Professional Documents
Culture Documents
com
Television II
B: Hey Y, there’s a great program on soon. Turn on the TV. Oops, don’t know how to say that.
Y: Mei shi, no problem. You can say 打开电视。
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
Y: da3 kai1 means turn on,
B: da3 kai1,
Y: dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4 turn on TV.
Conversation 1
A: 电视剧几点开始?
B: 马上就要开始了,快打开电视!
Coryright 2007 cchello.com
www.cchello.com
Y: or you can say nei3 ge4 tai2, since tai2 also means channel.
B: nei3 ge4 tai2?
Conversation 2
A: 你要看哪个频道?
B: 5 频道。
Conversation3
A: 新闻几点开始?
B: 7 点。
B: We’ve learned how to say turn on the TV. Let’s not forget to turn it off. How can I say that?
Y: Try this, guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4.
B: guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4
Y: Bu cuo, not bad.guan1 shang4 mean turn off,
B: guan1 shang4
Y: dian4 shi4 means TV.
B: dian4 shi4
Conversation 4
A: 关上电视. 你该休息了。
B: 稍等一下,马上就完了。
B: Yajie, are there any good programs on TV? If not, I’ll watch a movie. How do I ask it in
Chinese?
Y: you can say: 有什么好看的节目吗?
B: you3 shen2me hao3 kan4 de jie2 mu4 ma?
Y: you3 shen2 me means are there anything?
B: you3 shen2 me
Y: hao3 kan4 means good,
B: hao3 kan4.
Coryright 2007 cchello.com
www.cchello.com
Y: jie2 mu4 means program,
B: jie2 mu4.
Y: ma is put at the end of a question.
B: ma,
Y: 有什么好看的节目吗?
B: you3 shen2me hao3 kan4 de jie2 mu4 ma? Are there any good programs on TV?
B: TV’s off and it’s time to disappear. Y, what’s our question of the day?
Y: How do we say, “Which channel?”
Coryright 2007 cchello.com