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Vocabulary (74 words)

From Lesson: Lesson 5
广告
guǎnggào
to advertise
new
味道
wèidao
flavor
new
艺术
yìshù
art
new
邀请
yāoqǐng
to invite
new
优点
yōudiǎn
merit
new
ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
并不
bìngbù
not at all
不错
bùcuò
correct
不会
bùhuì
improbable
不能
bùnéng
cannot
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
de
of
电视
diànshì
television
diǎn
point
duì
right
duō
many
多种
duōzhǒng
many kinds of
dài
band
东西
dōngxi
thing
dōu
all
gěi
to
huì
can
hěn
(adverb of degree)
hǎo
good
介绍
jièshào
to introduce (sb to sb)
jiù
at once
jiā
home
觉得
juéde
to think
经常
jīngcháng
frequently
kàn
to see
可是
kěshì
but
liǎng
two
老师
lǎoshī
teacher
surname Li
礼物
lǐwù
gift
ma
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
mǎi
to buy
ne
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
那么
nàme
like that
něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
you
píng
bottle
葡萄酒
pútaojiǔ
(grape) wine
què
but
缺点
quēdiǎn
weak point
to go
r
non-syllabic diminutive suffix
shuō
to speak
shàng
on top
什么
shénme
what?
实际上
shíjìshàng
in fact
所以
suǒyǐ
therefore
he or him
it
完全
wánquán
complete
I
我们
wǒmen
we
xiàng
to resemble
相信
xiāngxìn
to be convinced (that sth is true)
xiǎng
to think
喜欢
xǐhuān
to like
also
应该
yīnggāi
ought to
yǒu
to have
这里
zhèlǐ
here
这么
zhème
so much
这种
zhèzhǒng
this
知道
zhīdào
to know
zhǐ
only
zhǒng
seed
zuò
to do
做客
zuòkè
to be a guest or visitor
咱们
zánmen
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
而且
érqiě
(not only ...) but also
Raw Text (Chinese / Pinyin / English)
Chinese

李老师邀请咱们去他家做客,给他带点儿什么礼物好呢? 他很喜欢葡萄酒,我们就给他买两瓶葡萄酒吧。 可是这里有这么多种,你知道哪种好吗? 我觉得这种不错,你看它酒瓶做得都这么艺术。而且电视上经常有它的广告,我想味道应该不错。 广告只会介绍优点,却不会说它的缺点。实际上,很多东西并不像广告上说的那么好,所以不能完全相信广告。 你说的也对。

Pinyin

Lǐ lǎoshī yāoqǐng zánmen qù tā jiā zuòkè, gěi tā dài diǎnr shénme lǐwù hǎo ne? Tā hěn xǐhuan pútáo jiǔ, wǒmen jiù gěi tā mǎi liǎng píng pútáo jiǔ ba. Kěshì zhèlǐ yǒu zhème duō zhǒng, nǐ zhīdào nǎ zhǒng hǎo ma? Wǒ juéde zhè zhǒng bú cuò, nǐ kàn tā jiǔpíng zuò de dōu zhème yìshù. Érqiě diànshì shàng jīngcháng yǒu tā de guǎnggào, wǒ xiǎng wèidào yīnggāi bú cuò. Guǎnggào zhǐ huì jièshào yōudiǎn, què bù huì shuō tā de quēdiǎn. Shíjì shàng, hěn duō dōngxi bìng bù xiàng guǎnggào shàng shuō de nàme hǎo, suǒyǐ bù néng wánquán xiāngxìn guǎnggào. Nǐ shuō de yě duì.

English

Teacher Li invited us to his home. What gift should we bring him? He really likes wine, so let's buy him two bottles of wine. But there are so many kinds here; do you know which kind is good? I think this kind is not bad; look, even its bottle is so artistic. Also, there are often ads for it on TV; I think the taste should be pretty good. Ads only introduce the advantages, but they do not mention the disadvantages. In fact, many things are not as good as what the ads say, so you cannot fully trust ads. You're right too.