day 59on the air

on the air

Talk about the media, technology and money, wrap up a story with 所以啦 (so there you go), and say what causes what with 使得 / 令.

today’s words

• 節目 jiémù · programme, show
• 記者 jìzhě · reporter, journalist
• 科技 kējì · technology
• 廣播 guǎngbò · broadcast; radio
• 貿易 màoyì · trade (business)
• 投資 tóuzī · invest; investment
• 軍人 jūnrén · soldier, serviceman
• 發財 fācái · get rich, make a fortune
• 經費 jīngfèi · funding, budget
• 會場 huìchǎng · venue (of a meeting or event)
• 做事 zuòshì · work, do things
• 便條 biàntiáo · note (a short message)
• 使得 shǐde · make, cause (so that)
• 公尺 gōngchǐ · metre
• 科 kē · department, section (measure)
• 特地 tèdì · specially, on purpose
• 噢 ō · oh (understanding)
• 具有 jùyǒu · have, possess (qualities)

sentences

• 我昨天加班到半夜，所以啦，今天一直想睡覺。 · I worked till midnight last night, so there you go: I’ve been sleepy all day.
• 他天天練習，所以啦，中文說得這麼好。 · He practises every day; that’s why his Chinese is so good.
• 科技使得生活越來越方便。 · Technology keeps making life more convenient.
• 你說他要發財了？我不信！ · You say he’s going to get rich? I don’t believe it!
• 會場離捷運站只有兩百公尺。 · The venue is only two hundred metres from the MRT station.