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Mao Zhuxı zai yıjiuqıliu nian qushı zhıhou, Deng Xiao-pıng chengwei Zhongguo Gongchandang de zongshuji.Zai ta de lıngdao xia, Zhongguo kuaisu fazhan wei yı gexiandaihua de you zhongguotesede shehuızhuyı guojia.
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Wo zuı xıhuan Xıyoujı le. Xiaoshıhou, wo hai bu shızı,jiu mıshang le Xıyoujı lianhuanhua. Nage shıhou, wo demengxiang jiushı gen Tang seng, Sun Wukong tamen yıqıqu xıtian qujıng.
‘Journey to the West’ is my favorite. When I was a kidand couldn’t read yet, I loved looking at the picture bookversion. Back then, my dream was to go with Tang Sengand Sun Wukong on a pilgrimage to the Western Par-adise.
Na daoshı. Meigeren dou xıhuan zhezhong tianmaxıng-kong de gushi. Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Sha heshang,Zhu Bajie jıngguo yaomoguıguai shejı de bashı yı nan,zuıhou zhongyu dao xıtian qudao le jıngshu. Gushi bu-dan cıjı, erqie hai jılı ren.
True. Everyone is drawn to this kind of fantasy. TangSeng, Sun Wu Kong, Sha Heshang and Zhubajie over-came 81 traps set by ghosts and demons to finally reachthe Western Paradise and acquire the sacred scripture.Not only is the story fascinating, it’s inspiring too.
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Shuodao Tang seng, wo zuı bu xıhuan de jiushı ta. SunWukong duı ta zhongxıngenggeng, ta que laoshi bu lıng-qıng, hai yuanwang ta, nian jınguzhou, rang Sun Wukongchı le zheme duo ku. Qıshı meiyou Sun Wukong da yao-guai, baohu dajia, tamen sı ge ren zao”shang xıtian”le.
Speaking of Tang Seng, I hate him the most. Sun WuKong treated him with complete loyalty. But Tang Sengnever acknowledged him. He always did him wrong andrecited the curse that would squeeze Sun Wu Kong’shead in a metal vice. He put him through so much painand grief. If it weren’t for Su Wu Kong fighting the ghostsand demons, the four of them would have died early on.
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Wanquan tongyı. Xiaoshıhou, yı dao jiaqı, dianshıtai jiuhuı bo Xıyoujı de dianshıju. Suıran xianzai kan, xı lı detexiao jianzhı kexiao, danshı ta wanquan ba yuanzhu deganjue pai chulai le. Xı lı meige yanyuan dou yan huo le,tebieshı Liuxiaolıngtong banyan de Sun Wukong, meirenneng chaoyue ta.
Totally agree. When I was young, every holiday, TV sta-tions would air the TV series ’Journey to the West’. Al-though the special effects seem laughable now, it re-ally brought the original novel to life. Plus all the actorsplayed their parts brilliantly, especially Liu Xiaolingtong’sSun Wukong. He is unsurpassable.
A: 嗯,我也最喜欢他。孙悟空这个人物本身就是最精彩的,幽默、聪明、而且特别讲义气。
Ng, wo ye zuı xıhuan ta. Sun Wukong zhege renwu ben-shen jiushı zuı jıngcai de, youmo, congming, erqie tebiejiangyıqi.
Yeah, he is my favorite too. Sun Wukong really stands outfrom the rest of the characters in the story. He’s funny,smart, and incredibly loyal.
B: 是啊,他是猴子和人最完美的结合。说到幽默,你觉得周星驰的 《大话西游》怎么样?
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Shı a, ta shı houzi he ren zuı wanmei de jiehe. Shuodaoyoumo, nı juede Zhou Xıngchı de Dahuaxıyou zenme-yang?
Totally. He is the perfect combination of monkey and hu-man. Speaking of funny, do you like Stephen Chow’smovie ’A Chinese Odyssey’?
A: 这部电影纯粹就是无厘头搞笑,没什么内容。真不懂为什么这么多人喜欢。
Zhe bu dianyıng chuncuı jiushı wulıtou gaoxiao, meishenme neirong. Zhen bu dong weishenme zheme duoren xıhuan.
The film is pure slapstick without much content. I reallydon’t understand why so many people like it so much.
B: 周星驰的电影当然无厘头啦。 我倒觉得这种颠覆挺创新的。可以让年轻人了解、喜欢古典名著。
Zhou Xıngchı de dianyıng dangran wulıtou la. wo dao jue-de zhezhong dianfu tıng chuangxın de. Keyı rang nian-qıngren liaojie, xıhuan gudian mıngzhu.
It is a Stephen Chow film. Of course it is slapstick. But Ithink this kind of spoof is quite innovative. It also allowsthe young generation to get to know and fall in love withliterary classics.
A: 啊?了解、喜欢?明明是糟蹋。
A? Liaojie, xıhuan? Mıngmıng shı zaota.
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First of all, you need to fill in an application form and at-tach a passport photo. Sign the form and pay the appli-cation fee. You may download the form from the internetor come to the embassy to pick it up. When you finish theform, you may submit it by post or in person.
B: 签证费多少钱?要怎么交?
Qianzheng fei duoshao qian? Yao zenme jiao?
How much is the application fee? How do I pay?
A: 50美金。你可以用信用卡,借记卡或者个人支票。我们不接受现金支付。
Wushı meijın. Nı keyı yong xınyongka, jiejıka huozhe ge-ren zhıpiao. Women bu jieshou xianjın zhıfu.
It’s 50 dollars. You can pay by credit card, debit card, orpersonal check. We do not accept cash payments.
B: 我什么时候能拿到签证?
Wo shenmeshıhou neng nadao qianzheng?
When can I pick up the visa?
A: 受理手续是两周。我们会以书信或者电邮通知你来领取。你知道我们的地址吗?
Shoulı shouxu shı liang zhou. Women huı yı shuxın huo-zhe dianyou tongzhı nı lai lıngqu. Nı zhıdao women dedızhı ma?
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Wo shı yazhouren, lılunshang shuo yınggai zhıchı Ya-zhou qiuduı. Danshı wo juede tamen de shılı hai shı meibanfa he Ouzhou, Nanmeizhou huozhe Feizhou de qiu-duı xiangbı.
I am Asian, so theoretically I should support the Asianteams. But I think that they still can’t match the level ofplay of teams from Europe, South America, and Africa.
A: 但是上届韩国进了四强。我觉得亚洲这几支队伍还是有可能成为黑马的。
Danshı shang jie Hanguo jın le sı qiang. Wo juede Ya-zhou zhe jı zhı duıwu hai shı you keneng chengwei heimade.
But Korea got into the semi-finals in the last tournament.I think these Asian teams might possibly create an upset.
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Buguo wo renwei zhenzheng de heima hai shı Feizhoude qiuduı. Daduoshu duıyuan pıngshı dou zai Ouzhouliansai tıqiu, suoyı jı zhanshu shuıpıng hen gao.
But I still think that the African teams are the underdogsthat could go all the way. Most of their players are in Euro-pean leagues. Their tactics and techniques are excellent.
A: 那你觉得这届最有希望拿冠军的是哪个队?
Na nı juede zhe jie zuı you xıwang na guanjun de shınage duı?
Which team do you think has the greatest chance of win-ning this year?
B: 巴西。他们的实力确实比其他队要强很多。怪不得是卫冕冠军。
Baxı. Tamen de shılı queshı bı qıta duı yao qiang henduo. Guaibude shı weimian guanjun.
Brazil. They are a cut above the other teams. It’s nowonder they are the defending champions
Wo juede Yınggelan, Agentıng dou tıng you xıwang de.Haiyou Deguo, dongdaozhu zhan tian shı, dı lı, ren he,jueduı buneng xiaokan. Shang jie de Hanguo jiushı zuı-hao de lızi.
I think England and Argentina both have hope. Don’t for-get Germany. The hosting nation has all kinds of advan-tages, so they certainly can’t be overlooked. Korea in thelast World Cup is the best example.
Wo juede zuı remen de hai shı Baxı. Tamen de zhenronghen chuse, xiaozu sai fenzu ye tebie youlı. Danshı, Yıng-gelan he Agentıng fendao de jianzhı jiushı sıwang zhı zu.Nı zhıchı shei a?
I still think Brazil is the best. They’ve got an excellentline-up and are in a good position in the small group. ButEngland and Argentina are in tough groups. Which doyou support?
A: 谁有实力我就支持谁。我不像有些球迷那么狭隘。
Shei you shılı wo jiu zhıchı shei. Wo bu xiang youxie qiu-mı name xiaai.
I support whoever plays well. I am not narrow-minded likesome soccer fans.
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Tiana, yı tiao qunzi yao wubai kuai? Nı xiang guangtian-huarı zhıxia qiangqian a.
My Gosh, 500 for a skirt? You’re trying to rob me in broaddaylight.
B: 您要知道一分钱一分货啊。您看,这可是意大利名牌,全手工制作质地又好。
Nın yao zhıdao yı fen qian yı fen huo a. Nın kan, zhe ke-shı Yıdalı mıngpai, quan shougong zhızuo zhıdi you hao.
You must know that you get what you pay for. This is anItalian brand. It is handmade and has a superior texture.
A: 别蒙我了!这条裙子做工也不过一般,颜色也不是特别好看,根本不值五百块。你别乱开价了。
Bie meng wo le! Zhe tiao qunzi zuogong ye buguo yıban,yanse ye bu shı tebie haokan, genben buzhı wubai kuai.Nı bie luan kaijia le.
Don’t try to fool me! The tailoring of this skirt is just aver-age. The color is not that pretty either. It’s not worth 500.Don’t give me that ridiculous price.
B: 怎么会?这裙子可是用上好的布料制成的,识货的人都知道,这个品牌的衣服质量都很好。
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Gankuai ba ta fangpıng, youmeiyou bao? Dian zai ta detuı dıxia. Zheyang keyı bangzhu jıngmai xue huıliu. Duı,jiuxiang zheyang. nımen shei you shoujı, gankuai jiao jiu-huche. Qianwan bie yao ta, huı hen weixian de!
Lay him down flat immediately. Does anyone have a bag?Put it under his legs to help blood in his veins circulate up-wards. Yes, like this. Does anyone have a mobile phone?Call an ambulance right away! Make sure you don’t shakehim. That’s very dangerous!
A: 啊呀,他的呼吸好像很困难。怎么办呀?
Aya, ta de huxı haoxiang hen kunnan. Zenme ban ya?
Oh no! He’s having trouble breathing. What should wedo?
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Wo cong beihou bao ta, ba ta de tou he shentı shaoshaotaigao yıdian. Zheyang lıyu huxı. Ta xianzai shı xiukeban hunmı, nımen gankuai ba chuang quan dakai, dajiabuyao jı zai zhelı. Yao baochı tongfeng. Ta zenme huıturan yundao le?
I’ll hold him from behind to keep his head and bodyslightly elevated. This helps breathing. He is in shocknow. Open all the windows now. Don’t crowd aroundhim. We need to keep the air fresh. How did he faint allof a sudden?
Bu zhıdao. wo genben bu renshi ta. Gangcai dajia douzai zhelı paiduı, turan tıngdao peng yı sheng. Jiu kanjianta daoxia le. Ye bu zhıdao shı shenme yuanyın.
