Lesson Outline:

1. [00:21] How do you conduct an interview in Mandarin?
2. [03:49] The three biggest reasons to do an interview in Mandarin
3. [07:00] Dialogue (normal speed)
4. [07:45] Complete translation
5. [10:37] Dialogue with pauses for echoing (normal speed)

Complete dialogue & translation:

• 阿明：我們到了！
  • Wǒmen dàole!
  • We’ve arrived!
• 小李：我真的好久沒有回家。
  • Wǒ zhēn de hǎojiǔ méiyǒu huí jiā.
  • I really haven’t been home in a long time.
• 你會緊張嗎？
  • Nǐ huì jǐnzhāng ma?
  • Are you nervous?
• 有一點
  • Yǒu yīdiǎn
  • A little.
• 你在擔心什麼？
  • nǐ zài dānxīn shénme?
  • What are you worried about?
• 我擔心我家裡有很多蟑螂！
  • Wǒ dānxīn wǒ jiālǐ yǒu hěnduō zhāngláng!
  • I’m worried my home has a lot of cockroaches!
• 是哦。。。你家不是很乾淨嗎？
  • Shì ó... Nǐ jiā bùshì hěn gānjìng ma?
  • Oh… isn’t your house really clean?
• 是啊，蠻乾淨的，可是。。。
  • Shì a, mán gānjìng de, kěshì...
  • It is, it’s pretty clean, but...
• 那應該沒問題吧
  • Nà yīnggāi méi wèntí ba
  • Then it shouldn’t be a problem.
• 也是，可是。。。
  • yěshì, kěshì...
  • That’s true, but…
• 那我們先進去吧，我幫你拿行李
  • Nà wǒmen xiān jìnqù ba, wǒ bāng nǐ ná xínglǐ
  • Well let’s go in first, I’ll help you carry your luggage.
• 好，麻煩你了
  • hǎo, máfan nǐle
  • Ok, sorry to trouble you.
• 不會，你先去開門
  • bù huì, nǐ xiān qù kāimén
  • No problem, go open the door first.
• 天哪！
  • tiān nǎ!
  • Oh God!
• 怎麼了？
  • Zěnmele?
  • What’s wrong?
• 好多蟑螂！怎麼辦？
  • Hǎoduō zhāngláng! Zěnme bàn?
  • So many cockroaches! What are we gonna do?