我不想女儿跟她的爸爸在一起。你去温州吗?

A: 对,我去温州看朋友。

B: 你家是哪儿的?

A: 我是华裔美国人,我家在美国的肯塔基州。

B: 肯塔基?肯塔基在美国的哪儿?

A: 在美国的中南部,田纳西的北边,华盛顿DC的西边。

B: 哦,你是在美国出生的吗?

A: 对,我是在旧金山出生的,然后在肯塔基长大的。

B: 哦,你的中文很好啊!学了多久了?

A:我在美国学了一年,现在在北京大学继续学习。

B: 哦,你是留学生啊。你要在北大学习多久?

A: 一年。我是去年八月来的,已经学了八个月了,所以快要回美国了。

B: 你去过温州吗?

A: 去过两次,这是第三次。我外祖父跟外祖母住在温州。

B: 哦,他们多大年纪了?

A: 我外祖父今年67岁了,我外祖母今年63岁了。你看起来很年轻,还不到30岁吧?

B: 我已经三十二了。你多大了?

A:我今年20岁。你有兄弟姐妹吗?

B: 没有。你呢?

A: 我有一个哥哥。他在英国留学。噢,你知道不知道厕所在前面还是后面?

B: 在后面。

A: 哦,谢谢。我去一下。一会儿再聊。

Were you able to guess the meaning of the following words?

保姆(bǎomǔ): nanny; housemaid

照顾(zhàogù): look after; take care of

退休(tuìxiū): to retire; retired

Converse in Chinese
Listen to Chinese conversations and stories on the go! This channel is hosted by Berea College's Chinese language program. The "Basic Chinese Conversation" series follows the textbook Basic Mandarin Chinese (Kubler, 2017). The numbers indicate the unit that the conversation is based on. For example, “Basic Chinese Conversation 1” is based on Unit 1. Each unit has multiple episodes labeled as 1A, 1B, 1C,…. The “Beauty in Memory” series features short stories or talk shows created by second-year Chinese language learners. The “Basic Specials” series focus on particular linguistic structures.