Intermediate - I Haven't Seen You in Ages! (C1995)

A:  刘晓芸!
Liú Xiǎoyún!
Liu Xiaoyun!
B:  李辉!哎呀,太巧了!能在这里碰到你!
Lǐ Huī! āiyā, tài qiǎo le! néng zài zhèlǐ pèngdào nǐ!
Li Hui! Wow, what a coincidence, running into you here!
A:  哈哈,从毕业到现在,我们有五年多没见了吧!
hāhā, cóng bìyè dào xiànzài, wǒmen yǒu wǔ nián duō méi jiàn le ba!
Ha ha, I haven't seen you since graduation over five years ago!
B:  对啊!时间过得真快!你变化挺大的!我差点儿没认出来。
duì a! shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài! nǐ biànhuà tǐng dà de! wǒ chàdiǎnr méi rèn chūlai.
That's right! Time really flies! You've changed quite a bit! I almost didn't recognize you.
A:  哦?我以前是什么样子的?
ó? wǒ yǐqián shì shénme yàngzi de?
Oh? What did I look like before?
B:  以前啊,比较单纯,像个大男孩儿。
yǐqián a, bǐjiào dānchún, xiàng ge dà nánháir.
Before you were a bit more innocent, like a big child.
A:  这么说,我是变老啦。
zhème shuō, wǒ shì biàn lǎo la.
So you mean I've gotten old.
B:  不是不是,是比以前成熟了。听说你当经理了。
bùshì bùshì, shì bǐ yǐqián chéngshú le. tīngshuō nǐ dāng jīnglǐ le.
No no, you're more mature. I heard you're a manager now.
A:  嘿嘿,混饭吃呗。
hēihēi, hùn fàn chī bei.
Heh heh, I'm getting by.
B:  在老同学面前,还这么谦虚。
zài lǎo tóngxué miànqián, hái zhème qiānxū.
So humble in front of an old classmate.
A:  没有没有。你呢?在做什么?
méiyǒu méiyǒu. nǐ ne? zài zuò shénme?
No, no. What about you? What do you do?
B:  我啊,两年前考了公务员。
wǒ a, liǎng nián qián kǎo le gōngwùyuán.
Me? I started working for the government two years ago.
A:  厉害!公务员可是金饭碗啊!对了,你结婚了吗?
lìhai! gōngwùyuán kě shì jīnfànwǎn a! duìle, nǐ jiéhūn le ma?
Nice! Working in the government's really well-paid! By the way, are you married?
B:  还没。你呢?
hái méi. nǐ ne?
Not yet. What about you?
A:  我也是。要不我们找个地方一边喝茶一边聊吧!
wǒ yě shì. yàobu wǒmen zhǎo ge dìfang yībiān hēchá yībiān liáo ba!
Me neither. How about we find some place to have some tea while we chat?
B:  好啊!
hǎo a!
OK!

Key Vocabulary

qiǎocoincidental
碰到pèngdàoto bump into
毕业bìyèto graduate
guòto pass
变化biànhuàchange
差点儿chàdiǎnrnearly
认出来rèn chūlaito recognize
样子yàngziappearance
单纯dānchúninnocent
变老biàn lǎoold
成熟chéngshúmature
more than
dāngto be
经理jīnglǐmanager
hùnto get by
混饭吃hùn fàn chīto eat
老同学lǎo tóngxuéold classmate
面前miànqiánin front of
谦虚qiānxūmodest
kǎoto test
公务员gōngwùyuángovernment official
厉害lìhaiawesome
really
金饭碗jīnfànwǎngolden rice bowl
结婚jiéhūnto marry
要不yàobuhow about
一边......一边......yībiān ... yībiān ...at the same time as
liáoto chat

Supplementary Vocabulary

外表wàibiǎoappearance
变胖biàn pàngto become fatter
变瘦biàn shòuto become skinnier
明显míngxiǎnobvious
强调qiángdiàoto emphasize
铁饭碗tiěfànwǎniron rice bowl; 'a stable job'
稳定wěndìngstable
工资gōngzīsalary

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