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Programme 9 : Hiring a boat or a bicycle, booking a hotel room and speaking about your favourite sporting and leisure pursuits.


A couple is hiring a boat.

Ticket clerk: N菒 h菐o. Hello.
Customer: W菕 xi菐ng z奴 y墨 ti谩o chu谩n. I'd like to hire a boat.
Ticket clerk: Z奴 du艒 ch谩ng sh铆ji膩n? How long for?
Customer: Y墨 g猫 xi菐osh铆 du艒 sh菐o qi谩n? How much is it per hour?
Ticket clerk: 猫rsh铆 ku脿i qi谩n. Zh猫 bi膩n q菒ng Twenty kuai. This way, please.
Customer: 齿颈猫虫颈别. Thank you.
Ticket clerk: B霉 k猫q矛. You're welcome.


People are talking about their favourite sporting and leisure pursuits.

Woman 1: W菕 x菒hu膩n l谩nqi煤, z煤qi煤 h茅 ti谩nj矛ng. I like basketball, football and athletics.
Man 1: W菕 x菒hu膩n z煤qi煤, y贸uy菕ng, p墨ngp膩ng qi煤. I like football, swimming and table-tennis.
Woman 2: W菕 x菒hu膩n d菐 p墨ngp膩ng qi煤, x菒hu膩n y贸uy菕ng, x菒hu膩n d菐 l谩nqi煤. I like playing football, I like swimming, I like playing basketball.
Man 2: w菕 x菒hu膩n t煤b霉z菕u. W菕 r猫'脿i d脿 z矛r谩n. I like hiking. I love nature.


A couple is booking a room in a hotel.

Receptionist: N菒men h菐o. Hello.
Guest: N菒 h菐o. J墨nti膩n w菐nshang y菕u f谩ngji膩n ma? Hello. Do you have any rooms tonight?
Receptionist: 驰菕耻. Yes, we do.
Guest: Du艒 sh菐o qi谩n y墨 ti膩n? How much is it per night?
Receptionist: W菙 b菐i yu谩n. Five hundred yuan.
Guest: H菐o ba. W菕men y脿o y墨 ji膩n. Fine. We'll take one room.


People are talking about their favourite sporting and leisure pursuits.

Man 1: W菕 x菒hu膩n d菐 l谩nqi煤, p墨ngp膩ng qi煤, y贸uy菕ng. I like playing basketball, ping pong and swimming.
Woman 1: W菕 x菒hu膩n y贸uy菕ng, w谩nr p墨ngp膩ng qi煤. I like swimming and playing ping pong.
Man 2: W菕 x菒hu膩n d菐 l谩nqi煤, z煤qi煤, ti脿osh茅ng. I like playing basketball, football and skipping.
Woman 2: W菕 x菒hu膩n p谩iqi煤, y菙m谩oqi煤, h谩iy菕u y贸uy菕ng. I like volley-ball, badminton and swimming.


Some tourists are hiring bicycles.

Tourist: N菒 h菐o. Hello.
Ticket clerk: N菒 h菐o. Hello.
Tourist: Y墨 xi菐osh铆 du艒 sh菐o qi谩n? How much is it per hour?
Ticket clerk: Y墨 xi菐o sh铆 猫rsh铆 ku脿i qi谩n. Twenty kuai per hour.
Tourist: W菕men z奴 y墨 li脿ng. Li菐ng g猫 xi菐o sh铆. We'll hire one bike. For two hours.
Ticket clerk: S矛sh铆 ku脿i qi谩n. Y膩j墨n s矛 b菐i. Forty kuai. The deposit is four hundred.


A tourist is enquiring about the boat departure.

Tourist: Chu谩n j菒 di菐n k膩i? What time does the boat leave?
Ticket clerk: Ji菙 di菐n sh铆 f膿n. At ten past nine.

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