I don’t know. I don’t know him at all. Just now we werestanding in line and there was a ‘thud’. He was on thefloor when I looked. I don’t know what caused it.
Ta de qıngkuang you keneng hen yanzhong. Wo tıng leta de maibo, hen jı. Women xianzai jiu bang ta baochızhege zıshı, buyao zai dong ta. Bımian yıwai.
He might be in a very serious condition. I felt his pulseand it’s really quick. Let’s keep him in this position andnot move him anymore to avoid any accidents.
Tazıjı hai you huxı. Xian ba ta de yıfu kouzi jiekai. Ren-gong huxı buneng luanyong, yao duı meiyou zızhu huxıde ren zuo. Aiya bu hao, ta meiyou huxı le. Zenme banya? Wo ye buhuı zuo rengong huxı.
He is still breathing on his own. Unbutton his shirt first.Resuscitation can’t be applied casually, and only do it tothose who can’t breathe on their own. Oh no, this is bad!He stopped breathing. What should we do? I don’t knowhow to perform artificial respiration.
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Wo xuyao yı ge mıngque de daan. Nı daodı neng bu nenganshı zhunbei hao?
I need a clear answer. Can you or can you not finish thework on time?
B: 我一定会尽力的。老板,请放心。
Wo yıdıng huı jınlı de. Laoban, qıng fangxın.
I will try my best. Don’t worry, sir.
A: 我不是要听’尽力’。我需要你清楚地告诉我你能完成任务吗?是不是有什么困难?我能够怎么帮助你?
Wo bu shı yao tıng”jınlı”. Wo xuyao nı qıngchu de gaosuwo nı neng wancheng renwu ma? Shı bu shı you shenmekunnan? Wo nenggou zenme bangzhu nı?
I don’t want to hear ‘I’ll try my best.’ What I need is aclear answer from you on whether or not you will be ableto fnish the work on time. Are you having any difficulties?How can I help you get the job done?
B: 老板,其实有一个部分我不太会做。所以拖了很长时间。
Laoban, qıshı you yı ge bufen wo butai huı zuo. Suoyı tuole hen chang shıjian.
Sir, actually there is one part I’m having trouble with.That’s why it’s dragged on so long.
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Xiacı zai you zhezhong qıngkuang, nı bıxu jıshı gaosuwo. Wo keyı gei nı tıgong nı xuyao de zıyuan. Jiu suan nıbuneng wancheng gongzuo, wo ye nıngyuan tıng shıhua,buyao tıng mohu de huıda. Cong xianzai kaishı, nı yıdıngyao zhuyı zhedian. Hao ma?
Next time something like this happens you need to tellme as soon as possible. I can get you the resourcesyou need. Even if you can’t do the work, I much preferstraightforward answers to ambiguous ones. From nowon you must pay attention to that. Got it?
B: 我知道了。我会改正的。
Wo zhıdao le. Wo huı gaizheng de.
I get it. I’ll get it right.
A: 谢谢。
Xiexie.
Thank you.
Key Vocabulary
宁愿 nıngyuan would rather
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Shı a. Meige chengshı dou you zıjıde tese mınju. Tajiuxiang chengshı de lian. Nı zhıdao ma Shanghai yeyou leisı sıheyuan de jianzhu, jiao shıkumen. Hutong zaiShanghai jiao longtang. Xiang Beijıng de jianzhu yıyang,bie you yunwei.
That’s true. Every city has its own distinct style of res-idence, which is like the face of the city. Do you knowthat Shanghai has its own version of the siheyuan, calledshikumen. The hutong is known as a longtang there.They have their own unique beauty just like their coun-terparts in Beijing.
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Ng, wo jian guo. He nı you yıyang de ganjue. Buguosıheyuan de qıyuan bı shıkumen zao hen duo. Wo kanshushang shuo, sıheyuan Yuanchao jiu you le. Ta zhı-suoyı jiao sıheyuan, shı yınwei fangwu shı you dongxı-nanbei sımian baowei, cheng kou zı xıng, zhongjian shıhuayuan. Dapian de sıheyuan zhongjian de tongdao jiaohutong. Ai, nı zhıdao shıkumen de qıyuan ma?
Yes, I’ve seen those. I agree with you. Siheyuan have amuch older origin than shikumen. According to a book Iread, they date back to the Yuan Dynasty. They got theirname because the rooms are surrounded on four sidesby walls, forming a square shape. The garden is in thecenter. The lanes running through blocks of siheyuan arecalled hutong. Do you know the origin of shikumen?
Ng, wo qu Shanghai de shıhou tıng guo. Shıkumen chu-xian yu shıjiu shıjı zhong. Dangshı dapı nanmın yınweidazhang taonan dao Shanghai zujie lı, bıxu hen duo renjı zai yı suo xiao fangzı lı. Jiu’erjiuzhı, jiu xıngcheng leshıkumen zhezhong liang ceng lou de shızhı fangwu. Jia-men lımian you yı ge hen xiao de huayuan, jiao tianjıng.Shıkumen zhongjian xıchang de jiedao jiao longtang. Yı-qian, Beijıng he Shanghai de daduoshu jumın dou zhuzaizhexie chuantong mınju lı.
Yes, I heard about it when I was in Shanghai. Shikumencame into existence in the mid-19th century. There wasan influx of war refugees fleeing to the concessions inShanghai. They had to cram into small houses. Overtime, these evolved into a type of two-story house madefrom stone known as shikumen. There is a tiny gardeninside the house called a tianjing. The long narrow lanesbetween shikumen houses are known as longtang. Mostof the people in Beijing and Shanghai used to live in thesetraditional residences.
What a pity that many siheyuan and shikumen have beenbulldozed in the past few years. A lot of people arestrongly urging their protection and conservation. A citycould lose its invaluable historical memory and identitywithout them.
Key Vocabulary
有味道 youweidao to have flavor
穿行 chuanxıng to go through
胡同 hutong hutong (alley)
四合院 sıheyuan siheyuan (courtyard)
体会到 tıhuıdao to learn
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建筑 jianzhu architecture
石库门 shıkumen shikumen (courtyard)
弄堂 longtang longtang (alley)
别有韵味 bie you yunwei have a lasting charm
起源 qıyuan origin
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Zuı zhongyao de you goutu, guangxian he qıcai. Xianshuo goutu, jiandan de shuo jiushı tongguo qujıngqı duıjıngwu you xuanze de paishe. Fangxiang, jiaodu he julıshı zuı zhuyao de kaoluu yınsu. Sheyıng zhong zuı chang-yong de”huangjınfenge fa”, jiushı tongguo yı ge gongshı-hua de bılı lai goutu.
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The most principal ones are composition, lighting andequipment. Let’s start with composition. To put it simply,it’s about making selective shots through the viewfinder.Direction, angle, and distance are the key factors. Themost commonly used method of the ’golden ratio’ uses aformula to calculate proportion and make the final com-position.
B: 哦,原来如此。那么光线呢?是不是也很讲究?
E, yuanlai rucı. Name guangxian ne? Shı bu shı ye henjiangjiu?
I see. What about lighting? Is it also as complicated?
Dangran la. Sheyıng jiushı yong guang he jıngwu lai zuo-hua. Yıbanlaishuo, guangxian fenwei zhuyao san zhong,shunguang, nıguang he ceguang. Lıngwai, cong guang-zhı shang lai shuo, hai you”yıngguang”, ruanguang”zhı-fen.
Absolutely. Photography is painting with light and ob-jects. There are generally three types of light: frontlight-ing, backlight and sidelight. In addition, there are soft andhard light in terms of quality of light.
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Qıshı ye bu shı shuo buneng yong. Danshı wo juede jiao-juan neng genghao de tıxian sheyıng lequ. Danshı xian-zai, zhuanye de shumaxiangjı ye zuo de hen hao. Bırushuo jiaoju, ye neng dadao hen jıngque de shuıpıng.
It’s not that you can’t. But I find using film can better bringout the joy of photography. But now,a lot of digital cam-eras are very well-made. Take focal length for example -it’s very precise.
B: 我还听说镜头是一笔大花费。那么什么镜头才算好?
Wo hai tıngshuo jıngtou shı yı bı da huafei. Name shen-me jıngtou cai suan hao?
I’ve also heard that lenses are a big cost. What makes aquality lens?
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Qıshı jıngtou fencheng xuduo butong de leixıng, yı shı-he butong de paishe xuyao. Ta shı feichang jıngmı dejıshu. Qıshı sheyıng benshen ye shı rucı. Sanyanliangyushuobuqıng. Nı ruguo you xıngqu, wo keyı gen nı xıshuo.
Actually there are many types of lenses for different uses.They are a very sophisticated work of art, like photogra-phy itself. You can’t really get the full picture in just a fewwords. I can tell you in more details if you are interested.
Key Vocabulary
迷上 mıshang to become a fan of
随身 suıshen along with one
正经 zhengjing earnestly
讲究 jiangjiu detailed, particular
顺光 shunguang frontlighting
逆光 nıguang backlight
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Qıshı wo ye bu suan tebie guanxın. Buguo meitian wan-shang qıdian dao qıdianban, ge jia dianshıtai dou zaizhuanbo Zhongyangtai de xınwenlianbo, xiang kan bie-de ye buxıng a.
Well, I am not that into it. I watch the news since all thelocal networks broadcast the CCTV news from 7 to 7:30.You can’t watch anything else even if you want to.
B: 那也是。所以通常这时候我就干脆不开电视。
Na ye shı. Suoyı tongchang zhe shıhou wo jiu gancuı bukai dianshı.
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Keshı tongguo xınwen baodao liaojie xia guonei he guo-jı de xıngshı ye hen bucuo a. Zhongyangtai de xınwenwangluo bianbu quanguo naizhı shıjie gedı, keyı rang wo-men liaojie zuıxın de shıjie dongtai. Hai you xuduo tepaijızhe zhuanmen benfu qianxian caifang hou, fahuı de dı-yıshou baodao, dou hen you xınwen jiazhı.
But it’s good to use the news to get informed about what’shappening in China and around the world. CCTV has ex-tensive national and global coverage of the latest newskeeping us up to date on the most recent world develop-ments. They also have many correspondents hurrying tothe front lines for interviews. The firsthand account re-ports they give are very informative.
Kexı wo butai guanzhu zhexie. Wo zhı ouer tıngdao guoxınwen lı tiantian jiang shenme BaYi3 chongtu, MeiYi1zhanzheng dengdeng. Kanlai wo yao duo guanxın xieguojia dashı he guojı yaowen, buran jiu yao luowu le.
Too bad that I don’t really pay attention to that. I justoccasionally hear about the conflict between Israel andPalestine, or the war in Iraq. I guess I need to start payingattention to what’s happening in China and around theworld or I’ll be really behind the times.
Na nı keyı duo kankan zhengdian xınwen, jiushı naxiezai zhengdian de shıhou bochu de yıxie jianduan de xın-wen, tongchang zhıyou wu fenzhong, jı neng rang nı liao-jie guojı guonei yaoshı, you bu langfei shıjian.
Then you can watch the hourly bulletin. It’s a roundup ofkey news that usually lasts for just 5 minutes but givesa clear perspective on domestic and international affairswithout wasting time.
