1.	A:	Nǐ yàoshi xiǎng tīng gùshide huà, wǒ gěi ni jiǎng yíge ya!		If you want to listen to a story, I’ll tell you one.
	B:	Suàn Le. Wǒmen xià qí ba!		Forget it. Let’s play chess.
2.	A:	Tīngshuǒ jiěfàng yǐhòu, Gòngchǎndǎng zuòle xiē hǎo shì.		I’ve heard that the Communist Party did some good things after liberation.
	B:	Èng, yǒu xiē zhèngcè shì bú cuò, yǒu xiē bú tài hǎo.		Yes, some policies were all right, hut some weren’t too good.
3.	A:	Lǎo Wángde érzi rùguo Tuán ma?		Did Lǎo Wang’s son ever Join the Communist Youth League?
	B:	Méiyou, tīngshuō cānjiāguo Hóngwèibīng.		No, hut I’ve heard that he was in the Red Guards.
4.	A:	Nǐ tīngshuō le ma, Lǎo Zhāngde nǚér àishang Xiǎo Wáng le.		Have you heard? Lǎo Zhang’s daughter has fallen in love with Xiǎo Wáng.
	B:	Zhè zhēn shi máfan shìr, Lǎo Zhāng zuì hèn Wángjiāde rén.		This is really trouble. Lǎo Zhāng really hates the Wáng family.
5.	A:	Rúguo nǐ bú jièyìde huà, wǒ xiǎng hé nǐde mìshu tán jifēn zhōng.		If you don’t mind, I’d like to talk with your secretary for a few minutes.
	B:	Tā zài dǎ zì, mǎshàng jiù lái.		He’s typing, he’ll be here in a moment.
6.	A:	Zhèige háizi bú xiàng huà, bù guǎn zěnme shuō dōu bù tīng.		This child is too much. No matter what you say, he Just doesn’t listen.
	B:	Duì ma, zhè nǎr xiàng Xīn Zhōngguóde értóng!		Yes, he’s certainly no Cnot like anyl child of New China.
7.	A:	Zhèipiān duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō xiěde shi shénme?		What is this short story about?
	B:	Xiěde shi yíge nóngcūn gànbude gùshi.		It’s the story of a cadre in a rural area.
8.	A:	Nǐ jíjímángmángde, zuò shénme qu a?		What are you in such a hurry to go do?
	B:	Shàng xué qu a!		I’m going to school!
9.	A:	Zhèngfǔ shì bu shi bǎohù rénmende cáichǎn?		Does the government protect people’s property?
	B:	Shì. Zhèngfǔ shíxíng bǎohù rénmen cáichǎnde zhèngcè.		Yes. The government is carrying out a policy of protecting people’s property.
10.		Zài Gòngchǎndǎng lǐngdǎoxià, Zhōngguó zài shìjièshangde dìwei yǒule hěn dàde gǎibiàn.		Under the leadership of the Communist Party, China’s position in the world has changed greatly.
11.	A:	Shínián lái, zhèi liǎngge chéngshìde gōngshāngyè yuè lái yuè fādá le.		In the past ten years industry and commerce in these two cities have hecome more and more developed.
	B:	Zhè hé zhèngfǔde lǐngdǎo shi fēnbùkāide.		This can’t he separated from the government’s leadership.
12.		dǎng		political party; (capital D-) the (Communist) Party
13.		yuányīn		reason, cause
14.		jiārù		to Join