S: Dàjiā hǎo! Wo shi Stuart. Welcome to Learn Chinese now.

M: 我是ML. 大家好!

S: Pencil and paper ready? Hao! 请，qǐng，please say the Chinese out loud with us. We’ll repeat most things.

M: Now for a quick revision of what we’ve learned this week, plus a little bit more. Agree?

S: Wǒ tóngyì. I agree. Wǒ tóngyì. So where are we going? Wǒmen qù nǎ'ér?

M: 我们去宾馆. 我们去你的宾馆.

S: nahao, women qu wo de binguan. Good! We’ re going to my hotel. Wǒmen qù wǒ de bīnguǎn.

M：去，qù, qù，to go. qù，forth tone. 去，try it. 去，qù.

S: And bīnguǎn，bīnguǎn shì shénme yìsi? What does bīnguǎn mean? Bīnguǎn
shì shénme yìsi?

M：是什么意思？It’s what meaning? Shì shénme yìsi？

S：So bīnguǎn shì shénme yìsi?

M: 宾馆是hotel. Bīnguǎn means hotel.

S: Fàndiàn shì shénme yisi? Fàndiàn.

M：饭店也是hotel, 或restaurant. Fàndiàn also is hotel or restaurant. 饭店也是hotel 或restaurant.

S：Fandian，好，嘿! Time for break.

M: I agree. 我同意.

S：Eh that was a quick break. Let’s continue with the quiz on the contents of the previous couple of lessons.

M: 好主意.Good idea. Hǎo zhǔyi. 现在我们开始.Now we begin. Xiànzài wǒmen kāishǐ. Stuart, 你的行李太多了. Nǐde xíngli tài duō le. 太多了，是什么意思？

S: Tài duō le，shì too much huò too many. Tài duō le.

M: 对了，right! Remember the little le, l,e, le, on the end doesn’t have any real meaning. It’s just colloquial habit. Stuart, 你的行李太重了. Nǐde xíngli tài zhòng le. 太重，是什么意思？

S: Tài zhòng, is too heavy. Tài zhòng.

M: Very good. 非常好. OK, Stuart. 你的行李太沉了. 太沉，是什么意思？

S: Shenme yisi? Shenme yisi? Ah！Tài chén yě shì too heavy. Tài chén is also tài zhòng.

M：对了. 太沉和太重一样。Tài chén hé tài zhòng yíyàng. Are the same. Yíyàng.

S: After revising that, we got ready to leave the jīchǎng. Airport. And we said let’s go out and get a taxi.

M: 我们走吧.我打车.

S: Hǎo，nǐ dǎchē. Wǒ dǎ gè diànhuà. I’ll make a phone call. Wǒ dǎ gè diànhuà.

M：Stuart finished phoning. The xíngli is ready, and chē lái le.The taxi is here. 车来了.

S: Na henhao. Chē lái le. Here’s the driver.

D: 你们去哪儿？Nǐmen qù nǎ’er？

M：我们去友谊宾馆.We are going to the Friendship hotel. Wǒmen qù yǒuyì bīngguǎn.

D: 没问题.No problem.

S: Oh maybe we’re finally leaving the jichang.

M：Oh, 我很高兴.I’m very happy. wǒ hěn gāoxìng. 我很高兴.

S: Wǒ yě shì. So am I. Wo ye shi. Wǒ yě hěn gāoxìng.

M：Now we are going to yǒuyì bīngguǎn. .The Friendship Hotel. So see you next lesson. 再见.

S: Zàijiàn!