|  爱德华国际汉语是一家专业从事汉语言文化培训的机构,我们不仅提供高质量的汉语教学课程,还有综合的中国文化项目。我们的任务是让每一位外籍学生了解中国,了解中国文化并提高汉语水平。我们关注每一位学生的需求,从而提供更好的服务。Key Words of the Day Baseball diamond 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3); basketball court, 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3); soccer pitch足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3), Is there a soccer pitch near here? 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?) Where can I find a basketball court? 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?) All in today’s Chinese Studio.
Yajie: our first word today is 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond. Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3)
 Yajie: 棒球, as we learned yesterday, is baseball.
 Chris: 棒球.
 Yajie: 场 (chang3), the third tone. It means field.
 Chris: 场 (chang3)
 Yajie: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond.
 Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3), baseball diamond.
 Yajie: next comes篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3) basketball court.
 Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3). As basketball is 篮球(lan2qiu2 ), right?
 Yajie: exactly. 篮球(lan2qiu2). And court here also is 场(chang3)in Chinese. So it’s 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)
 Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3) basketball court.
 Yajie: Now… Chris, I guess you now might know the Chinese for soccer pitch…
 Chris: Well… Let me see… I know soccer in Chinese is 足球 (zu2qiu2)
 Yajie: Right. 足球 (zu2qiu2).
 Chris: So I think soccer pitch would be 足球场 (zu2qiu2 chang3). correct?
 Yajie: Very good, Chris. 足球场 (zu2qiu2 chang3), soccer pitch. Now let’s have a quick review with our listeners. Baseball diamond is 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3).
 Chris: 棒球场(bang4qiu2 chang3).
 Yajie: basketball court, 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)
 Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)
 Yajie: soccer pitch足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)
 Chris: 足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)
 
 Conversation1:
 
 Chris: Yajie… Is there a soccer pitch near here?
 Yajie: I’m not sure. How about asking someone else for help?
 Chris: Not without telling me the Chinese for this question…
 Yajie: Ok, you can say 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)
 Chris: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)
 Yajie: 这儿(zhe4er), here.
 Chris: 这儿(zhe4er)
 Yajie: 附近 (fu4jin4), nearby, in the vicinity of somewhere.
 Chris: 附近 (fu4jin4), both in the fourth tone.
 Yajie: 有 (you3), to have.
 Chris:  有 (you3)
 Yajie: 足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3), soccer pitch.
 Chris:  足球场(zu2qiu2 chang3)
 Yajie: 吗 (ma), a question mark.
 Chris: 吗 (ma)
 Yajie: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?)
 Chris: 这儿附近有足球场吗?(zhe3er fu4jin4 you3 zu2qiu2 chang3 ma?) Is there a soccer pitch near here?
 
 Conversation2:
 
 Chris: Where can I find a basketball court? Yajie, how do I say that in Chinese?
 Yajie: it’s 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)
 Chris: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)
 Yajie: Where, 哪儿 (nar3)
 Chris: 哪儿 (nar3)
 Yajie: 有 (you3), to have. Y-o-u, the third tone.
 Chris: 有 (you3)
 Yajie: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3), basketball court
 Chris: 篮球场(lan2qiu2 chang3)
 Yajie: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?) Where can I find a basketball court?
 Chris: 哪儿有篮球场?(Nar3 you3 lan2qiu2 chang3?)
 
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