Dialogue
说明长幼之序
Explaining the Order of Seniority
Shuōmíng cháng yòu zhī xù
Dialogue 1
大姐
丽丽,你弟弟放学了吗?
Li li,ni di di fang xue le ma?
Lily, is your brother home from school yet?
丽丽
还没呢,估计还要一会儿。
Hai mei ne,gu ji hai yao yi hui er。
Not yet, he'll probably be a while.
大姐
那我们先吃饭吧,别等他了。他回来后,把饭菜给他热一下就行。
Na wo men xian chi fan ba,bie deng ta le。Ta hui lai hou,ba fan cai gei ta re yi xia jiu xing。
Then let's eat first, don't wait for him. We can heat up his food when he gets back.
丽丽
好的,姐姐。
Hao de,jie jie。
Okay, sister.
大姐
对了,晚上记得让他先做作业,别玩游戏玩太晚。
Dui le,wan shang ji de rang ta xian zuo zuo ye,bie wan you xi wan tai wan。
Oh, and remind him to do his homework first tonight, don't let him play games too late.
丽丽
知道了,姐姐。我会看着他的。
Zhi dao le,jie jie。Wo hui kan zhe ta de。
Got it, sister. I'll keep an eye on him.
Dialogue 2
爸爸
小明,今天考试怎么样?
Xiao ming,jin tian kao shi zen me yang?
Xiaoming, how did your exam go today?
小明
爸爸,考得不太好,语文没考好。
Ba ba,kao de bu tai hao,yu wen mei kao hao。
Dad, it didn't go so well, I didn't do well in Chinese.
爸爸
没关系,下次努力就好。别灰心,爸爸相信你。
Mei guan xi,xia ci nu li jiu hao。Bie hui xin,ba ba xiang xin ni。
It's okay, just try harder next time. Don't be discouraged, Dad believes in you.
小明
嗯,我会努力的。
En,wo hui nu li de。
Mm, I'll try harder.
爸爸
记住,学习贵在坚持,不能三天打鱼两天晒网。
Ji zhu,xue xi gui zai jian chi,bu neng san tian da yu liang tian shai wang。
Remember, persistence is key in studying, you can't be inconsistent.