Internet 网络（1）

B: Ok, let's just check, a computer is a diannao, and we mentioned the Internet a while ago, if I remember, it's 互联网 hu4 lian2 wang3, dui ma?

Y: Dui, right on. hu4 lian2 wang3 the Internet.

B: When I go online I get an instruction asking for my username and password. I remember those words but not the Chinese instructions.

Y: Ok, listen up, username is 用户名 yong4 hu4 ming2.

B: yong4 hu4 ming2.

Y:用户 yong4 hu4 means user,

B: yong4 hu4

Y: ming2 means name,

B:名 ming2,

Y:用户名 yong4 hu4 ming2.

B: yong4 hu4 ming2. username .. And password?

Y: Not too difficult, it's 密码 mi4 ma3.

B: mi4 ma3,

Y:密 mi4 literally means secret,

B: mi4,

Y:码 ma3 means code,

B: ma3,

Y:密码 mi4 ma3.

B: mi4 ma3. password.

Conversation 1

A:请输入你的用户名。

B:然后呢?

A:然后再输入你的密码.。

B: Oops, I’m afraid I forgot my password…

Y: that’s a little bit mafan… you can say:我忘记密码了 wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.

B: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.

Y:我 wo3 means I,

B: wo3,

Y:忘记 wang4 ji4 means forget,

B: wang4 ji4, and 密码 mi4 ma3 means password.

Y:了 le means the completion of an action…

B: le.

Y:我忘记密码了 wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le.

B: wo3 wang4 ji4 mi4 ma3 le. I forgot my password

Conversation 2:

A:哎呀,我忘记密码了。

B:没关系,再试一次。

B: Not everyone has a computer, mei wenti, no problem, there’s always an Internet café close at hand.

Y: Yes, they’re everywhere these days, we call them 网吧 wang3 ba1.

B: wang3 ba1.

Y: as 网 wang3 means internet,

B: wang3,

Y:吧 ba1 means a place like a pub or a café,

B: ba1,

Y:网吧 wang3 ba1.

B: wang3 ba1. Internet café,

Y: And when you’re looking for an Internet café but can’t find one, then you can ask somebody by

saying:哪儿有网吧 na2er you2 wang3 ba1? Where is an Internet café?

B: Let me try that… na2er you2 wang3 ba1?

Y:哪儿有 na2er you3 literally means where have,

B: na2er you3

Y:网吧 wang3 ba1 is Internet café,

B: wang3 ba1.

Y:哪儿有网吧 na2er you2 wang3 ba1?

B: na2er you2 wang3 ba1? Where is an Internet café?

Conversation 3

A:哪儿有网吧?

B:前面超市旁边就有一家。