B: 真是个好主意,今天我就开始。
Zhenshı ge hao zhuyi, jıntian wo jiu kaishı.
That sounds good. I’ll start today.
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Nı zhıdao ma? Guojı zhumıng renleixuejia, Helan Laidundaxue de Henglı Kelaisen jiaoshou yao lai women xue-xiao yanjiang le.
Have you heard that Professor Henri Claessen, renownedanthropologist from Leyton University in the Netherlands,is coming to our school to give a speech?
B: 啊?恕我孤陋寡闻,其实我一直不懂人类学到底是研究什么的?
A? Shu wo gulouguawen, qıshı wo yızhı bu dong renlei-xue daodı shı yanjiu shenme de?
What? Excuse my ignorance; I actually never knew whatanthropology is all about.
A: 人类学顾名思义就是研究人类及人的演变历史的呀。它涉及历史,文化,考古等多方面的内容。
Renleixue gumıngsıyı jiushı yanjiu renlei jı ren de yan-bian lıshı de ya. Ta shejı lıshı, wenhua, kaogu deng duofangmian de neirong.
Anthropology, as the name implies, is the study of thehuman species and its evolution. It touches on all sortsof disciplines from history and culture to archaeology.
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Dangran, guangyı de renleixue bu jın yanjiu renlei, haiyanjiu shehuı, mınzu, yuyan deng fangmian de fazhan.Bıru Henglı jiaoshou de fangxiang jiushı guojia de qıyuanhe fazhan, ta de zhuzuo zai zhengge renleixue de xue-shujie dou chansheng juda de yıngxiang.
Of course it is. Anthropology in a broad sense is the studyof society, ethnicity, language and a lot of other things be-sides just human beings. Professor Claessen is an ex-pert in the study of the origin of nation states and theirdevelopment. His papers and books have had enormousinfluence in academia.
B: 难怪我们学校要邀请他来演讲呢,真是个厉害的人物啊。
Nanguai women xuexiao yao yaoqıng ta lai yanjiang ne,zhenshı ge lıhai de renwu a.
No wonder our school invited him to give a speech. Hesounds like an important figure.
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Xiexie nı choukong dai wo laikan fangzi. Zhe tao fangzizhen shufu, jiushı wo xiang yao de.
Thank you for taking the time to show me the apartment.The apartment is really good, exactly what I want.
B: 是啊。这房子的朝向好,客厅,主卧都朝南,冬暖夏凉,采光又好。你电费都能省一大笔。
Shı a. Zhe fangzi de chaoxiang hao, ketıng, zhuwo douchao nan, dongnuanxialiang, caiguang youhao. Nı dian-fei dou neng sheng yıdabı.
It truly is. This apartment has excellent positioning. Theliving room and master bedroom all face south, keepingyou warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Theapartment is also bright with natural light. You can savequite a bit on electricity bills.
Qunian eryue jiaofang, cai yınianban. Zhege xiaoqudangcı gao, lınju xiangchu dou hen rongqia. Erqie wu-ye fuwu ye hen fuze. Xiaoqu ershısı xiaoshı you baoanzhıqın, loudao dasao ye hen zıxı. Nı ganggang zıjı yekandao le, lian datıng dou hen ganjıng.
It was finished last February, so only a year and a half.This is an upscale neighborhood, and all the neighborsget along well. The management is also very responsi-ble. Security guards are on duty 24 hours a day, and thecleaning of public areas is very thorough. Even the lobbyis spotless, as you just saw.
Jiushı ya, wo zufangzi zuı kanzhong xiaoqu de zhengtıhuanjıng. Zhelı guanlı de dıque bucuo, erqie luuhua yehao. Zhelı yı tı jı hu a? You dıxia tıngchechang ma?
Exactly. The overall environment of a neighborhood isat the top of my priorities. The management here reallyhas done a great job, and all the greenery is nice. Howmany units does one elevator service? Is there any un-derground parking space?
Yı tı liang hu, hen qıngjıng de. Xiaoqu shı quan fengbıdıxiacheku, diantı zhıjie ru ku. Erqie sheshı qıquan, jian-shenfang, shınei youyongchı, wangqiuchang yangyangdou you. Xiaoqu pangbian jiushı damaichang, lı guıdao-jiaotong ye zhıyou shı fenzhong lucheng.
Two units per elevator, so it’s really private. All of theparking space in the neighborhood is closed and under-ground, accessible directly by elevator. The neighbor-hood is also well-equipped with various facilities like agym, indoor pool, tennis court... you name it. A shop-ping center is just around the corner. The subway stationis only 10 minutes away.
A: 你越说我越喜欢了。要不是租金高了一点,我肯定二话不说就签约。
Nı yue shuo wo yue xıhuan le. Yaobushı zujın gao le yı-dian, wo kendıng erhuabushuo jiu qianyue.
The more you tell me, the more I like it! I’d sign the con-tract right away if only the rent was a bit cheaper.
Miss... you said yourself that this apartment and theneighborhood are of top quality. I am only charging 5000yuan a month for such outstanding facilities and location.It’s an amazing value.
Wo zhıdao, danshı nı zhe fangzi cai liangfangyıtıng, er-qie mianji name xiao. Zaishuo, zhuangxiu ye hen yıban.Ruguo zhuangxiu daowei yıdian, wuqian kuai wo jueduıyuanyı gei.
I know, but this is only a two-bedroom unit, plus the totalarea is quite small. Besides, it’s only modestly furnished.I’d be absolutely willing to pay 5000 yuan if it was morecompletely furnished.
Wo zhelı de zhuangxiu shı jianyue fengge, erqie yong dedou shı zuıhao de cailiao. Buguo, ruguo nı yıcıxıng fu yınian de fangzu, wo keyı gei nı da ge jiu zhe.
This is minimalist style, and I used the best materials. Butmaybe I could give you 10% off if you paid a full year’s rentup front.
A: 你如果打8折,我现在就签一年。
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Wo you wei pengyou ceng shuo, bıqı zuanjie, ta gengnıngyuan yao konglong dan huashı. Jiu suan fu bu chuxiao konglong, fang zai jia li kankan ye tıng ku de.
A friend of mine once said that she would prefer havinga dinosaur egg fossil over a diamond ring, because theegg would be cool to admire, even if it could never hatcha baby dinosaur.
Haha, ta tıng congming de. Konglong dan ke bı zuanjiezhıqian duo le. Buguo shıshang yaoshı zhende hai youkonglong cunzai, gujı ta jiu buhuı name xiang yao shou-cang konglong dan le ba.
Ha ha, she’s pretty smart. A dinosaur egg is worth awhole lot more than a diamond ring. But if there reallywere dinosaurs still living on earth, she probably wouldrethink keeping a dinosaur egg.
A: 是呀。我想大多数人对稀有动物都是又爱又怕。
Shı ya. Wo xiang daduoshu ren duı xıyou dongwu doushı you ai you pa.
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That’s true. I think most people who profess affection forrare and exotic species both love and fear them at thesame time.
B: 其实也还好呀。像中国的国宝大熊猫,不是挺可爱的嘛。又憨厚又温顺,可爱极了。
Qıshı ye hai hao ya. Xiang Zhongguo de guobao da-xiongmao, bushı tıng keai de ma. You hanhou you wen-shun, keai jı le.
Actually, it’s not always that bad. Take pandas for exam-ple, our ”national treasure”. Aren’t they adorable? They’reboth cuddly and docile, as well as extremely cute.
A, daxiongmao ya, shı ren dou zhıdao, bu xıqı. Nı jianguo jınsıhou ma? Ye yıyang jıling keai. Buguo xianzaijınsıhou de shuliang yıjıng bu duo le, feichang zhenguı.
That’s a different story, because people are familiar withpandas, they’re not that exotic. Have you ever seen agolden-haired monkey? They are also smart and cute,but there are not many of them left. They are extremelyrare.
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Wo juede tongyang zhenguı de hai you zanglıngyang.Tamen zhı shengzhang zai gaoyuan dıdai, zhıyou zaiZhongguo Xızang yıdai cai neng jiandao. Zhe ke shıZhongguo teyou de dongwu, kexı yınwei guodu bushaxianzai yıjıng kuai meiyou le.
The same goes for Tibetan antelopes, also called Tibetangazelles. They only inhabit plateaus. Tibet is the onlyplace in China where they can be seen. They are aspecies unique to China, but sadly, they are on the vergeof extinction due to poaching.
Wo daoshı xiangqı yızhong bıjiao changjian, guang tıngmıngzi jiu hen langman de dongwu: yuanyang. Ta-men zongshı chengshuangchengduı de zai yıqı, zai shuıshang kuaihuo de you zhe. Zhen tianmı.
Actually, I’m thinking of an animal that’s not so rare, butwhose name has a distinctly romantic feel: the mandarinduck. They are always in pairs, swimming contentedly inthe water. It’s so sweet.
B: 是呀,鸳鸯在中国一直都是甜蜜情侣的代名词,真可谓是’只羡鸳鸯不羡仙’。
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Shı ya, yuanyang zai Zhongguo yızhı dou shı tianmı qıng-luu de daimıngcı, zhen kewei shı”zhı xian yuanyang buxian xian”.
That’s true. Mandarin ducks have always been the sym-bol of a loving couple in Chinese culture. That’s whythere’s the saying, ”a pair of mandarin ducks is more en-viable than an immortal”.
Key Vocabulary
收藏 shoucang to collect
捕杀 busha to capture and kill
憨厚 hanhou silly
只羡鸳鸯不羡仙
zhı xian yuan-yang bu xianxian
a pair of mandarin ducks ismore enviable than an im-mortal
化石 huashı fossil
恐龙 konglong dinosaur
温顺 wenshun docile
金丝猴 jınsıhou golden monkey
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The most well-known is of course translator Mr. Yan Fu’stheories of ’faithfulness to the original text’, ’communica-tion of ideas’ and ’literary elegance’. People always talkabout these, but actually these standards mark only liter-ary translation of the highest quality, which is extremelydifficult to achieve. Translation that can meet these idealstandards is, of course, excellent. But only those withhigh command of both the Chinese and English languagealong with years of practical experience can consistentlymaintain such a standard.
A: 那么一般的翻译要具备什么条件呢?
Name yıban de fanyı yao jubei shenme tiaojian ne?
What capacities does an average translator need to havethen?
Zhe yao kan na zhong fanyı le. Dazhıshang fenwei bıyıhe kouyı. Er fanyı you gezi you butong de lıngyu. Bırushuo, bıyı you wenxue fanyı, zhuanye fanyı, lıru faluu, yı-yao, kejı dengdeng. Er kouyı chule zhuanye de fenbie,hai you tongshengchuanyı he jiaochuan de genben qu-bie.
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That depends on which kind of translation you are talkingabout. There are two general types: written translationand oral interpretation, each of which has its own specificfields. For example, written translation involves literaryand professional translation, which includes the fields oflaw, medicine, technology, and so on. There is also pro-fessional interpretation, which is also further divided upinto simultaneous and consecutive interpretation.
Tongshengchuanyı xianzai keshı remen zhıye a! Shı-chang xuqiu hen da, erqie xınshuı ye feichang gao. Wotıngshuo, tongchuan yı ge xiaoshı keyı zhuan liangqiankuai qian, shı zhendema?
