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ID: 2925 Upper Intermediate
Learn some polite ways to make greetings and small talk. In this lesson, two Chinese teachers meet up at a conference and discuss Chinese grammar and make polite conversation. Click here for the Qing Wen mentioned during the lesson. Photo by Tim Green
Thu Jul 21 2016 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
拜读 bàidú to read and admire (honorific)
有幸 yǒuxìng to have the pleasure
聆听 língtīng to hear
不虚此行 bùxūcǐxíng to make a journey worthwhile
方教授您好！拜读过不少您的大作，今天有幸聆听您的现场报告，算是不虚此行了！
Fāng jiàoshòu nínhǎo ！bàidú guò bùshǎo nín de dàzuò ，jīntiān yǒuxìng língtīng nín de xiànchǎng bàogào ，suàn shì bùxūcǐxíng le ！
Hello Professor Fang! I've read many of your works. Having the pleasure of listening to your report in person, makes coming here so worthwhile!
幸会幸会！您客气了，我们借着会议，互相探讨、共同进步，您的研究方向也是对外汉语教学？
xìnghuì xìnghuì ！nín kèqi le ，wǒmen jiè zhe huìyì ，hùxiāng tàntǎo 、gòngtóng jìnbù ，nín de yánjiūfāngxiàng yě shì duìwài hànyǔ jiàoxué ？
Nice to meet you! You're too kind! Let's take advantage of the conference to explore each other's works and make joint progress. You also research teaching Chinese as a foreign language?
是啊，本科和研究生专业，研究方向都是对外汉语教学，这是我的名片，请您多关照。
shì a ，běnkē hé yánjiūshēng zhuānyè ，yánjiūfāngxiàng dōu shì duìwài hànyǔ jiàoxué ，zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn ，qǐng nín duō guānzhào 。
Yes, teaching Chinese as a foreign language was my undergraduate major and the subject of my postgraduate study. Here's my card, I hope I can learn a thing or two from you.
郑直，哦，年纪轻轻已经是副教授了，年轻人不简单啊。
Zhèng Zhí ，ò ，niánjìqīngqīng yǐjīng shì fù jiàoshòu le ，niánqīngrén bùjiǎndān ā 。
Zheng Zhi, oh, you're so young and already an associate professor, young people really are more than they appear.
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