In this lesson, Ah-Ming (阿明) and Xiao-Li (小李) ask about each other's families. This is the last episode of Season 1.

Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only)

• Ah-Ming (M)：小李，我問你喔，你有兄弟姊妹嗎？
• Xiao Li (L)：我有一個姊姊
• M：她做什麼工作？
• L：她是醫生。你呢？你有兄弟姊妹嗎？
• M：有，我有一個弟弟，還有一個妹妹
• L：那，他們做什麼工作？
• M：他們沒有在工作，他們還在唸書
• L：還在唸書？他們幾歲？
• M：我的弟弟29歲，我的妹妹27. 
• L：他們那麼大，還在唸書？
• M：對啊，這樣不好嗎？
• L：沒有不好啊... 
• M：唸書很重要啊
• L：對啊，對啊，很重要啊
• M：對啊
• L：對啊
• M：幹嘛
• L：沒事
• M：你很無聊

Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation)

• Ah-Ming (M)：小李，我問你喔，你有兄弟姊妹嗎？
  • Xiǎo lǐ, wǒ wèn nǐ ō, nǐ yǒu xiōngdì zǐmèi ma?
  • Xiao Li, I ask you oh, do you have any siblings? 
• Xiao Li (L)：我有一個姊姊
  • Wǒ yǒu yīgè jiě jie
  • I have an older sister. 
• M：她做什麼工作？
  • Tā zuò shénme gōngzuò?
  • She does what work? 
• L：她是醫生。你呢？你有兄弟姊妹嗎？
  • Tā shì yīshēng. Nǐ ne? Nǐ yǒu xiōngdì jiěmèi ma?
  • She's a doctor. And you? Do you have any siblings?
• M：有，我有一個弟弟，還有一個妹妹
  • Yǒu, wǒ yǒu yīgè dìdì, hái yǒu yīgè mèimei
  • I have, I have a younger brother, I also have a younger sister. 
• L：那，他們做什麼工作？
  • Nà, tāmen zuò shénme gōngzuò?
  • Then, they do what work? 
• M：他們沒有在工作，他們還在唸書
  • Tāmen méiyǒu zài gōngzuò, tāmen hái zài niànshū
  • They aren't working, they're still studying. 
• L：還在唸書？他們幾歲？
  • Hái zài niànshū? Tāmen jǐ suì?
  • Still studying? How old are they? 
• M：我的弟弟29歲，我的妹妹27. 
  • Wǒ de dìdì èrshíjiǔ suì, wǒ de mèimei èrshíqī. 
  • My younger brother is 29 years old, my younger sister is 27. 
• L：他們那麼大，還在唸書？
  • Tāmen nàme dà, hái zài niànshū?
  • They're that big, still studying? 
• M：對啊，這樣不好嗎？
  • Duì a, zhèyàng bù hǎo ma?
  • Yeah, is this way bad? 
• L：沒有不好啊... 
  • Méiyǒu bù hǎo a... 
  • Nothing bad ah...
• M：唸書很重要啊
  • Niànshū hěn zhòngyào a
  • Studying is really important ah.
• L：對啊，對啊，很重要啊
  • Duì a, duì a, hěn zhòngyào a
  • Yeah, yeah, really important ah. 
• M：對啊
  • Duì a
  • Yeah!
• L：對啊
  • Duì a
  • Yeah.  
• M：幹嘛
  • Gàn ma
  • What?! 
• L：沒事
  • Méishì
  • Never mind. 
• M：你很無聊
  • Nǐ hěn wúliáo
  • You're really boring. 

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