Dialogue
小明\uFF1A
Nǐ你zhōu周mò末zuò做shén什me么？Nǐ你de的ài爱hào好shì是shén什me么？What do you do on weekends? What are your hobbies?
小红\uFF1A
Wǒ我xǐ喜huan欢yóu游yǒng泳，yě也jīng经cháng常tiào跳wǔ舞。Nǐ你ne呢？I like swimming and I also often dance. What about you?
小明\uFF1A
Tiào跳wǔ舞yǒu有yì意si思ma吗？Wǒ我xǐ喜huan欢pǎo跑bù步，dàn但shì是bù不xǐ喜huan欢huà画huà画。Is dancing fun? I like running, but I don't like painting.
小红\uFF1A
Hěn很yǒu有yì意si思！Wǒ我yě也xǐ喜huan欢pǎo跑bù步。Nǐ你hái还xǐ喜huan欢shén什me么？Very fun! I like running too. What else do you like?
小明\uFF1A
Wǒ我xǐ喜huan欢dǎ打lán篮qiú球！Wǒ我jué觉de得tī踢zú足qiú球méi没yì意si思，dàn但shì是dǎ打lán篮qiú球hěn很yǒu有yì意si思。I like playing basketball! I think soccer is boring, but basketball is really fun.
小红\uFF1A
Wǒ我yě也xǐ喜huan欢qiú球！Wǒ我dǎ打guo过lán篮qiú球，hěn很yǒu有yì意si思。I like ball games too! I've played basketball before — it's a lot of fun.
小明\uFF1A
Nǐ你lǚ旅yóu游guo过ma吗？Wǒ我xǐ喜huan欢lǚ旅yóu游，jīng经cháng常shàng上wǎng网kàn看lǚ旅yóu游de的dì地fang方。Have you traveled before? I love traveling — I often go online to look at travel destinations.
小红\uFF1A
Lǚ旅yóu游guo过！Hěn很yǒu有yì意si思。Nà那wǒ我men们xīng星qī期liù六yì一qǐ起qù去dǎ打qiú球ba吧！I have! It's really fun. Then let's go play ball together on Saturday!
小明\uFF1A
Hǎo好！Dǎ打wán完qiú球wǒ我men们qù去kàn看diàn电yǐng影。Wǎng网shàng上shuō说nà那ge个diàn电yǐng影hěn很yǒu有yì意si思。Great! After playing, let's watch a movie. Online it says that movie is really interesting.
小红\uFF1A
Hǎo好！Wǒ我xǐ喜huan欢kàn看diàn电yǐng影。Dǎ打qiú球、kàn看diàn电yǐng影，dōu都hěn很hǎo好！Yì一qǐ起ba吧！Great! I love watching movies. Playing ball, watching movies — all good! Let's go together!
Key vocabulary
Words introduced or practised in this lesson.
篮球basketball足球soccer; football球ball踢to kick打(loanword) dozen跑步to walk quickly游泳swim跳舞to dance画to draw旅游trip上网to be on the internet网上online电影movie有意思interesting没意思boring喜欢to like爱好to like经常day to day一起in the same place
View full Level 2 vocabulary \u2192Characters in context
Key characters from this lesson.
篮
足
球
踢
跑
游
跳
画
Grammar in use
Structures you will practise in this lesson.
过 for experience
Add 过 after a verb to say that someone has had an experience before.
Expressing hobbies
Use 喜欢/爱好 + verb/noun and 我的爱好是 to talk about hobbies.
Skill practice
Activities linked to this lesson\u2019s objectives.
Unit check
Answer the questions, then submit to see your results.
Your turn
Write about your hobbies and what you want to do this weekend. Say what you find interesting and boring, and invite a friend to join you.
Frame
我的爱好是……。我觉得……很有意思，……没意思。这个周末我想和朋友一起……。
Self-check
- \u2610 I used 喜欢 or 爱好 to state a hobby.
- \u2610 I used 有意思 and/or 没意思 to give opinions.
- \u2610 I used 一起 to invite someone.
- \u2610 I mentioned at least two different activities.