Simultaneous interpretation is a hot profession right now!There is huge market demand and it’s very well-paid. I’veheard that a simultaneous interpreter can make RMB anhour. Is it true?
Na shı zuı dıngjian de fanyı zai zuı dıngjian de changhe.Qıshı, daduoshu tongchuan meiyou zheme gao de xın-shuı. Buguo, fanyı dıque shı ge bucuo de hangye. Dan-shı xiangyıng de, hao de fanyı bıxu jıngguo hen duo nulı,erqie yao buduan de jınbu. Zhangwo xın cıhuı, buduankuozhan butong lıngyu de zhıshi.
That’s only the best interpreters at top events. Actually,most simultaneous interpreters don’t get that kind of pay.However, translation is indeed a good profession. But atthe same time, a good translator must work very hard andkeep improving. They need to master new words, keepup with new developments and expand their knowledgeof different professional fields.
A: 你觉得做口译和笔译的时候,最重要的和最难的是什么?
Nı juede zuo kouyı he bıyı de shıhou, zuı zhongyao de hezuı nan de shı shenme?
What do you think are the most important and the mostdifficult things when doing written translation and inter-pretation?
Bulun shı shumian hai shı koutou, zuı zhongyao de jiushızhunque he tongshun. Zhe liang ge cı baohan le xuduoshencengcı de yıyı, geng xuyao buduan de xuexı. Er zuınan de shı yudao meiyou duıyıng de biaoda. Keshı jı-shı zheyangde, ye yıdıng yao jınliang zhongshı yuanwen,erqie fanyı de zıran, piaoliang.
For both written and spoken translation, the most impor-tant thing is accuracy and fluency. These two words havemany in-depth implications. Moreover, they require con-stant learning as a foundation. The most difficult is whenthere is no exact match for an expression you encounter.But even so, you must endeavor to stay faithful to the orig-inal text and translate in a natural and eloquent way.
A: 听起来真累!怪不得你都得强迫症了,每天买中英文两份报纸,把相同的新闻对照看一遍。
Tıng qılai zhen lei! Guaibude nı dou de qiangpozheng le,meitian mai Zhong Yıng wen liang fen baozhı, ba xiang-tong de xınwen duızhao kan yı bian.
It does sound painstaking! No wonder you’ve got an ob-sessive compulsive disorder – every day you get both theChinese and English newspaper and read the same storyin both languages.
Shı ya. Erqie wo zhıyao kandao yı ge cı, jiu huı bennengde xiangdao duıyıng de fanyı. Buguo, dang wo fanyı chuyı pian wenzhang, huo shı yıcı huıyı hou, ganjue jiuxiangjiekai le mıma, suoyou de xınku dou zhıde.
Yeah. Furthermore, whenever I see a word, I instinctivelythink about its corresponding translation. But when I com-plete a work of translation or a conference interpretation,I feel as if I have broken a secret code and all the hardwork feels worthwhile.
Key Vocabulary
标准 biaozhun standard
翻译家 fanyıjia translator
理论 lılun theory
忠实 zhongshı faithful to
贴切地 tieqiede properly
优雅 youya graceful
挂在嘴边 gua zai zuıbian ofter say
境界 jıngjie extent
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Bushı de, wo bıng bu shı Jıdu jiaotu. Zuotian shı wo dıyı-cı qu jiaotang, ye shı wo dıyıcı canjia zheme zhengshı dezhurılıbai. Zhe zhenshı yıcı tebie de tıyan. Yuqı shuo wozai canyu yızhong zongjiao de huodong, hai buru shuowo shoudao le yızhong zongjiao wenhua de xuntao.
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No, I’m not at all. Yesterday was my first time in a church,and it was my first time attending a formal Sunday ser-vice. It was really a special experience. Rather than say-ing I was participating in a kind of religious activity, it wasmore like receiving a kind of religious cultural experience.
Tıng qılai hao fuza, wo conglai dou mei canjia guo zheleihuodong, duı gelei zongjiao wenhua ye yıwusuozhı, jınjınzhıdao Fojiao, Yısılanjiao he Jıdujiao zhe jıge zhumıngzongjiao, gengduode wo ye jiang buchulai le.
It sounds pretty complicated. I’ve never attended thosekinds of activities, and don’t know a thing about religiousculture. I barely know anything about even the morefamous religions like Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.Other than those, I really don’t know anything about anyreligions.
Qıshı wo ye shı. Wo duı zongjiao bıng bu suan liaojie, kewo hen leyı jiechu dao butong de zongjiao wenhua. Woyou yıxie xınyang zongjiao de pengyou, hen duo shıhouwo dou shı cong wenhua de jiaodu lai fenxiang tamen dejınglı. He wo yıqı qu jiaotang de pengyou jiu congxiaoxınyang Jıdujiao, erqie feichang qiancheng.
Actually, I’m the same. I can’t say I understand religionat all, but I’m willing to have some contact with differentreligious cultures. I have some religious friends, and Ioften find I can relate to their experiences on a culturallevel. The friends I went to church with have been Chris-tian since they were little, and they’re really devout.
Wo xiang wo yongyuan dou mei banfa lıjie zhezhongqiancheng. Zongjiao xınyang shı geren de zıyou, wo bu-huı ganshe tamen, dan ye meiyou banfa shenru qızhong.Women zheyıdai ren daduoshu dou shı meiyou zongjiaoxınyang de. Buguo xianzai xın Jıdujiao de ren zai Zhong-guo zhenshı yue lai yue duo le, xiangfan Zhongguo dedıyi1 da zongjiao-Fojiao de jiaotu daduo dou shı lao yıbei de ren le.
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I don’t think I’ll ever be able to understand that kindof devotion. Religious faith is a personal freedom, soI would never interfere with others’ faith, but I myselfcould never get that deeply involved. Most people ofour generation aren’t very religious. However, nowadaysmore and more people in China are becoming Christians.On the other hand, the followers of China’s primary reli-gion—Buddhism—are mainly from the older generation.
Shıde. Wo renshi de pengyou zhong you yıbufen ren jiu-shı yınwei shoudao jiatıng chuantong de yıngxiang er xınfo huo jıdu de. Ye you hen duo ren he wo yıyang zhıshıcong wenhua de jiaodu lai kandai zongjiao. Buguo wulunshı hezhong zongjiao, wo dou zhuzhang yong zhengquede taidu duıdai zhezhong xınyang, er buneng guofen yı-lai.
Yeah. Amongst my friends, there are some who are Bud-dhist or Christian because of the influence of family tra-dition. But there are also many people who are like me,and just look at religion from a cultural perspective. Still,no matter what one’s faith is, I will always advocate thatpeople should maintain a proper attitude toward religion,but not be excessively dependent on it.
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Shı a, zhexie haoxiang dou shı tiansheng de. Jiu suannianlıng zai da, ye mei banfa kefu. Bıru shuo, hao duoren you feixıng kongjuzheng. Qıngkuang yanzhong deshenzhı buneng zuo feijı. Zhe duo bu fangbian ya.
Yes, it seems that these kinds of things are natural. Evenas we get older, there’s no way to overcome them. For ex-ample, a lot of people have a fear of flying. It’s so seriousthat they can’t even travel by plane. It’s very inconvenient.
En, wo de haopengyou jiushı zheyang. Hai you hao duoren you youbı kongjuzheng, zai xiaxiao de kongjian lı, jiuhuı ganjue toubuguo qı, shenzhı yao zhıxı.
Yeah, my good friend is like that. There are also lots ofpeople who have claustrophobia. When they are in con-fined spaces, they feel like they can’t breathe, even to thepoint that they feel like they are going to suffocate.
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Zhexie dou shı bıjiao changjian de kongjuzheng. Wo hairenshi ren you maofa kongjuzheng, kanjian toufa jiu xiangkanjian guı yıyang. Nı shuo ta meitian kan zhe zıjı de tou-fa zenme shenghuo ne?
These are all the more common phobias. I also knowsome people have a phobia of hair. When they see hair,it’s just as scary to them as seeing a ghost. When theylook at their own hair every day, how can they cope?
A: 是啊。看来,我们俩的情况还没那么糟糕。
Shı a. Kanlai, women lia de qıngkuang hai mei namezaogao.
Yeah. I guess our situations aren’t really that bad.
Key Vocabulary
怕 pa to be afraid of
恐惧 kongju to fear
难免 nanmian to be hard to avoid
恐高症 konggaozheng acrophobia
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Jıntian women zhuyao jiangyıxia qımo kaoshı de neirong.Zhecı de kaoshı fen zhe jıge bufen: xuanze tı, panduan tı,tiankong tı, jianda tı, fenxı tı. Zongfen shı yıbaiershı fen,meige bufen de fenzhı he yıwang yıyang, dajia yınggaihen qıngchu le. Kaoshı de shıjian shı liang ge xiaoshı.
Today we will mainly talk about the content of the finalexamination. This exam is divided up into the followingsections: multiple choice questions, true/false questions,fill-in-the-blank questions, short answer questions, and ananalysis question. There are a total of 120 points, and theamount of points for each section are the same as theyhave been for previous examinations, so everyone shouldbe quite clear about that. The length of time for the test istwo hours.
B: 教授,这次考试的范围是整本书的内容吗?还是下半学期的?
Jiaoshou, zhecı kaoshı de fanwei shı zheng ben shu deneirong ma? Haishı xia ban xueqı de?
Professor, will this exam cover the content of the entiretextbook, or only the material from the second half of thesemester?
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Zhecı kao de shı zhengge xueqı de neirong, danshızhongdian zai dıwu dao dı shı zhang. Dajia yao duo huaxie xınsi. neirong bu xiang qızhong kao name sıban. Suo-yı, nımen yao zhenzheng liaojie xue guo de dongxi, bıng-qie lınghuo yunyong.
This exam is on the material from the entire semester,but the emphasis is on Chapters 5 through 10. Everyoneneeds to put some extra thought into this exam. The con-tent is not as rigid as the mid-term exam, so you all needto really understand the material you have learned, andbe able to apply it in a flexible way.
B: 那么,是不是说我们不需要背理论知识?
Name, shı bu shı shuo women bu xuyao bei lılun zhıshi?
So are you saying we don’t have to memorize all the the-ory?
A: 你觉得呢?想要灵活运用,不先掌握理论怎么行?大家都是大三的学生了,应该很清楚学习方法。
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What do you think? If you want to be able to apply theknowledge, how can you escape mastering the theories?You are all third year university students now, so youshould be very familiar with the study methods.
B: 教授,这次的题目是不是难了一点儿?我听说大三的考试最重要,因为这是大四实习前最后一次考试。
Jiaoshou, zhecı de tımu shı bu shı nan le yıdianr? Wotıngshuo dasan de kaoshı zuı zhongyao, yınwei zhe shıdası shıxı qian zuıhou yıcı kaoshı.
Professor, is the material this time a little bit more diffi-cult? I have heard that the third year exam is the mostimportant, because this is the last exam before the fourthyear practicum starts.
Wo zhı xiang gaosu dajia, meiyıcı kaoshı dou hen zhong-yao, yınwei zhe shı duı nı zıjı xuexı chengguo de ceshı hezongjie. Buyao zongshı na zhecı he yıqian bıjiao, meiyıcıkaoshı dou yao renzhen duıdai. Zhe shı duı zıjı fu zeren.
