B: And, wo shi B, ni hao Y. It’s book week and time to learn more about what we can buy at the bookstore.
Y: Let’s check our key words of the day.
Key words of the day
Magazines 杂志，newspaper,报纸fashion magazines时尚杂志 map 地图
A bus map 公交线路图 I’d like a map of Beijing please我要一张北京地图。
All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: We were pretty studious the other day, we bought all those Chinese language tapes and CDs. All fun and no play though is not a good recipe. Today how about looking the magazines for starters?
Y: Yeah, there’s always something interesting there. They’re the za2 zhi4.
B: za2 zhi4.
Y: Besides, reading newspaper is also effective.
B: What’s the Chinese for newspaper?
Y: it’s bao4 zhi3.
B: bao4 zhi3, newspaper.
Conversation 1
A: 杂志在几层？
B: 这层就有。就在那儿。
A: 哦，看到了。谢谢。那么报纸呢？
B: 杂志旁边就有各种报纸。
B: There’s such a range. wher to begin. What do you recommend Y?
Y: Well I like fashion magazines. fashion magazine is 时尚杂志
B: shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4.
Y: shi2 shang4 means fashion,
B: shi2 shang4,
Y: and za2 zhi4 is magazine,
B: za2 zhi4.
Y: shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4.
B: shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4. Fashion Magazine.
Conversation 2
A: 你在看什么杂志？
B: 时尚杂志。.
B: Those shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4., fashion magazines are not really my thing Y. I’m really after a map.
Y: Okay. a ditu
B: ditu, and it’s a city map of Beijing I want.
Y: All you need to say is: 我要一张北京地图。
B: wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2.
Y: wo3 yao4 means I’d like to buy something,
B: wo3 yao4,
Y: yi4 zhang1 means one,
B: yi4 zhang1
Y: di4 tu2 is map,
B: di4 tu2.
Y: wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2.
B: wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2. I’d like a map of Beijing.
Conversation3
A: 我要一张北京地图。
B: 好的。您看这张行吗？
A: 行，就要这张。
B: We’ve just learned how to say beijng di tu. I see this one isn’t so useful, it doesn’t show the bus routes. Let’s go back and get a bus map.
Y: Oh you should have said, you want a 公交线路图
B: gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2.
Y: Bu cuo. Gong1 jiao1 means public transportation,
B: gong 1 jiao1.
Y: xian4 lu4 means routes,
B: xian4 lu4
Y: tu2 is short for di4 tu2, and it means map,
B: tu2,
Y: gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2.
B: gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2. a bus map.
Conversation 4
A: 您这儿有公交线路图吗？
B: 请稍等，我帮您查询一下。
Key words reminder
Magazines 杂志，newspaper,报纸fashion magazines时尚杂志 map 地图
A bus map 公交线路图 I’d like a map of Beijing please我要一张北京地图。
All in today’s Chinese Studio.
