Lesson 14

QuestionAnswer
often
经常jīngchángjīngcháng
I often watch movies in my room at night.
 经常jīngcháng 晚上wǎnshang zài 房间fángjiān  kàn 电影diànyǐngwǒ jīngcháng wǎnshang zài fángjiān lǐ kàn diànyǐng.
morning
上午shàngwǔshàngwǔ
to read
article
文章wénzhāngwénzhāng
She often goes to the library in the morning to read articles.
 经常jīngcháng 上午shàngwǔ  图书馆túshūguǎn  文章wénzhāngtā jīngcháng shàngwǔ qù túshūguǎn dú wénzhāng.
This morning I had a meeting at the company; I only have free time in the afternoon.
今天jīntiān 上午shàngwǔ  zài 公司gōngsī 开会kāihuì, 下午xiàwǔ cái 有空yǒukòngjīntiān shàngwǔ wǒ zài gōngsī kāihuì, xiàwǔ cái yǒukòng.
phone number
手机号shǒujīhàoshǒujīhào
Could you write your phone number down for me?
 可以kěyǐ   de 手机号shǒujīhào xiě gěi  manǐ kěyǐ bǎ nǐ de shǒujīhào xiě gěi wǒ ma?
to remember
记住jìzhùjìzhù
Please remember my phone number.
qǐng 记住jìzhù  de 手机号shǒujīhàoqǐng jìzhù wǒ de shǒujīhào.
I want to remember her phone number, but it’s a bit difficult.
 xiǎng 记住jìzhù  de 手机号shǒujīhào, 但是dànshì 有点儿yǒudiǎnr nánwǒ xiǎng jìzhù tā de shǒujīhào, dànshì yǒudiǎnr nán.
on
zàizài
to look at
kànkàn
map
地图dìtúdìtú
to find
找到zhǎodàozhǎodào
south
nánnán
gate
ménmén
He is looking at the map on his phone, trying to find the south gate of the park.
 zài 手机shǒujī shàng kàn 地图dìtú, xiǎng 找到zhǎodào 公园gōngyuán de nán méntā zài shǒujī shàng kàn dìtú, xiǎng zhǎodào gōngyuán de nán mén.
north side
北边běibianběibian
south side
南边nánbiannánbian
To the south of the park, there is a quiet library.
公园gōngyuán 南边nánbian yǒu   安静ānjìng de 图书馆túshūguǎngōngyuán nánbian yǒu yí gè ānjìng de túshūguǎn.
There is a small park to the north of the library, and to the south is a bank.
图书馆túshūguǎn běi bian yǒu   xiǎo 公园gōngyuán, nán bian shì 银行yínhángtúshūguǎn běi bian yǒu yí gè xiǎo gōngyuán, nán bian shì yínháng.
towards
wǎngwǎng
After work in the evening we walk toward the park.
我们wǒmen 晚上wǎnshang 下班xiàbān 以后yǐhòu wǎng 公园gōngyuán zǒuwǒmen wǎnshang xiàbān yǐhòu wǎng gōngyuán zǒu.
left side
左边zuǒbiānzuǒbiān
exactly
jiùjiù
right side
右边yòubiānyòubiān
I sit on the left, and she sits on the right.
 zuò zài 左边zuǒbiān,  zuò zài 右边yòubianwǒ zuò zài zuǒbiān, tā zuò zài yòubian.
Walk to the left, and the supermarket is right next to the bank on the right.
 wǎng 左边zuǒbian zǒu, 超市chāoshì jiù zài 银行yínháng 右边yòubiannǐ wǎng zuǒbian zǒu, chāoshì jiù zài yínháng yòubian.
to go the wrong way
走错zǒucuòzǒucuò
road
If you go the wrong way, just call me.
如果rúguǒ  走错zǒucuò  le, jiù 打电话dǎdiànhuà gěi rúguǒ nǐ zǒucuò lù le, jiù dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ.
to go out
出门chūménchūmén
I don’t want to go out after work.
 下班xiàbān 以后yǐhòu  xiǎng 出门chūménwǒ xiàbān yǐhòu bù xiǎng chūmén.
She often goes the wrong way, so before going out she always looks at the map.
