Dì sì kè Tán ài hào
Lesson 04 Talking about Hobbies
Background
Wang Bo, Zhang Mei and Rebecca are chating at a coffee house.
Dialogues
张 梅:丽贝卡,你喜欢玩什么?
Lì bèi kă, nĭ xĭ huan wán shén me?
Rebecca, what are your hobbies?
丽贝卡:我的爱好很多,游泳啦、打球啦、攀岩啦,我都喜欢。
Wŏ de ài hào hĕn duō, yóu yŏng lā、dǎ qiú lā、pān yán lā, wŏ dōu xĭ huān.
I enjoy doing many things, such as swimming, playing ball, and rock climbing. I like them all.
张 梅:喜欢运动,好啊!我最迷足球,不过是看足球。
Xĭ huan yùn dòng, hăo ā! Wŏ zuì mí zú qiú, bú guò shì kàn zú qiú.
You like sports. That's great. I like soccer very much, I mean watching soccer.
丽贝卡:坐着看足球? 我更喜欢自己去踢。王波,你呢?
Zuò zhe kàn zú qiú? Wŏ gèng xĭ huan zì jĭ qù tī. Wáng bō, nĭ ne?
Sitting there watching soccer? I would rather play myself. What about you. Wang Bo?
王 波:我跟你们都不一样。我喜欢做饭,喜欢别人吃我做的饭。
Wŏ gēn nĭ men dōu bù yí yàng. Wŏ xĭ huān zuò fàn, xĭ huan bié rén chī wŏ zuò de fàn.
I'm not like either of you. I enjoy cooking and having others eat the food I cook.
丽贝卡:噢,谁嫁给你谁幸福啊!哎,你们喜欢唱歌吗?
ō, shuí jià gĕi nĭ shuí xìng fú ā! āi, nĭ men xĭ huan chàng gē ma?
Really? The girl who marries you will be lucky! Do you like singing?
王 波:张梅特别喜欢。
Zhāng méi tè bié xĭ huan.
Zhang Mei likes sining very much.
丽贝卡:喜欢唱什么歌?
Xĭ huan chàng shén me gē?
What do you like to sing?
张 梅:我中文歌、外文歌都喜欢,什么好听唱什么。
Wŏ zhōng wén gē, wài wén gē dōu xĭ huan, shén me hăo tīng chàng shén me.
I like both Chinese songs and songs from other countries. Whatever sounds good to me.
丽贝卡:五道口有一家歌厅不错,哪天我们约几个朋友一起去唱歌吧。
Wŭ dào kŏu yŏu yī jiā gē tīng bú cuò, nă tiān wŏ men yuē jĭ gè péng you yì qĭ qù chàng gē ba.
There's a good Karaoke place at Wudaokou. We can invite a few friends and have some fun there someday.
张 梅:好啊,王波也是个唱歌高手呢。
Hăo ā, wáng bō yĕ shì gè chàng gē gāo shŏu ne.
Good idea! You know what, Wang Bo is also a great singer.
丽贝卡:到时候我给你们打电话。
Dào shí hou wŏ gĕi nĭ men dă diàn huà.
I'll give you a call.
Basic Sentences
nĭ xĭ huan wán shén me? | wŏ zuì mí zú qiú | wáng bō yĕ shì gè chàng gē gāo shŏu ne |
你喜欢玩儿什么? | 我最迷足球。 | 王波也是个唱歌高手呢。 |
What are your hobbies? | I like soccer very much. | Wang Bo is also a great singer. |
New Words
爱 好 | 攀 岩 | 歌 厅 | 聊天儿 | 幸 福 | 游 泳 |
ài hào | pān yán | gē tīng | liáo tiān | xìng fú | yóu yŏng |
hobby | rock climbing | Karaoke place | chat | lucky | swim |