Lesson 140 Revision of Expressions Used in the Office 第一百四十课 在办公室复习课

Cam: It’s great that another weekend is coming and welcome to Chinese Studio. Wo shi Cam.

YJ: wo shi Yajie. This week we talked about appliances in the office. Time for us to have a quick review.

Cam: Yes. Let’s hear Sentences in the Week.

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Sentences in the Week

My computer isn’t working.我的电脑坏了。(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.) Put it in the filing cabinet.把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li). May I use the photocopier?能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi1 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.

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YJ: As usual, let’s take a brief review of the words we learned this week. Ready? Let’s go…The first one is office. Cam, what’s the Chinese for that?

Cam:办公室。(ban4gong1shi4), right?

YJ: Right.办公室。(ban4gong1shi4). Then how about computer?

Cam: It’s 电脑(dian4nao3),electronic brain. I do remember that.

YJ: Good. Now comes to printer.

Cam: Printer in Chinese is打印机(da3yin4ji1), right?

YJ: yes. The last one is photocopier.

Cam: Is it 复印机(fu4yin4ji1)?

YJ: Very good. You really do your homework, Cam. Now let’s move to the sentence part.

Cam: Oh. That would be a little bit difficult for me.

YJ: no worries. Let’s go one by one. Suppose your computer isn’t working, and you need someone to help you fixing that. how do you say it to people in Chinese ?

Cam: I would say我的电脑坏了。(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.)

YJ: Well done!我的(wo3 de), my.

Cam:我的(wo3 de)

YJ:电脑(dian4nao3), computer.

Cam:电脑(dian4nao3)

YJ:坏了(huai4 le) here it means the machine can’t work.

Cam:坏了(huai4 le)

YJ:我的电脑坏了。(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.)

Cam:我的电脑坏了。(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.) My computer isn’t working.

Conversation 1:

(1)A:我的电脑坏了。能帮我修一下吗?

B:没问题。

(2)A:咱们今天去逛街吧。

B:不行啊。我的电脑坏了。今天我得去修电脑。

Cam: Yajie, I forgot how to say “Put it in the filing cabinet.” Could you please remind me of that?

YJ: Sure. It’s 把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li)

Cam:把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li)

YJ:把(ba3), here it sends a signal that we are going to do something.

Cam:把(ba3)

YJ:它(ta1), a pronoun, here it stands for file.

Cam:它(ta1)

YJ:放到(fang4dao), put something to somewhere.

Cam:放到(fang4dao)

YJ:文件柜(wen2jian4 gui4), filing cabinet.

Cam:文件柜(wen2jian4 gui4)

YJ:里(li3), means inside of…

Cam:里(li3)

YJ:把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li)

Cam:把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li), Put it in the filing cabinet.

Conversation 2:

(1)A:这份文件放在哪?

B:把它放到文件柜里吧。

(2)A:我应该把文件放在哪呢?

B:把它放到文件柜里吧。

YJ: Cam, How do you say “May I use the photocopier” in Chinese?

Cam: let me see… I guess it’s 能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi1 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) right?

YJ: Absolutely correct!能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi1 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) May I use the photocopier?能(neng2), means can.

Cam:能(neng2)

YJ:用一下(yong4 yi1 xia4), to use. It’s a polite way of asking.

Cam:用一下(yong4 yi1 xia4)

YJ:复印机(fu4yin4ji1), photocopier.

Cam:复印机(fu4yin4ji1)

YJ:能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi1 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?)

Cam:能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi1 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) May I use the photocopier?

Conversation 3:

(1)A:能用一下复印机吗?

B:用吧。

A:好的,谢谢。

(2)A:你们办公室有复印机吗?

B:对不起,我们这儿的复印机坏了。

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Sentences in the Week

My computer isn’t working.我的电脑坏了。(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.) Put it in the filing cabinet.把它放到文件柜里(ba3 ta1 fang4 dao4 wen2jian4 gui4 li). May I use the photocopier?能用一下复印机吗?(neng2 yong4 yi2 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.

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Cam: That’s it for this week’s Chinese Studio. Here is question of the week: how do you say “Put it in the filing cabinet” in Chinese?

YJ: Have a nice weekend!

Cam: See you next week!