1.	A:	Zhèiběn Fǎwén zhōukān xiāngdāng bú cuò!		This French weekly is quite good!
	B:	À! Nǐ xiànzài duì Fǎwén hěn yǒu yánjiū le, néng kàn Fǎwén zázhì le!		Oh! You know a lot about French now you can read French magazines!
2.	A:	Nánnǚ píngděng shì bu shi Zhōngguó rénde kànfǎ?		Is equality between men and women a Chinese viewpoint?
	B:	Shì, kěshi nèi shi Zhōngguo rénde xīn guānniàn, bú shi lǎo guānniàn.		Yes, but that's a new concept of the Chinese, not an old one.
3.	A:	Zhèipiān wénzhāng bù hǎo ma?		Isn’t this article any good?
	B:	Bú shi zhèige yìsi. Wénzhāng bú cuò, jiù shi chángle yidiǎnr.		That wasn’t what I meant. The article is pretty good, it’s just that it’s a bit long.
	B:	Nǐ hái yǒu shénme biéde wénzhāng ma?		Do you have any other articles?
4.	A:	Nǐ jiēhūn yǐqián yìzhí dōu gēn fùmǔ yìqǐ zhù ma?		Before you got married did you live with your parents all along?
	B:	Bú shi, wǒ méi jiēhūn jiu líkāi jiā dúlì shēnghuōle qī-bā nián.		No, I left home before I got married and lived independently for seven or eight years.
5.	A:	Nǐ kàn, zhèr yǒu yìpiān guānyù tóngjūde xīnwén.		Look, here’s a news article about living together.
	B:	Suànle ba. Zhèizhǒng xīnwén yǒu shénme yìsi?		Forget it. What’s interesting about that kind of news?
6.	A:	Nī jiějie yīxué fāngmiànde shū yuè lái yuè duō le!		Your sister is getting more and more medical books!
	B:	Shì a, tā zài pīnmìng xué yī ne.		Yes, she’s studying medicine with all her energy.
7.	A:	Liú Xiānshengde kè shízài méi yìsi.		Mr. Liu’s class is really boring.
	B:	Nǐ tǐīgxiaqu, mànmānr huì yǒu xìngqude.		If you keep attending it, gradually you’ll become interested.
8.	A:	Xiàng Wáng Jiàoshòu zhèiyangde lǎoshī zhēnshi bù duō.		There really aren’t many teachers like Professor Wang.
	B:	Nǐ shuōduì le. Rúguǒ bú shi tā bāngzhu wo, wǒ zhēn bù xiǎng xué le.		You’re right. If it weren’t for the help he’s given me, I wouldn’t want to study anymore.
9.	A:	Sānnián yǐqián wǒ jiu bú kào fùmǔ shēnghuó le.		I stopped depending on my parents for a living three years ago.
	B:	Nǐ néng zìjǐ guǎn zìjī, zhēn bú cuò.		It’s really great that you can take care of yourself [be your own boss].
10.	A:	Tā xiěde jǐběn xiǎoshuō xiànzài dōu hěn liúxíng.		The novels he wrote are all very popular now.
	B:	Nà dāngrān, xiàng tā nèiyang yǒu dìwei yǒu zhǐshide rén, xiěde xiǎoshuō yídìng yǒu yìsi.		Of course. Novels written by someone with his position and knowledge are sure to be interesting.
11.		yǒu bāngzhu	有帮助	to be helpful
12.		yǒu dàolǐ	有道理	to make sense
13.		zìyóu	宁死	to be free; freedom
12.		-bèizi	辈子	all one’s life, lifetime
15.		Xīnwén Zhōukān	新闻周刊	Newsweek
16.		fùnǚ	夫女	woman; women, womankind