I just want to tell everyone: every exam is very important,because exams test and assess what you have gainedfrom your studies. Don’t always compare this exam withprevious exams. You must take every exam seriously.This is taking responsibility for yourself.
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Zhege wentı hai shı yınggai wen nımen zıjı. Dou kao lezheme duo cı shı le, yıqian zenmeyang, zhecı hai yıyang.Zongzhı, hao chengjı meiyou jiejıng. Dajia huıqu haohaofuxı ba.
This is a question you should ask yourself. You’ve alltaken many exams, it’s the same now as it was then. Ina word, there is no shortcut to good scores. Everyone gohome and study hard.
Key Vocabulary
分值 fenzhı the amount of points
以往 yıwang in the past
心思 xınsı concern
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Wo zuotian guang gudongdian, kandao yı ba Mıngdai deyızi. Laoban kaijia sanwan, shuo shı shao jian de jıng-pın. Nı shuo xianzai hai you keneng maidao zhenzhengde Mıngdai jiaju ma?
Yesterday I was looking around in an antique shop andI saw a chair from the Ming dynasty. The shop ownerasked 300,000 yuan for it and claimed it was a rare andunique work of art. Do you think it’s still possible to buyauthentic Ming dynasty furniture?
Chinese furniture has been developing for several thou-sand years, and the majority of furniture on the antiquemarket today originates from the Ming and Qing dynas-ties. The value of a piece of antique furniture is mainlydetermined by age, quality of materials, rarity, intactnessof the piece, etc. So, generally speaking, if you compareMing and Qing dynasty furniture, Ming dynasty furnitureis more valuable.
A: 噢,原来是这样。不过现在,好多古董家具都是仿制品。你有什么分辨的窍门吗?
O, yuanlai shı zheyangde. Buguo xianzai, hao duo gu-dong jiaju dou shı fangzhıpın. Nı you shenme fenbian deqiaomen ma?
Oh, I see. But nowadays a lot of antique furniture is justreplicas. Do you have any tricks for distinguishing thetwo?
Jiandan de shuo, keyı cong caizhı, zaoxıng he gongyısan fangmian lai fenbian. Zai zaoxıng fangmian, Mıng-dai jiaju gaoya, jianyue, dadao le yıshu dıngfeng. Zheshı yınwei dangshı de jiaju daduo you wenren shejı, yıncırongru le zıjı dute de sıxiang he xıngge.
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To put it simply, you can distinguish them by looking atthree things: the quality of the materials, the design, andthe craftsmanship. With regards to the design, Ming dy-nasty furniture is elegant and precise, having reacheda peak as an art form. During that time, furniture wasmainly designed by scholars; therefore the design be-came a reflection of their own unique philosophies andcharacter.
Duıa, Qıngdai jiaju xiangbı zhıxia jiu wanquan butong le.Shejı gengjia fuza, shenshou gongtıng jiaju de yıngxiang.Jiusuan yı zhang fanzhuo de zhuojiao, dou bei diaoke defeichang xızhı.
Yeah, in comparison, Qing dynasty furniture is completelydifferent. The design is more complex, heavily influencedby the furniture of the imperial court. Even a dining roomtable leg was meticulously carved.
B: 哎,你倒是很了解嘛。其实古董家具最神奇的就是制作工艺,不用一颗钉子就能做出一件完整的家具。
Ai, nı daoshı hen liaojie ma. Qıshı gudong jiaju zuı shen-qı de jiushı zhızuo gongyı, buyong yı ke dıngzi jiu nengzuochu yıjian wanzheng de jiaju.
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Wow, you really have a thorough understanding. Actu-ally, the most amazing thing about antique furniture is thecraftsmanship with which it was made. Without using asingle nail, a complete piece of furniture could be crafted.
A: 我只知道古董家具这几年很受欢迎,却不知道其中有这么多知识。真是佩服前人的智慧和品味。
Wo zhı zhıdao gudong jiaju zhe jı nian hen shou huan-yıng, quebu zhıdao qızhong you zheme duo zhıshi. Zhen-shı peifu qianren de zhıhuı he pınwei.
I only know that antique furniture in the past few yearshas been very popular, but I had no idea that there wasso much to know about it. I really admire our forefathers’wisdom and fine tastes.
Key Vocabulary
逛 guang to browse merchandise
古董店 gudongdian antique store
明代 Mıngdai Ming Dynasty
开价 kaijia to quote a price
精品 jıngpın quality goods
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Wo shı shoujı le bushao gege guojia de dianyıng. Wo te-bie xıhuan kan Ouzhou de dulı dianyıng. Tamen de gousıfeichang dute, youxie qıngsong youmo, youxie que chen-zhong heian, zongzhı he shangyepian feichang butong.Nı ai kan shenme dianyıng?
I collect movies from quite a few different countries. I es-pecially like to watch European independent films. Theirstory lines are extremely unique. Some are light andhumorous, whereas others are serious and dark. In aword, they are very different from commercial films. Whatmovies do you like to watch?
Wo de kouwei bıjiao dazhonghua, xıhuan langman xıjuhe dongzuopian. Haolaiwu zhelei dianyıng dou pai debucuo. Guonei daoyan, wo zuı xıhuan Feng Xiaogang,meinian zuı qıdai ta de hesuı xıju.
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Na nı jınnian yao shıwang le, ta pai le yı bu wuxia chuan-qı pian, wanquan dianfu le yıwang de fengge. Wo zhenbu mıngbai weishenme Zhongguo daoyan xianzai yıwo-fengde qu pai zhelei dianyıng. Haishı wangjiawei jianchızıwo, butong tıcai dou neng pai de feichang you zıjı degexıng.
Well, this year you are going to be disappointed becausehe shot a medieval period style film instead. It’s com-pletely different from his previous style. I really don’t un-derstand why all the Chinese directors are flocking to thistype of film now. It’s Wang Kar-wai that stays true to him-self. Different themes can all be filmed with one’s owncharacter.
Ta de dianyıng zhende hen youxıng. You shıhou suırankan bu dong, dan hai shı huı bei dute de qıfen xıyın. Taxianzai zhengzai Meiguo pai yı bu langman xıju, bu zhı-dao huı buhuı yanxu zıjıde fengge.
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That’s true. His movies really have their own style. Al-though sometimes I don’t understand them, I still getcaught up in their distinctive moods. He’s in the UnitedStates right now shooting a romantic comedy. I wonder ifhe will continue with his own style.
Na wo yıdıng kan bu dong. Shenghuo yalı zheme da,weishenme haiyao kan zhexie xuyao dong naozi de dian-yıng? Suoyı wo hai shı zuı xıhuan gaoxiaopian, kehuan-pian zhelei qıngsong de tıcai. Hai you zhıhuanwang zhe-yang de shıshı chuanqı ye bucuo.
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I definitely wouldn’t understand those. There are so manypressures in real life, why would I want to watch moviesthat require mental exertion? So, my favorites are stillsilly comedies, science fiction, and similar light-heartedthemes. Also, Lord of the Rings and similar legendaryepic-style dramas are also pretty good.
B: 看来我们的欣赏口味的确不一样。
Kanlai women de xınshang kouwei dıque buyıyang.
It looks like the styles of movies that we appreciate arereally different.
Key Vocabulary
影迷 yıngmı movie fan
构思 gousı intellectual structure
大众化 dazhonghua popular
喜剧 xıju comedy
贺岁 hesuı to bringing in the new year,New Year’s celebrations
武侠 wuxia knight-errant
颠覆 dianfu to overturn
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Xıng le, lengpen jiu zheme duo. Recai ma, gei wo yı fentangcu songzı guıyu, liu zhı dazhaxie, zai lai yı ge tangcuxiaopai, heijiao niuliu, haiyou shangtang xılanhua. Hao,jiu zheyang. Nımen zher you shenme hao de putaojiu.
All right, that’s enough appetizers. Hmm, for hot dishes,give me an order of fried sweet and sour mandarin fishwith pine nuts, six hairy crabs, an order of sweet and sourbaby ribs, a black pepper beef strips, and broccoli in soup.OK, that’s all. What good wines do you have?
B: 先生,我们准备了多种高级葡萄酒,配合不同的菜肴和客人的口味。您有没有什么喜欢的酒呢?
Xiansheng, women zhunbei le duozhong gaojı putaojiu,peihe butong de caiyao he keren de kouwei. Nın youmei-you shenme xıhuan de jiu ne?
Sir, we have on hand a lot of high grade wines to comple-ment different foods and accommodate our guests’ differ-ent tastes. Do you have any wine preference?
A: 我不太懂葡萄酒。你根据我点的这些菜,推荐一下吧。
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Hao de. Nın jıntian dian de cai bıjiao fengfu, er butongde jiu nenggou genghao de tıxian zhexie kouwei. Peiheyu he xie, zuı heshı de jiu shı er lıng lıng sı nian chanzıfaguo bogendı de shadangnı baiputaojiu.
Sure. You ordered quite an assortment of dishes today,and different kinds of wine can even better bring out allthe different flavors. To complement fish and crab, themost suitable wine is a French White Burgundy Chardon-nay.
A: 嗯,听起来不错。那肉类搭配哪些酒比较好?
Ng, tıngqılai bucuo. Na roulei dapei naxie jiu bıjiao hao?
Hmm, that sounds pretty good. Now what about to gowith the meat dishes? What kind of wine would be better?
B: 2004年产自南澳洲的设拉子很合适。
Er lıng lıng sı nian chanzı nan aozhou de shelazı hen he-shı.
A Southern Australian Shiraz would be very suitable.
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Chen Zong, nıhao. Jiuyang nın de damıng. Jıntian zhenrongxıng neng jiandao nın.
Hello, Mr. Chen. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m veryhonored to be able to meet you today.
B: 哎,不敢当。请问你贵姓?
Ai, bu gandang. Qıng wen nı guıxıng?
Oh, you flatter me. Excuse me, your name is…?
A: 我姓张,这是我的名片。今天您的酒会真是太成功了,每个嘉宾都在说您的安排真周到。
Wo xıng Zhang, zhe shı wo de mıngpian. Jıntian nınde jiuhuı zhenshı tai chenggong le, meige jiabın dou zaishuo nın de anpai zhen zhoudao.
My last name is Zhang. Here’s my business card. Yourcocktail party tonight is a huge success. All of your guestsare saying that you planned it so perfectly.
Zhe yao duoxie dajia shanglian! Erqie jıntian de jiuhuıquan shı wo taitai de gonglao. Ta tıngdao nı zheme shuo,yıdıng hen kaixın. Lai, wo gei nımen jieshao yıxia. XiaoLın, zhe wei shı Zhang Xiaojie.
I have to thank you all for coming! Also, all the creditfor tonight’s cocktail party goes to my wife. If she heardwhat you said, she would be very pleased. Come, I willintroduce the two of you. Xiao Lin, this is Miss Zhang.
C: 张小姐,你好。今天玩得开心吗?照顾不周,请你多多包涵!
Zhang Xiaojie, nıhao. Jıntian wan de kaixın ma? Zhaogubu zhou, qıng nı duoduo baohan!
Hello Miss Zhang. Are you enjoying yourself? Pleasebear with us if our preparations fall short.
