HSK 4Lesson 32
Parties and holidays bring people together. You will plan a party before the winter vacation, tell a classmate about a holiday class meal for a teacher's birthday, compare a lively party with a dull one, and tell a joke.
You will learn to plan a party and a group meal, celebrate, and talk about holidays, lively events, dull ones and jokes.
Part 1 · 17 new words
Contains 6 words
party; get-together
group meal
to get together
to celebrate
to hold (an event)
to hold; to take place (an event)
Contains 2 words
activity; event
joke
Contains 5 words
public holidays
holiday; day off
Contains 4 words
lively; bustling
interesting; fun
Part 2 · 8 phrases
好久没见了，我们办个聚会，聚一聚吧。
We haven't seen each other in ages; let's have a get-together.
为了庆祝老师的生日，我们班一起去聚餐。
To celebrate our teacher's birthday, our class went out for a group meal.
学校举办的活动，明天下午在大楼里举行。
The event the school is organizing takes place in the big building tomorrow afternoon.
节假日，街上特别热闹。
On public holidays the streets are especially lively.
寒假在冬天，暑假在夏天，我最喜欢暑假。
Winter vacation is in winter and summer vacation is in summer; I like summer the most.
我请了三天假，去看一个朋友。
I took three days off to visit a friend.
Part 3 · 4 conversations
Before the winter vacation, Liu Xiaoxue and Anne plan a party for their friends and decide the day, the place and what to do.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
寒假快到了，学校要放三个星期的假，大家都要回家。我们走以前办一个聚会吧。
The winter vacation is nearly here. The school is giving us three weeks off and everyone is going home. Let's have a party before we leave.
安妮Anne
好主意！考试结束那天晚上怎么样？那天大家都有时间。
Good idea! How about the evening after the last exam? Everyone is free then.
winter vacation
summer vacation
leave; time off
boring
funny
这本书前面有点儿无聊，后面就有趣了。
The beginning of this book is a bit boring, but then it gets interesting.
他讲的笑话真好笑，大家都笑了。
The joke he told was really funny, and everyone laughed.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
好。在饭馆还是在我家？
Fine. At a restaurant or at my place?
安妮Anne
在你家吧，人多热闹，还可以自己做几个菜。
Your place. With lots of people it'll be lively, and we can cook a few dishes ourselves.
刘小雪Liu Xiaoxue
那还得想几个活动，大家只是吃饭的话，会很无聊。
Then we need to think of a few activities. If people just eat, it'll be boring.
安妮Anne
游戏我来准备，你去买吃的喝的。
I'll get the games ready, and you go and buy food and drinks.
Bai Jiayue tells Wang Yixue about a class meal on a public holiday that also celebrates Teacher Wang's birthday.
白家月Bai Jiayue
放假那天我们班要举办一次聚餐，你去吗？
Our class is having a group meal on the holiday. Are you going?
王一雪Wang Yixue
是为了庆祝什么吗？
Is it to celebrate something?
白家月Bai Jiayue
那天正好是王老师的生日。平时大家都忙，这次可以聚一聚。
That day happens to be Teacher Wang's birthday. Everyone is busy normally, so this time we can get together.
王一雪Wang Yixue
在哪儿举行？节假日饭馆人很多，得早点儿订。
Where is it being held? Restaurants are packed on public holidays, so you need to book early.
白家月Bai Jiayue
已经订好了，就在学校旁边的饭馆。
It's already booked, at the restaurant next to the school.
王一雪Wang Yixue
那我一定去。要带什么吗？
Then I'll definitely go. Should I bring anything?
白家月Bai Jiayue
不用带，大家一起给老师买礼物，每个人出五十块。
No need. We're all buying the teacher a present together; everyone puts in fifty yuan.
Li Wen asks Liu Ming about yesterday's party and compares it with a dull one last month.
李文Li Wen
昨天的聚会怎么样？
How was yesterday's party?
刘明Liu Ming
很热闹。昨天是假日，大家都有时间，来了二十多个人。
Very lively. It was a day off yesterday, so everyone had time and more than twenty people came.
李文Li Wen
有什么有趣的活动吗？
Were there any fun activities?
刘明Liu Ming
有，我们玩了猜词语的游戏，大家都笑得不行。
Yes, we played a word-guessing game, and everyone was in fits of laughter.
李文Li Wen
我上个月去的聚会就很无聊，大家都在看手机。
The party I went to last month was really boring. Everyone was looking at their phones.
刘明Liu Ming
那是因为没有人准备活动。下次我们聚会，你也来吧。
That's because nobody planned any activities. Come along next time we get together.
Bai Jiayue tells Wang Yixue a joke she heard during the summer vacation.
白家月Bai Jiayue
暑假的时候我听到一个笑话，特别好笑，你要听吗？
I heard a really funny joke during the summer vacation. Do you want to hear it?
王一雪Wang Yixue
快说，我最喜欢听笑话了。
Go on, I love jokes.
白家月Bai Jiayue
一个孩子回家对妈妈说：“今天上课，我们班只有我一个人站起来了！”
A child comes home and says to his mother, “In class today, I was the only one in the whole class who stood up!”
王一雪Wang Yixue
他妈妈一定很高兴吧？
His mother must be really pleased, right?
白家月Bai Jiayue
妈妈问为什么，孩子说：“老师说，没写作业的同学站起来。”
His mother asks why, and the child says, “The teacher said: anyone who hasn't done their homework, stand up.”
王一雪Wang Yixue
真好笑！明天我也讲给我哥哥的女儿听。
That is so funny! I'll tell it to my niece tomorrow.
