Lesson 215 Revision of Television 第二百一十五课 电视复习课

Y: It's TV watching week on Chinese Studio. Welcome in everyone. Wo shi Y.
B: Da jia hao, wo shi B. Great, it's the weekend and a bit more time to catch up on my favourite tv shows. Let's review what we've learned during the week.
Y: Bring it on!

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Sentences of the week：
I like watching TV. 我喜欢看电视. Which channel? 哪个台,哪个频道。Turn on the tv 打开电视。 Let's change channel. 咱们换个台吧。Turn off the tv, 关上电视。All in today's Chinese Studio.

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B: Yajie, let's first review the Chinese for Television,
Y: Okay, it's 电视机。
B: dian4 shi4 ji1.
Y: or you can say 电视 dian4 shi4.
B: dian4 shi4. How do I say "I like watching TV" in Chinese?
Y: it's 我喜欢看电视。
B: Wo2 xi3 huan1 kan4 dian4 shi4.
Y: 我 wo3 means I,
B: wo3,
Y: 喜欢 xi3 huan1 means like doing sth,
B: xi3 huan1.
Y: 看 kan4 means watch,
B: kan4,
Y: 电视 dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y:我喜欢看电视。
B: Wo2 xi3 huan1 kan4 dian4 shi4. I like watching TV.

Conversation 1:

A: 我喜欢看电视。
B: 我也喜欢看电视。

B: Hey Y, there's a great program on soon. Turn on the TV.
Y: okay, 打开电视。
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
Y: 打开 da3 kai1 means turn on,
B: da3 kai1,
Y: 电视 dian4 shi4 is TV,
B: dian4 shi4.
Y: 打开电视 da3 kai1 dian4 shi4
B: da3 kai1 dian4 shi4 turn on TV.

Conversation 2:

A: 那个电视剧几点开始?
B: 马上就要开始了,快打开电视!

Y: Now I turned on TV. 哪个频道?
B: You mean Which channel is the great program on?
Y: yes. 哪个频道?
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4?
Y: 哪个 nei3 ge4 means which,
B: nei3 ge4
Y: 频道 pin2 dao4 means channel,
B: pin2 dao4
Y: 哪个频道 nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4?
B: nei3 ge4 pin2 dao4? which channel?
Y: or you can say 哪个台 nei3 ge4 tai2, since 台 tai2 also means channel.
B: nei3 ge4 tai2?

Conversation 3:

A: 你要看哪个频道?
B: 5频道。

B: Actually the program is not that good, so let's change channel.
Y: Hao de. zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: 咱们换个台吧 zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
Y: zan2men means we,
B: 咱们 zan2men ,
Y: huan4 means change,
B: 换 huan4.
Y: 个 ge4 is short for 一个 yi2 ge4, which means one,
B: ge4,
Y: 台 tai2 means channel,
B: tai2,
Y: 咱们换个台吧 zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba.
B: zan2men huan4ge tai2 ba. Let's change channel,

Conversation 4:

A: 咱们换个台把。
B: 别阿,我正看得起劲呢。

B: There're not good programs all the time... Let's turn off the TV. How can I say that?
Y: 关上电视 guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4.
B: guan1 shang4 dian4 shi4
Y: Bu cuo, not bad. 关上 guan1 shang4 mean turn off,
B: guan1 shang4
Y: 电视 dian4 shi4 means TV.
B: dian4 shi4

Conversation 5:

A: 你该休息了。关上电视。
B: 稍等一下,马上就完了。

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Sentences of the week：
I like watching TV. 我喜欢看电视. Which channel? 哪个台,哪个频道。Turn on the tv 打开电视。 Let's change channel. 咱们换个台吧。Turn off the tv, 关上电视。All in today'sChinese Studio.

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Y: What are we watching tonight B?
B: We don't always agree, so we better discuss that later. How about our question though?
Y: Here we go: how do we say "Turn on the TV"?