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Song: 《我的名字叫做安》安来宁 My name is Ann by An Laining
Dialogue:
A：你好，我叫李娜，很高兴认识你！
Nǐ hǎo ，wǒ jiào lǐ nà ，hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nǐ ！
Hello, my name is Li Na, nice to meet you!
B：你好，我叫杨冰。很高兴跟你成为室友！
Nǐ hǎo ，wǒ jiào yáng bīng 。hěn gāo xìng gēn nǐ chéng wéi shì yǒu ！
Hi, I’m Yang Bing. I’m glad to be your roommate!
A：我可以叫你冰冰吗？
Wǒ kě yǐ jiào nǐ bīng bīng ma ？
May I call you “Bingbing”?
B：好呀，那是我的小名！
Hǎo ya ，nà shì wǒ de xiǎo míng ！
Sure! That’s my nickname!
Words & expressions:
【高兴】gāo xìng：happy
【认识】rèn shí: know, recognize
【成为】chéng wéi: become
【室友】shì yǒu: roommate
【可以】kě yǐ: may
【小名】xiǎo míng: nickname