 常常chángcháng 走错zǒucuò, 所以suǒyǐ 出门chūmén 以前yǐqián dōu kàn 一下yíxià 地图dìtútā chángcháng zǒucuò, suǒyǐ chūmén yǐqián dōu kàn yíxià dìtú.
city
城市chéngshìchéngshì
On weekends we like to go to the park in the north of this city to take a walk.
周末zhōumò 我们wǒmen 喜欢xǐhuan  这个zhège 城市chéngshì 北边běibian de 公园gōngyuán 散步sànbùzhōumò wǒmen xǐhuan qù zhège chéngshì běibian de gōngyuán sànbù.
The city I live in isn’t big, but it’s very quiet and very safe.
 zhù de 城市chéngshì  , 但是dànshì hěn 安静ānjìng  hěn 安全ānquánwǒ zhù de chéngshì bù dà, dànshì hěn ānjìng yě hěn ānquán.
country
国家guójiāguójiā
to take a look
看看kànkankànkan
Come and take a look at this place.
 lái 看看kànkan zhè  地方dìfang banǐ lái kànkan zhè gè dìfang ba.
world
世界shìjièshìjiè
She wants to go to many countries to take a look at the world.
 xiǎng  很多hěnduō 国家guójiā 看看kànkan 世界shìjiètā xiǎng qù hěnduō guójiā kànkan shìjiè.
In this country, many cities all have quiet parks.
zài zhè  国家guójiā, 很多hěnduō 城市chéngshì dōu yǒu 安静ānjìng de 公园gōngyuánzài zhè gè guójiā, hěnduō chéngshì dōu yǒu ānjìng de gōngyuán.
no matter
不管bùguǎnbùguǎn
I think that no matter whom you love, you should have the right to choose.
 觉得juéde 不管bùguǎn ài shéi, dōu 应该yīnggāi yǒu 选择xuǎnzé de 权利quánlìwǒ juéde bùguǎn ài shéi, dōu yīnggāi yǒu xuǎnzé de quánlì.
Put this chair on the left side of the table, and put that chair on the right side.
zhè  椅子yǐzi fàng zài 桌子zhuōzi 左边zuǒbian,   椅子yǐzi fàng zài 右边yòubianzhè bǎ yǐzi fàng zài zhuōzi zuǒbian, nà bǎ yǐzi fàng zài yòubian.
chair
椅子yǐziyǐzi
He likes to sit on the chair by the window and read.
 喜欢xǐhuan zuò zài 窗户chuānghu 旁边pángbiān de 椅子yǐzi shàng kàn shūtā xǐhuan zuò zài chuānghu pángbiān de yǐzi shàng kàn shū.
egg
鸡蛋jīdànjīdàn
In the morning I often eat eggs and bread.
早上zǎoshang  常常chángcháng chī 鸡蛋jīdàn  面包miànbāozǎoshang wǒ chángcháng chī jīdàn hé miànbāo.
simple
简单jiǎndānjiǎndān
This question is very simple.
zhè  问题wèntí hěn 简单jiǎndānzhè gè wèntí hěn jiǎndān.
delicious
好吃hǎochīhǎochī
The dishes at this restaurant are delicious.
zhè jiā 饭店fàndiàn de cài hěn 好吃hǎochīzhè jiā fàndiàn de cài hěn hǎochī.
She thinks eggs are very simple, but it’s not easy to make them delicious.
 觉得juéde 鸡蛋jīdàn hěn 简单jiǎndān, 但是dànshì zuò de 好吃hǎochī  容易róngyìtā juéde jīdàn hěn jiǎndān, dànshì zuò de hǎochī bù róngyì.
The teacher asked us to go home and read some articles, then freely discuss them in class.
老师lǎoshī ràng 我们wǒmen 回家huíjiā  一些yìxiē 文章wénzhāng, 然后ránhòu zài 课上kèshàng 自由zìyóu 讨论tǎolùnlǎoshī ràng wǒmen huíjiā dú yìxiē wénzhāng, ránhòu zài kèshàng zìyóu tǎolùn.
to introduce
介绍jièshàojièshào
Tomorrow I want to introduce her to my coworker.
明天míngtiān  xiǎng   介绍jièshào gěi  de 同事tóngshì 认识rènshimíngtiān wǒ xiǎng bǎ tā jièshào gěi wǒ de tóngshì rènshi.
during (event)
shàngshàng
briefly
简单jiǎndānjiǎndān
Could you say it briefly?
