language learning center · B2 · Lesson 8
Correcting misunderstandings
Practice this topic in Chinese: Correcting misunderstandings.
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
我想我刚才表达得不够清楚。
I think I did not express myself clearly enough.
马克
我的意思不是要否定整个提议。
I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.
小雨
我想指出的是一个具体风险。
What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.
马克
谢谢您让我进一步说明。
Thank you for asking me to clarify it.
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.
我想我刚才表达得不够清楚。
I think I did not express myself clearly enough.
我想我刚才表达得不够清楚。
我的意思不是要否定整个提议。
I did not mean that we should reject the whole proposal.
我的意思不是要否定整个提议。
我想指出的是一个具体风险。
What I was trying to point out was one specific risk.
我想指出的是一个具体风险。
谢谢您让我进一步说明。
Thank you for asking me to clarify it.
谢谢您让我进一步说明。
这个解释和您的理解一致吗？
Does this explanation match what you understood?
这个解释和您的理解一致吗？
Notice, try, and speak
Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “I think I did not express myself clearly enough.”
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. 我想我刚才表达得不够清楚。
- 2. 我的意思不是要否定整个提议。
- 3. 我想指出的是一个具体风险。
- 4. 谢谢您让我进一步说明。
- 5. 这个解释和您的理解一致吗？