It’s good to keep in touch with friends and colleagues whom you may not have seen recently. Find out what they have been doing, and what news they have about themselves and their lives. Are you able to talk about some of your recent experiences? Or ask others about theirs?
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(i) How to ask about what some of your friends and colleagues have been doing recently
(ii) To talk about things which have happened to you or to others
Dialogue:
Two friends are talking about friends they haven’t seen for a while:
(在餐馆聚餐）
(zài cān guǎn jù cān)
(having dinner at a restaurant)
- Male
- Female
A:好久没和李红联系了，也不知道她最近怎么样了？
Hǎo jiǔ méi hé lǐ hóng lián xi le, yě bù zhī dào tā zuì jìn zěn me yàng le?
I haven’t been in touch with Li Hong for a long time. I’m not sure how she has been doing recently.
B:听说，她刚去法国进修回来。
Tīng shuō, tā gāng qù Fǎ Guó jìn xiū huí lái.
I heard that she just came back from advanced training in France.
A:是么！真棒。
Shì me! Zhēn bàng.
Is that so? Great!
B:你和王刚有联络么？他最近什么情况？
Nǐ hé Wáng Gāng yǒu lián luò me? Tā zuì jìn shén me qíng kuàng?
Have you contacted Wang Gang? How has he been doing recently?
A:有。他刚刚离婚。而且他工作也不顺心。这阵子一直在找工作呢。
Yǒu. Tā gāng gāng lí hūn. Ér qiě tā gōng zuò yě bù shùn xīn. Zhè zhèn zi yī zhí zài zhǎo gōng zuò ne.
I have. He just got divorced. And his work is not going well either. He has been
looking for jobs recently.
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
最近：recently
刚刚：just moments ago
好久：for a long time
联系：keep in touch/contact with someone
听说：hear
进修：advanced training/study
真棒：great
有联络／联系：contact
最近什么情况：what’s the situation recently
离婚：divorce
离：split
婚：marriage
顺心：everything is going smoothly
这阵子：these days/recently
找工作：looking for jobs
Cultural/Grammar note:
In Chinese, ‘进修’ often refers to people who have been working for a while and then they go back to study to enhance their professional knowledge. Sometimes their training is paid for by their company.
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