Happy Chinese (快乐汉语) Ep 002 - "Image Problem" (形象问题)

In this episode, Father Li (played by Zhang Shaorong) attaches great importance to the arrival of American student Susan (played by Maria Panait), and he orders the whole Li family to receive Susan according to the full standards of diplomatic formality. Xiaoyong (played by Xu Xiaoxing) comes to the Lis' house to pay them a New Year's greeting, but Susan and Mai Miao (played by Wu Xiaodan) play a small prank on him. Still, after meeting Susan, Xiaoyong invites everyone to his restaurant for a welcome banquet in Susan's honor. There, Susan learns a lot of New Year's greetings, but she keeps toasting Father Li, who soon ends up intoxicated. The next day, Father Li is shocked to learn from the family about his own drunken behavior. He is then further humiliated when Susan returns drunk from a night on the town and she sings and dances in imitation of Father Li's earlier drunkenness.

本期通过短片中李父（张绍荣饰）非常重视苏珊（玛丽亚饰）的到来，他下令全家必须按照外事活动的标准接待苏珊。小勇（许小行饰）到老李家拜年，苏珊和麦苗（吴晓丹饰）唱起了双簧。大家在小勇的饭馆里为苏珊举行接风宴，苏珊学会了不少拜年的祝词，一个劲的给李父敬酒，结果大家都喝醉了。第二天，正在大家向李父描绘他喝醉后的情形时，苏珊喝得醉醺醺的回来了，她手舞足蹈的学起了醉酒的李父。介绍了汉语拜年的祝词、问候语、肯定句、否定句 、疑问句以及汉语语法的运用。

"Happy Chinese" was a series broadcast by the Chinese International Channel CCTV-4 starting August 3, 2009, to promote Chinese language and Chinese culture. Before May 2010, the first phase of "Happy Chinese" mainly taught everyday language in family and school life. Starting on May 31, 2010, the second phase of the show mainly taught practical Chinese for traveling in China.