Mandarin From the Ground Up

S2 ~ 05 ~ 怎麼辦?Part 2 + Interviewing in Mandarin


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One fun, engaging way you can give your Mandarin learning a boost is by conducting interviews with your Mandarin-speaking language parents, friends, or teachers. In this lesson, I offer some advice about how to turn the interview into a powerful language-learning tool. Then, we'll hear a line-by-line translation of the dialogue from Lesson 04.

Lesson Outline:

  1. [00:21] How do you conduct an interview in Mandarin? 
  2. [03:49] The three biggest reasons to do an interview in Mandarin
  3. [07:00] Dialogue (normal speed)
  4. [07:45] Complete translation
  5. [10:37] Dialogue with pauses for echoing (normal speed)


Dialogue transcript (Chinese characters only): 

  • 阿明:我們到了!
  • 小李:我真的好久沒有回家。
  • 你會緊張嗎?
  • 有一點
  • 你在擔心什麼?
  • 我擔心我家裡有很多蟑螂!
  • 是哦。。。你家不是很乾淨嗎?
  • 是啊,蠻乾淨的,可是。。。
  • 那應該沒問題吧
  • 也是,可是。。。
  • 那我們先進去吧,我幫你拿行李 
  • 好,麻煩你了
  • 不會,你先去開門 
  • 天哪!
  • 怎麼了?
  • 好多蟑螂!怎麼辦?


Dialogue transcript (w/ pinyin and translation): 

  • 阿明:我們到了!
    • Wǒmen dàole!
    • We’ve arrived!
  • 小李:我真的好久沒有回家。
    • Wǒ zhēn de hǎojiǔ méiyǒu huí jiā.
    • I really haven’t been home in a long time. 
  • 你會緊張嗎?
    • Nǐ huì jǐnzhāng ma?
    • Are you nervous? 
  • 有一點
    • Yǒu yīdiǎn
    • A little. 
  • 你在擔心什麼?
    • nǐ zài dānxīn shénme? 
    • What are you worried about? 
  • 我擔心我家裡有很多蟑螂!
    • Wǒ dānxīn wǒ jiālǐ yǒu hěnduō zhāngláng!
    • I’m worried my home has a lot of cockroaches! 
  • 是哦。。。你家不是很乾淨嗎?
    • Shì ó... Nǐ jiā bùshì hěn gānjìng ma?
    • Oh… isn’t your house really clean? 
  • 是啊,蠻乾淨的,可是。。。
    • Shì a, mán gānjìng de, kěshì...
    • It is, it’s pretty clean, but...
  • 那應該沒問題吧
    • Nà yīnggāi méi wèntí ba
    • Then it shouldn’t be a problem. 
  • 也是,可是。。。
    • yěshì, kěshì...
    • That’s true, but… 
  • 那我們先進去吧,我幫你拿行李 
    • Nà wǒmen xiān jìnqù ba, wǒ bāng nǐ ná xínglǐ 
    • Well let’s go in first, I’ll help you carry your luggage. 
  • 好,麻煩你了
    • hǎo, máfan nǐle
    • Ok, sorry to trouble you. 
  • 不會,你先去開門 
    • bù huì, nǐ xiān qù kāimén
    • No problem, go open the door first. 
  • 天哪!
    • tiān nǎ! 
    • Oh God! 
  • 怎麼了?
    • Zěnmele?
    • What’s wrong? 
  • 好多蟑螂!怎麼辦?
    • Hǎoduō zhāngláng! Zěnme bàn?
    • So many cockroaches! What are we gonna do? 

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