Intermediate - National Stereotypes (C1822)

A:  你们好!很高兴见到你们!
nǐmen hǎo! hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nǐmen!
Hi! I'm really happy to meet you guys!
BC:  你好你好!
nǐhǎo nǐhǎo!
Hello, hello!
A:  我先自我介绍一下,我姓韩,你们叫我韩雨就好了。
wǒ xiān zìwǒ jièshào yīxià, wǒ xìng Hán, nǐmen jiào wǒ Hán Yǔ jiù hǎo le.
Let me introduce myself first. My last name is Han. You can call me Han Yu.
B:  我的中文名字是何好德,我是法国人。
wǒ de Zhōngwén míngzi shì Hé Hǎodé, wǒ shì Fǎguórén.
My Chinese name is He Haode. I'm French.
A:  哦,法国人都很浪漫!
ò, Fǎguórén dōu hěn làngmàn!
Oh, French people are so romantic!
B:  哪里哪里。
nǎli nǎli.
You're too kind.
A:  你们都爱喝红酒,是吧?
nǐmen dōu ài hē hóngjiǔ, shì ba?
You guys all love to drink red wine, right?
B:  不是。我爱喝啤酒。
bù shì. wǒ ài hē píjiǔ.
Nope. I like to drink beer.
C:  我叫Jack,我来自德国。
wǒ jiào Jack, wǒ láizì Déguó.
I'm Jack. I'm from Germany.
A:  我觉得你就是德国人。
wǒ juéde nǐ jiù shì Déguórén.
I thought you were German.
C:  是吗?你怎么知道?
shì ma? nǐ zěnme zhīdào?
Really? How did you know?
A:  德国人看起来都很认真。
Déguórén kàn qǐlai dōu hěn rènzhēn.
Germans all look very serious.
C:  哦,是吗?每个人都不一样。
ò, shì ma? měi ge rén dōu bùyīyàng.
Oh, is that so? Everyone's different.
A:  对对,不一样。你们外国人都很有个性。
duì duì, bùyīyàng. nǐmen wàiguórén dōu hěn yǒu gèxìng.
That's right, different. You foreigners all have a lot of individual personality.
B:  那你觉得美国人怎么样?
nà nǐ juéde Měiguórén zěnmeyàng?
What do you think Americans are like?
A:  美国人嘛,很开放!
Měiguórén ma, hěn kāifàng!
You know Americans. They're very open!
B:  哦。
ò.
Oh.
A:  好,我带你们去那边看看吧。
hǎo, wǒ dài nǐmen qù nàbiān kàn kan ba.
OK, let me take you guys over there to look around.

Key Vocabulary

见到jiàndàoto meet
xiānfirst
自我介绍zìwǒ jièshàoto introduce oneself
法国FǎguóFrance
dōuall
浪漫làngmànromantic
哪里哪里nǎli nǎli‘you‘re too kind‘
红酒hóngjiǔred wine
啤酒píjiǔbeer
来自láizìto come from
德国DéguóGermany
觉得juédeto think
jiùjust
看起来kàn qǐlaito look like
认真rènzhēnserious
měievery
不一样bùyīyàngdifferent
外国人wàiguórénforeigner
个性gèxìngindividual personality
美国MěiguóAmerica
ma[attracts attention]
开放kāifàngopen (of personality)
dàito bring

Supplementary Vocabulary

韩国HánguóKorea
礼貌lǐmàomanners, etiquette
客气kèqipolite
过时guòshíoutdated
谦虚qiānxūmodest
态度tàidùattitude
样子yàngziappearance
刻板印象kèbǎn yìnxiàngstereotype
刻板kèbǎnmechanical, inflexible
印象yìnxiàngimpression

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