请多少位？How Many Guests?

New words

• 位wèi — (polite measure word for people)
• 数shǔ — to count (shù: number)
• 以上yǐshàng — above, over, or more
• 以下yǐxià — below, under, or less
• 份fèn — (measure word: portion, copy, share)
• 封fēng — (measure word: letters)

The story

小雨爸爸：婚礼请多少位客人？我已经想好了。你们看！How many guests are we inviting to the wedding? I've already worked it out. Look!

大卫：这么多？我觉得五十位以下就够了，简单一点儿。That many? I think fifty or fewer is plenty — keep it simple.

小雨爸爸：五十位以下？不行！我的家人就有五十位以上！Fifty or fewer? No way! My family alone is over fifty!

小雨妈妈：他的意见是：两百位以上，少一位都不行。His view is: two hundred or more, and not one fewer.

小雨：别争了。我们一位一位地数吧。Stop arguing. Let's count them one by one.

小雨：我数一下。家人八十位，爸爸的老同学三十位，同事四十位。Let me count. Family, eighty. Dad's old classmates, thirty. Colleagues, forty.

小雨爸爸：还有我楼上楼下的邻居，十位。And my neighbours upstairs and downstairs — ten.

小雨：一共一百六十位。大卫，你请谁？That's a hundred and sixty. David, who are you inviting?

Opening the lesson…