Going to a show

这本书的内容怎么样？

Zhè běn shū de nèiróng zěnme yàng?

What is the content of this book like?

这本书的内容非常好。

Zhè běn shū de nèiróng fēicháng hǎo.

The content of this book is very good.

请代我向你爸爸妈妈问好。

Qǐng dài wǒ xiàng nǐ bàba māma wèn hǎo.

Please give my regards to your parents.

现在她不在办公室，她家里有电话，你把电话打到她家里去吧。

Xiànzài tā bú zài bàngōng shì, tā jiā lǐ yǒu diànhuà, nǐ bǎ diànhuà dǎ dào tā jiālǐ qù ba.

She is not in the office now. She has a phone at home. You can call her home.

昨天晚上我一直学习到很晚才睡觉，只睡了四五个小时。

Zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ yì zhí xuéxí dào hěn wǎn cái shuìjiào, zhǐ shuì le sì wǔ ge xiǎoshí.

I studied until very late last night and only slept for four or five hours.

这篇课文比较难，我看不懂。

Zhè piān kèwén bǐjiào nán, wǒ kàn bù dǒng.

This text is difficult and I can’t understand it.

现在你不能进去。

Xiànzài nǐ bù néng jìnqù.

You can't go in now.

这本书很好，我也想买一本，还买得到吗？

Zhè běn shū hěn hǎo, wǒ yě xiǎng mǎi yì běn, hái mǎi de dào ma?

This book is very good. I also want to buy a copy. Is it still available?

明天晚上我们准备举行一个晚会，你参加得了吗？

Míngtiān wǎnshang wǒmen zhǔnbèi jǔxíng yí ge wǎnhuì, nǐ cānjiā de liǎo ma?

We are going to have a party tomorrow night. Can you attend?

明天早上我们六点出发，你起得来吗？

Míngtiān zǎoshang wǒmen liù diǎn chūfā, nǐ qǐ de lái ma?

We leave at six o'clock tomorrow morning. Can you get up?

东西太多了，她一个人拿不了，你去帮她吧。

Dōngxi tài duō le, tā yí ge rén ná bù liǎo, nǐ qù bāng tā ba.

There are too many things for her to carry alone. Go and help her.

从这儿出不去，我们走那个门吧。

Cóng zhèr chū bú qù, wǒmen zǒu nà ge mén ba.

There's no way out from here, let's go through that door.

她的房间太小，坐不下那么多人。

Tā de fángjiān tài xiǎo, zuò bú xià nàme duō rén.

Her room is too small to accommodate so many people.

汉语书太多了，家里的书架已经放不下了。

Hànyǔ shū tài duō le, jiā lǐ de shūjià yǐjīng fàng bú xià le.

There are so many Chinese books that I can no longer fit them on my bookshelf at home.

我还是听不懂中文广播。

Wǒ háishì tīng bù dǒng zhōngwén guǎngbō.

I still can't understand the Chinese radio.

这么多汉语书，你看得完吗？

Zhème duō hànyǔ shū, nǐ kàn de wán ma?

There are so many Chinese books, can you read them all?

我的汉语水平很低，还看不懂中文小说。

Wǒ de hànyǔ shuǐpíng hěn dī, hái kàn bù dǒng zhōngwén xiǎoshuō.

My Chinese level is very low and I can’t read Chinese novels.

明天去得了公园吗？

Míngtiān qù de liǎo gōngyuán ma?

Can you go to the park tomorrow?

要是下雨的话，就去不了了。

Yàoshi xià yǔ de huà, jiù qù bù liǎo le.

If it rains, we won't be able to go.

我想看这个车展，不知道票买得到买不到。

Wǒ xiǎng kàn zhè ge chēzhǎn, bù zhīdào piào mǎi de dào mǎi bú dào.

I want to see this auto show, but I don’t know if I can buy tickets.

星期天你回得来吗？

Xīngqī tiān nǐ huí de lái ma?

