Learn how to ask if someone has time, or if someone is busy. Great for making plans.

你有空吗？

小明：小红，你最近忙不忙？

 小红：和平时一样，不怎么忙，怎么了？

 小明：我最近开始喜欢打乒乓球，想找你一起打。

 小红：周六下午我有空，但还不会打乒乓球。

 小明：没关系，我可以教你。

小明：Xiaohong, have you been busy recently?

小红：No busier than usual. What’s up?

小明：I’ve recently started to enjoy playing ping-pong. I want to play it with you.

小红：I have time on Saturday afternoon, but I’m not sure how to play ping-pong

小明：No worries, I can teach you.

 

问题

1 – 小明最近喜欢干什么？

a. 写书法

b. 打篮球

c. 画画

d. 打乒乓

2 – 小红什么时候有空？

a. 周六早上

b. 周六晚上

c. 周六下午

d. 周六中午

1. d

2. c

 

Important words

A few words from the above Mandarin passage with further examples of their use.

最近 

最近我开始学习法语。 – Recently, I started learning French.

最近的天气非常炎热。 – The weather has been extremely hot recently.

我最近买了一本有趣的书。– I recently bought an interesting book.

开始 

我刚刚开始学习吉他。 – I just started learning to play the guitar.

他们开始准备晚餐了。 – They started preparing dinner.

一起 

我们一起去公园散步吧！– Let’s go for a walk in the park together!

我们一起准备晚餐。 – Let’s prepare dinner together.

我们一起看电影吗？– Shall we watch a movie together?