Nali, nali. Chen Taitai, nın zhenshı tai nenggan le. Jın-tian de jiuhuı meige xıjie dou hen wanmei, neng lai canjiashı wo de rongxıng. Nı zheme piaoliang, he Chen Zongzhenshı langcainuumao!
No, not at all. Mrs. Chen, you are so capable. Everydetail of tonight’s cocktail party is perfect it’s my honorto attend. You are so beautiful. You and Mr. Chen are aperfect match.
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Aya, Zhang Xiaojie guojiang. Nı wan de kaixın jiu hao.Jıntian lai de dou shı zhege hangye de pengyou, dajiahuatı yıdıng hen duo. Zhang Xiaojie, nı zheme nianqıng,danshı kan shangqu que hen you benshi.
Oh my, you flatter us, Miss Zhang. If you’re having a goodtime, we’re happy. The friends who came today are all inthis profession and everyone certainly has many interest-ing things to talk about. Miss Zhang, you are so youngbut it looks like you are very accomplished.
B: 是啊,刚才看她的名片,她现在已经是一家500强公司的高级经理了。我不认老也不行啊。
Shı a, gangcai kan ta de mıngpian, ta xianzai yıjıng shı yıjia wubai qiang gongsı de gaojı jınglı le. Wo bu ren lao yebuxıng a.
Yes, I just saw her business card. She is a high levelmanager of a Fortune 500 company. I can’t help but admitthat I’m getting old.
A: 陈总,您太客气了。您的成就是大家公认的,以后还要请您多关照我们年轻人。
Chen Zong, nın tai keqı le. Nın de chengjiu shı dajiagongren de, yıhou haiyao qıng nın duo guanzhao womennianqıngren.
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Shı ma? Wo dao juede hao duo guanggao dou mei shen-me chuangyı. Bıru xıyıfen guanggao, yongyuan dou shıyı ge xiaohai ba shenshang nong de hen zang, ranhoumama weixiao zhe yong xıyıfen bang ta xı ganjıng le. Duolaotao!
Really? Actually, I feel like a lot of commercials don’t haveany creativity. For example, laundry detergent commer-cials are forever about a child who gets his clothes reallydirty, and then the mother uses the laundry detergent towash them clean, smiling the whole time. It’s so cliched!
Shı a, erqie yıdian ye bu zhenshı. Ruguo wo xiaoshıhouba yıfu nong de zheme zang, wo mama yıdıng ma woyı dun. Buguo zhezhong guanggao daoshı hen rongyımıngbai, wo zuı pa kan nazhong guyı gao de hen lıngleide guanggao, genben kan bu dong.
That’s true. Plus, it’s totally unrealistic. If I got my clothesthat dirty when I was a child, I would really hear it frommy mom. But these type of commercials are actually veryeasy to understand. The ones I really hate watching arethe bizarre ones that are totally incomprehensible.
B: 还有更讨厌的呢,就是那种夸大的广告,好像用了一个小产品,生活一下子就完美了。你说多假!
Hai you geng taoyan de ne, jiushı nazhong kuada deguanggao, haoxiang yong le yı ge xiao chanpın, sheng-huo yıxiazi jiu wanmei le. Nı shuo duo jia!
Even worse though are the commercials that totally exag-gerate, as if when you use one little product, your life willsuddenly become perfect. It’s just so fake!
Meicuo meicuo, wo ye zuı taoyan zhezhong. Wo jiu kanguo yı ge kouxiangtang guanggao, nage ren chı le yı kuai,laoban juede ta kouqı qıngxın, jiu rang ta shengzhı le.
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Exactly! I hate those ones the most too. I saw one com-mercial for chewing gum where the guy chews a piece ofgum, and then his boss gives him a promotion just be-cause of his clean, fresh breath!
Ha, zhe zhenshı ba xiaofeizhe dang shazi. Buguo, taichuantong de guanggao wo ye shoubuliao. Bıru hen duoguanggao zhı zhıdao da qınqıng pai. Kan zhe jiu fan.
Ha! That really is taking the consumer for a fool. ButI also can’t take the overly traditional commercials either.For example, a lot of commercials just play the love angle.Just watching them is so annoying.
A: 是啊,其实最有效的广告就是那种把平凡细节变得不平凡的,一下就能让人记住。
Shı a, qıshı zuı youxiao de guanggao jiushı nazhong bapıngfan xıjie bian de bu pıngfan de, yıxia jiu neng rangren jızhu.
Yeah, actually the most effective commercials are theones that turn ordinary details into something extraordi-nary, instantly making them stick in people’s minds.
B: 没错,所以好的广告要来源于生活,但是更要高于生活。
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Qıshı Shıbohuı duı butong de ren dou you butong de yıyı.Bıru shuo laobaixıng, youxie jiu yınwei Shıbohuı jianzaochangguan chaiqian, ban dao le genghao de fangzi lı. Erjiu Shanghai zhege chengshı eryan, zuıda de yıyı zaiyuhuı cujın jıngjı de fazhan.
Actually the Expo has different meanings for differentpeople. For example, for some common citizens it meansthat their old homes will be torn down for constructionsites, so they will be moved into better houses. In addi-tion, with regard to Shanghai city itself, the most mean-ingful thing is that it will stimulate economic development.
A: 我还是不明白,世博会不就是一个国际性的展览会吗?
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Jiandandeshuo dıque rucı. Buguo Shıbohuı shı youzhengfu zhuban, duo ge guojia huo guojızuzhı canjia dedaxıng zonghexıng zhanlan. He yıban de zhanlan bu-tong, ta zhanxian de shı shehuı, jıngjı, wenhua he kejı ge-ge lıngyu de chengjiu. Ta de tedian shı shıjian chang, guı-mo da, canzhan guojia duo, yıncı yıngxiang ye feichangshenyuan.
Simply put, yes it is. However, the Expo is hosted by thegovernment. It is a large-scale comprehensive exhibitionattended by many different countries and international or-ganizations. The difference between this and other ex-hibits is that it presents achievements in social, economic,cultural, scientific and technological fields. Its special fea-tures are the long duration, the scale of the event, and themany countries that participate. The effects are extremelyfar-reaching.
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O, na ta youdian xiang renwen de Aoyunhuı. Womenneng kandao laizı butong guojia, butong lıngyu de zhan-lan he huodong, neirong kendıng hen fengfu!
Oh! It’s almost like a cultural Olympics. We will be able tosee exhibits and activities originating from different coun-tries and various fields. The content will definitely not belacking.
Meicuo, zheye jiushı weishenme Shıbohuı neng gei zhu-banguo dailai hen da de renqı he jıngjıxiaoyı. Qıshı Shı-bohuı de choubei xianzai jiu yıjıng kaishı le, hen duoxiangguan sheshı yıjıng zai jianshe dangzhong. Zhe jıgei shehuı tıgong le hen duo de jiuye jıhuı, you gaishanle women de shenghuo huanjıng.
Exactly. This is another reason why the Expo is able tobring so many benefits to the economy and reputation ofthe host country. Actually the preparations for the Expohave already started. Many facilities related to the Expoare already under construction. This has already broughtthe community a lot of employment opportunities, and hasalso improved our living environment.
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Zenyang cai neng xıyın dazhong de yanqiu ne? Zhe jiu-shı bencı guanggao cehua de zhongdian.
So, how to attract the eyes of the masses then? That isthe focus of this ad campaign.
: 我们的广告语:“真美仿钻”—男人最好的朋友。
Women de guanggao: ”Zhenmei fangzuan”— nanren zuı-hao de pengyou.
The slogan of our ad campaign is: ”Truly Beautiful Imita-tion Diamonds—a man’s best friend”.
: 目标消费群为都市白领。他们一定都熟悉一句经典名言“钻石是女人最好的朋友”。
Mubiao xiaofei qun wei dushı bailıng. Tamen yıdıng doushuxı yı ju jıngdian mıngyan”zuanshı shı nuuren zuıhao depengyou”.
Our target consumer market is white-collar city dwellers.They will certainly all be familiar with the classic saying,”diamonds are a girl’s best friend”.
: 的确,钻石能增进感情,是男人送给心爱的女人的最好礼物。
Dıque, zuanshı neng zengjın ganqıng, shı nanren song-gei xınai de nuuren de zuıhao lıwu.
Certainly, diamonds can stir deep emotions, and are thebest gift that a man can give to his beloved lady.
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Dajia kan, zai women mianqian de jiushı Songshan shao-lınsı. Ta shı shaolın wushu de fayuandı. Youyu chuyuconglın zhong, suoyı qu mıng”shaolınsı”.
Everyone look, in front of us is the Songshan ShaolinTemple. It is the birthplace of Shaolin Martial Arts. Be-cause of its position in the middle of the forest, it wasgiven the name ”Shaolin Temple.”
B: 那它有多少年历史了?
Na ta you duoshao nian lıshı le?
So, how old is it?
A: 少林寺建造于公元495年。后来达摩来这里传扬禅宗。所以,少林寺也被称为中国禅宗的发源地。
Shaolınsı jianzao yu Gongyuan sıbaijiushıwu nian. Hou-lai Dama lai zhelı chuanyang chanzong. Suoyı, shaolınsıye shı Zhongguo Chanzong de fayuandı.
Shaolin Temple was built in 495 C.E. Afterwards, Dharmacame here to spread the Chan sect. So, Shaolin Tem-ple has also been called the birthplace of Chinese ChanBuddhism.
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Qıshı a, shaolın gongfu huan he chanzong youzhe hen dade lianxı. Yınwei xiu chan ye zhuzhong xiuyang shentı,zai jiashang zheme da de sıyuan ye xuyao baohu, suoyızhujian xıngcheng le chan wu heyı de shaolın gongfu. Tashenxın bıngzhong, shı Zhonghua wenhua de jınghua.
Actually, Shaolin Kung Fu still has a strong link to ChanBuddhism. Because the practice of Chan places impor-tance on cultivation of the body, and such a large templealso needed protection, Chan and martial arts graduallymerged into Shaolin Kung Fu. It lays equal stress on bodyand mind, and is the epitome of Chinese culture.
C: 原来我们常说的“天下功夫出少林”是这样来的。我还听过少林十八门的说法,那是什么呢?
Yuanlai women chang shuo de”tianxia gongfu chu shao-lın”shı zheyang lai de. Wo hai tıng guo shaolın shı bamen de shuofa, na shı shenme ne?
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So that’s where the saying, ”all the world’s kung fu stemsfrom Shaolin” originally comes from. I’ve also heard theexpression ”Shaolin’s eighteen styles.” What is that?
Zhe shı shuo Shaolın gongfu zhuyao you shı ba ge pai-bie, dou you zıjı de tese. Bıru youde shanchang quan fa,youde ze shanchang tuı gong. Buguo tamen de gong-tongdian shı dongzuo xiaosa, bıngqie wanmeidi jiehe lechan zong he gongfu.
That is saying that Shaolin Kung Fu has eighteen princi-pal schools, all with their own characteristics. For exam-ple, some excel at the art of boxing, others are better atfootwork. Still, their common ground is that movementsare unrestrained and elegant, and perfectly unite ChanBuddhism with kung fu.
B: 怪不得这么多中国人和外国人都被吸引到这里习武。你知道现在少林寺有多少武僧吗?
Guaibude zheme duo zhongguoren he waiguoren dou beixıyındao zhelı xıwu. Nı zhıdao xianzai Shaolınsı you duo-shao wuseng ma?
