work, life & chinese

• Is there any value in a pre-recorded appology? #

As part of our homework for last weeks Mandarin lesson we were asked to prepare a brief introduction to ourselves using key words and phrases that we have covered so far. I thought I’d share mine with a wider audience.

晚上好。我叫Bill Glover。我在埃森哲工作。对不起我没有名片。但是我的手机的号码是：零七八一三八?八八?八。我出生在伦敦。我有一个弟弟和两个妹妹。我的弟弟和妹妹是双胞胎。我妈妈是爱尔兰人，我爸爸是英国人。我去过中国两次。我会说一点儿中文。

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Last Friday night I told Alicia that work had given me a couple of tickets for a VIP tour of a factory down in Southampton. Bemused, and somewhat exhausted she didn’t even bat an eyelid when I told her she’d have to get up at 6:30 for the privilege. Any of you who know Alicia will know that 6:30 is early.

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你们好。

我的名字是比尔。我的职业是高科技顾问。我网上自学中文。昨晚一直在上网。我从网上查了很多资料。我的女朋友喜欢在网上买书。上个星期是圣帕特里克节。很多人喝建力士了。今天是复活节。我没有巧克力兔子。昨天我一直在家。今天我的弟弟和妹妹从中大学到家了。明天是星期日。我们去我的父母的家吃午饭。

保持联系！
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