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The Bar is on the Second Floor

M: , ! .S: Wo shi Stuart. No time to waste!M: Stuart, are you happy today? ? Ni jintian gaoxing ma?S: . Jin tian wo feichang gaoxing.M: . Wei shenme?S: Because, yinwei, we're going to the bar, see a few friends. You at home, try to pickout the words for bar' and a few'. , .M: Yinwei women yao qu jiuba, kan ji ge pengyou.S: Bar', and a few'. Get them? Dui le. Bar' is jiuba, JIU BA, jiuba. Very important word.M: jiuba, say it again, jiuba. Out of interest, jiu means alcoholic drinks, and the ba comesfrom the English word bar'. And how about a few'? Listen:S: See a few friends. Kan ji ge pengyou.M: Right! Ji ge, JI GE, ji ge, a few. A few friends, ji ge peng you.S: , , now let's go to the bar. xianzai women qu jiuba.M: We'll take the lift. . Women zuo dianti.S: I prefer electric ladder'! Hao, women zuo dianti.M: The lift's arrived. . Dianti lai le.

S: .Qing jin.M: Xiexie.S: What floor is the bar on? ? Jiuba zai ji ceng?M: . Jiuba zai er ceng.S: , . Er ceng.M: we've arrived. , dao le.S: Ladies first. ,qing.M: Xiexie.S: And a quick explanation before we have a drink. Remember my room is on the 14th floor,shi si lou. Lou can mean floor' or storey'.M: And so can , ceng CENG ceng.S: What floor is the bar on? Jiuba zai ji ceng?M: Jiuba zai ji ceng.S: JI ji, can mean a few', as in ji ge peng you', and sometimes it means how many', asin ji ceng?' how many floors?', or, in this case, what floor'. Jiuba zai ji ceng?M: zai er ceng.S: , . Second floor.M: To finish, let's say all the Chinese again. We'll repeat everything.S: Repeat with us, in a loud voice.

M: ? Ni jintian gaoxing ma?S: . Jin tian wo feichang gaoxing.M: . Wei shenme?

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S: , Yinwei women yao qu jiuba. , kan ji ge pengyou.M: . Women zuo dianti.S: . Dianti lai le. .Qing jin.

M: Xiexie.S: ? Jiuba zai ji ceng?M: . Jiuba zai er ceng.S: , . Er ceng.M: , dao le.S: Ladies first. ,qing.M: Xiexie.S: Pengyoumen, see you in the bar tomorrow. Ming tian jian.