This document is a Chinese language textbook excerpt about four students - Zhang Zhengran, Sun Xinmei, Yang Huan, and Zhang's roommate - having a conversation. They discuss where they are going (to play basketball), how well each plays various sports, where they like to exercise, an invitation to eat dumplings that night, and how quickly each makes dumplings. The conversation provides examples of language used to discuss common daily activities.

1. Chinese Link Textbook
Lesson 16
Language in Use
Joanne Chen
2016

2. Chinese Link Textbook
Lesson 16
Language in Use
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3.  张正然：你们俩要去哪儿？
 Zhāng zhèng rán: nǐmen liǎng yào qù nǎr?(Where are you going?)
 孙信美，杨欢: 我们去打篮球
 Sūn xìn měi, yánghuāng: wǒ men qù dǎ lánqiú.
 We are going to play basketball.
 张正然：你们篮球打得怎么样？
 Zhāng zhèng rán nǐmen lánqiú dǎde zěnmeyàng
 Are you good at it?
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4.  孙信美： 杨欢篮球打得很好。
 Sūn xìn měi: Yang huān lánqiú dǎde hěn hǎo.
 Yang huang plays very well.
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 我还不太会打篮球.
 Wǒ hái bú tàihuì dǎ lánqiú. (I am not good at it.)
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 她是我的教练，她教得很好.
 Tā shì wǒde jiàoliàn tā jiāode hěnhǎo. (She is my coach. She coaches
me very well.)
 杨欢：不行，我还打得不太好.
 Yáng huān: bùxíng, wǒ hái dǎde bú tài hǎo. (No, I don’t play very well.)

5.  张正然：我不常打篮球，我常常和我室友去游
泳，他游泳游得非常快。
 Zhāng zhèng rán: wǒ bù cháng dǎ lánqiú, wǒ chángcháng hé wǒ shìyǒu
qù yóuyǒng, tā yóuyǒng yóude fēicháng kuài.
 Zhang Zheng ran: I don’t play basketball very often. I usually go
swimming with my roommate. He swims really fast.
 杨欢：你们常去哪儿游泳？
 Yáng huān nǐmen cháng qù nǎr yóuyǒng.
 Where do you usually go?

6.  张正然：我们常去体育馆里面的游泳池游泳.
 Wǒmen cháng qù tǐyùguǎn lǐmiàn de yóuyǒng chí yóuyǒng
 我们也常去健身房锻炼。
Wǒmen yě cháng qù jiànshēn fang duànliàn
We often go to the simming pool in the gym and also go to the gym to
exercise.
 孙信美：你现在要不要跟我们去打篮球？
 Sūn xìnměi nǐ xiànzài yào búyào gēn wǒmen qù dǎ lánqiú?
 Do you want to come play basketball with us?

7.  张正然： 现在不行，我昨天看球赛看得太
晚了，今天起得很晚，现在得去做作业。
 Zhāng zhèng rán: xiànzài bùxíng, wǒ zuótiān kàn qiúsài kànde
tàiwǎn le. jīntiān qǐde hěn wǎn, xiànzài děi qù zuò zuòyè.
 Not now. I staryed up too late watching the ball game last night,
and I got up very late this morning. Now I have to do homework.
 杨欢：昨天我们那儿包饺子，做中国菜，
你晚上到我们那儿吃饺子吧！
 Yáng huān: Zuótiān wǒmen nàr bāo jiǎozi, zuò zhōngguó cài. nǐ
wǎnshàng dào wǒmen nàr chī jiǎozi ba!
 We made dumplings and Chinese food yesterday. Come to our
place to have dumplings tonight, ok?

8.  张正然：太好了，我很喜欢吃饺子。 你们
包饺子包得快不快？
 Zhāng zhèng rán: tài hǎo le, wǒ hěn xǐhuān chī jiǎozi. nǐmen bāo
jiǎozi bāode kuài bú kuài?
 Great, I really like dumplings. Are you quick at making dumplings?
 孙信美：我们包得很慢.
 Sūn xìnměi: wǒmen bāo de hěn màn.
 No, we are very slow.
 杨欢：信美很会做饭。她做饭做得很好。
 Yáng huān: xìnměi hěnhuì zuòfàn, tā zuò fàn zuòde hěnhǎo.
 Xinmei is very good at cooking. She cooks very well.