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对话：妈妈和儿子说话
你好！这是我写的对话。我(的 can be omitted, for you easy understanding)只学中文只学了差不多七个月了 所以我的(can also be omitted)中文真的不怎么样。Basically, this is a dialogue that I wrote for fun. The son (张天明) is a distracted high school student and his parents are concerned and wish for him to succeed. Try not to laugh too hard at my mistakes. :)
妈妈：张天明？你在干嘛？你又在玩儿手机？你整天一直（‘整天’ can mean the whole day or always, but either of it is duplicated with 一直 all the time）都玩儿手机。害得我们担心！作业，你没写完；衣服，你没洗干净。你对手机上瘾了！你爸爸和我觉得你的成绩受到了玩儿手机的影响。我们知道你的学习压力真的很大（ native speakers wouldnt say ‘lots of’ pressure in Chinese, we describe ‘pressure’ using 大 or 小)。你每天抱怨考试太难了，作业太多了，老师太没意思了。你觉得玩儿手机会减轻你的学习压力。这是完全可以理解的。可是在学习上，玩儿手机对减轻负担没有帮助。毕业以后，我们希望你成为人材才（if you notice the left part of ‘材’ represents woods, you would not use ‘材’）。对我们来说，继续在这个高中上学不会帮你成功。今天早上，我一看报纸就看见到（看到 has a broader meaning than 看见，’看见’ implies that you witness sth.）了一个非常有名的寄宿学校。我听说到那上学(a subject is missing in the clause following ‘我听过’)对上医学院有帮助。我知道你将来希望（希望将来）学习文学，可是我们觉得学习医学比较合适。总之，我们觉得你在那个学校上学最好不过了。我们已经决定了，你非去那儿上学不可。我希望你能尊重我们的决定。你需要赶快准备，你明天早上会坐飞机去。
谢谢！Please correct my mistakes! (请帮忙纠正我的错）
Good job, Becca. But you are using a number of unnecessary short sentences in the end of dialog, which makes it not fluent enough. Try to balance the length of sentence with conjunction words
0 votedDecember 7, 20171第二天- 頭髮！
在台灣南部，天氣越來越冷（or 台灣南部的天氣越來越冷）！ '*' 今天我需要穿多一點，但我不喜歡長袖的衣服！
跟英國的天氣比起來，台灣的冬天好像是英國的秋天。 英國沒有台灣那麽潮濕，所以我覺得有不一樣的剛（感）覺。
我看氣象局報告有冷氣團來台灣，讓減少溫度（溫度會下降）！I think this sentence should put at '*'
今天早上我去圖書全館自己學新的生詞！ 我沒有學過頭髮的單詞所以我沒辦法（用中文）形容別人的樣子（頭髮）。 i cannot understand it until I read it 3 times
我學過三個女生頭髮式：
馬尾： 這個生詞跟英文差一點（幾乎， sounds more fluent）一樣！ 很多英國女的學生比較希望這樣（想要這種髮型，maybe you are thinking to express ' want this' with '希望這樣' ? ）
包子頭: 在英國我確實沒常看過（到， 沒常看到：dont used to see, 從沒看過：have never seen）這樣的頭髮，但台灣有比較多
(扎)辮子（的人）： 你會嗎？ 我是男生，看起來很難弄！
I think some mistakes can be corrected by yourself if you read it carefully . Cheer up !0 votedDecember 6, 20170Chinese Words of the week 4/12/17
穿 chuān to wear; penetrate; pass through
长 cháng length; long; forever；长 has another prounce: zhang (third tone) grow
帮助 bāngzhù to help; assist
对 duì correct; opposite; mutual; to answer; reply; it may be hard to remember all this meaning without considering it in context
黑色 hēisè black
介绍 jièshào to present; introduce
你必须在出外面之前把衣服穿上。 ‘’before’' in Chinese should be ‘’在....之前‘’，“going/go/went outside”: 出外面Nǐ bìxū zai(fourth tone) chū wàimiàn zhīqián ba(third tone) yīfú chuān shàng
You have to put on clothes before going outside.
那些条长裤太长了。 ''那些‘’ means those "那条" means this , you cant use them at the same time
Nàxiē tiáo chángkù tài cháng le(light tone). ‘了’ here is a modal practical. Your sentence is complete without '了' but adding it sounds native
Those trousers are too long.
富国应该帮助穷国吗？
Fùguó yīnggāi bāngzhù qióngguó ma (I'd like to use first tone like 你好吗, but Im not sure whether it is my accent problem)?
Should rich countries help poor ones?
银行在药店对面。
Yínháng zài yàodiào duìmiàn.
The bank is opposite the pharmacy.
你的猫是什么颜色的？
Nǐ de māo shì shénme yánsè de?
是黑色的。
Shì hēisè de.
-What colour is your cat?
-It’s black.
让我自我介绍一下。
Ràng wǒ zìwǒ jièshào yī（should be second tone）xià. if there is a single word “一”, it should be first tone but the next word to it is prounced as fourth tone so it need to be changed to second tone.
Let me introduce myself.Overall you did a good job David. You understand the meaning in terms of most single words and your sentences can be understood by any Chinese even if you do not correct the above mistakes. Pay more attention to conjuction word to write fluent Chinese sentence. I dont think you have to focus on correcting your pronunciation at this stage since there are so many rules you have to understand if you want to make it completely right. Moreover, the best way to correct pronunciation is to talk to native Chinese and you are always welcomed if you want to concact me.
0 votedDecember 6, 20171
