Life is full of decisions. Where to eat lunch, what time to get up, where to go for your holidays? It’s worth to learn how to consider and decide amongst some options so that you can discuss with your friends or those closer to you.
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(i) How to weigh up some options to help you make a decision
(ii) To talk about making a choice between two or more possibilities
Dialogue: A boyfriend is discussing his travel plans with his friend:
A: 我下个月想和我女朋友去旅游。Wǒ xià gè yuè xiǎng hé wǒ nǚ péngyǒu qù lǚyóu.
I want to travel with my girlfriend next month.
B：你们想去哪儿？Nǐmen xiǎng qù nǎ’er?
Where do you want to go?
A: 我们想了半天，最后决定去昆明或者青岛吧。Wǒmen xiǎngle bàntiān, zuìhòu juédìng qù kūnmíng huòzhě qīngdǎo ba.
I have been thinking about it for a while, and decided to either go to Kunming or Qingdao.
B: 嗯，这两个城市都不错，但是离得很远。你们只能选一个啊。En, zhè liǎng gè chéngshì dōu bùcuò, dànshì lí dé hěn yuǎn. Nǐmen zhǐ néng xuǎn yīgè a.
En, these two cities are good. But they’re far away from each other. You can only pick one.
A: 昆明天气暖和，青岛海鲜丰盛。唉真不知道选哪个好！Kūnmíng tiānqì nuǎnhuo, qīngdǎo hǎixiān fēngshèng. Āi zhēn bù zhīdào xuǎn nǎge hǎo!
Kunming’s weather is warm, but Qing Dao has plenty of great seafood. Ai, I don’t know which one is better!
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
下个月：next month
想：want
女朋友：girlfriend
旅游：travel
去：go
哪儿：where
你们：you
想了：think
半天：it literally means half a day, but it’s a common expression meaning for a long time
Eg.
想了半天：think for a long time
走了半天：walk for a while
最后：finally, eventually
决定：decide
昆明：Kunming City
青岛：Qingdao City
这两个：these two
都：both, all
不错：not bad
离得：away from
很远：very far away
你们：you
只能：only
选：choose, pick
哪个：Which one?
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