Lesson 199 Revision of Work 第一百九十九课 工作复习课

Cam: It's time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to our weekly review show, wo shi Cam.
YJ: And wo shi Yajie. If you need help on anything we covered this week, you've come to the right place!
Cam: Right. We've been talking all about work, one of my least favorite things to do. Let’s check Sentences in the Week.

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Sentences in the week
What do you do? 你是做什么工作的?lawyer 律师, teacher 老师, policeman 警察, journalist 记者, Are you busy at work? 你工作忙吗?I am looking for a part-time job. 我在找一份兼职的工作。 All in today's Chinese Studio.

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Cam: Okay Yajie, let's first review the common question--- what do you do?
YJ: Okay, it's 你是做什么工作的?ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
YJ: 你 ni3 means you,
Cam: ni3.
YJ: 做 zuo4 means do,
Cam: zuo4,
YJ: 什么 shen2me means what,
Cam: shen2me,
YJ: 工作 gong1 zuo4 means job.
Cam: gong zuo,
YJ: 你是做什么工作的?ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de?
Cam: ni3 shi4 zuo4 shen2me gong1 zuo4 de? What do you do?

Conversation 1:

A: 你是做什么工作的?
B: 我在大学教书。你呢?你是做什么工作的?
A:我是一名医生。

Y: Then let's review the professions we mentioned this week?
Cam: okay, the first one is teacher.
YJ: teacher is 老师 lao3 shi1,
Cam: lao3 shi1 and student is 学生xue2 sheng1.
YJ: That's right. Then the second one is lawyer, in Chinese lawyer is called 律师 lv4 shi1.
Cam: lv4 shi1.
YJ: then comes policeman, it's 警察 jing3 cha2.
Cam: jing3 cha2. Then what's the Chinese for journalist?
YJ: it's 记者ji4 zhe3.
Cam: ji4 zhe3. journalist.

Conversation 2:

A: teacher, 老师, lawyer律师,policeman, 警察, journalist, 记者,
Cam: Okay Yajie, let's review the question you asked me about are you busy at work?
YJ: Sure. I said 你工作忙吗 ni3 gong1 zuo4 mang2 ma?
C: ni gong zuo mang ma?
Y: 你 ni3 means you,
C: ni3,
Y: 工作 gong1 zuo4 means work,
C: gong1 zuo4,
Y: 忙 mang2 means busy,
C: mang2.
Y: 你工作忙吗 ni gong zuo mang ma?
C: ni gong zuo mang ma? Are you busy at work?

Conversation 3:

(1)A: 你工作忙吗?
B: 还行。

(2)A: 你工作忙吗?
B: 最近挺忙的。

A: 你工作忙吗?
B: 还行。你呢?你工作忙吗?
A: 我真羡慕你。我可忙了,经常加班。
B: 那你可要注意身体。
A: 谢谢关心,我会照顾好自己的。

C: Yaj, Now I'm looking for a part-time job… let's review it again.
YJ: you can say我在找一份兼职的工作。
C: … wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4.
YJ: 在 zai4 is short for 正在 zheng zhai, which means is doing sth right now,
C: zai4.
YJ: 找 zhao3 means look for,
C: zhao3,
YJ: 一份工作 yi2fen4 gong1zuo4, a job,
C: yi2fen4 gong1zuo4,
YJ: 兼职 jian1zhi2, part-time,
C: jian1 zhi2,
YJ: 兼职的工作 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 part-time job.
C: jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4
YJ: 我在找一份兼职的工作。wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4
C: wo zai4 zhao3 yi2fen4 jian1zhi2 de gong1zuo4 I'm looking for a part-time job.

Conversation 4:

A:最近在忙什么呢?
B: 我在找一份兼职的工作。

Cam: Well, that wraps up this edition to Chinese Studio. Yajie, it has been a great time.
YJ: It sure has. Would you like to read our question of the day?
Cam: Sure. How do you say "Are you busy at work?" in Chinese?
YJ: See you soon!
Cam: Zai jian!