Getting through University can be both a challenge and also great fun. Studying for something you are really interested in and which you know will benefit you in the future can be rewarding. If you can talk about such topics with your friends you’ll certainly make good progress with your own study… of, for example, Mandarin Chinese!
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(i) To talk about starting the last year of university
(ii) How to discuss your plans for forthcoming study
Dialogue:
Two students are talking:
（在校园）
(zài xiào yuán)
(on campus)
A:一开学咱们就大四了。
Yī kāi xué zán men jiù dà sì le.
We will be senior university students as soon as the term starts.
B:是啊，时间过得真快。
Shì a, shí jiān guò de zhēn kuài.
Yes, time flies.
A:新学期有什么打算？
Xīn xué qī
yǒu shén me dǎ suàn?
Any plans for the new term?
B:我要开始好好学习，天天向上。
Wǒ yào kāi shǐ hǎo hǎo xué xié, tiān tiān xiàng shàng.
I will start to study hard and make progress every day.
A:哈哈，对。毕业前找个好点的实习单位。
Hā ha, duì. Bì yè qián zhǎo gè hǎo diǎn de shí xí dān wèi.
Right, and find a good internship before graduation.
B:嗯，我们一起努力吧！
Èn, wǒ mén yī qǐ nǔ lì ba!
Yeah, let’s work hard together!
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
校园：campus
开学：new term begins
大四：the senior year in university
时间过的真快：how time flies
新学期：term
打算：plan, decide
好好学习，天天向上：study hard and make progress everyday
毕业：graduation
找：find
好点儿：a good one, a better one
实习：internship
单位：working place, an employer
努力：work hard, make great efforts
一起：together
Review of 186:
小学：primary school (six years)
初中：middle school (three years)
高中：high school (three years)
大学：university (four years)
Cultural/Grammar note:
‘时间过的真快’ is a casual way for you to express ‘how time flies’.
‘好好学习，天天向上’ is a Chinese saying, which literally means ‘good good study, day day up’, which is a funny translation which almost every Chinese child knows.
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