Who Are You Kidding?! (Elementary)

Chinese Language Convo Club

Is today's protagonist Xiao Yang, a bit accident prone? Or did he get into a fight? In today's beginner level episode, we learn to ask certain questions such as "What happened (to your face)"? "What's the matter"? and responses that down-play it, like "Nothing" or "Nothing much". Today's key sentence structure is "Can you really (do this)..by (doing that)?" Thanks to Maayot.com for providing the script for today's lesson. Follow the link below to sign up for daily stories suited to your Chinese level right in your inbox: https://www.maayot.com/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9vqyBhCKARIsAIIcLMGQ6boQqHYHyj0Sc5SAD_cOvWwAliKvagUVLUzztBjq2WQBb-btFMMaAvVxEALw_wcB Vocabulary: 脸 (liǎn) - face 昨天 (zuótiān) - yesterday 电影院 (diànyǐngyuàn) - cinema 离开 (líkāi) - leave 撞 (zhuàng) - bump into 骗 (piàn) - deceive, cheat 下巴 (xiàba) - chin 车祸 (chēhuò) - car accident 医院 (yīyuàn) - hospital Dialogue: 高月：诶？。。你的脸怎么了? 小样：没怎么, 我就是昨天从电影院离开的时候撞到门上了。 高月：你骗谁呢? 撞门能撞到下巴? 小样：（叹气。。。）好吧, 我昨天回家的时候被车撞了。 高月：你昨天发生了车祸? 那你去医院了吗? 小样：没去, 我只是被撞了一下, 没怎么样。 Gāo Yuè: Nǐ de liǎn zěnme le? Xiǎo Yáng: Méi zěnme, wǒ jiùshì zuótiān cóng diànyǐngyuàn líkāi de shíhou zhuàng dào ménshàngle. Gāo Yuè: Nǐ piàn shuí ne? Zhuàng mén néng zhuàng dào xiàba? Xiǎo Yáng: Hǎo ba, wǒ zuótiān huí jiā de shíhou bèi chē zhuàngle. Gāo Yuè: Nǐ zuótiān fāshēngle chēhuò? Nà nǐ qù yīyuànle ma? Xiǎo Yáng: Méi qù, wǒ zhǐshì bèi zhuàngle yīxià, méi zěnme yàng. Gao Yue: What happened to your face? Xiǎo Yáng: Nothing, I just ran into the door when I was leaving the movies yesterday. Gao Yue: Who are you kidding? Can you hit your chin by running into the door? Xiǎo Yáng: Okay.. When I was going home yesterday, a car bumped into me. Gao Yue: You were in a car accident yesterday? Did you go to the hospital? Xiǎo Yáng: I didn’t go. It just bumped into me, nothing serious.