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Work I: Key Words of The Day
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Work I
teacher, 老师, policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者 lawyer 律师, What do you do? 你是做什么工
作的? I work at a bank.我在银行工作。I work at a radio station.我在电台工作。All in today’s
Chinese Studio
Cam: Okay Yajie, a common question to ask is, what do you do?
YJ: Right, if somebody asks you this, you will hear ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
YJ: ni3 means you,
Cam: ni3.
YJ: zuo4 means do,
Cam: zuo4,
YJ: shen2me means what,
Cam: shen2me,
YJ: gong1 zuo4 means job.
Cam: gong zuo,
YJ: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de? What do you do?
Conversation 1:
A: 你是做什么工作的?
B: 我在大学教书。你呢?你是做什么工作的?
A:我是一名医生。
Coryright 2007 cchello.com
www.cchello.com
Cam: wo,
YJ: zai4 means at,
Cam: zai4.
YJ: yin2 hang2 is bank,
Cam: yin2 hang2.
YJ: gong1 zuo4 means work,
Cam: gong1 zuo4,
YJ: wo zai yinhang gong zuo.
Cam: wo zai yinhang gong zuo. I work at a bank.
Conversation2:
(1)A: 你是做什么工作的?
B: 我在银行工作。
(2)A: 听说你在这家银行上班?
B: 是啊,昨天刚刚开始的。
Conversation3:
(1)A:你是做什么工作的?
B: 我在电台工作。
(2)A:在电台工作感觉如何?
B: 在电台工作很有意思。
Coryright 2007 cchello.com
www.cchello.com
YJ: That’s right. Lawyer is lv4 shi1.
Cam: lv4 shi1.
YJ: policeman is jing3 cha2.
Cam: jing3 cha2.
YJ: what is your dream career, Cam?
Cam: well, I go with journalist. What’s the Chinese for that?
YJ: it’s ji4 zhe3.
Cam: ji4 zhe3. Yaj, we just mentioned a lot of professions.
YJ: don’t worry. Let’s review all of them in the following key words reminder.
teacher, 老师, policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者 lawyer 律师, What do you do? 你是做什么工作
的? I work at a bank.我在银行工作。I work at a radio station.我在电台工作。All in today’s
Chinese Studio
Cam: We’ve run out of time. Yajie, let’s get to our question of the day.
YJ: Sure. How do you say “teacher” in Chinese?
Coryright 2007 cchello.com