HSK 2 Chinese Conversation
The Interview at the Tea House
茶馆里的面试
Chá guǎn lǐ de miànshì
2:55 min video · 8 sentences · 6 key words
Conversation script with pinyin and English
Hide the English to test yourself.
- 王经理 Wáng jīnglǐ小林，你今天坐过公共汽车吗？Xiǎo Lín, nǐ jīntiān zuò guo gōnggòngqìchē ma?Xiao Lin, did you take the bus today?
- 小林 Xiǎo Lín坐过，我早上坐了四十分钟。Zuò guo, wǒ zǎoshang zuò le sì shí fēnzhōng.Yes, I took it for forty minutes this morning.
- 王经理 Wáng jīnglǐ你在车上关过手机吗？Nǐ zài chēshàng guān guo shǒujī ma?Did you ever turn off your phone on the bus?
- 小林 Xiǎo Lín没有，怎么了？请问有什么事？Méiyǒu, zěnme le? Qǐngwèn yǒu shénme shì?No. What's the matter? May I ask what this is about?
- 王经理 Wáng jīnglǐ请坐下。这个本子是你的吗？Qǐng zuòxia. Zhège běnzi shì nǐ de ma?Please sit down. Is this notebook yours?
- 小林 Xiǎo Lín是我的！你在哪儿找到的？Shì wǒ de! Nǐ zài nǎr zhǎodào de?It's mine! Where did you find it?
- 王经理 Wáng jīnglǐ在公共汽车上，就在我身边。Zài gōnggòngqìchē shàng, jiù zài wǒ shēnbiān.On the bus, right beside me.
- 小林 Xiǎo Lín太好了！谢谢您！我没来过这么有名的茶馆。Tài hǎo le! Xièxie nín! Wǒ méi lái guo zhème yǒumíng de chá guǎn.Great! Thank you! I've never been to such a famous tea house.
About this lesson
A job candidate sits down in a tea house for an interview, but the interviewer seems to know a strange fact about her morning bus ride. It turns out they were on the same bus.
How to practise
- Listen to the conversation with pinyin and English.
- When you see 你会怎么说？, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
- Then repeat the real reply in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.
Key words 生词
| Chinese | Pinyin | English | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 坐过 | zuòguo | have taken (a ride) | |
| 关过手机 | guānguoshǒujī | have turned off a phone | |
| 坐下 | zuòxia | sit down | HSK 1 |
| 身边 | shēnbiān | beside, nearby | HSK 2 |
| 请问 | qǐngwèn | may I ask | HSK 1 |
| 有名 | yǒumíng | famous | HSK 1 |
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