Can you come back on Sunday?

明天我们去看展览，你跟我们一起去吧。

Míngtiān wǒmen qù kàn zhǎnlǎn, nǐ gēn wǒmen yì qǐ qù ba.

We're going to see an exhibition tomorrow. You can come with us.

明天我有点儿事，可能去不了了。

Míngtiān wǒ yǒu diǎnr shì, kěnéng qù bù liǎo le.

I have something to do tomorrow and may not be able to go.

今天晚上我们去酒店吃饭，六点以前你回得来回不来？

Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒmen qù jiǔdiàn chīfàn, liù diǎn yǐqián nǐ huí de lái huí bù lái?

We are going to the hotel for dinner tonight. Can you come back before six o'clock?

黑板上的字你看得清楚看不清楚？

Hēibǎn shàng de zì nǐ kàn de qīngchu kàn bù qīngchu?

Can you see the words on the blackboard clearly?

中文广播说得太快了，我听不懂。

Zhōngwén guǎngbò shuō de tài kuài le, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.

The Chinese radio spoke too fast and I couldn't understand it.

今天老板给我的工作太多了，我做到晚上十点还做不完。

Jīntiān lǎobǎn gěi wǒ de gōngzuò tài duō le, wǒ zuò dào wǎnshang shí diǎn hái zuò bù wán.

My boss gave me too much work today, and I still can't finish it until ten o'clock in the evening.

刚来中国的时候，我一句汉语也听不懂。

Gāng lái zhōngguó de shíhou, wǒ yí jù hànyǔ yě tīng bù dǒng.

When I first came to China, I couldn't understand a word of Chinese.

这个箱子装不下这么多东西。

Zhè ge xiāngzi zhuāng bú xià zhème duō dōngxi.

This box can't hold so many things.

她请你去参加一个舞会，你有事不能去，你怎么跟她说？

Tā qǐng nǐ qù cānjiā yí ge wǔhuì, nǐ yǒu shì bù néng qù, nǐ zěnme gēn tā shuō?

She invites you to a dance, but you have something to do and you can't go. What do you tell her?

踢球时腿摔伤了，不能去上课，你打电话向老师请假，你怎么说？

Tī qiú shí tuǐ shuāi shāng le, bù néng qù shàngkè, nǐ dǎ diànhuà xiàng lǎoshī qǐngjià, nǐ zěnme shuō?

You injured your leg while playing football and couldn't go to class. You called the teacher to ask for leave. What did you say?

买了很多东西，从车上下来以后，自己拿不了，正好看见她过来，你怎么请她帮你拿？

Mǎi le hěn duō dōngxi, cóng chē shàng xiàlái yǐhòu, zìjǐ ná bù liǎo, zhènghǎo kànjiàn tā guò lái, nǐ zěnme qǐng tā bāng nǐ ná?

I bought a lot of things, but I couldn't carry them myself after getting out of the car. I happened to see her coming, how could I ask her to help me carry them?

上听力课的时候，你的耳机没有声音，你怎么对老师说？

Shàng tīnglì kè de shíhòu, nǐ de ěrjī méiyǒu shēngyīn, nǐ zěnme duì lǎoshī shuō?

During listening class, there is no sound from your headphones. What do you tell the teacher?

前边跑过来一辆汽车，车里坐着一个有钱的女人。

Qiánbiān pǎo guò lái yí liàng qìchē, chē lǐ zuò zhe yí ge yǒu qián de nǚrén.

A car ran up ahead, and a rich woman was sitting in the car.

你走的方向不对，是到不了北京大学的。

Nǐ zǒu de fāngxiàng bú duì, shì dào bù liǎo běijīng dàxué de.

If you go in the wrong direction, you won't get to Peking University.

你看过成龙演的武打片了吗？

Nǐ kàn guò chénglóng yǎn de wǔdǎ piàn le ma?

Have you seen any martial arts movies starring Jackie Chan?

我看过了。

Wǒ kàn guò le.

