對話 Dialogue
馬克:小實,明天下午要不要一起打籃球?
Make: Xiǎoshí, míngtiān xiàwǔ yào búyào yìqǐ dǎ lánqiú?
小實:明天下午我有空,可是我不會打籃球。
Xiaoshi: Míngtiān xiàwǔ wǒ yǒu kòng, kěshì wǒ búhuì dǎ lánqiú.
馬克:那你想做什麼?
Make: Nà nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?
小實:我想看電影!我喜歡看電影,你呢?
Xiaoshi: Wǒ xiǎng kàn diànyǐng! Wǒ xǐhuān kàn diànyǐng, nǐ ne?
馬克:我也喜歡看電影,可是明天是星期六,電影院的人很多。
Make: Wǒ yě xǐhuān kàn diànyǐng, kěshì míngtiān shì xīngqíliù, diànyǐngyuàn de rén hěnduō.
小實:那你喜歡唱歌嗎?
Xiaoshi: Nà nǐ xǐhuān chànggē ma?
馬克:喜歡,打籃球、看電影和唱歌,我都喜歡。
Make: Xǐhuān, dǎ lánqiú, kàn diànyǐng hàn chànggē, wǒ dōu xǐhuān.
小實:那麼我們明天下午一起唱歌吧!
Xiaoshi: Nàme wǒmen míngtiān xiàwǔ yìqǐ chànggē ba!
翻譯 Translation
Mark: Xiaoshi, do you want to play basketball together tomorrow afternoon?
Xiaoshi: I’m free tomorrow afternoon, but I don’t know how to play basketball.
Mark: So, what would you like to do?
Xiaoshi: I want to see a movie! I like watching movies. How about you?
Mark: I do like to watch movies, but it will be crowded in the movie theater tomorrow, Saturday.
Xiaoshi: Then, do you like singing?
Mark: I like playing basketball, watching movies and singing. I like all of them.
Xiaoshi: Then let’s sing together tomorrow afternoon!
單字片語 Vocabulary
1. 籃球 (lánqiú) basketball
2. 有空 (yǒu kòng) available
3. 那(麼) (nà [me]) then, well, so
4. 可是 (kěshì) but
5 .星期六 (xīngqí liù) Saturday
6. 電影院 (diànyǐngyuàn)) cinema, theater
7. 唱歌 (chànggē) to sing
教材音檔 Audio Files
實踐大學華語中心提供
By Shih Chien University Chinese Language Center: https://chineseusc.com/
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