Lesson 5

Question 1

晚上我们去饭馆吃饭，怎么样？

Answer 1

wǎnshàng wǒmén qù fànguǎn chī fàn ， zěnmeyàng ？
Let’s go to a restaurant for dinner. What do you think?

Question 2

我不想去外面吃，我想在家吃。

Answer 2

wǒ bù xiǎng qù wàimiàn chī ， wǒ xiǎng zài jiā chī 。
I don’t want to eat out. I want to eat at home.

Question 3

那你准备做什么呢？

Answer 3

nà nǐ zhǔn bèi zuò shén me ne ？
What are you planning to cook?

Question 4

就做你爱吃的鱼吧。

Answer 4

jiù zuò nǐ ài chī de yú bā 。
I’m thinking of fish, your favorite.

Question 5

外面

Answer 5

wài miàn
n. outside

Question 6

准备

Answer 6

zhǔn bèi
v. to intend, to plan

Question 7

就

Answer 7

jiù
adv. used to indicate a conclusion or resolution

Question 8

鱼

Answer 8

yú
n. fish

Question 9

吧

Answer 9

ba
part. used at the end of a sentence to indicate consultation, suggestion, request or command

Question 10

帮我看一下这件衣服怎么样。

Answer 10

bāng wǒ kàn yī xià zhè jiàn yīfú zěnmeyàng 。
What do you think of this garment?

Question 11

颜色还可以，就是有点儿大

Answer 11

yánsè hái kěyǐ ， jiùshì yǒudiǎnr dà。
The color is OK, but it seems too large.

Question 12

这件小的怎么样？

Answer 12

zhè jiàn xiǎo de zěnmeyàng ？
What about this small one?

Question 13

这件不错，就买这件吧。

Answer 13

zhè jiàn bù cuò ， jiù mǎi zhè jiàn bā 。
This one is good. Take this one.

Question 14

件

Answer 14

jiàn
m. (used for clothes among other items) piece

Question 15

还

Answer 15

huán
adv. passably, fairly, rather

Question 16

可以

Answer 16

kěyǐ
adj. not bad

Question 17

不错

Answer 17

bùcuò
adj. pretty good

Question 18

今天去不去打球？

Answer 18

jīntiān qù bù qù dǎ qiú ？
Will you go to play the ball today?

Question 19

这两天有点儿累， 不去打球了。

Answer 19

zhè liǎng tiān yǒudiǎnr léi ， bù qù dǎ qiú liǎo 。
No, I won’t. I’ve been feeling tired lately.

Question 20

你在做什么呢？是在想昨天的考试吗？

Answer 20

nǐ zài zuò shénme ne ？ shì zài xiǎng zuótiān de kǎoshì má ？
What are you doing? Are you thinking about yesterday’s test?

Question 21

是啊，我觉得听和说还可以，渡和写不好，很多字我都不知道是什么意思。

Answer 21

shì ā ， wǒ juédé tīng hé shuō hái kě yǐ ， dù hé xiě bù hǎo ， hěn duō zì wǒ doū bù zhīdào shì shénme yìsī 。
Yes. I think I did OK in listening and speaking, but not in reading and writing, I didn’t know the meanings of many characters.

Question 22

考试

Answer 22

kǎo shì
n. test, exam

Question 23

意思

Answer 23

yì sī
n. meaning

Question 24

休息一下吧，和咖啡吗？

Answer 24

xiūxī yīxià bā ， hé kāfēi má ？
Let’s take a rest. Would you like some coffee?

Question 25

不喝了，我已经喝两杯了。

Answer 25

bù hē le ， wǒ yǐjīng hē liǎng bēi le 。
No, thanks. I’ve already had two cups.

Question 26

是啊， 咖啡喝躲了对身体不好。

Answer 26

shì ā ， kāfēi hē duǒ liǎo duì shēntǐ bù hǎo 。
Right, Too much coffee is bad for our health.

Question 27

以后我少喝一点儿。每天喝一杯。

Answer 27

yǐhòu wǒ shǎo hē yīdiǎnr 。 měi tiān hē yī bēi 。
I’ll drink less coffee. One cup a day.

Question 28

咖啡

Answer 28

kāfēi
n. coffee

Question 29

对

Answer 29

duì
prep. (used before a noun or pronoun) to, for

Question 30

以后

Answer 30

yǐhòu
n. after, afterwards, later