Dachuan is reading books in the library when Sun Dawei approaches Dachuan and tells him that today is a traditional Chinese holiday.
Dialogue One
dà chuān nǐ zhī dào jīn tiān shì zhōng qiū jié ma
大 川, 你 知 道 今 天 是 中 秋 节 吗?
Dachuan, did you know that today is Mid-Autumn Festival?
zhōng qiū jié shì shén me
中 秋 节 是 什 么?
What do you mean by Mid-Autumn Festival?
zhōng qiū jié shì zhōng guó de chuán tǒng jié rì
中 秋 节 是 中 国 的 传 统 节 日,
shì tuán yuán de jié rì zán men jīn tiān qù
是 团 圆 的 节 日。咱 们 今 天 去
zhāng lǎo shī jiā guò zhōng qiū jié ba
张 老 师 家 过 中 秋 节 吧!
Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival and a holiday for family re-unios. Let's go find Mr. Zhang and spend the day with him.
hǎo a
好 啊!
Ok.
Dialogue Two
zhè shì shén me
这 是 什 么?
What's this?
zhè shì yuè bǐng zhōng qiū jié wǒ men
这 是 月 饼。 中 秋 节 我 们
dōu shǎng yuè chī yuè bǐng
都 赏 月, 吃 月 饼。
This is mooncake. On Mid-Autumn Day we admire the moon while eating mooncakes.
yuè liang zhēn hǎo kàn yuè bǐng zhēn hǎo chī
月 亮 真 好 看, 月 饼 真 好 吃!
The moon is so nice and the mooncake is so delicious!
hǎo chī nǐ jiù duō chī diǎnr
好 吃 你 就 多 吃 点儿。
Eat as much as you'd like.
Explanation of difficult points
1. 咱们
"咱们" (zán men) means "we", but implies that all the people in the conversation are included in the "we", as opposed to "我们" (wǒ men), which does not specify exactly to whom "we" is referring.
2. 过
"过" (guò) in this case means "to spend/pass through/experience". This is usually used to talk about spending a special day or holiday. For example, "今天我和父母过生日。" (jīn tiān wǒ hé fù mǔ guò shēng rì) means "Today I spent my birthday with my parents."
3. 好……
In this context "好" (hǎo) means that somebody feels good because of the verb. For example: "好看" (hǎo kàn, good looking), "好吃" (hǎo chī, tasty), "好玩" (hǎo wán, amusing/interesting).