No wonder so many Chinese people and foreigners alikecome here to study martial arts. Do you know how manymonks there are now at Shaolin Temple?
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Zhege jiu hen nan tongjı le, yınwei Shaolınsı hai you xu-duo xiashu he fenzhı jıgou. Buguo Shaolınsı yızhı douyou yı ge wuseng tuan, jujı le zuıhao de sengren. Muqiantuan lı you yıbai ershı mıng wuseng. Tamen jıngguo leyange de xuanba, gege dou wenwushuangquan a.
This is difficult to calculate, because Shaolin Templehas many subordinate and branch organizations. How-ever, Shaolin Temple always has a group of martial artistmonks, gathered from amongst the best Buddhist monks.At the moment, there are 120 monks in the group. Theygo through a strict selection process, and every one iswell-versed in both military and literary matters.
C: 这真是太奇妙了。我们还站在这儿干嘛?快进去吧!
Zhe zhenshı tai qımiao le. Women hai zhanzai zher ganma? Kuai jınqu ba!
This all is really amazing. What are we all still standinghere for? Quick, let’s go in!
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That’s true. These past few years, the number ofprivately-owned cars has expanded too quickly. Roadconstruction cannot keep up, so there are traffic jams allday long. A lot of my friends regret buying a car, since thetime they now spend on the road is actually longer.
Meicuo. Erqie qıyou zheme guı, zai jiashang shızhong-xın tıngche you guı you bu fangbian, suoyı hao duo renshangxiaban haishı xuanze zuo dıtie, gongche. Zheyang-de jı keyı huanjie jiaotong yalı, ye geng huanbao.
That’s right. Plus, fuel is so expensive, and on top ofthat parking in the downtown area is both expensive andinconvenient. So a lot of commuters still choose to takethe subway or bus to and from work. This can alleviatetraffic pressure, and is also better for the environment.
Ng, qıshı wo yızhı juede gonggongjiaotong xıtong hen bu-cuo. Guıdao he dımian jiaotong sıtongbada. Gonggong-qıche hai you zhuanmen de chedao, kai de bı qıche haikuai. Erqie shoufei ye feichang dı.
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Uh-huh. Actually, I’ve always felt that the public trans-portation system is pretty good. The light-rail and surfacetransportation go everywhere. The buses also have spe-cial lanes, so they go faster than the cars can. In addition,the fares are very low.
Shıa, duıyu Shanghai zheyangde chaodaxıng chengshılaishuo, yao jiejue jiaotong wentı, haishı yao kao dıxiahe dımian de guıdaojiaotong. Qian jı nian, women mang-mu zhuıqiu sıjiache, renwei zheyangde chuxıng fangbian.Keshı shıshı zhengmıng wuzhıjıng de zengjia sıjiacheshuliang bulun gei jiaotong haishı huanjıng dou dailai leyanzhong de houguo.
Yes, for a city as huge as Shanghai, to solve the traf-fic problem you need to rely on underground and above-ground light-rail transportation systems. These past fewyears, we blindly sought after private vehicles, becausewe felt they were convenient for travel. However the factsbear out that increasing the numbers of privately-ownedvehicles to no end, heedless of traffic or the environment,has brought serious consequences.
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Shıa, kanlai ren dou yao chı le kutou cai zhıdao huıtou.Qian jı nian women zıjı hai tiantian xiang zhe maiche ne.Xianzai cai zhıdao hai shı gonggongjiaotong hao.
Right, it seems people must suffer a bit before they cometo their senses. These past few years we ourselvesdreamed every day about buying a car. Only now do werealize that public transportation was better after all.
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省 sheng to save
私家车 sıjiache private car
后悔 houhuı to regret
缓解 huanjie to ease
轨道 guıdao routes
四通八达 sıtongbada to extend in all directions
盲目 mangmu blindly
出行 chuxıng to go out
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Meicı lai, wo dou neng faxian xuduo bianhua, buguan zaijıngjı, fuwu haishı chengshı jianshe lıngyu, guıguo de jın-bu dou rangren peifu.
Every time I come, I discover many changes. Regard-less of what aspect—the economy, the service, or urbanconstruction—your country’s progress is laudable.
: 我很荣幸能参与这个过程,更感谢各位领导的支持。
Wo hen rongxıng neng canyu zhege guocheng, gengganxie gewei lıngdao de zhıchı.
I feel truly honored to be able to participate in this pro-cess, and am even more grateful for all of your guidanceand support.
: 我会以最大的努力为大家带来双赢。
Wo huı yı zuıda de nulı wei dajia dailai shuangyıng.
I will do everything in my power to bring the greatest mu-tual benefits to all of us.
: 我像各位一样,坚信更多国际合作会创造更好的明天。再次谢谢各位尊敬的领导!
Wo xiang ge wei yıyang, jianxın gengduo guojı hezuo huıchuangzao genghao de mıngtian. Zaicı xiexie ge wei zun-jıng de lıngdao!
Just as you all do, I firmly believe that continued interna-tional cooperation will create a better tomorrow. Again,thank you to all of you for your valuable guidance.
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Ng, wo ye shı! Wo jınnian zuı zhongyao de jıhua jiushıyıdıng yao ba yıngyu xue hao. Wo juedıng canjia Yıngyufudaoban, meitian bei zıdian, du yıngyu baozhı. Wo jiu buxın xue bu hao! Yınwei yuyan de wentı, wo yıjıng cuoguole hao jıge shengzhı jıhuı.
Yeah, me too. This year, my most important plan is tolearn English. I have decided to join an English tutorialclass, memorize words from the dictionary every day, andread the English newspaper. I just won’t believe I can’tlearn it! Because of language problems, I have alreadymissed out on several promotion opportunities.
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Aiyo, nı bie shuo de zheme xiaren! Meinian nı dou shıleisheng da yudian xiao . Guang zuı shang shuo de piao-liang you shenme yong? Qunian nı bu ye zheyang xiajuexın, ke jieguo ne?San tian dayu, liang tian shaiwang,yı nian xialai shenme ye mei gan cheng. Qiao, wo de jı-hua jiu hen jiandan, sı ge zı-wo yao jieyan. Meitian shaochou jı kou, yı nian xialai, wo jiu keyı wanquan jiediao le.
Yikes, don’t make it sound so terrifying! Every year youare all talk but no action. What is the use of only sayingnice-sounding words? Last year didn’t you also make thiskind of a resolution, and what was the result? You didn’tstick with it. A year went by and you didn’t accomplishanything. Look, my plan is very simple, just four words:I will quit smoking. I will smoke a little bit less every day.Over the year, I will be able to totally give it up.
Suanleba! Nı genben jiu mei juexın ma. Yao jie, jiu yaochedı. Shuo bu chou, jiu bu chou. Hai you nı, rang zhexue yıngyu ye bu shı yı tian liang tian le, nı dao gei wo-men louyıshou ya. Fanzheng wo kan nımen liang ge doushı kouqı da, mei xıngdong.
Forget it! Yours is not a resolution at all. If you want toquit, you must give it up completely. If you say you’re notgoing to smoke, just don’t smoke. And then there’s you,going off about studying English. It’s not something youcan do in just a few days. Show us any progress you’vemade! Anyhow, I think the two of you are just all big talkand no action.
Yun, zenme zheme shuo women? Wo zhecı shı yıdıngshuodao zuodao. Qunian shı meiyou yıshidao wentı deyanzhongxıng, ke jınnian buyıyang le. Xuehao le Yıngyu,bu zhıdao you duoshao hao jıhuı deng zhe wo ne! Nı ma,zhı huı polengshuı, nı dao shuoshuo kan nı you shenmejıhua?
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Hey, how can you say that about us? This time I’m reallygoing to follow through on what I say. Last year it was thatI wasn’t aware of the seriousness of the problem. But thisyear it’s different. Once I’ve learned English, who knowshow many good opportunities are waiting for me. You’rejust bashing our ideas. Why don’t you tell us what plansyou have then?
Wo ye zenme juede nı zhan zhe shuohua bu yaoteng?Nı shuo women zhı shuo bu zuo. Ke nızıjı ne? Qunianhai shuo yao cunqian mai fang, jiehun. Xianzai ne, lian nıxınfang de yıngzi dou mei kanjian?
And you know why I also think that you’re all talk? Yousay we only talk about it but don’t do anything, but whatabout you? Last year you said you wanted to save yourmoney to buy a house and get married. Now, how comewe don’t see even a trace of a new house?
Zhe ke buneng guai wo a! Wo zai huı zhuanqian yegan bu shang mengzhang de fangjia ya! Buguo hai hao,zhengfu yıjıng you le zhengce, jınnian fangjia you kenenghuı huıluo. Wo jınnian zai cun yı nian dehua, yınggai keyımai le. Buguo beican de shı, wo you yao jianku yı nianle. Ai, jınnian chulai chıfan, nımen liang ge ke yao zıjuemaidan a!
You can’t blame that on me! No matter how much moneyI make I still won’t be able to keep up with the soaringhousing costs. But, it’s all right. The government hasalready instituted a new policy, so maybe this year thehousing prices will go back down. If I save up for anotheryear this year, I should be able to buy one. But the horriblething is that I have to tough it out for another year! Hey,this year when we go out to eat, you two can handle thebill.
B: 我学英语很贵的!
Wo xue yıngyu hen guı de!
My English studies are really expensive!
C: 嗯,我戒烟也要花不少钱!
Ng, wo jieyan ye yao hua bushao qian!
Yeah, and to quit smoking I also have to spend a lot ofmoney.
A: 喂,你们俩太不够朋友了!再怎么着,也没有我买房下的血本大吧。
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Wo qianliangtian qu le yı ge kafeidian, gang kaishı haiyıwei shı xıngbake ne, sheizhıdao shı jiamao de! Ta deshangbiao jıhu he zhengpai yımoyıyang. Nı shuo, zhe bushı mıngxian de qınquan ma?
A couple of days ago I went to a coffee shop. At first Ithought it was a Starbucks. Who knew that it was justposing as a Starbucks! Its logo was almost identical tothe real Starbucks logo. Don’t you think that’s obviousinfringement?
A? Wo hai yıwei zhezhong shıqing zao mei le. Jınnian,Meiguo xıngbake gao Shanghai yı jia yong le xiangtongmıngzi de kafeidian, jieguo fayuan pan Shanghai xıngba-ke qınquan, peichang wushı wan yuan, erqie lıjı tıngzhıshıyong zhege mıngzi. Ai, zhen meixiangdao, shıchangshang hai shı you zheyangde maopaihuo.
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Huh? I thought that this type of thing wasn’t happeninganymore. This year, Starbucks America sued a Shanghaicoffee shop that was using the same name. The out-come was that the court ruled that the Shanghai Star-bucks infringed on the rights of Starbucks, and had topay compensation in the amount of 500,000 yuan. Fur-thermore, they were to immediately stop using the samename. Wow, I had no idea there were still these kinds ofimitations on the market.
Ng, kanlai zhıshichanquan zhenshı Zhongguo suo mian-lın zhe de yı ge da wentı. Yıqian faluu bu jianquan, suoyıhaoduo shangjia de bu dao baohu. Keshı xianzai, faluujınbu le, dan hai shı you name duo zuan kongzi de ren.Changqı zheyang xiaqu duı Zhongguo de jıngjı fazhan gaishı duome bulı a.
