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@ 21219 Why Are You at Home
A: * 小寶，你怎麼在家？*
* Xiǎobǎo,nǐzěnmezàijiā?*
* Xiao Bao, how come you're at home?*
B: * 啊，媽媽，你回來了。*
* à, māma, nǐ huílai le.*
* Ah, Mom, you've come back!*
A: * 你不上課嗎？*
* nǐbùshàngkèma?*
* Aren't you going to class?*
B: * 下課了。*
* xiàkè le.*
* Class was dismissed.*
A: * 你今天有幾節課？*
* nǐ jīntiān yǒu jǐ jié kè?*
* How many classes do you have today?*
B: * 五節。*
* wǔ jié.*
* Five.*
A: * 五節？*
* wǔ jié?*
* Five?*
B: * 不是，是六節。*
* bù shì, shì liù jié.*
* No, six.*
A: * 小寶！*
* Xiǎobǎo!*
* Xiao Bao!*
Key Vocabulary* *
怎麼* zěnme* how, how come
在家* zàijiā* at home
回來* huílai* to return
上課* shàngkè* to attend class
下課* xiàkè* to finish class
今天* jīntiān* today
幾* jǐ* how many
節* jié* measure word for classes
課* kè* class
有* yǒu* to have
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
上學* shàngxué* to go to school
放學* fàngxué* to get out of school; finish school before a holiday
學校* xuéxiào* school
逃學* táoxué* to cut class, to play hooky
騙* piàn* to lie to, to cheat, to deceive
回去* huíqù* to go back
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