Dialogue
小张\uFF1A
Nǐ你zài在nǎr哪gōng儿zuò工Máng作？bu忙máng不忙？Where do you work? Are you busy?
小刘\uFF1A
Wǒ我zài在yí一gè个gōng公sī司shàng上bān班。Fēi非cháng常máng忙，měi每tiān天dōu都hěn很lèi累。I work at a company. Extremely busy — tired every day.
小张\uFF1A
Nǐ你měi每tiān天jǐ几diǎn点shàng上bān班？Jǐ几diǎn点xià下bān班？What time do you start and finish work every day?
小刘\uFF1A
Zǎo早shang上bā八diǎn点jiù就shàng上bān班，wǎn晚shang上qī七diǎn点cái才xià下bān班。Yǒu有shí时gèng更wǎn晚。I start at eight in the morning and don't finish until seven at night. Sometimes even later.
小张\uFF1A
Tài太lèi累le了！Nǐ你kuài快lè乐ma吗？That's exhausting! Are you happy?
小刘\uFF1A
Yǒu有shí时hou候lèi累，dàn但shì是gōng工zuò作zuò做wán完le了jiù就hěn很kuài快lè乐。Wǒ我xī希wàng望yǐ以hòu后bú不nà那me么máng忙。Sometimes tired, but once the work is done I feel happy. I hope it won't be so busy in the future.
小张\uFF1A
Nǐ你shén什me么shí时hou候kāi开shǐ始zhè这ge个gōng工zuò作de的？When did you start this job?
小刘\uFF1A
Cóng从qùn去ián年jiù就kāi开shǐ始le了。Yǐ已jīng经gōng工zuò作le了liǎng两nián年le了。I started last year. I've already been working for two years.
小张\uFF1A
Xià下bān班yǐ以hòu后nǐ你jīng经cháng常zuò做shén什me么？What do you often do after work?
小刘\uFF1A
Wǒ我jīng经cháng常zì自jǐ己zuò做fàn饭。Zuò做wán完fàn饭jiù就děi得chī吃le了。Yǒu有shí时hěn很lèi累，dàn但shì是zì自jǐ己zuò做de的fàn饭fēi非cháng常hǎo好chī吃。I often cook for myself. Once I finish cooking I have to eat right away. Sometimes very tired, but food I make myself is really delicious.
Key vocabulary
Words introduced or practised in this lesson.
工作work; job; to work公司company; firm; corporation上班to go to work下班to finish work; to get off work忙busy累tired快乐happy希望to wish for准备preparation开始to begin已经already完to finish经常day to day有时sometimes每each就at once得to have to非常unusual自己self
View full Level 2 vocabulary \u2192Characters in context
Key characters from this lesson.
工
忙
累
希
准
有
每
就
Grammar in use
Structures you will practise in this lesson.
Frequency words 经常/有时/每次
Use 经常, 有时, 每次, 很少 to express how often something happens.
Result complements 完/到/对/错
Use verb + 完 (finish), 动词 + 到 (achieve), 做对/做错 (get right/wrong) as result complements.
Work routine patterns
Use 上班, 下班, 开会, 加班, 忙, 累 to describe work routines.
Skill practice
Activities linked to this lesson\u2019s objectives.
Unit check
Answer the questions, then submit to see your results.
Your turn
Describe your (or someone's) typical workday. Include start and end times, how busy it is, and how you feel.
Frame
我在……工作/上班。每天……点就上班，……点才下班。经常很……。做完工作就……。
Self-check
- \u2610 I used 上班 and 下班 for start and end of work.
- \u2610 I used 就 (early) and 才 (late) with times.
- \u2610 I used a result complement (完) after a verb.
- \u2610 I expressed feelings with 忙/累/快乐 and frequency words.