| Speaker |
English |
Hanzi |
Pinyin |
| Eli: | I will open the door.Hi! You’re here! | 我去.嗨！你来了！ | Wǒ qǜ.Hēi！ Nǐ lái le！ |
| Tom: | Hi. | 你好! | Nǐ hǎo！ |
| Eli: | Come in. | 请进! | Qǐng jìn. |
| Eli: | This is my mum. | 这是我妈妈。 | Zhè shì wǒ māma. |
| Tom: | Yes, nice to meet you. | 阿姨，您好！ | ā yí， Nín hǎo！ |
| Mum: | Hello. | 你好! | Nǐ hǎo！ |
| Voice of Yiming | Who’s here, Eli? | 谁来了？ | Shéi lái le？ |
| Eli: | (to Tom) This is my older sister Yiming. | （对汤姆）这是我的姐姐一明. | Zhè shì wǒ de jiějie Yīmíng. |
| Eli: | And this is my younger sister Yifeng. | 这是我的妹妹一凤。 | Zhè shì wǒ de mèimei Yīfèng |
| Yifeng: | I know you, your brother is my classmate. | 我认识你，你弟弟是我同学。 | Wǒ rènshi nǐ，Nǐ dìdi shì wǒ tóngxué. |
| Tom: | You mean Tim? | 你是说Tim吗？ | Nǐ shì shuō Tim ma？ |
| Yifeng: | Yes, he’s the sporty one, isn’t he? | 对，他很擅长运动，对吧? | Duì， tā hěn shàncháng yǜndòng， duìba？ |
| Yiming: | You have an older brother too, don’t you? | 你还有个哥哥，是吗？ | Nǐ hái yǒu ge gēge, shì ma？ |
| Tom: | Yes, his name is Charlie. | 是的，他叫Charlie。 | Shì de，tā jiào Charlie. |
| Yiming: | How old is he? | 他多大了？ | Tā duō dà le？ |
| Tom: | He’s 18. | 他18了。 | Tā 18 le. |
| Eli: | But he already has a girlfriend, bad luck Yiming. | 但是他已经有女朋友了，你没机会了。 | Dànshì tā yǐjīng yǒu nǚpéngyǒu le，nǐ méi jīhuì le. |
| Yiming: | So cheeky! | 真淘气！ | Zhēng táoqi！ |
| Mum: | Please come and get something to drink! | 你们来拿点东西喝吧。 | Nǐmen lái ná diǎn dōngxi hē ba. |
| Eli: | Juice ? | 果汁？ | guǒzhi ? |
| Tom: | Thank you! | 谢谢! | Xièxiè! |
| Yiming: | Where do you live, B? | 你家住哪儿，汤姆? | Nǐ jiā zhù nǎr，TāngMǔ? |
| Tom: | I live in Station Street. | 我家住Station 街。 | Wǒ jiā zhù Station jiē. |
| Mum: | And how many in your family? | 你家有几口人？ | Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén？ |
| Tom: | I have a younger and older brother. | 我有一个弟弟和一个哥哥。 | Wǒ yǒu yígè dìdi hé yígè gēge. |
| Mum: | Any sisters? | 有姐姐和妹妹吗？ | Yǒu jiějie hé mèimei ma？ |
| Tom: | No. | 没有。 | Méi yǒu. |
| Eli: | You’re lucky! | 你真幸运！ | Nǐ zhēn xìngyùn！ |
| Mum: | Your mother is a teacher at the primary school, isn’t she? | 你妈妈是小学老师，对吧？ | Nǐ māma shì xiǎoxué lǎoshī，duì ba？ |
| Tom: | Yes | 是的 。 | Shì de . |
| Mum: | And what does your dad do? Is he a teacher too? | 你爸爸做什么工作？他也是老师吗？ | Nǐ bàba zuò shénme gōngzuò ？ Tā yě shì lǎoshī ma？ |
| Eli: | Mum! Too many questions! | 妈！你问得太多了！ | Mā！Nǐ wèn de tài duō le！ |
| Tom: | That’s Ok! My dad is an engineer. He worked in China for nine years. | 没关系！我爸爸是工程师。他在中国工作了九年。 | Méi guānxì！Wǒ bàba shì gōngchéngshī. Tā zài Zhōngguó gōngzuò le jiǔ nián. |
| Yiming: | So does he speak Chinese? | 那他说汉语吗？ | Nà tā shuō hànyǚ ma？ |
| Eli: | Yes, he talks to me in Chinese. He speaks very well. I think he’s very clever. | 他跟我说过汉语，他说得很好。他很聪明。 | Tā gēn wǒ shuōguò hànyǚ,tā shuō de hěnhao. Tā hěn cōngmíng. |
| Tom: | ( Looking at photo) Who are they? | 嘿，他们是谁？ | Tāmen shì shéi？ |
| Yiming: | They are my grandparents (paternal). They live in China. My (maternal) grandparents live with us. | 他们是我的爷爷、奶奶。他们住在中国。我的外公、外婆和我们一起住。 | Tāmen shì wǒ de yéye 、nǎinai. Tāmen zhù zài Zhōngguó. Wǒ de wàigōng、 wàipó hé wǒmen yīqǐ zhù. |
| Tom: | That’s great. My grandma lives in Sydney, and I don’t see her much. | 真好。我奶奶住在悉尼，我不经常见到她。 | Zhēn hǎo. Wǒ nǎinai zhù zài Xīní，wǒ bù jīngcháng jiàndào tā. |
| Eli: | (Takes drink). Come on, do you want to play Crisis Core? | (takes drink）来，你想玩Crisis Core 吗？ | Lái，nǐ xiǎng wán Crisis Core ma? |
| Tom: | OK. (takes drink). (to mum) Thanks, see you later. | 好的，（to mum）谢谢，一会儿见。 | Hǎo de，（to mum）xièxie! Yīhuìr Jiàn! |
| Mum: | See you later. | 一会儿见。 | YīhuìrJiàn! |
