Beautiful historic Dàtóng A: Yãnfäng, nî qùguo Dàtóng méiyôu? B: Wô méi qùguo. Zhè shì nî dì jî cì zhûnbèi dào Dàtóng qù? A: Dì sän cì. Dàtóng de dìfäng yôu wénhuà, yôu lìshî, fëicháng yôu yìsi. Wô xiâng xiàtiän de shíhou kênéng yôu hên duö de yóukè, wômen yïnggäi dìng yí ge fángjiän. B: Hâo. Xiànzài wôde qián bù duö, wômen kêbùkêyî zãi yí ge xuésheng sùshè zhù, nî zhïdao ma? A: Dängrán kêyî. Dàtóng yôu Yúngâng shíkü, dìzhî dàyuë lí nàbiänr hên jìn. Wômen zãi nàr zhù dàgài méiyôu wèntí. Zhè yãng wômen kêyî yí tiän qù kànyïkàn Yúngâng shíkü, ránhòu yí tiän zuò gönggòng qìchë dão Xuánköng Sì qù. B: Yúngâng shíkü shì nâ ge niándài de? A: Shì dìwû shìjì de, jiù shì wèile bài Fó jiànde. B: Tîng yôu yìsi
汉字 甲：艳芳，你去过大同没有？ Yanfang, have you ever been to Datong? 乙：我没去过，这是你第几次准备到大同去？ I haven’t been there. This time will make how many times for you to go there? 甲：第三次，大同那地方有文化，有历史， 非常有意思。我想夏天的时候可能有很多的游客，我们应该定一个房间. Third time. Datong has a lot of culture and history, it’s extremely interesting. I think in the summer perhaps there will be lots of tourists. We should book a room. 乙：好，现在我的钱不多，我们可不可以在一个学生宿舍住，你知道吗？ OK, I don’t have a lot of money right now, can we stay in a student dormitory, what do you think? 甲：当然可以，大同有云岗石窟，地址大约离那边儿很近，我们在那儿住大概没有问题，这样我们可以一天去看一看云岗石窟，然后一天坐公共汽车到悬空寺去。 Of course. Datong has the Yungang Stone Cave and we can stay nearby. That way we can travel to the Yungang Stone Cave, and then to the Xiankong temple by bus in a day. 乙：云岗石窟是哪个年代的？ What period is the Yungang Stone Cave from? 甲：是第五世纪的，就是为了拜佛建的 Fifth Century. It was built to honour the Buddha. 乙：挺有意思。 Very interesting.
Part 3 shëngcí (生词) – new words
bãi 拜 ①do obeisance; salute ②acknowledge somebody as one's master/etc. châo 吵 noisy dàgài 大概 adv. Probably Dátóng 大同 n. a city in Shanxi province dìfäng 地方 n. place; site; locality dìzhî 地址 n. address; location dông 懂 v. understand; know | Wô dông le. I see. fëicháng 非常 adv. very; extremely; highly Fó 佛 n. Buddha Fójiào 佛教 n. Buddhism gâi 改 v. change; transform guo 过 suffix (indicating completion of an action) jiào 教 1. teach 2. religion kênéng 可能 probably; maybe | Wô kênéng gânmào le. = I may have a cold. lìshî 历史 n. history niándài 年代 n. age; years; time ránhòu 然后 conj. and then; after that sùshè 宿舍 dormitory; hostel; living quarters wèile 为了 conj. for; for the sake of; in order to wénhuà 文化 n. culture; civilization wèntí 问题 n. question; problem; issue | wèntí bù zài zhèlî. = That's not the point. xuésheng 学生 n. student; pupil yïnggäi 应该 should; ought to; must yìsi 意思 n. meaning yôu yìsi 有意思 interesting yóukè 游客 n. tourist; sightseer yóulân 游览 n./v. go sight-seeing; tour; visit zhûnbèi 准备 v. prepare; get ready | Nî zhûnbèi hâole ma? = Are you ready