I've seen it.

昨天我给她打电话，约她今天晚上跟我一起去看电影，但是她说晚上有事，去不了。所以我们就决定明天晚上去。

Zuótiān wǒ gěi tā dǎ diànhuà, yuē tā jīntiān wǎnshang gēn wǒ yì qǐ qù kàn diànyǐng, dànshì tā shuō wǎnshang yǒu shì, qù bù liǎo. Suǒyǐ wǒmen jiù juédìng míngtiān wǎnshang qù.

I called her yesterday and asked her to go to a movie with me tonight, but she said she had something to do tonight and couldn't go. So we decided to go tomorrow night.

我们是六点出发的，正是上下班时间，路上人多车也多，公共汽车上不去，我们只好打的。

Wǒmen shì liù diǎn chūfā de, zhèng shì shàng xiàbān shíjiān, lù shàng rén duō chē yě duō, gōnggòng qìchē shàng bú qù, wǒmen zhǐhǎo dǎdí.

We set off at six o'clock, which was commuting time. There were many people and cars on the road, so the bus couldn't get on, so we had to take a taxi.

我担心买不到票，她说，票好买，肯定买得到。

Wǒ dānxīn mǎi bú dào piào, tā shuō, piào hǎo mǎi, kěndìng mǎi de dào.

I was worried that I wouldn't be able to buy a ticket, but she said, since tickets are easy to buy, I can definitely buy them.

我希望能买到前十排的票，因为她的眼睛不太好，坐得太远看不清楚，但是前十排的票都卖完了，没买到，我们买的是十二排的。

Wǒ xīwàng néng mǎi dào qián shí pái de piào, yīnwèi tā de yǎnjīng bú tài hǎo, zuò de tài yuǎn kàn bù qīngchu, dànshì qián shí pái de piào dōu mài wán le, méi mǎi dào, wǒmen mǎi de shì shí’èr pái de.

I hoped to buy tickets for the first ten rows, because her eyesight was not very good and she could not see clearly from sitting too far away, but the tickets for the first ten rows were all sold out, so we couldn’t buy them. We bought the tickets for the twelfth row.

离开演还有十多分钟，人差不多都坐满了。

Lí kāiyǎn hái yǒu shí duō fēnzhōng, rén chàbùduō dōu zuò mǎnle.

There are still more than ten minutes before the performance, and the seats are almost full.

我买了一张说明书，上面全是中文，没有英文，我看不懂。

Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng shuōmíngshū, shàngmiàn quán shì zhōngwén, méiyǒu yīngwén, wǒ kàn bù dǒng.

I bought an instruction manual. It was all in Chinese and no English. I couldn't understand it.

她看了看说：“这是一个神话故事。说的是天上一个仙女，很羡慕人间的生活，就偷偷来到人间，跟一个小伙子结了婚。”

Tā kàn le kàn shuō: “Zhè shì yí ge shénhuà gùshì. Shuō de shì tiān shàng yí ge xiānnǚ, hěn xiànmù rénjiān de shēnghuó, jiù tōu tōu lái dào rénjiān, gēn yí ge xiǎo huǒzi jié le hūn.”

She looked at it and said, "This is a fairy tale. It is about a fairy in the sky who envied the life in the world, so she secretly came to the world and married a young man."

我看不懂说明书，但是能看得懂表演。

Wǒ kàn bù dǒng shuōmíngshū, dànshì néng kàn de dǒng biǎoyǎn.

I can't read the instructions, but I can understand the performance.

看完以后，我大概看懂了这个故事。

Kàn wán yǐhòu, wǒ dàgài kàn dǒng le zhè ge gùshì.

After reading it, I probably understood the story.

一个小时做得完吗？

Yí ge xiǎoshí zuò de wán ma?

Can you finish it in an hour?

没问题。

Méi wèntí.

No problem.

我能学好汉语吗？

Wǒ néng xué hǎo hànyǔ ma?

Can I learn Chinese well?