At the Bookstore 书店（2）

B: We were pretty studious the other day, we bought all those Chinese language tapes and CDs. All fun and no play though is not a good recipe. Today how about looking the magazines for starters?

Y: Yeah, there's always something interesting there. They're the 杂志 za2 zhi4.

B: za2 zhi4.

Y: Besides, reading newspaper is also effective.

B: What's the Chinese for newspaper?

Y: it's 报纸 bao4 zhi3.

B: bao4 zhi3, newspaper.

Conversation 1

A:杂志在几层?

B:这层就有。就在那儿。

A:哦,看到了。谢谢。那么报纸呢?

B:杂志旁边就有各种报纸。

B: There's such a range. Where to begin. What do you recommend Y?

Y: Well I like fashion magazines. fashion magazine is 时尚杂志

B: shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4.

Y:时尚 shi2 shang4 means fashion,

B: shi2 shang4,

Y: and 杂志 za2 zhi4 is magazine,

B: za2 zhi4.

Y:时尚杂志 shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4.

B: shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4. Fashion Magazine.

Conversation 2

A:你在看什么杂志?

B:时尚杂志。.

B: Those shi2 shang4 za2 zhi4., fashion magazines are not really my thing Y. I'm really after a map.

Y: Okay. a ditu

B: ditu, and it's a city map of Beijing I want.

Y: All you need to say is:我要一张北京地图。

B: wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2.

Y:我要 wo3 yao4 means I'd like to buy something,

B: wo3 yao4,

Y:一张 yi4 zhang1 means one,

B: yi4 zhang1

Y:地图 di4 tu2 is map,

B: di4 tu2.

Y:我要一张北京地图。wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2.

B: wo3 yao4 yi4 zhang1 bei3 jing1 di4 tu2. I'd like a map of Beijing.

Conversation3

A:我要一张北京地图。

B:好的。您看这张行吗?

A:行,就要这张。

B: We've just learned how to say beijng di tu. I see this one isn't so useful, it doesn't show the bus routes. Let's go back and get a bus map.

Y: Oh you should have said, you want a 公交线路图

B: gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2.

Y: Bu cuo.公交 Gong1 jiao1 means public transportation,

B: gong 1 jiao1.

Y:线路 xian4 lu4 means routes,

B: xian4 lu4

Y:图 tu2 is short for di4 tu2, and it means map,

B: tu2,

Y: gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2.

B:公交线路图 gong1 jiao1 xian4 lu4 tu2. a bus map.

Conversation 4

A:您这儿有公交线路图吗?

B:请稍等,我帮您查询一下。