Learn Chinese through Listen and Repeat

✰ Welcome to today's shadowing episode! Today's topic is Single vs. Settled Down. I will read the story sentence by sentence. First in English, immediately followed by Chinese. Repeat the Chinese part after me. At the end, I will read everything in Chinese in one go. Are you ready? Let's get started!

【Read After Me Text】

Modern young people have different views on getting married.

Pinyin: Xiànzài de niánqīngrén, duì jiéhūn yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ.

Simplified Chinese: 现在的年轻人，对结婚有不同的看法。

Traditional Chinese: 現在的年輕人，對結婚有不同的看法。

My older sister is thirty-two years old.

Pinyin: Wǒ de jiějie sānshí'èr suì le.

Simplified Chinese: 我的姐姐三十二岁了。

Traditional Chinese: 我的姐姐三十二歲了。

She has a very good job and is very happy every day.

Pinyin: Tā yǒu yí gè hěn hǎo de gōngzuò, měitiān dōu hěn gāoxìng.

Simplified Chinese: 她有一个很好的工作，每天都很高兴。

Traditional Chinese: 她有一個很好的工作，每天都很高興。

But my parents think she should get married.

Pinyin: Dànshì, wǒ de bàba māma juéde tā yīnggāi jiéhūn.

Simplified Chinese: 但是，我的爸爸妈妈觉得她应该结婚。

Traditional Chinese: 但是，我的爸爸媽媽覺得她應該結婚。

They often ask her: "When are you going to find a boyfriend?"

Pinyin: Tāmen chángcháng wèn tā: "Nǐ shíhou zhǎo nánpéngyou?"

Simplified Chinese: 他们常常问她：“你什么时候找男朋友？”

Traditional Chinese: 他們常常問她：「你什麼時候找男朋友？」

"When are you going to have a child?"

Pinyin: "Nǐ shíhou shēng háizi?"

Simplified Chinese: “你什么时候生孩子？”

Traditional Chinese: 「你什麼時候生孩子？」

Sister told them: "I have my own job and my own apartment now."

Pinyin: Jiějie duì tāmen shuō: "Wǒ xiànzài yǒu zìjǐ de gōngzuò, yǒu zìjǐ de fángzi."

Simplified Chinese: 姐姐对他们说：“我现在有自己的工作，有自己的房子。”

Traditional Chinese: 姐姐對他們說：「我现在有自己的工作，有自己的房子。」

"I am living very well on my own."

Pinyin: "Wǒ zìjǐ guò de hěn hǎo."

Simplified Chinese: “我自己过得很好。”

Traditional Chinese: 「我自己過得很好。」

"If I can't find someone I like, I won't get married."

Pinyin: "Rúguǒ zhǎo bú dào xǐhuan de rén, wǒ jiù bù jiéhūn."

Simplified Chinese: “如果找不到喜欢的人，我就不结婚。”

Traditional Chinese: 「如果找不到喜歡的人，我就不結婚。」

But my older brother is different.

Pinyin: Dànshì, wǒ de gēge bù yíyàng.

Simplified Chinese: 但是，我的哥哥不一样。

Traditional Chinese: 但是，我的哥哥不一樣。

He feels that living alone is too busy and too tiring.

Pinyin: Tā juéde yì gè rén shēnghuó tài máng, tài lèi le.

Simplified Chinese: 他觉得一个人生活太忙、太累了。

Traditional Chinese: 他覺得一個人生活太忙、太累了。

He wants to find someone to cook, talk, and care for each other together.

Pinyin: Tā xiǎng zhǎo yí gè rén, liǎng gè rén yìqǐ zuòfàn, yìqǐ shuōhuà, hùxiāng zhàogu.

Simplified Chinese: 他想找一个人，两个人一起做饭，一起说话，互相照顾。

Traditional Chinese: 他想找一個人，兩個人一起做飯，一起說話，互相照顧。

In modern China, some people think being alone is great, and some think two people are better.

Pinyin: Zài xiànzài de Zhōngguó, yǒuxiē rén juéde yì gè rén yě hěn hǎo, yǒuxiē rén juéde liǎng gè rén gèng hǎo.

Simplified Chinese: 在现在的中国，有些人觉得一个人也很好，有些人觉得两个人更好。

Traditional Chinese: 在現在的中國，有些人覺得一個人也很好，有些人覺得兩個人更好。

What do you think?

Pinyin: Nǐ juéde ne?

Simplified Chinese: 你觉得呢？

Traditional Chinese: 你覺得呢？

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👋 Hello everyone! Welcome to My Mandarin Journey. I'm Ieng Ieng. In each episode, we practice practical daily sentences together.

Today's episode is a fun short story about two friends and a girl they both like. Listen to the English, shadow the Mandarin during the pauses, and repeat after me! Let's get started! 😊

Episode Transcript

1. My friend and I like the same girl.

• 漢語拼音： Wǒ hé wǒ de péngyou, dōu xǐhuan yí gè nǚshēng.
• 簡體漢字： 我和我的朋友，都喜欢一个女生。
• 繁體漢字： 我和我的朋友，都喜歡一個女生。

2. My friend is taller, younger, and better-looking than me.

• 漢語拼音： Wǒ de péngyou bǐ wǒ gāo, bǐ wǒ niánqīng, yě bǐ wǒ hǎokàn.
• 簡體漢字： 我的朋友比我高，比我年轻，也比我好看。
• 繁體漢字： 我的朋友比我高，比我年輕，也比我好看。

3. Tonight, I am going to give the girl a gift.

• 漢語拼音： Jīntiān wǎnshang, wǒ yào sòng nǚshēng yí gè lǐwù.
• 簡體漢字： 今天晚上，我要送女生一个礼物。
• 繁體漢字： 今天晚上，我要送女生一個禮物。

4. I will tell her:

• 漢語拼音： Wǒ huì gàosu tā:
• 簡體漢字： 我会告诉她：
• 繁體漢字： 我會告訴她：

5. Although I am not handsome, I am richer than him.

• 漢語拼音： Suīrán wǒ bú shuài, dànshì wǒ bǐ tā yǒuqián.
• 簡體漢字： 虽然我不帅，但是我比他有钱。
• 繁體漢字： 雖然我不帥，但是我比他有錢。

6. I hope you can be my girlfriend; I will treat you very well!

• 漢語拼音： Xīwàng nǐ néng zuò wǒ de nǚpéngyou, wǒ huì duì nǐ hěn hǎo!
• 簡體漢字： 希望你能做我的女朋友，我会对你很好！
• 繁體漢字： 希望你能做我的女朋友，我會對你很好！

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