language learning center · B1 · Lesson 10
Maintaining longer conversations
Practice this topic in Chinese: Maintaining longer conversations.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
小雨
这让我想起了一次相似的经历。
That reminds me of a similar experience.
马克
我明白你的意思；我遇到的情况不太一样。
I understand what you mean; something different happened to me.
小雨
顺便问一下，你的项目最后怎么样了？
By the way, how did your project end?
马克
换话题之前，我想问你一件事。
Before changing the subject, I wanted to ask you something.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
这让我想起了一次相似的经历。
That reminds me of a similar experience.
这让我想起了一次相似的经历。
我明白你的意思；我遇到的情况不太一样。
I understand what you mean; something different happened to me.
我明白你的意思；我遇到的情况不太一样。
顺便问一下，你的项目最后怎么样了？
By the way, how did your project end?
顺便问一下，你的项目最后怎么样了？
换话题之前，我想问你一件事。
Before changing the subject, I wanted to ask you something.
换话题之前，我想问你一件事。
这是我的看法，你觉得呢？
That is my impression, but what do you think?
这是我的看法，你觉得呢？
Notice, try, and speak
Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “That reminds me of a similar experience.”
Make it yours
Say the five Chinese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Chinese in a real conversation
- 1. 这让我想起了一次相似的经历。
- 2. 我明白你的意思；我遇到的情况不太一样。
- 3. 顺便问一下，你的项目最后怎么样了？
- 4. 换话题之前，我想问你一件事。
- 5. 这是我的看法，你觉得呢？