㆙：昨㆝商量了㆖課的時間。
zuó tiān shāng liáng le shàng kè de shí jiān
Yesterday, we talked about when to have class.
㆚：是啊！還沒商量㆖課的㆞方。
shì a hái méi shāng liáng shàng kè de dì fāng
Yes, but we haven't talked about where to meet.
㆙：你覺得在那裡㆖課好呢？
nǐ jué de zài nǎ lǐ shàng kè hǎo ne
Where do you think would be best?
㆚：沒關係，那裡都可以。
méi guān xì nǎ lǐ dōu kě yǐ
It doesn't matter to me.
㆙：你是老師，㆒定得隨你的方便。
nǐ shì lǎo shī yí dìng děi súi nǐ de fāng biàn
You are the teacher. It should be at your convenience.
㆚：到我家來㆖課，你方便嗎？
dào wǒ jiā lái shàng kè nǐ fāng biàn ma
Let's have class at my place then. Is that convenient for you?
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第㈩㆕課 隨你的方便
Lesson 14 As You Please
一 課文 TEXT
㆙：很方便，很方便。
hěn fāng biàn hěn fāng biàn
Yes, very much.
㆚：那 麼 明㆝晚㆖㈦點鐘你到我家來。
nà me míng tiān wǎn shàng qī diǎn zhōng nǐ dào wǒ jiā lái
Then, come to my place at seven tomorrow night.
㆙：好的，再見。
hǎo de zài jiàn
All right. Good-bye.
商量（ㄕㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ；shāng liáng）talk about, discuss
我想跟你商量㆒件 事 。
wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ shāng liáng yí jiàn shì
I want to talk about something with you.
你想跟我商量什麼？
nǐ xiǎng gēn wǒ shāng liáng shé me
What do you want to talk about?
我想商量㆖課的時間。
wǒ xiǎng shāng liáng shàng kè de shí jiān
I want to talk about the time for class.
地方（ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤ；dì fāng）place
你在什麼㆞方教書？
nǐ zài shé me dì fāng jiāo shū
At what place (where) do you teach?
你在什麼㆞方㆖課？
nǐ zài shé me dì fāng shàng kè
Where do you have classes?
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二 字與詞 WORDS AND PHRASES
你家在什麼㆞方？
nǐ jiā zài shé me dì fāng
Where do you live?
這個㆞方很大。
zhè ge dì fāng hěn dà
This place is big.
在（ㄗㄞˋ；zài）at; a marker showing the progressive tense
你在做什麼？
nǐ zài zuò shé me
What are you doing?
我在㈻㊢字。
wǒ zài xué xiě zì
I am learning to write.
李先生在家嗎？
Lǐ xiān shēng zài jiā ma
Is Mr. Li at home?
他不在家，他在㈻校。
tā bú zài jiā tā zài xué xiào
He is not home. He is at school.
㈻校在那裡？
xué xiào zài nǎ lǐ
Where is the school?
㈻校在我家後頭。
xué xiào zài wǒ jiā hòu tou
The school is behind my house.
家（ㄐㄧㄚ；jiā）home, house, family
你家在那裡？
nǐ jiā zài nǎ lǐ
Where is your house?
我家在㆗山北路㈤號。
wǒ jiā zài zhōng shān běi lù wǔ hào
My house is at No.5 Zhong-shan North Road.
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你家㈲幾個㆟？
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén
How many people are there in your family?
我家㈲㈦個㆟。
wǒ jiā yǒu qī ge rén
There are seven people in my family.
你家大不大？
nǐ jiā dà bú dà
Is your house big?
我們家不很大。
wǒ men jiā bú hěn dà
Our house is not very big.
覺得（ㄐㄩㄝˊ ・ㄉㄜ；xué de）feel, think
我覺得㈻㆗文很㈲意思。
wǒ jué de xué zhōng wén hěn yǒu yì si
I think that learning Chinese is interesting.
我覺得要畫好國畫，真不簡單。
wǒ jué de yào huà hǎo guó huà zhēn bù jiǎn dān
I think that it is not easy to do Chinese painting.
我覺得梅花很好看。
wǒ jué de méi huā hěn hǎo kàn
I think plum blossoms are beautiful.
我覺得這首歌很好聽。
wǒ jué de zhè shǒu gē hěn hǎo tīng
I think this is a beautiful song.
我覺得他們都很聰明。
wǒ jué de tā men dōu hěn cōng míng
I think they are all very intelligent.
隨（ㄙㄨㄟˊ；súi）follow
隨你的意思。
súi nǐ de yì si
Do as you wish.
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隨你的方便。
súi nǐ de fāng biàn
As you please.
便（ㄅㄧㄢˋ；biàn）fitting; convenient
我們什麼時候㆖課？
wǒ men shé me shí hòu shàng kè
When do we have classes?
隨便你，我都方便。
súi biàn nǐ wǒ dōu fāng biàn
As you please. It's all the same to me.
我們在那裡㆖課？
wǒ men zài nǎ lǐ shàng kè
Where will we have classes?
那裡都可以，隨你便。
nǎ lǐ dōu kě yǐ súi nǐ biàn
Anywhere you like will do.
㆖課時不能太隨便。
shàng kè shí bù néng tài súi biàn
You must not be too casual in class.
再（ㄗㄞˋ；zài）again, more, then
再說㆒次。
zài shuō yí cì
Repeat once again.
再㊢㆒次。
zài xiě yí cì
Write it one more time.
再畫㆒張。
zài huà yì zhāng
Paint one more piece.
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