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 jiàndào to meet
xiān first
自我介绍 zìwǒ jièshào to introduce oneself
法国 Fǎguó France
dōu all
浪漫 làngmàn romantic
哪里哪里 nǎli nǎli ‘you‘re too kind‘
红酒 hóngjiǔ red wine
啤酒 píjiǔ beer
来自 láizì to come from
德国 Déguó Germany
觉得 juéde to think
jiù just
看起来 kàn qǐlai to look like
认真 rènzhēn serious
měi every
不一样 bùyīyàng different
外国人 wàiguórén foreigner
个性 gèxìng individual personality
美国 Měiguó America
ma [attracts attention]
开放 kāifàng open (of personality)
dài to bring

Supplementary Vocabulary

韩国 Hánguó Korea
礼貌 lǐmào manners, etiquette
客气 kèqi polite
过时 guòshí outdated
谦虚 qiānxū modest
态度 tàidù attitude
样子 yàngzi appearance
刻板印象 kèbǎn yìnxiàng stereotype
刻板 kèbǎn mechanical, inflexible
印象 yìnxiàng impression

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