（在咖啡厅）

 (zài kā fēi tīng)

(at the café)

 

 A:大学你是在哪个城市上的？

Dà xué nǐ shì zài nǎ gè chéng shì shàng de?

In which city did you go to university?

 

B:我是在北京上的本科，毕业后我去英国读研。本来想在那儿再读个博士，但后来我决定还是回国好。

Wǒ shì zài Běi Jīng shàng de běn kē, bì yè hòu wǒ qù yīng guó dú yán. Běn lái xiǎng zài nà er zài dú gè bó shì, dàn hòu lái wǒ jué dìng hái shì huí guó hǎo.

I went to Beijing for my undergraduate studies. After graduation, I went to UK for my Masters. At first, I was going to get my PhD there, too. But later, I decided that it was better to come back to China.

 

C:你俩原来不是同学么？

Nǐ liǎ yuán lái bù shì tóng xué me?

Weren’t you two classmates before?

 

 A:哦，我俩是小学和初中同学。但上高中后就没联系了。

Òu, wǒ liǎ shì xiǎo xué hé chū zhōng tóng xué. Dàn shàng gāo zhōng hòu jiù méi lián xi le. Oh yes, we were primary and middle school classmates. But we lost contact with each other when we were at secondary level school.

 

B:不过现在我们又成同事了，多有缘分啊！

Bù guò xiàn zài wǒ mén yòu chéng tóng shì le, duō yǒu yuán fèn a!

However, we are now co-workers. It must be fate.

 

小学：primary school (six years in China)

初中：middle school (three years)

高中：secondary school (three years)

高考：the university entrance exam (the most important exam in China)

大学：university (four years)

研究生：a graduate student

博士：a PhD student

上大学：go to university

 城市：city

本科：undergraduate

毕业：graduation