1 zhè bàn tiān wǒ dà gē dào nǎ ér qù le ? 这半天我大哥到哪儿去了? Where has older brother been all this time? tā zhèng zài yáng tái shàng chéng liáng ne 。 他正在阳台上乘凉呢。 He’s cooling off on the balcony. 2 huá shèng dùn de diàn shì jié mù zěn me yàng ？ 华盛顿的电视节目怎么样？ What are Washington television programs like? bǐ jiào fēng fù 。 比较丰富。 There’s quite a variety. 3 tīng shuō lǎo wáng xǐ huān qín ， qí ， shū ， huà ， shì bú shì ？ 听说老王喜欢琴，棋，书，画，是不是？ I hear that Lao Wang likes music, chess, calligraphy and painting, doesn’t he? shì a ， tā de shū fǎ hěn hǎo ， hái zhǎn lǎn guò ne 。 是啊，他的书法很好，还展览过呢。 Yes, his calligraphy is very good, he’s even exhibited. 4 zhè gè jià rì nǐ zhǔn bèi qù nǎ ér ？ 这个假日你准备去哪儿？ Where are you planning to go for this holiday? wǒ xiǎng dào gōng shè diàn yǐng ér duì qù kàn kàn 。 我想到公社电影儿队去看看。 I’m thinking of going to the commune’s movie team to take a look. 5 nín nǚ ér de yīn yuè kè chéng jì hěn hǎo a 。 您女儿的音乐课成绩很好啊。 Your daughter’s music class grades are really good. tā de chéng jì shì bù cuò ， kě shì tā gēn běn bù xiǎng yán jiū yīn yuè ， zhēn shì méi bàn fǎ 。 她的成绩是不错，可是她根本不想研究音乐，真是没办法。 Her grades are pretty good, but she just doesn’t want to study music, there’s just nothing I can do about it. 6 nǐ men gōng jiān xiū xī de shí hòu ， dà jiā zuò shén me ？ 你们工间休息的时候，大家做什么？ What do you all do when you take your break at work? zuò de gōng jiān cāo duàn liàn duàn liàn shēn tǐ 。 作的工间操锻炼锻炼身体。 We do some break-time calisthenics to get in shape. 7 jīn tiān zhōng wǔ yǒu xiàn guǎng bō zhàn guǎng bō de nèi róng duō bù duō 。 今天中午有线广播站广播的内容多不多。 Did the local broadcasting network broadcast a lot of material today at noon? bù shǎo ， tā men niàn le hǎo jǐ fèn ér bào zhǐ 。 不少，他们念了好几份儿报纸。 Yes, the read a whole lot of newspapers. 8 měi tiān zǎo chén nǐ dōu chū qù pǎo bù ma ？ 每天早晨你都出去跑步吗？ Do you go out to run every morning? duì le ， chū qù pǎo bù dǎ tài jí quán 。 对了，出去跑步打太极拳。 Yes, I go out to run and to do Tai-Qi. 9 nǐ ài rén yě shì gǎo tǐ yù de ma ？ 你爱人也是搞体育的吗？ Does your spouse do sports too? shì de ， tā de tǐ cāo shí zài bù cuò 。 是的，他的体操实在不错。 Yes, he’s really pretty good at calisthenics. 10 tā chú le cān jiā yǎn chū duì de huó dòng yǐ wài ， yè yú shí jiān hái zuò shén me ？ 她除了参加演出队的活动以外，业余时间还作什么？ What does she do in her time after work, in addition to taking part in the activities of the performing arts group? tā xǐ huān tǐ yù huó dòng ， yóu qí shì ài dǎ yǔ máo qiú ér 。 她喜欢体育活动，尤其是爱打羽毛球儿。 She likes sports activities. She especially loves to play badminton. 11 wǒ xiǎng cān jiā shū fǎ yán jiū huì ， xíng bù xíng ？ 我想参加书法研究会，行不行？ I’d like to take part in a calligraphy study group, would that be alright? zhè xiē yán jiū huì shì rén mín wén huà shēng huó de yī bù fèn ， dōu shì zì yuàn cān jiā de 。 这些研究会是人民文化生活的一部分，都是自愿参加的。 These study groups are one part of the cultural life of the people, they are all voluntary.