Learn Chinese-Around a House:Community 1

 

♦A:你明天晚上还会来我家吃晚饭吗?
Nǐ míngtiān wǎnshàng hái huì lái wǒjiā chī wǎnfàn ma?
Are you still coming to my place for dinner tomorrow night?
♦B:当然去。你的晚餐会还开吗?
Dāngrán qù. Nǐ de wǎncān huì hái kāi ma?
Of course. Is the dinner still on?
♦A:开,我只是想知道你和你的室友打算怎么来我家?
Kāi, wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng zhīdào nǐ hé nǐ de shì you dǎsuàn zěnme lái wǒjiā?
Yes, I was just wondering how you and your roommate were planning on coming to my place.
♦B:最近天气很不错,所以我们打算来回都步行。
Zuìjìn tiānqì hěn bùcuò, suǒyǐ wǒmen dǎsuàn láihuí dōu bùxíng.
We were planning on walking both ways since the weather ia still nice.
♦A:我猜你们就是这么打算的。听着,我住的地方附近有点乱。紧挨着一条全是酒吧的街。所以,天黑以后你大概不想在附近步行。
Wǒ cāi nǐmen jiùshì zhème dǎsuàn de. Tīng zhe, wǒ zhù dì dìfāng fùjìn yǒudiǎn luàn. Jǐn āi zhe yītiáo quán shì jiǔbā de jiē. Suǒyǐ, tiān hēi yǐhòu nǐ dàgài bùxiǎng zài fùjìn bùxíng.
That’s what I thought you would do. Listen, I live in a bit of a rough neighbourhood. It’s just down the street from all the bars. You probably don’t want to be walking around after dark.
♦B:不会那么糟糕吧。
Bù huì nàme zāogāo ba.
It can’t be that bad.
♦A:我也希望不会,可是实际上这附近的确是犯罪事件和卖淫活动的多发地段。
Wǒ yě xīwàng bù huì, kěshì shíjì shang zhè fùjìn díquè shì fànzuì shìjiàn hé màiyín huódòng de duōfā dìduàn.
I wish it wasn’t, but there is actually a lot of crime and prostitution around here.
♦B:真的呀?我从来没想到会这样。犯罪事件一定都是晚上才发生吧。因为我以前白天去你家的时候从来没发现附近有什么奇怪的地方。
Zhēn de ya? Wǒ cónglái méi xiǎngdào huì zhèyàng. Fànzuì shìjiàn yīdìng dū shì wǎnshàng cái fāshēng ba. Yīnwèi wǒ yǐqián báitiān qù nǐ jiā de shíhou cónglái méi fāxiàn fùjìn yǒu shé me qíguài dì dìfāng.
Really? I never would have guessed. The criminals must only come out in the evening, because I’ve never noticed anything strange when I’ve been at your house in the daytime.
♦A:就算帮我个忙,你们还是打车来吧。这样我能觉得放心些。
Jiùsuàn bāng wǒ gè máng, nǐmen háishì dǎchē lái ba. Zhèyàng wǒ néng juéde fàngxīn xiē.
Do me a favour, and take a taxi. It’d make me feel a lot better.
♦B:好,我们会小心的。谢谢你告诉我这些。
Hǎo, wǒmen huì xiǎoxīn de. Xièxiè nǐ gàosu wǒ zhèxiē.
OK. We’ll be careful. Thanks for letting me know.