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谈爱好 (Tán ài hào) Talking About Hobbies

Apr. 1, 2015

Background

Wang Bo, Zhang Mei and Rebecca are chating at a coffee house.

Dialogues

zhānɡ méi
张    梅

Zhānɡ Méi: Lì Bèikă,  nĭ xĭhuan wán shénme?
张     梅:丽贝卡, 你  喜欢    玩    什么?
Zhang Mei: Rebecca, what are your hobbies?

Lì Bèikǎ: Wŏ de àihào hĕnduō, yóuyŏng lā、dǎqiú lā、pānyán lā, wŏ dōu xĭhuān.
丽贝卡: 我  的  爱好     很多,   游泳   啦、 打球 啦、 攀岩  啦,我  都    喜欢。
Rebecca: I enjoy doing many things, such as swimming, playing ball, and rock climbing. I like them all.

Zhānɡ Méi: Xĭhuan yùndòng, hăo ā!   Wŏ zuì mí zúqiú,  búguò shì kàn zúqiú.
张     梅: 喜欢     运动,    好  啊!我   最  迷  足球,不过    是  看   足球。
Zhang Mei: You like sports. That’s great. I like soccer very much, I mean watching soccer.

Lì Bèikǎ: Zuòzhe kàn zúqiú? Wŏ gèng xĭhuan zìjĭ qù tī. Wáng bō, nĭ ne?
丽贝卡:坐着     看   足球? 我   更    喜欢 自己 去 踢。王  波,你 呢?
Rebecca: Sitting there watching soccer? I would rather play myself. What about you. Wang Bo?

Wánɡ Bō: Wŏ gēn nĭmen dōu bù yí yàng. Wŏ xĭhuān zuòfàn, xĭhuan biérén chī wŏ zuò de fàn.
王   波: 我   跟  你们    都   不 一  样。 我   喜欢     做饭, 喜欢     别人  吃  我   做  的  饭。
Wang Bo: I’m not like either of you. I enjoy cooking and having others eat the food I cook.

Lì Bèikǎ: ō,  shuí  jià gĕi nĭ shuí xìngfú ā!  āi,   nĭmen xĭhuan chànggē ma?
丽贝卡:噢,谁 嫁  给 你  谁   幸福  啊!哎,你们    喜欢    唱歌     吗?
Rebecca: Really? The girl who marries you will be lucky! Do you like singing?

Wánɡ Bō: Zhāng méi tèbié xĭhuan.
王   波:  张     梅    特别   喜欢。
Wang Bo: Zhang Mei likes singing very much.

Lì Bèikǎ: Xĭhuan chàng shénme gē?
丽贝卡:喜欢      唱       什么    歌?
Rebecca: What do you like to sing?

Zhānɡ Méi: Wŏ zhōngwén gē, wàiwén gē dōu xĭhuan, shénme hăotīng chàng shénme.
张     梅:  我      中文     歌、外文   歌   都   喜欢,   什么     好听        唱       什么。
Zhang Mei: I like both Chinese songs and songs from other countries. Whatever sounds good to me.

Lì Bèikǎ: Wŭdàokŏu yŏu yījiā gētīng búcuò, nă tiān wŏmen yuē jĭgè péngyou yìqĭ qù chànggē ba.
丽贝卡: 五道口     有   一家  歌厅    不错,哪  天   我们    约   几个   朋友  一起 去   唱歌     吧。
Rebecca: There’s a good Karaoke place at Wudaokou. We can invite a few friends
and have some fun there someday.

Zhānɡ Méi: Hăo ā, wáng bō yĕ shì gè chànggē gāoshŏu ne.
张     梅:  好 啊,王  波  也  是  个    唱歌     高手     呢。
Zhang Mei: Good idea! You know what, Wang Bo is also a great singer.

Lì Bèikǎ: Dào shí hou wŏ gĕi nĭmen dă diànhuà.
丽贝卡:到   时   候   我   给  你们   打   电话。
Rebecca: I’ll give you a call.

Basic Sentences

Nĭ xĭhuan wán  shénme? Wŏ zuì mí zúqiú. Wáng bō yĕ shì gè chànggē gāoshŏu ne.
你 喜欢    玩    什么? 我  最 迷  足球。 王      波  也  是  个    唱歌     高手   呢。
What are your hobbies? I like soccer very much. Wang Bo is also a great singer.

New Words

ài hào pān yán gē tīng liáo tiānr xìng fú yóu yŏng
爱 好 攀 岩 歌 厅 聊 天 儿 幸 福 游 泳
hobby rock climbing Karaoke place chat lucky swim

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Wánɡ Bō: Zhāng méi tèbié xĭhuan.
王  波: 张 梅 特别 喜欢。
Wang Bo: Zhang Mei likes sining very much.
In this paragraph it says sining instead of singing.

Thanks for your reply. We edited it and corrected the mistake.

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