- A：你還好嗎？你看起來精神有點差 A: Nǐ hái hǎo ma? Nǐ kàn qǐlái jīngshén yǒudiǎn chā | Are you OK? You don’t look so energetic.
- B：對啊，因為我今天太早醒來 B: Duì a, yīnwèi wǒ jīntiān tài zǎo xǐng lái | Right, because I woke up too early this morning.
- A：是喔，幾點？ A: Shì ō, jǐ diǎn? | Really? What time?
- B：我平常都8點起床，但最近我6:30就醒來 B: Wǒ píngcháng dōu 8 diǎn qǐchuáng, dàn zuìjìn wǒ 6:30 jiù xǐng lái | Usually I get out of bed at 8, but recently I’ve been waking up at 6:30.
- A：你有辦法再回去睡嗎？ A: Nǐ yǒu bànfǎ zài huíqù shuì ma? | Are you able to go back to sleep?
- B：沒有辦法。我住在學校旁邊，7點就開始吵了 B: Méiyǒu bànfǎ. Wǒ zhù zài xuéxiào pángbiān,7 diǎn jiù kāishǐ chǎole | I can’t. I live next to a school, and it starts getting noisy at 7.
- A：那麼早就有小朋友在吵？ A: Nàme zǎo jiù yǒu xiǎopéngyǒu zài chǎo? | That early and the kids are already being noisy?
- B：對啊，很奇怪！ B: Duì a, hěn qíguài! | Yeah, it’s really strange!
- A：那你有試著戴耳塞嗎？ A: Nà nǐ yǒu shìzhe dài ěrsāi ma? | Well have you tried wearing earplugs?
- B：我不想戴耳塞 B: Wǒ bùxiǎng dài ěrsāi | I don’t want to wear earplugs.
- A：為什麼？ A: Wèishéme? | Why not?
- B：因為這樣子我會聽不到小孩的聲音 B: Yīnwèi zhèyàng zi wǒ huì tīng bù dào xiǎohái de shēngyīn | Because then I won’t be able to hear the sounds of the children.
- A：這樣不是很好嗎？！ A: Zhèyàng bùshì hěn hǎo ma?! | Isn’t that a good thing?!
- B：可是，聽到小孩的聲音 讓我精神變好啊 B: Kěshì, tīngdào xiǎohái de shēngyīn ràng wǒ jīngshén biàn hǎo a | But hearing the voices of children makes me feel more energetic.
- A：你讓我覺得無言 A: Nǐ ràng wǒ juédé wúyán. | You make me speechless.
Words and phrases:
精神 - Jīngshén - spirit, energy
聲音 - shēngyīn - voice, sound
有可能 - yǒu kěnéng - maybe, possibly
進步 - jìnbù - to improve
速度 - sùdù - speed
很花時間 - hěn huā shíjiān - time-consuming
要看哪一天 - yào kàn nǎ yītiān - it depends which day
每天不一樣 - měitiān bù yīyàng - every day is different
年紀 - niánjì - age
相信 - xiāngxìn - to believe
語言 - yǔyán - language
小孩 - xiǎohái - child
玩 - wán - to play
模仿 - mófǎng - to imitate
讓 - ràng - to let, to make