Chinese Lesson 28: Don't ride a bike too fast!

Sentence Pattern

骑车别骑太快了！（Qí chē bié qí tài kuài le！）
Don't ride a bike too fast!
Words
1.小心（xiǎoxīn）：[adj]careful
2.让开（ràngkāi）：[v]to keep off
3.车闸（chēzhá）：[n]brake
4.坏（huài）：[adj]broken
5.骑（qí）：[v]to ride
6.实在（shízài）：[adv]indeed; really
7.抱歉（bàoqiàn）：[v]to be sorry
8.抽（chōu）：[v]to smoke
9.支（zhī）：[quantifier](a measure word for long, thin, inflexible objects )
10.烟（yān）：[n]tobacco
11.咳嗽（késou）：[v]to cough
12.身体（shēntǐ）：[n]body
13.尽量（jǐnliàng）：[adv]as soon as possible; to the best of one’s ability
14.少（shǎo）：[adj]few; little

Background
Dachuan and Sun Dawei are walking through the campus when they notice a bike coming at them. Sun Dawei is not able to get out of the way and is knocked over.

Dialogue One

Xiǎoxīn！Kuài ràngkāi！
小心！快让开！
Take care. Hurry up and keep off！
Duìbùqǐ，wǒ de chēzhá huài le！
对不起，我的车闸坏了。
Sorry. The brake on my bike is broken.
Méi guānxi，qí chē bié qí tài kuài le！
没关系，骑车别骑太快了！
No problem. Don't ride a bike so quickly!
Hǎo de，shízài hěn bàoqiàn！
好的，实在很抱歉！
Ok. I'm very sorry.
Background
Dachuan goes to find Mr. Zhang in his office. He finds Mr. Zhang seriously coughing. He persuades Mr. Zhang not to smoke.

Dialogue Two

Nín zěnme le？
您怎么了?
What's wrong with you?
Méi shénme，gāngcái chōu le liǎng zhī yān.
没什么，刚才抽了两支烟，
Yǒu diǎnr késou.
有点儿咳嗽。
Nothing. I just coughed because I smoked some cigarettes.
Nín bié chōu yān le，duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.
您别抽烟了，对身体不好。
Please don't smoke. It's not good for your health.
Xièxie，wǒ jǐnliàng shǎo chōu diǎnr.
谢谢，我尽量少抽点儿。
Thanks. I'll smoke as little as possible.