 可以kěyǐ 简单jiǎndān shuō 一下yíxià manǐ kěyǐ jiǎndān shuō yíxià ma?
At the get-together he first briefly introduced himself, and then started chatting with everyone.
 zài 聚会jùhuì shàng xiān 简单jiǎndān 介绍jièshào le 自己zìjǐ, 然后ránhòu jiù gēn 大家dàjiā 聊天liáotiāntā zài jùhuì shàng xiān jiǎndān jièshào le zìjǐ, ránhòu jiù gēn dàjiā liáotiān.
competition
比赛bǐsàibǐsài
There is a small competition at school this weekend, and many classmates want to take part.
周末zhōumò 学校xuéxiào yǒu   xiǎo 比赛bǐsài, hěn duō 同学tóngxué dōu yào 参加cānjiāzhōumò xuéxiào yǒu yí gè xiǎo bǐsài, hěn duō tóngxué dōu yào cānjiā.
to win
yíngyíng
to lose
shūshū
She won this competition and I lost, but I’m not angry at all.
这次zhècì 比赛bǐsài  yíng le,  shū le, 但是dànshì  一点儿yìdiǎnr   生气shēngqìzhècì bǐsài tā yíng le, wǒ shū le, dànshì wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bù shēngqì.
no matter whether
不管bùguǎnbùguǎn
interesting
有意思yǒuyìsiyǒuyìsi
No matter whether she wins or loses, she feels that taking part in the competition is very interesting.
不管bùguǎn yíng 还是háishi shū,  dōu 觉得juéde 参加cānjiā 比赛bǐsài hěn 有意思yǒuyìsibùguǎn yíng háishi shū, tā dōu juéde cānjiā bǐsài hěn yǒuyìsi.
She thinks many cities in the world are very interesting.
 觉得juéde 世界shìjiè shàng de 很多hěnduō 城市chéngshì dōu hěn 有意思yǒuyìsitā juéde shìjiè shàng de hěnduō chéngshì dōu hěn yǒuyìsi.
north side
北边běibiānběibiān
The bank is to the north of the park.
银行yínháng zài 公园gōngyuán 北边běibiānyínháng zài gōngyuán běibiān.
My home is in the north of this city; to get to the company I need to take the subway for a while.
 jiā zài zhè  城市chéngshì de běi bian,  公司gōngsī yào zuò 地铁dìtiě 一会儿yíhuìrwǒ jiā zài zhè gè chéngshì de běi bian, qù gōngsī yào zuò dìtiě yíhuìr.
No matter whether she’s at home or in the park, she likes quietly reading.
不管bùguǎn zài jiā 还是háishi zài 公园gōngyuán,  dōu 喜欢xǐhuan 安静ānjìng de  shūbùguǎn zài jiā háishi zài gōngyuán, tā dōu xǐhuan ānjìng de dú shū.
how
duōduō
No matter how difficult the question is, he wants to try expressing his own ideas.
不管bùguǎn 问题wèntí duō nán,  dōu xiǎng 试试shìshi shuō 一下yíxià 自己zìjǐ de 想法xiǎngfǎbùguǎn wèntí duō nán, tā dōu xiǎng shìshi shuō yíxià zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
He often goes online to read news from many countries.
 经常jīngcháng 上网shàngwǎng kàn 很多hěnduō 国家guójiā de 新闻xīnwéntā jīngcháng shàngwǎng kàn hěnduō guójiā de xīnwén.
After work today, we didn’t go the wrong way and finally found a quiet place in the park to sit on a chair.
今天jīntiān 下班xiàbān 以后yǐhòu, 我们wǒmen méi 走错zǒucuò , 最后zuìhòu zài 公园gōngyuán  找到zhǎodào le   安静ānjìng de 地方dìfang zuò zài 椅子yǐzi shàngjīntiān xiàbān yǐhòu, wǒmen méi zǒucuò lù, zuìhòu zài gōngyuán lǐ zhǎodào le yí gè ānjìng de dìfang zuò zài yǐzi shàng.
side
biānbiān
At night I don’t want to take a walk by the road.
晚上wǎnshang   xiǎng zài 马路mǎlù biān 散步sànbùwǎnshang wǒ bù xiǎng zài mǎlù biān sànbù.
He lives in the south of this city.
 zhù zài zhè  城市chéngshì de nán biantā zhù zài zhè gè chéngshì de nán bian.