Lesson 073 Are You Going to Work the Following Day

M: Dàjiā hǎo! Huānyíng dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML

S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Lesson 73. 第七十三课.

M: Stuart, what shall we learn today? 今天我们学什么 jīntiān wǒmen xué shénme?

S: 今天我们学 things like c.

M: Hǎozhúyì.

M: Pretend it's Friday afternoon. 今天是星期五下午jīntiān shì xīngqīwǔ xiàwǔ.

S: 我很高兴 wó hěn gāoxìng.

M: 你为什么很高兴? nǐ wèishénme hěn gāoxìng?

S: Guess. 你猜一猜 nǐ cāi yī cāi.

M: 我想一想 wó xiǎng yī xiǎng. Ah! I know我知道了 wǒ zhīdào le.

S: Now, everybody, try to pick out the words for ‘weekend'. And, ‘go to work' – a clue, the first word of it is shàng - and also ‘get off work' – another clue, the first word of it is xià. Listen carefully. ML, please continue.

M: Ok. 我知道，明天是周末 míng tiān shì zhōumò.

S: Duìle. 周末 zhōumò! 今天是星期五 jīn tiān shìxīngqī wǔ. 明天是星期六míng tiān shìxīngqī liù. 后天是星期天 hòutiān shì xīngqī tiān. 星期六，星期天，是周末xīngqī liù, xīngqī tiān, shì zhōumò.

M: 所以 therefore, 所以，明天， 后天， 你不上班 suóyǐ, míng tiān, hòutiān, nǐ bú shàngbān.

S: 对， 我不上班wǒ bú shàngbān. Moreover, 而且，现在是五点差五分, xiànzài shì wúdiǎn chà wǔ fēn. 我马上要下班了 wó mǎshàng yào xiàbān le.

M: nǐ hěn gāoxìng!

S: shìde, wó hěn gāoxìng.

S: Why am I so gāoxìng? Remember, it's 5 to 5 Friday afternoon. Xīngqī wǔ xiàwǔ, wú diǎn chà wǔ fēn. Nothing new in the st half of our chat. Then ML said she knows why I'm so happy:

M: 我知道，明天是周末. Míngtiān shì zhōumò.

S: duìle. Xīngqī liù hé xīngqī tiān shì zhōumò.

M: suóyǐ, zhōumò shì shénme yìsi?

S: 答对了，answer is right! Congratulations! 恭喜! gōngxǐ. zhōumò shì ‘weekend'.

M: 周末 ZHOU MO zhōumò, 1st tone 4th tone, zhōumò.

S: suóyǐ, míngtiān, hòutiān, wǒ bú shàngbān. I don't what? Right, I don't go to work. Wǒ bú shàngbān.

M: 上班SHANG BAN shàngbān, 4th tone 1st tone, shàngbān. ‘go to work', shàngbān. Say ‘Now I go to work'. Hěn hǎo. 现在我去上班 xiànzài wǒ qùshàngbān.

S: And it's wú diǎn chà wǔ fēn. Therefore, suóyǐ, wǒ mǎshàng – immediately –mǎshàng xiàbān.

M: shàngbān, xiàbān. What is xiàbān? Duìle. Finish work. Xiàbān XIA BAN xiàbān. Can you say, ‘I'm about to finish work'? …. Duìle, Gōngxǐ, gōngxǐ. 我马上要下班了 wó mǎshàng yào xiàbān le.

S: yào xiàbān le. Wó hěn gāoxìng.

M: Hǎo. Xiànzài wǒmen xiàbān.

S: Wǒmen yě xiàkè.

M: Zàijiàn everybody!