| Programme 9 : Hiring a boat or a bicycle, booking a hotel room and speaking about your favourite sporting and leisure pursuits. | |||||
A couple is hiring a boat. | |||||
| Ticket clerk: | Nǐ hǎo. | Hello. | |||
| Customer: | Wǒ xiǎng zū yī tiáo chuán. | I'd like to hire a boat. | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Zū duō cháng shíjiān? | How long for? | |||
| Customer: | Yī gè xiǎoshí duō shǎo qián? | How much is it per hour? | |||
| Ticket clerk: | èrshí kuài qián. Zhè biān qǐng | Twenty kuai. This way, please. | |||
| Customer: | Xièxie. | Thank you. | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Bù kèqì. | You're welcome. | |||
People are talking about their favourite sporting and leisure pursuits. | |||||
| Woman 1: | Wǒ xǐhuān lánqiú, zúqiú hé tiánjìng. | I like basketball, football and athletics. | |||
| Man 1: | Wǒ xǐhuān zúqiú, yóuyǒng, pīngpāng qiú. | I like football, swimming and table-tennis. | |||
| Woman 2: | Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ pīngpāng qiú, xǐhuān yóuyǒng, xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú. | I like playing football, I like swimming, I like playing basketball. | |||
| Man 2: | wǒ xǐhuān túbùzǒu. Wǒ rè'ài dà zìrán. | I like hiking. I love nature. | |||
A couple is booking a room in a hotel. | |||||
| Receptionist: | Nǐmen hǎo. | Hello. | |||
| Guest: | Nǐ hǎo. Jīntiān wǎnshang yǒu fángjiān ma? | Hello. Do you have any rooms tonight? | |||
| Receptionist: | Yǒu. | Yes, we do. | |||
| Guest: | Duō shǎo qián yī tiān? | How much is it per night? | |||
| Receptionist: | Wǔ bǎi yuán. | Five hundred yuan. | |||
| Guest: | Hǎo ba. Wǒmen yào yī jiān. | Fine. We'll take one room. | |||
People are talking about their favourite sporting and leisure pursuits. | |||||
| Man 1: | Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú, pīngpāng qiú, yóuyǒng. | I like playing basketball, ping pong and swimming. | |||
| Woman 1: | Wǒ xǐhuān yóuyǒng, wánr pīngpāng qiú. | I like swimming and playing ping pong. | |||
| Man 2: | Wǒ xǐhuān dǎ lánqiú, zúqiú, tiàoshéng. | I like playing basketball, football and skipping. | |||
| Woman 2: | Wǒ xǐhuān páiqiú, yǔmáoqiú, háiyǒu yóuyǒng. | I like volley-ball, badminton and swimming. | |||
Some tourists are hiring bicycles. | |||||
| Tourist: | Nǐ hǎo. | Hello. | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Nǐ hǎo. | Hello. | |||
| Tourist: | Yī xiǎoshí duō shǎo qián? | How much is it per hour? | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Yī xiǎo shí èrshí kuài qián. | Twenty kuai per hour. | |||
| Tourist: | Wǒmen zū yī liàng. Liǎng gè xiǎo shí. | We'll hire one bike. For two hours. | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Sìshí kuài qián. Yājīn sì bǎi. | Forty kuai. The deposit is four hundred. | |||
A tourist is enquiring about the boat departure. | |||||
| Tourist: | Chuán jǐ diǎn kāi? | What time does the boat leave? | |||
| Ticket clerk: | Jiǔ diǎn shí fēn. | At ten past nine. | |||
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