B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. No neeed for passports here, you just need the (Internet), the Internet.
Key words of the day
Blog 博客Do you have a blog? 你有自己的博客吗？Download 下载 homepage, 主页 online computer games 网络游戏Computer viruses 电脑病毒 the firewall 防火墙 All in today’s Chinese Studio
B: I was surfing the Net and found a great blog, all about learning Chinese.
Y: Very appropriate, and haven’t blogs become the in thing of late. We call them bo2 ke4.
B: bo2 ke4. it’s simple… Do you have a blog Y?
Y: Not yet, I’m a bit out of date… but ask me in a week’s time, here’s the question: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
Y: you3 means have,
B: you3,
Y: zi4 ji3 de means one’s own,
B: zi4 ji3 de
Y: bo2 ke4 means blog,
B: bo2 ke4.
Y: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma?
B: ni2 you3 zi4 ji3 de bo2 ke4 ma? Do you have a blog?
Conversation 1
A: 你有自己的博客吗？
B: 当然了。我的博客点击率还挺高的。
B: While surfing, I would like to download some files from this homepage… Firstly, what’s the word for download?
Y: it’s xia4 zai3,
B: xia4 zai3,
Y: xia4 means down,
B: xia4,
Y: zai3 means load,
B: zai3,
Y: xia4 zai3,
B: xia4 zai3, download. Next, what’s the word for homepage?
Y: it’s zhu3 ye4.
B: zhu3 ye4
Y: zhu3 means home,
B: zhu3,
Y: ye4 means page,
B: ye4,
Y: zhu3 ye4
B: zhu3 ye4, homepage,
Conversation2
A: 你找到那个主页了吗？
B: 找到了。现在我可以下载文件了。
B: Time to relax a bit, how about an online computer game?
Y: That could be fun, online computer games are: wang3 luo4 you2 xi4.
B: wang3 luo4 you2 xi4.
Y: wang3 luo4 means the Internet,
B: wang3 luo4
Y: you2 xi4 means games,
B: you2 xi4.
Y: wang3 luo4 you2 xi4,
B: wang3 luo4 you2 xi4 online computer games,
Conversation 3
A: 网络游戏是把双刃剑。
B: 应该对青少年加以正确引导。
B: Let’s download some computer games…Just a word of caution. When downloading we can sometimes get a virus, a computer virus that is: dian4 nao3 bing4 du2. And that’s mafan.
Y: Sure, that can be a big problem, a virus is a bing4 du2.
B: bing4 du2.
Y: so a computer virus is dian4 nao3 bing4 du2
B: dian4 nao3 bing4 du2 And what about firewall, you know, the anti-viral software?
Y: That’s fang2 huo3 qiang2.
B: fang2 huo3 qiang2.
Y: fang2 means prevent or defend,
B: fang2
Y: huo3 literally means fire,
B: huo3,
Y: qiang2 means wall,
B: qiang2
Y: fang2 huo3 qiang2.
B: fang2 huo3 qiang2. the firewall.
Conversation 4
A: 能帮我装个防火墙吗？
B: 好的，没问题。
