Wǒ de jiàoshì zài 24 lóu, suǒyǐ wǒ měitiān yào zuò diàntī shàngxià lóu. Yītiān wǎnshàng dàgài 6 diǎn bàn, zài diàntī li yǒu yīgè nǚde zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà, yīnwèi diàntī lǐ hěn ānjìng, suǒyǐ wǒ dàgài kěyǐ tīngdào diànhuà nàtóu de shēngyīn.

Nánde: Nǐ zài nǎ’er ne?
Nǚde: Zài diàntī lǐ ne!
Nánde: Nǐ qù nǎlǐ ya?
Nǚde: Wǒ qù xué hányǔ.
Nánde: Shénme? Xué hànyǔ. Nǐ yīgè zhōngguó rén xué shénme hànyǔ?
Nǚde: Shì hányǔ, bùshì hànyǔ! Nǐ shǎ ma?
Nánde: Ó ó, zhīdàole. Nà nǐ jǐ diǎn jiéshù? Wǒ qù jiē nǐ ya?
Nǚde: Bùyòngle, wǒ zìjǐ dǎchē huíqù ba.
Nánde: Hǎo ba, nà nǐ zhùyì ānquán. Huílái gěi nǐ zuò hàochī de.

我的教室在24楼，所以我每天要坐电梯上下楼。一天晚上大概6点半，在电梯里有一个女的正在打电话，因为电梯里很安静，所以我大概可以听到电话那头的声音。

男的：你在哪儿呢？
女的：在电梯里呢！
男的：你去哪里呀？
女的：我去学韩语。
男的：什么？学汉语。你一个中国人学什么汉语？
女的：是韩语，不是汉语！你傻吗？
男的：哦哦，知道了。那你几点结束？我去接你呀？
女的：不用了，我自己打车回去吧。
男的：好吧，那你注意安全。回来给你做好吃的。

My classroom is on the 24th floor, so I have to take the elevator up and down every day. One night at about 6:30, a woman was on the phone in the elevator, because it was very quiet in the elevator, so I could roughly hear the voice on the other end of the phone.

man: where are you?
Woman: In the elevator!
Man: Where are you going?
Woman: I’m going to learn Korean.
man: what? learn Chinese. What Chinese do you learn as a Chinese?
Woman: It’s Korean, not Chinese! Are you dumb?
Man: Oh, I see. So what time do you finish? What about picking you up?
Woman: No, I’ll take a taxi back by myself.
Man: Well, then be careful. When you come back, I will cook something delicious for you.

Word-by-word Translation

The Vocab

电梯 Diàntī elevator
大概 dàgài perhaps
正在 zhèngzài in process of
安静 ānjìng Silent
声音 shēngyīn sound
韩语 hányǔ Korean
傻 shǎ Silly
结束 jiéshù end
接 jiē catch
注意安全 zhùyì ānquán be careful
Word List Pronunciation

Use These Words in Context

大概 dàɡài perhaps

• I’ll be there at about 10 tomorrow.
  我明天大概10点来。
  Wǒ míngtiān dàgài 10 diǎn lái.
• How many of you are there roughly?
  你们大概多少人？
  Nǐmen dàgài duōshǎo rén?
• He probably won’t come.
  他大概不会来了。
  Tā dàgài bù huì láile.

正在 Zhènɡzài in process of

• I am reading a book.
  我正在看书。
  Wǒ zhèngzài kànshū.
• He’s making a phone call now.
  他正在打电话。
  Tā zhèngzài dǎ diànhuà.
• My wife is cooking and can’t answer the phone.
  我太太正在做饭，不能接电话。
  Wǒ tàitài zhèngzài zuò fàn, bùnéng jiē diànhuà.

傻 shǎ Silly

• Silly dad.
  傻爸爸。
  Shǎ bàba.
• How could he be so stupid?
  他怎么这么傻。
  Tā zěnme zhème shǎ.
• I don’t think he’s stupid at all.
  我觉得他一点也不傻。
  Wǒ juédé tā yīdiǎn yě bù shǎ.

接 jiē catch

• I’ll pick you up.
  我去接你。
  Wǒ qù jiē nǐ.
• I’ll pick you up after finishing work today.
  今天下班我去接你。
  Jīntiān xiàbān wǒ qù jiē nǐ.
• I’ll pick you up at the airport, ok?
  我去机场接你啊？
  Wǒ qù jīchǎng jiē nǐ a?

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