B: And, wo shi B. The new laptop we just bought is great, just what the doctor ordered, and this week we’re gonna put that laptop to good use, we’re joining the World Wide Web, we’re talking about the Internet.
Y: Great, let’s get wired with our keywords.
Key words of the day
Internet 互联网username 用户名 , password 密码 I forgot my password我忘记密码了。Internet café 网吧wher’s an Internet café? 哪儿有网吧？All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: Ok, let’s just check, a computer is a diannao, and we mentioned the Internet a while ago, if I remember, it’s hu4 lian2 wang3, dui ma?
Y: Dui, right on.hu4 lian2 wang3 the Internet.
B: When I go online I get an instruction asking for my username and password. I remember those words but not the Chinese instructions.
Y: Ok, listen up, username is yong4 hu4 ming2.
B: yong4 hu4 ming2.
Y: yong4 hu4 means user,
B: yong4 hu4
Y: ming2 means name,
B: ming2,
Y: yong4 hu4 ming2.
B: yong4 hu4 ming2. username .. And password?
Y: Not too difficult, it’s mi4 ma3.
B: mi4 ma3,
Y: mi4 literally means secret,
B: mi4,
Y: ma3 means code,
B: ma3,
Y: mi4 ma3.
B: mi4 ma3. password.
Conversation 1
A: 请输入你的用户名。
B: 然后呢？
A: 然后再输入你的密码.。
B: Oops, I’m afraid I forgot my password…
Y: that’s a little bit mafan… you can say: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.
B: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.
Y: wo3 means I,
B: wo3,
Y: wang4 ji4 means forget,
B: wang4 ji4, and mi4 ma3 means password.
Y: le means the completion of an action…
B: le.
Y: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.
B: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le. I forgot my password
Conversation 2:
A: 哎呀，我忘记密码了。
B: 没关系，再试一次。
B: Not everyone has a computer, mei wenti, no problem, there’s always an Internet café close at hand.
Y: Yes, they’re everywher these days, we call them wang3 ba1.
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: as wang3 means internet,
B: wang3,
Y: ba1 means a place like a pub or a café,
B: ba1,
Y: wang3 ba1.
B: wang3 ba1. Internet café,
Y: And when you’re looking for an Internet café but can’t find one, then you can ask somebody by saying: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? wher is an Internet café?
B: Let me try that… na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
Y: na2er you3 literally means wher have,
B: na2er you3
Y: wang3 ba1 is Internet café,
B: wang3 ba1.
Y: na2er you2 wang3 ba1?
B: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? wher is an Internet café?
Conversation 3
A: 哪儿有网吧？
B: 前面超市旁边就有一家。
Key words reminder
Internet 互联网username 用户名 , password 密码 I forgot my password我忘记密码了。Internet café 网吧wher’s an Internet café? 哪儿有网吧？ All in today’s Chinese Studio.
