完遂！

本日、episode 100の清書まで終わりました。いや〜長かった。ちょうど去年のGW前くらいから始めたのでまる1年かかりました。

あとはここに粛々とアップロードしてゆきます。

31 Learning to play American football 学打橄榄球

你们好, 欢迎收看今天的成长汉语. Hi there everyone, thanks for joining us for today’s episode of Growing up with Chinese.

Now how is your studying going? You know, studying anything is a lot of hard work and you’re all doing a great job so keep up the good work.

Now last time we covered Dragon Boat Festival thanks to Mike going over to 兰兰’s house to borrow a book. And now Mike and 小明 are just about ready to call it a day*1. But they haven’t fallen asleep yet. 小明 is desperate to get Mike to teach him something, and what is that thing? Let’s check in with them and find out.

*1:call it a day 終わりにする

30 Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

你们好吗? Hi everyone, thanks for joining us for another episode of Growing up with Chinese 成长汉语.

There is a holiday atmosphere in the studio today. But not because it’s an actual holiday today while we are filming, but rather it’s a holiday in our story line with Mike, 小明 and 兰兰. So yes, they made it home without mishap*1 from their day spent at 后海. And I assume 兰兰 wasn’t too late for her 钢琴课 piano lesson. So what holiday are they celebrating today? Well, let’s take a look at today’s dialogue and find out.

*1:mishap 不運

29 Eating fast food 吃快餐

Hi everyone, 欢迎收看今天的成长汉语. Thanks for joining us today for another episode of Growing up with Chinese.

Our show aims to help all of you learn some basic Chinese, through the adventures of 小明, a local 北京 high school student, and Mike, an exchange student who is living with 小明. And apart from language study, we also aim to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, history and everyday life. So you have a context for what’s you’re learning.

Now today we’re going to be wrapping up our sequence on 后海. Mike, 兰兰 and 小明 have to be getting pretty tired by now. Now what is the final part of their 后海 trip have in store for them? Well, let’s check in with them, and find out.

28 Boat-rowing 划船

大家好, welcome back to another episode of Growing up with Chinese 成长汉语. Thanks for joining us. 欢迎大家.

Today we continue our series on 后海, one of 北京’s most popular hangouts. Now last time we saw some of the sites along Lotus Lane, and in 后海’s many 胡同s. Today we are hitting the water. That’s right, 小明, 兰兰 and Mike have decided to go boating, which is actually common pastime*1 all over China where there’re public lakes. I can remember going boating as a kid in 南京 on 玄武 Lake. The paddle boats there resembled swans, was a lot of fun. Now, I’m sure boats have changed a lot since I was a kid. So, let’s check in with our fabulous trio and see just what they’re up to.

*1:pastime 娯楽

Cinema Mode

各episodeのページにて、ヘッダーの「Cinema Mode」にチェックを入れると埋め込みYouTubeがページ上部に固定されるようにしました。これで常に動画を見ながら本文を追えます。タブレットPCの縦画面とも相性が良い感じです。

おお、これは捗る。思いつきでやってみましたが予想以上でした。

なおGrowing up with Chinese本編の書き取りとPC打ち込みはepisode 100まで終わりました。あとは清書とここへのアップロードを残すのみ、です。

27 Houhai(Lotus Market) 后海(荷花市场)

Hello everybody, 欢迎收看今天的成长汉语. It’s great to see all of you here for another episode of Growing up with Chinese.

Now last time I dare say we ended on a slightly lost note. Well we didn’t, but Mike, 小明 and 兰兰 certainly did. They were on their way to 后海 and discovered that they were walking in the complete wrong direction. 他们走反了.

By now though they should have been able to make their way there. So let’s check in with them and see if they really have arrived or not.

26 Asking for directions 问路

小明、Mike、兰兰のいつもの3人が、后海を目指して出掛けます*1。

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Now have any of you started making plans to come visit China yet? You might feel more comfortable to do so after today’s show. And that’s because our topic is asking for directions. Indeed, Mike, 小明 and 兰兰 are out and about today and in dire need of*2 some good directions.

So where are they going and what exactly are they up to? Let’s take a look at today’s dialogue and find out.

*1:天壇に行く話はどうなったんでしょうね

*2:in dire need of 〜を非常に欲して

25 Shopping 2 买衣服 (下)

Shopping is still in our line up for today. And I have to say we’ll be seeing a lot of what we covered in our previous episode today, so it should be a good review.

Now last time we left off with Mike and 小明’s mom shopping for clothes in their local department store. They aren’t ready to head at home just yet, so let’s check in with them and see what they found and how it works.

VoiceTube

最近は少し更新ペースを落として、書き取りのほうを進めています*1。現在episode 93まできました。あと少し。しかしあえて紙に手書きでやっているので、PCに打ち込むのが手間なのです。打ち込み自体は語学の勉強になりませんしね。

さて先日、1年以上前にすでに自分と同じことをやっている人を見つけました（episode 01だけですが）。VoiceTubeというサイトも初めて知りました。台湾発のサービスなのですね。文字と音声のタイミングはどうやって合わせているのですかねこれ。

jp.voicetube.com

そうだよな〜そりゃあhowじゃなくて好だよな〜。なぜ気づけなかったのか悔しくてなりません。

参考にさせていただき、こちらのepisode 01も更新しました。

*1:別にサボっているわけではありません

24 Shopping 1 买衣服(一)

Hi everyone, 你们好吗? 欢迎收看今天的成长汉语. Thanks for tuning into another episode of Growing up with Chinese.

Now having completed our discussion of weather last time, today we’re going to be talking about something a little bit more dynamic. Well, I guess weather can be dynamic at times but shopping, especially shopping for clothes, now there’s something that people of all ages love to do wherever they might be. Now shopping for clothes in China can be a lot of fun, there is always plenty to buy and purchasing itself can be quite an adventure.

Now today 小明’s mom is taking Mike shopping. So, let’s check in with them and see what they are up to.

23 Weather 2 谈天气(二)

大家好, thanks for joining us for another episode of Growing up with Chinese 成长汉语.

Our show is designed to help all of you learn some basic Chinese, through the adventures of 小明, a local 北京 high school student, and Mike, an exchange student who is living with 小明. And apart from language study, Our show aims to introduce various aspects of Chinese culture, history and everyday life to those of you who might not be otherwise familiar with China.

So I mentioned last time that we would continue our discussion of weather today. And I have a good news to report, the sun is still shining on me where I am in 北京. And seeing as the weekend hasn’t yet arrived for 小明, Mike and 兰兰, I think the sun is still shining on them as well. Let’s check in with them and see what’s going on.

22 Weather 1 谈天气(一)

大家好, 欢迎收看成长汉语. Thanks for joining us for another episode of Growing up with Chinese.

Now I know you can tell from looking at me in the studio but outside the weather today is absolutely gorgeous. 我今天想请假, 出去玩儿. I’d love to ask for some time off today and go somewhere to play. But, that’s not possible because I have a date with all of you.

So the next best thing I can think of is to actually talk about the weather. And Mike and 小明 are in total agreement with me. So let’s check in with them right now and see just what kind of weather talk we have lined up for today.