Mandarin Beginner Lesson – When will you be having your holiday?

Need to have a holiday
Conversation:

A: Màikè, jīnnián nǐ fàngjiàle ma?

B: Hái méiyǒu, zuìjìn zhè 6 gè yuè wǒ hěn máng, érqiě méiyǒu fàngjià.

A: Wǒ juédé nǐ yīnggāi fàngjiàle.

B: Wǒ tóngyì nǐ de kànfǎ.

A: Nǐ de gōngzuò hěn máng ma?

B: Wǒ yǒu hěnduō kāihuì hé yǎnjiǎng.

A: Wǒ míngbáile, dànshì nǐ bù xiūxí yěshì bùxíng de a.

B: Wǒ zhīdào, wǒ huì wèn lǎobǎn yào 5 tiān jiàqī, wǒ yào hé jiārén qù rìběn wán.

A: Zhège zhǔyì zhēn de tài hǎole.

English:

A: Michael, Have you had any holiday this year?

B: Unfortunately no, I have been busy for 6 months and no holiday.

A: I think you should take a rest!

B: I think you are right!

A: Is your work very busy?

B: I have so many meetings and presentations.

A: I see, but you still need to relax and take a break.

B: I am going to ask my boss to give me a 5 days holiday, I want to visit Japan with my parents.

A: Sounds a really good idea.

Chinese:

A: 邁克,今年你放假了嗎?

B: 還沒有,最近這6個月我很忙,而且沒有放假。

A: 我覺得你應該放假了。

B: 我同意你的看法。

A: 你的工作很忙嗎?

B: 我有很多開會和演講。

A: 我明白了,但是你不休息也是不行的啊。

B: 我知道,我會問老闆要5天假期,我要和家人去日本玩。

A: 這個主意真的太好了。

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