M: 朋友们,你们好! 我叫曼丽. Wo jiao manli. S: Wo jiao Stuart. My English name is Stuart. 我的英文名字是Stuart. Wo de yingwen mingzi shi Stuart. M: Stuart, are you happy today? 你今天高兴吗? Ni jintian gaoxing ma? S: 不高兴! bu gaoxing! M: Why? 为什么? Wei shenme? S: Wei shenme?! You know why! Last time you told me my Chinese is inappropriate! M: Well, ok, ni de zhongwen mingzi, Bai Junshi, White Gentleman Scholar, it's perfect for you. S: Really? 真的吗? Zhen de ma? M: zhen de. Still unhappy? 你还不高兴吗? Ni hai shi bu gaoxing ma? S: 现在我高兴。Xianzai wo gaoxing. Now I'm very happy. Wo hen gaoxing. M: Well, that was a nice start to the lesson. Repeat everything with us. This should be a habit by now. Let's look at the new stuff. S: I said, 我的英文名字是Stuart. M: Ta de yingwen mingzi shi Stuart. What does yingwen mean? A clue. Zhongguo is China, and Yingguo, yingguo, is England. Zhongwen is Chinese. So yingwen is? yes, English, yingwen YING WEN, yingwen, 1st tone, 2nd tone, yingwen. S: Wo de yingwen mingzi shi Stuart. Say it with ML, use your own name, even if you're French or something. M: Wo de yingwen mingzi shi Stuart. 再来一次. Once again. Wo de yingwen mingzi shi Stuart. Hen hao! We all know what yingwen means. 我们都知道英文是什么意思. Women dou zhidao yingwen shi shenme yisi. S: So, we're all very happy. 我们都很高兴. Women dou hen gaoxing. M: Hear the word for ‘all'? Listen again. S: Women dou hen gaoxing. M: Right. It's dou DOU dou. So what does this mean, ‘women dou hao, dou hen gaoxing'? Women dou hao, dou hen gaoxing. Dui le, we're all ok, all very happy. M: Women dou hen gaoxing. S: Why? 为什么? Wei shenme? M: Because we all know what yingwen means. 因为我们都知道英文是什么意思. S: Wei shenme? WEI SHEN ME, wei shenme? Means ‘why'. Say it with ML, everybody. M: weishenme? Wei shenme? S: And the reply usually starts with, 因为, yinwei. Yinwei, of course, means ‘because'. Yinwei. M: And by now you can say ‘happy' in Chinese? Duile. Gaoxing GAO XING, gaoxing. S: Today, jintian, jintian, women dou hen gaoxing. M: Just one more word. jintian JINTIAN jintian, means ‘today'. Say it, jintian, jintian. Hen hao. S: Now for a quick test. You at home say. Today I am not happy. ….. M: Dui le. Today I am not happy, 今天我不高兴. Jintian wo bu gaoxing. S: Now everybody say, with no help from us, Today we are very happy. … M: Dui le. 今天我们很高兴。 S: Now try, Today we're all very happy. M: Feichang hao! 今天我们都很高兴. Zai lai yi ci. Again. Smile, and say it loudly. Jintian women dou hen gaoxing. S: Feichang hao. And a good place to stop. See you tomorrow. M: Ming tian jian!
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