Intermediate - Playdates (C2135)

A: 你看孩子们玩得多开心啊!
nǐ kàn háizǐmen wán de duō kāixīn a!
Look at how the children are playing so happily!
B: 是啊。现在的孩子没有兄弟姐妹,在家里只能自己一个人玩,太没劲了。
shì a. xiànzài de háizi méiyǒu xiōngdìjiěmèi, zài jiālǐ zhǐnéng zìjǐ yī gè rén wán, tài méijìn le.
Yeah! Kids today don't have brothers and sisters, and at home they can only play by themselves. It's no fun at all.
A: 我都害怕这样下去孩子会性格内向,不会交朋友。
wǒ dōu hàipà zhèyàng xiàqù háizi huì xìnggé nèixiàng, bù huì jiāo péngyou.
I'm worried that at this rate my child will have an introverted personality and won't be able to make friends.
B: 哎,那我们以后有时间就一起带孩子出来玩吧!
āi, nà wǒmen yǐhòu yǒu shíjiān jiù yīqǐ dài háizi chūlái wán ba!
Yeah, then in the future we should get our kids together to play sometime.
A: 好啊好啊。周末我都可以的。
hǎo a hǎo a. zhōumò wǒ dōu kěyǐ de.
Okay, okay! I can do it on the weekend.
B: 下周六我也没什么安排,要是天气好,我们就出来。
xiàzhōuliù wǒ yě méi shénme ānpái, yàoshì tiānqì hǎo, wǒmen jiù chūlái.
Next Saturday I don't have any plans either. If the weather's good, we'll come out.
A: 行。去哪儿呢?
xíng. qù nǎr ne?
Okay. Where will we go?
B: 去游乐场,或者去附近的公园都可以。
qù yóulèchǎng, huòzhě qù fùjìn de gōngyuán dōu kěyǐ.
We can go to the amusement park or we can go to a nearby park. Both are good.
A: 好。这样孩子有了玩伴儿,我们大人也可以聊聊天,轻松一下。
hǎo. zhèyàng háizi yǒu le wánbànr, wǒmen dàren yě kěyǐ liáo liao tiān, qīngsōng yīxià.
Okay. This way the kids have someone to play with and us grown-ups can chat and relax a bit.
B: 我们回去再问问别的妈妈,给孩子多找几个小伙伴儿。
wǒmen huíqu zài wèn wen bié de māma, gěi háizi duō zhǎo jǐ gè xiǎo huǒbànr.
We can go back and ask other moms and find a couple of different partners for the kids to play with.
A: 行。
xíng.
Okay.
B: 今天不早了,我们准备回去吧?
jīntiān bù zǎo le, wǒmen zhǔnbèi huíqù ba?
It's late in the day. We should get ready to head home, right?
A: 好。宝宝,我们回家了!
hǎo. bǎobao, wǒmen huíjiā le!
Okay. Sweetie, let's go home!
C: 妈妈,能不能再玩一会儿?
māma, néng bu néng zài wán yīhuǐr?
Mom, can I play a bit longer?

Key Vocabulary

兄弟姐妹 xiōngdìjiěmèi brothers and sisters
只能 zhǐnéng only to be able
没劲 méijìn boring
害怕 hàipà to be afraid, scared
这样下去 zhèyàng xiàqù at this rate, continuing in this way
性格 xìnggé personality
内向 nèixiàng introverted
交朋友 jiāo péngyou to make friends with someone
dài to bring
安排 ānpái to plan
要是 yàoshì if
游乐场 yóulèchǎng amusement park
或者 huòzhě or
附近 fùjìn in the vicinity, nearby
玩伴儿 wánbànr playmate
大人 dàren adult
聊天 liáotiān to chat
轻松 qīngsōng relaxed
小伙伴儿 xiǎo huǒbànr little companion
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare

Supplementary Vocabulary

外向 wàixiàng extroverted
打算 dǎsuàn to plan
还是 háishi or
补习班 bǔxíbān supplementary class
做作业 zuò zuòyè to do homework
继续 jìxù to continue

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