Level 3 - Lesson 1
This lesson starts Level 3 with everyday people words. You will use short exchanges to check a name list, ask who someone is, and identify visitors or workers by role.
Contains 5 words
aunt; auntie
spouse
other; different
other people; someone else
patient; sick person
Contains 4 words
name list
Contains 3 words
famous person
名单上有经理和司机。
Míngdān shàng yǒu jīnglǐ hé sījī.
The manager and driver are on the list.
哪个男人是经理？
Nǎ ge nánrén shì jīnglǐ?
Which man is the manager?
这位同事是经理。
Zhè wèi tóngshì shì jīnglǐ.
This coworker is the manager.
那个男人是司机。
Nà ge nánrén shì sījī.
That man is the driver.
阿姨来看病人。
Āyí lái kàn bìngrén.
Situation: At the start of the workday, a new coworker checks the staff list and learns who is managing, who is driving, and when they will arrive.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
我今天和哪些同事一起工作？
Which coworkers am I working with today?
manager
driver
coworker; colleague
man
male student; boy student
名单上有名字，
There are names on the list,
名字后面还有谁？
But who is behind those names?
今天他们认识你，
Today they know you.
明天——
Tomorrow—
你是谁？
Who are you?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天他们叫你名人，
Today they call you a celebrity.
明天可能叫你别人。
Tomorrow they may call you someone else.
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
很多人知道你的名字，
Many people know your name.
有几个人知道你累不累？
How many know whether you are tired?
名单上有你，
Your name is on the list.
名单上有谁？
Whose name is on the list?
名字可以留下，
A name can remain,
人还是会变。
But people still change.
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
男生想快点变成男人，
A boy wants to become a man quickly.
男人又想回到从前。
A man wants to return to the past.
人人都想当司机，
Everyone wants to be the driver,
可是要开到哪边？
But where are they going to drive?
今天他们叫你经理，
Today they call you a manager.
很多同事站你旁边。
Many coworkers stand beside you.
明天你不在那个位置，
Tomorrow you will no longer be in that position.
还有谁说“再见”？
Who will still say “goodbye”?
名人的名字大家都知道，
Everyone knows a famous person’s name.
名人知道谁的名字？
But whose names does that famous person know?
房间里面很多人笑，
Many people laugh inside the room.
门一关——
Once the door closes—
还有谁在？
Who is still there?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天他们叫你名人，
Today they call you a celebrity.
明天可能叫你别人。
Tomorrow they may call you someone else.
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
很多人知道你的名字，
Many people know your name.
有几个人知道你累不累？
How many know whether you are tired?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
昨天很多人在找你，
Yesterday, many people were looking for you.
今天你也在找别人。
Today, you are looking for someone else too.
昨天你走在最前面，
Yesterday, you walked at the very front.
今天也可能是病人。
Today, you might be a patient too.
到了那个时候，
When that time comes,
谁是经理不重要。
Who is the manager does not matter.
谁有名字不重要。
Who has a name does not matter.
谁还没走——
Who has not left—
你才知道。
Then you know.
阿姨在等，
An auntie is waiting.
爱人在等。
A loved one is waiting.
没人说太多，
No one says much.
也没人走。
No one leaves either.
我那天才明白，
That day, I finally understood:
最安静的人，
The quietest person
有时候——
Sometimes—
爱你最多。
Loves you the most.
别人可以进去吗？
Can other people go in?
我以前一直问。
I used to ask all the time.
后来门开了，
Later, the door opened.
我又开始问：
I began to ask again:
进去以后呢？
What happens after you go in?
进去以后呢？
What happens after you go in?
如果没人真的认识你，
If no one truly knows you,
里面和外面——
Inside and outside—
有什么不同？
What is the difference?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
没有工作，没有名字，
With no job and no name,
你还会是谁？
Who would you still be?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
今天你是谁？
Who are you today?
没有工作，没有名字，
With no job and no name,
你还会是谁？
Who would you still be?
Auntie came to visit the patient.
她爱人也来了。
Tā àiren yě lái le.
Her spouse also came.
别人可以进去吗？
Biéren kěyǐ jìnqù ma?
Can other people go in?
别的人等一等。
Bié de rén děng yi děng.
The other people should wait a moment.
那位名人来学校吗？
Nà wèi míngrén lái xuéxiào ma?
Is that famous person coming to the school?
我找这位经理。
Wǒ zhǎo zhè wèi jīnglǐ.
I am looking for this manager.
方方
Fangfang
我看看名单。王一雪是经理，李明是司机。
Let me check the list. Wang Yixue is the manager, and Li Ming is the driver.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
司机几点来？
What time is the driver coming?
方方
Fangfang
他九点来，经理下午来。
He is coming at nine, and the manager is coming this afternoon.
Situation: At a hospital, a visitor confirms who has arrived and asks a doctor whether more people may enter the patient's room.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
阿姨和她爱人都来看病人吗？
Did Auntie and her spouse both come to visit the patient?
李医生
Doctor Li
对，他们都来了。
Yes. They both came.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
别人也可以进去吗？
May other people go in too?
李医生
Doctor Li
现在里面人很多，别的人在外面等一下吧。
There are many people inside now, so the others should wait outside for a while.
Situation: Before a school event, a student asks a teacher which famous guest is scheduled and when they should meet him.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
王老师，今天来学校的名人是谁？
Teacher Wang, who is the famous guest coming to school today?
王老师
Teacher Wang
我看看名单，是李老师。
Let me check the list. It is Teacher Li.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
他几点来？
What time is he coming?
王老师
Teacher Wang
三点。我们两点五十去门口等他。
At three. We will go to the entrance at 2:50 to wait for him.
Situation: An office visitor asks a coworker to identify the manager among several people and begins the intended conversation.
王一雪
Wang Yixue
请问，我找王经理。
Excuse me, I am looking for Manager Wang.
白家月
Bai Jiayue
他在那边。
He is over there.
王一雪
Wang Yixue
哪个男人是王经理？
Which man is Manager Wang?
白家月
Bai Jiayue
穿黑衣服的那位。
The one wearing black.
王一雪
Wang Yixue
好，我过去找他。
Okay. I will go over and speak to him.
