Lili and Zhang Liang 6: An Old Flame
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ID: 0369
Intermediate
Will the drama never end (let’s hope not, as we like crafting these lessons)? Catching up with Lili, who recently ran into an old “friend” (doing quite well for himself), is making our old pal Zhang Liang a bit worried… but with good reason? You’ll only know if you listen… Listen to this podcast and hear about a chance meeting, in Mandarin Chinese.
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 以为 | yǐwéi | to assume | |
| 认错 | rèn cuò | to misidentify | |
| 离不开 | líbukāi | cannot do without | |
| 好几 | hǎojǐ | quite a few |
丽丽啊呀真的是你我还以为认错人了呢
Lìli 丽丽āyā 啊呀zhēnde 真的shì 是nǐ 你wǒ 我hái 还yǐwéi 以为rèn 认cuò 错rén 人le 了ne 呢
Lili, wow! It’s really you! I almost didn’t recognize you!
刘翔怎么这么巧我们有多久没见了哎你怎么会在这儿喝咖啡我记得你以前最讨厌咖啡了
Liú Xiáng 刘翔zěnme 怎么zhème 这么qiǎo 巧wǒmen 我们yǒu 有duōjiǔ 多久méi 没jiàn 见le 了ái 哎nǐ 你zěnme 怎么huì 会zài 在zhèr 这儿hē 喝kāfēi 咖啡wǒ 我jìde 记得nǐ 你yǐqián 以前zuì 最tǎoyàn 讨厌kāfēi 咖啡le 了
Liu Xiang! What a coincidence! How long has it been since we’ve seen each other? Hey, how come you’re here drinking coffee? I remember you used to really hate coffee.
哈我们真是太久没见了我现在离不开咖啡我的公司就在楼上每天都要来买好几杯呢
hā 哈wǒmen 我们zhēn 真shì 是tài 太jiǔ 久méi 没jiàn 见le 了wǒ 我xiànzài 现在líbukāi 离不开kāfēi 咖啡wǒ de 我的gōngsī 公司jiù 就zài 在lóushàng 楼上měitiān 每天dōu 都yào 要lái 来mǎi 买hǎojǐ 好几bēi 杯ne 呢
Ha ha. It’s really been too long since we last met. Now I can’t live without my coffee! My company is just upstairs. I come and buy quite a few cups every day.
哟不错啊在这么好的办公楼里上班一定是大公司吧
yō 哟bùcuò 不错a 啊zài 在zhème 这么hǎo 好de 的bàngōnglóu 办公楼lǐ 里shàngbān 上班yīdìng 一定shì 是dà gōngsī 大公司ba 吧
Wow, not bad! If you’re working in such a nice office building, it must be a big company!
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