Intermediate - Dormitory Drama - Part 1 (C2497)

A: 完蛋了!我八点要上课,居然睡过头了!
wándàn le! wǒ bādiǎn yào shàngkè, jūrán shuì guòtóu le!
I'm done for! I have to be in class at eight o'clock and I actually overslept!
B: 才七点半。你急什么啊?
cái qīdiǎnbàn. nǐ jí shénme ā?
It's only seven thirty. What are you in a hurry about?
A: 北北,你不是也有课吗?
Běibei, nǐ bùshì yě yǒu kè ma?
Beibei, don't you have classes too?
B: 慢慢来,反正大家都会迟到。
mànmànlái, fǎnzhèng dàjiā dōu huì chídào.
Take it easy. Anyway, everybody will be late.
A: 我们班其他人都很准时的。
wǒmen bān qítā rén dōu hěn zhǔnshí de.
The others in our class are all very punctual.
B: 那是因为你们都是大一的新生。我大一的时候也很乖。不信你问小雨。
nà shì yīnwèi nǐmen dōu shì dàyī de xīnshēng. wǒ dàyī de shíhou yě hěn guāi. bùxìn nǐ wèn Xiǎoyǔ.
That's because you are all new first-year students. When I was a first-year, I was well-behaved too. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoyu.
A: 对了,我下午还要去参加一个讲座。
duìle, wǒ xiàwǔ hái yào qù cānjiā yī gè jiǎngzuò.
Oh yeah, this afternoon I have to go attend a lecture.
C: 在三教的那个?别去啦。
zài sānjiào de nàge? biéqù la.
Is it the one in Building No. 3? Don't go.
A: 不行,老师说要点名。
bùxíng, lǎoshī shuō yào diǎnmíng.
I can't. The teacher said there's roll call.
B: 点名这件事情都是骗你们这些新生的,就算不去,也不会怎么样。
diǎnmíng zhè jiàn shìqing dōu shì piàn nǐmen zhèxiē xīnshēng de, jiùsuàn bù qù, yě bùhuì zěnmeyàng.
This roll call stuff is just to fool you new students. Even if you don't go, nothing will happen.
C: 这种无聊的讲座,老师都喜欢让新生去凑人数。
zhèzhǒng wúliáo de jiǎngzuò, lǎoshī dōu xǐhuan ràng xīnshēng qù còu rénshù.
All the teachers like to use the new students to fill in the numbers for these kind of boring lectures.
A: 我先走啦,拜拜!
wǒ xiān zǒu la, bàibài!
I'm going now. Bye-bye!

Key Vocabulary

完蛋 wándàn be done for, be finished
过头 guòtóu go beyond the limit, to overdo
反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
准时 zhǔnshí punctual
大一 dàyī first year university student, freshman
新生 xīnshēng new student
guāi well-behaved
讲座 jiǎngzuò lecture
三教 sānjiào building three
点名 diǎnmíng roll call
就算 jiùsuàn even if
无聊 wúliáo boring
còu to gather together, to collect

Supplementary Vocabulary

大二 dàèr second year university student, sophomore
大三 dàsān third year university student, junior
大四 dàsì fourth year university student, senior
可爱 kěài cute, adorable
凑钱 còuqián to pool money
教授 jiàoshòu professor

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