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It's a Pleasure to Meet You

It's a Pleasure to Meet You
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ID: 2925 Upper Intermediate
Learn some polite ways to make greetings and small talk. In this lesson, two Chinese teachers meet up at a conference and discuss Chinese grammar and make polite conversation. Click here for the Qing Wen mentioned during the lesson. Photo by Tim Green
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
It's a Pleasure to Meet You
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
拜读 bàidú to read and admire (honorific)
有幸 yǒuxìng to have the pleasure
聆听 língtīng to hear
不虚此行 bùxūcǐxíng to make a journey worthwhile
方教授您好拜读过不少您的大作今天有幸聆听您的现场报告算是不虚此行了
Fāng 方jiàoshòu 教授nínhǎo 您好bàidú 拜读guò 过bùshǎo 不少nín de 您的dàzuò 大作jīntiān 今天yǒuxìng 有幸língtīng 聆听nín de 您的xiànchǎng 现场bàogào 报告suàn shì 算是bùxūcǐxíng 不虚此行le 了
Hello Professor Fang! I've read many of your works. Having the pleasure of listening to your report in person, makes coming here so worthwhile!
幸会幸会您客气了我们借着会议互相探讨共同进步您的研究方向也是对外汉语教学
xìnghuì 幸会xìnghuì 幸会nín 您kèqi 客气le 了wǒmen 我们jiè 借zhe 着huìyì 会议hùxiāng 互相tàntǎo 探讨gòngtóng 共同jìnbù 进步nín de 您的yánjiūfāngxiàng 研究方向yě shì 也是duìwài hànyǔ jiàoxué 对外汉语教学
Nice to meet you! You're too kind! Let's take advantage of the conference to explore each other's works and make joint progress. You also research teaching Chinese as a foreign language?
是啊本科和研究生专业研究方向都是对外汉语教学这是我的名片请您多关照
shì a 是啊běnkē 本科hé 和yánjiūshēng 研究生zhuānyè 专业yánjiūfāngxiàng 研究方向dōu 都shì 是duìwài hànyǔ jiàoxué 对外汉语教学zhè 这shì 是wǒ 我de 的míngpiàn 名片qǐng 请nín 您duō guānzhào 多关照
Yes, teaching Chinese as a foreign language was my undergraduate major and the subject of my postgraduate study. Here's my card, I hope I can learn a thing or two from you.
郑直哦年纪轻轻已经是副教授了年轻人不简单啊
Zhèng Zhí 郑直ò 哦niánjìqīngqīng 年纪轻轻yǐjīng 已经shì 是fù 副jiàoshòu 教授le 了niánqīngrén 年轻人bùjiǎndān 不简单ā 啊
Zheng Zhi, oh, you're so young and already an associate professor, young people really are more than they appear.
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