This Mandarin dialogue contains key sentence structures you’ll repeatedly hear  in Chinese conversations.

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你爸爸是干什么的？

小明：我爸爸昨天才回到家，他从新加坡给我带了礼物。

小红：为什么你爸爸前几天不在家？

小明：因为他出差了。

小红：你爸爸是干什么的？

小明：他是一个公司的经理，经常不在家。

小明：My father just returned home yesterday. He bought me a present from Singapore.

小红：Why has your father been away for the last few days?

小明：Because he was on a business trip.

小红：What does your father do?

小明：He is a company manager. He isn’t home very often.

 

 

问题

1 – 小明的爸爸什么时候回到家的？

a. 前天

b. 前两天

c. 昨天

d. 今天

2 – 小明的爸爸是干什么的？

a. 厨师

b. 老师

c. 司机

d. 经理

1. c

2. d

 

Important words

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

出差

你知道我爸爸去哪里出差了吗？– Do you know where my dad went on a business trip?

我爸爸出差去了另一个城市。– My dad went on a business trip to another city.

经理  

我爸爸是一家公司的经理。– My dad is a manager in a company

你认为当经理是一份好工作吗？– Do you think being a manager is a good job?