1. A: Nǐn zài náli gōngzuò? 您在哪里工作? Where do you work? 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Wǒ zài Měiguo Guówùyüàn gōngzuò. 我在美国国务院工作。 I work with the State Department. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 2. A: Nǐn zài náli gōngzuò? 您在哪里工作? Where do you work? 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Wǒ shì xüésheng. 我是学生。 I’m a student. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 3. A: Nǐn lái zuò shénme? 您来做什么? What did you come here to do? 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Wǒ lái niàn shū. 我来念书。 I came here to study. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 4. A: Òu, wǒ yě shì xüésheng. 哦,我也是学生。 Oh, I’m a student too. 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Qǐngwèn, nǐ niàn shénme? 请问,你念什么? May I ask, what are you studying? 2 7 FSI-Chinese 4. A: Wǒ niàn lìshǐ. 我念历史。 I’m studying history. 2 7 FSI-Chinese A: Kē xiānsheng, nǐ niàn shénme? 柯先生,你念什么? What are you studying, Mr. Cook? 2 7 FSI-Chinese 5. B: Wǒ zài zhèli xüé Zhōngwén. 我在这里学中文。 I’m studying Chinese here. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 6. B: Qǐngwèn, nǐ xüéguo Yīngwén ma? 请问,你学过英文吗? May I ask, have you ever studied English? 2 7 FSI-Chinese A: Xüéguo 学过。 Yes. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 7. B: Qǐngwèn, nǐ huì shuō Yīngwén ma? 请问,你会说英文吗? May I ask, can you speak English? 2 7 FSI-Chinese A: Wǒ huì shuō yìdiǎn. 我会说一点。 I can speak a little. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 8. A: Nǐ tàitai yě huì shuō Zhōngguo huà ma? 你太太也会说中国话吗? Can your wife speak Chinese too? 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Bú huì, tā bú huì shuō. 不会,她不会说。 No, she can’t. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 9. A: Nǐde Zhōngguo huà hěn hǎo. 你的中国话很好。 Your Chinese is very good. 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Náli, náli. Wǒ jiù shuō yìdiǎn. 哪里,哪里。我就说一点。 Not at all, not at all. I can speak only a little. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 10. A: Nǐ shì zài náli xüéde? 你是在哪里学的? Where did you study? 2 7 FSI-Chinese B: Wǒ shì zài Huáshèngdùn xüéde. 我是在华盛顿学的。 I studied in Washington. 2 7 FSI-Chinese 11. B: Nǐ shì zài dàxüé xüéde Yīngwén ma? 你是在大学学的英文吗? Did you study English at college? 2 7 FSI-Chinese A: Shìde, wǒ shì zài Táiwān Dàxüé xüéde Yīngwén. 是的,我是在台湾大学学的英文。 Yes, I studied English at Taiwan University. 2 7 FSI-Chinese