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Television III: Key Words of The Day

The document is a transcript of a conversation between two people, Y and B, practicing conversational Chinese. They discuss television-related terms like "soap opera" and "documentary" and common phrases for changing the TV channel and asking where the remote control is. Sample dialogues are provided demonstrating how to talk about choosing a show, changing the channel, and locating the remote control in Chinese.

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Television III: Key Words of The Day

The document is a transcript of a conversation between two people, Y and B, practicing conversational Chinese. They discuss television-related terms like "soap opera" and "documentary" and common phrases for changing the TV channel and asking where the remote control is. Sample dialogues are provided demonstrating how to talk about choosing a show, changing the channel, and locating the remote control in Chinese.

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Television III

Y: It’s TV time on Chinese Studio, and welcome in everyone. Wo shi Y.


B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Can I ask a few more questions today Y about the tv?
Y: Dangran le, of course you can. Let’s go.

Key words of the day


Soap opera 肥皂剧Documentary 纪录片remote 遥控器 Let’s change channel 咱们换个台吧。
Where’s the remote? 遥控器在哪儿？All in today’s Chinese Studio

B: I hear there’s a good soap opera on tonight Y. What’s one of those in Chinese?
Y: it’s fei2 zao4 ju4,
B: fei2 zao4 ju4
Y: fei2 zao4 means soap,
B: fei2 zao4.
Y: ju4 means opera,
B: ju4,
Y: fei2 zao4 ju4
B: fei2 zao4 ju4, soap opera.
Y: Let’s watch the soap opera.
B: Good idea. Tell me in Chinese ….
Y: it’s zan2men kan4 fei2 zao4 ju4 ba.
B: zan2men kan4 fei2 zao4 ju4 ba.
Y: zan2men means we,
B: zan2men
Y: kan4 means watch,
B: kan4,
Y: ba is used at the end of a sentence, indicating suggestion.
B: ba,
Y: zan2men kan4 fei2 zao4 ju4 ba.
B: zan2men kan4 fei2 zao4 ju4 ba. Let’s watch soap opera.

Conversation 1
A: 你想看什么电视节目？
B: 咱们看肥皂剧吧。
A: 好吧。

B: And there’s also a good documentary on, what do we call that?


Y: ji4 lu4 pian1.

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B: ji4 lu4 pian1 Let’s watch the documentary, then should be zan2men kan4 ji4 lu4 pian1 ba.
Y: Ting hao de, very good. Zan2men means we,
B: zan2men,
Y: kan4 means watch,
B: kan4.
Y: ji4 lu4 pian1, documentary,
B: ji4 lu4 pian1.
Y: ba is used indicating suggestion.
B: ba.
Y: zan2men kan4 ji4 lu4 pian1 ba.
B: zan2men kan4 ji4 lu4 pian1 ba. Let’s watch documentary.

Conversation2
A: 咱们看肥皂剧吧。
B: 没意思。咱们还是看纪录片吧。

B: We don’t always agree about the channel to watch. Actually, let’s change channel.
Y: Hao de. But say it in Chinese… zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
Y: zan2men means we,
B: zan2men ,
Y: huan4 means change,
B: huan4.
Y: ge4 is short for yi2 ge4, which means one,
B: ge4,
Y: tai2 means channel,
B: tai2,
Y: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba. Let’s change channel,

Conversation 3
A: 咱们换个台吧。
B: 别阿，我正看着起劲儿呢。

B: I’ll watch what you want my dear but I can’t find the remote. Where is it?
Y: The remote, you mean yao2 kong4 qi4.
B: yao2 kong4 qi4Ah, that’s right.
Y: yao2 means remote,
B: yao2,
Y: kong4 means control,
B: kong4,
Y: qi4 means machine,

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B: qi4,
Y: yao2 kong4 qi4
B: yao2 kong4 qi4, remote,
Y: And, where’s the remote? 遥控器在哪儿？
B: yao2 kong4 qi4 zai4 na3er?
Y: zai4 na3er means at where,
B: zai4 na3er
Y: 遥控器在哪儿？
B: yao2 kong4 qi4 zai4 na3er? Where’s the remote?

Conversation 4
A: 咱们换个台把。
B: 好的，遥控器在哪儿？
A：不知道。

Key words reminder


Soap opera 肥皂剧Documentary 纪录片remote 遥控器 Let’s change channel 咱们换个台吧。
Where’s the remote? 遥控器在哪儿？All in today’s Chinese Studio

B: I’ve found the remote, so it’s time to go.


Y. Indeed it is. What’s today’s question B?
B: Ok, how do we say, “Let’s change channel?” in Chinese?

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