Video Lesson: Are You Kidding?

Are you kidding? Get out of here! No way! A lesson to express doubt or shock in Chinese.

Exercises in the Video:

1. A: Chē zěnme hái bù lái? How about we walk back home, Wang Li?
    B: Shénme? Nǐ kāi wánxiào ba? Tài yuǎn le.
    Which of the following statements is true according to the dialogue? Please choose the best answer.
   A. Wang Li doesn’t want to walk back home.
   B. Wang Li thinks it’s not a big deal to walk back home.
   C. Wang Li wants to walk back home.
2. A: Nín hǎo, zhè shì nín de zhàngdān.
    B: Bāqiān kuài? Bú huì ba! Wǒmen méi diǎn hěn duō chī de a!
    Which of the following statements is true according to the dialogue? Please choose the best answer.
   A. The customer thinks the meal was a great bargain.
   B. The customer couldn’t believe that the dinner cost so much.
   C. The customer ordered a lot of food.
3. A: Wáng Lì, jīntiān Goldman Sachs dǎ diànhuà tōngzhī nǐ miànshì guò le, xià zhōuyī qù shàng bān.
    B: Bú huì ba! Nǐ kāi wánxiào ba?
    What does Wang Li mean? Please choose the best answer.
   A. Are you out of your mind?
   B. No way! Are you kidding?
   C. Yeah, whatever.
4. A: Zhè tiáo qúnzi zhēn piàoliang! Nǐ zài nǎr mǎi de?
    B: Táobǎo. Liùshí kuài.
    A: Kāi wánxiào ba? Wǒ zài yì jiā fúzhuāngdiàn kàn jiàn yì tiáo yíyàng de, yào sānbǎi kuài.
    Which of the following statements is true according to the dialogue? Please choose the best answer.
   A. Li Lan’s friend thinks that the dress is very expensive.
   B. Li Lan’s friend couldn’t believe the price Li Lan was paying.
   C. Li Lan’s friend doesn’t like the dress.
5. A: Wáng Lì, nǐ cāi wǒ zuótiān zài zhèr kàn jiàn shéi le? Brad Pitt!!
    B: Nǐ kāi wánxiào ba?
    A: Méi yǒu a, tā yě zài zhèr hē kāfēi!
    Which of the following statements is true according to the dialogue? Please choose the best answer.
   A. Wáng Lì de péngyou bù xiāngxìn Wáng Lì shuō de huà.
   B. Wáng Lì de péngyou xiāngxìn Wáng Lì kàn jiàn le Brad Pitt.
   C. Wáng Lì de péngyou bù míngbai Wáng Lì shuō de huà.

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4 thoughts on “Video Lesson: Are You Kidding?”

  1. Eugenio Lllorente

    Very good video and audio quality. However, it is a great pity that you don’t offer the Chinese characters for the few sentences you use: 你的運氣真,等等. Using only Pinyin is very unchinese like and very confusing even for a beginner with the right appoach to Chinese learning. Pinyin is a very useful tool, but it was never intended as a script, but only as a phonetic notation. No using Chinese Character is a tragedy and very much against Chinese culture only favoring Western culture, which although good, is not the case when teaching Chines. In short: Always use Characters + Nor always Pinyin

    1. jennifer.zhu

      Because of the different levels of our videos, this video is mainly for beginners. With regard to beginners, they should be familiar with Pinyin at first. As for higher-level videos, we will use more characters. Please look forward to our advanced video!

    1. jennifer.zhu

      Thanks for your sincere advice, and this video is mainly for beginners. With regard to beginners, they should be familiar with Pinyin at first. As for higher-level videos, we will use more characters. Please look forward to our advanced video!

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