What does your father do?

This Mandarin dialogue contains key sentence structures that you will hear repeatedly 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