Uh-huh. It seems like intellectual property rights are reallya big problem that China faces. Before, the laws were notas strong, so a lot of businesses couldn’t get protection.Now, the laws have improved, but there are still a lot ofpeople looking for loopholes. This is detrimental to long-term economic development.
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Shı a. Erqie, hen duo guoneiwai changshang jıngchanghuı yudao zhıshichanquan bei qınfan de wentı, xiangshangbiao, banquan, zhuanlı dengdeng. Shızai shı lıng-ren danxın a. Zhe bujın yıngxiang le waishang zai Zhong-guo de touzı, duı guonei de qıye he wenhua shıchang yezaocheng le hen da de sunshı. You haoduo hangye shen-zhı yıncı er wufa shengcun ne.
Also, also a lot of domestic and international firmsfrequently encounter problems with respect to intellec-tual property rights; whether it’s trademark, copyright orpatent issues. This has not only affected foreign in-vestment in China, but has also caused huge losses todomestic enterprises and the cultural market. Conse-quently, there have even been a lot of professions thatwere not able to survive.
Duı duı duı. Buguo wo xiang yıhou yınggai huı you jiaodagaiguan ba. Zhongguo jiaru shımaozuzhı yıhou, zhengfuyuelaiyue zhongshı zhıshichanquan de baohu le. Tıng-shuo women guojia zhuanmen chenglı le xiangguan bu-men, jınxıng zhe fangmian de guanlı he jiandu. Erqie yejiazhong le duı qınquan xıngwei de faluu chufa.
Right, right. But I think that hereafter it should improvesomewhat. Ever since China joined the WTO, the govern-ment has taken protection of intellectual property rightsmore and more seriously. I have heard that the gov-ernment has specially set up a correlating department tocarry out the supervision and oversight of these matters.Furthermore, they have also made the penalties for viola-tion of infringement laws more serious.
Really? In my opinion supervision is important, but publicawareness is equally as important. In our daily lives, wehave all done something to infringe on intellectual prop-erty rights to some degree, for example: download music,buy pirated DVDs, buy fake brand name goods, etc. So, Ithink that if we genuinely want to solve this problem, ev-eryone has to diligently regulate their own behavior.
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一模一样 yımoyıyang identical
侵权 qınquan infringement of rights
判 pan to judge
健全 jianquan strong
钻空子 zuan kongzi to look for loopholes
改观 gaiguan change in perspective
监督 jiandu to oversee
加重 jiazhong to become more serious
处罚 chufa to penalize
侵犯 qınfan to violate
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Renmınbı zheyınian shengzhı de zhen kuai! Wo shou lıde meijın dou bianzhı haoduo le!
The Chinese yuan has gone up really quickly this year!My American dollars have depreciated a lot!
B: 谁叫你不早换人民币?现在吃亏了吧!
Shei jiao nı bu zao huan renmınbı? Xianzai chıkuı le ba!
Nobody stopped you from exchanging them for Chineseyuan sooner. Now you’ll have to take your losses!
A: 嗯,不过汇率变动很难说,我哪料得到啊?而且我觉得人民币和美金这种强势货币还是比较稳定的。
En, buguo huıluu biandong hen nan shuo, wo na liaodedaoa? Erqie wo juede renmınbı he meijın zhezhong qiangshıhuobı hai shı bıjiao wendıng de.
Yeah, but exchange rate fluctuations are hard to predict,how could I have known? Plus, I think that these kinds ofmajor currencies, such as the Chinese yuan and Ameri-can dollar, are still relatively stable.
B: 有道理。哎,你知道现在一欧元兑换多少人民币吗?
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Xianzai he renmınbı yıjıng cha bu duo le. Suoyı hao duoren qu Xianggang gouwu dou yong yınlian ka, yınwei shıan dangrı huıluu jiesuan. Zheyangyılai, keyı bımian mairuhe maichu zaocheng de sunshı.
It’s about the same as the Chinese yuan now. So a lotof people that go shopping in Hong Kong use a ChinaUnion Pay bank card, because it calculates according tothat day’s exchange rate. This way they can avoid lossesbuying and selling the currency.
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Ai, huıluu biandong zhe dongxi zhenshı rang ren touteng.Tebieshı duı zuo waihuı touzı lıcai de ren laishuo, xıweide zhangdie dou guanxı zhongda a. Huancheng shı wo,wo de xınzang ke shou bu liao zheyang de yalı.
Yikes, these currency fluctuations really are a headache.Especially for those in foreign investment banking, slightfluctuations have a significant effect. If it were me, myheart couldn’t take that kind of pressure.
A: 我看你是没有理财头脑。其实这里面可是商机无限啊。
Wo kan nı shı meiyou lıcai tounao. Qıshı zhe lımian keshıshangjı wuxian a.
I can see you don’t have a mind for financial manage-ment. Actually, there are limitless business opportunitiesin this field.
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升值 shengzhı appreciate
贬值 bianzhı to become devaluated
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Jıntian huıyı de zhuyao neirong jiushı zongjie he pıngguguoqu yı nian de gongzuo. Shouxian, wo yao daibiaogongsı ganxie dajia qunian de nulı he wei gongsı zuochude gongxian. Tebie shı Xiao Wang, biaoxian feichang tu-chu. Xıwang dajia dou neng xiang ta xuexı.
The main content of today’s meeting is to summarize andevaluate the past year’s work. First, on behalf of the com-pany I want to thank everyone for their hard work and thecontributions they’ve made to the company in the pastyear. In particular, Mr. Wang has performed outstand-ingly. I hope that everyone can learn from him.
Xiexie jınglı, nın guojiang le. Qıshı ge wei tongshı dougei le wo hen da de bangzhu. Zhe shı women zhenggetuanduı nulı de jieguo, bu shı wo geren de.
Thank you, director; you flatter me. Actually, every oneof my colleagues has given me a lot of help. This is theresult of our entire team’s hard work, not only my own.
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En, shuo de hen hao, dajia de nulı wo ye dou kandaole. Wo zai zhelı zaicı ganxie dajia le. Hao, sanhuı. XiaoWang, nı dandu dao wo bangongshı lai yıxia.
Uh-huh, you are right. I have also noticed everyone’s hardwork. I am here to thank everyone once again. All right,this meeting is adjourned. Mr. Wang, please come onyour own to my office for a moment.
Hao. Jınglı, zhenshı xiexie nın de gulı. Wo zhıshı zuo lefennei de shı, dan neng dedao gongsı he nın de shang-shı, wo zhende juede feichang xıngyun. Nın fangxın, wohuı jıxu nulı, biaoxian de geng hao.
OK. Director, I really want to thank you for your encour-agement. I am just doing my job, but I feel truly fortunateto be able to receive the company’s and your recognition.Be assured that I will continue to work hard and to per-form even better.
A: 嗯,我就欣赏你这种态度。敬业、专业、自信但不骄傲。
En, wo jiu xınshang nı zhezhong taidu. Jıngye, zhuanye,zıxın dan bu jiaoao.
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Zhe duan shıjian suıran duanzan, que rang wo jınyıbuliaojie le Zhongguo, tongshı dahuı ye gei le wo yı ge fei-chang baoguı de jıhuı lai jieshao women gongsı de fuwu.
Although the time has been short, I have been able tofurther acquaint myself with China. At the same time, thisconference has given me a very precious opportunity tointroduce our company’s services to you.
: 随着中国和世界各国之间的接触越来越紧密,我想这样的国际合作对双方都是十分有利的。
Suızhe Zhongguo he shıjiegeguo zhıjian de jiechu yuelai-yue jınmı, wo xiang zheyangde guojıhezuo duı shuang-fang dou shı shıfen youlı de.
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As contact between China and all the countries of theworld becomes closer and closer, I think that this typeof international cooperation is extremely advantageous toboth sides.
: 此外,我们团队中的所有成员都会尽最大的努力把这个项目做好。
Cıwai, women tuanduı zhong de suoyou chengyuan dou-huı jın zuıda de nulı ba zhege xiangmu zuo hao.
Moreover, every member of our team will do his utmost tobring this project to completion.
: 我也代表公司管理层感谢各位给予的支持。
Wo ye daibiao gongsı guanlıceng ganxie ge wei jıyu dezhıchı.
On behalf of the management of our company, I wouldlike to thank all of you for your support.
: 最后,衷心地祝愿我们这次的合作能够顺利,我希望并相信今后还会有更多这样的合作!
Zuıhou, zhongxınde zhuyuan women zhecı de hezuonenggou shunlı, wo xıwang bıng xiangxın jınhou hai huıyou gengduo zheyangde hezuo!
Finally, I wholeheartedly wish our collaboration success. Ihope and believe that henceforth there will be much moreof this kind of cooperation.
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Suıran wo zai Meiguo zhangda, danshı women shı na-zhong tebie chuantong de huaren jiatıng. Wo yızhı douhe bama zhu yıqı. Tamen bı Meiguo de fumu yanlı duo le.Suoyı wo bu xiang Meiguo pengyou name zıyou. Danshı,wo he bama de guanxi hai shı hen qınmı de.
Even though I grew up in the States, ours is a very tra-ditional Chinese family. I’ve always lived with my motherand father. They’re a lot stricter than other American par-ents, so I’m not as free as my American friends. Still, I’mreally close to my parents.
B: 那你来中国学中文是你自己的决定还是他们叫你来的?
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Shı tamen jiao wo lai de. Qıshı yı kaishı, wo bıng bu qıng-yuan lıkai Jiazhou, wo juede na shı shıjie shang zuıhaode dıfang. Danshı xianzai wo faner geng xiangshou zhelıde zıyou. Wo keyı dulı de shenghuo, xuexı, jiao pengyou.
They told me to do it. Actually, I wasn’t at all eager toleave California at first. I felt it was the best place in theworld. Now, though, I really appreciate my freedom here.I can live independently, study, make friends.
Keshı wo duı zıjı de shenfen hen kunhuo. Zai zher, dajiadou ba wo dangcheng zhongguoren, zhe rang wo henyouyalı. Qıshı wo de hen duo xiangfa he zuofa dou meiguo-hua le, suoyı cong zhe fangmian laishuo, wo bıng bu shıyı ge zhongguoren.
But I feel confused about my own identity. Here, everyonetreats me like a Chinese person, and that gives me a lotof pressure. In reality, a lot of my ideas and habits arevery American, so in that regard I’m really not Chinese atall.
B: 你当然是,只不过你在美国长大。
Nı dangran shı, zhı buguo nı zai Meiguo zhangda.
Of course you’re Chinese. You just grew up in the USA.
Ai, zhe jiushı maodun de dıfang. Wo changchang wenzıjı daodı shı na guo ren? Wo jı bu wanquan shı mei-guoren, you bu wanquan shı zhongguoren. Hai you yıge da wentı, jiushı wo de weilai. Wo nanpengyou shı getushengtuzhang de zhongguoren. Women ganqıng henhao. Danshı ta jia xıwang wo zuo ge wanmei de Zhong-guo taitai. Keshı wo de xıngge tai dulı le, mei banfa jie-shou tamen de xiangfa. Wo shenzhı dou bu xiangyaohaizi. Ai, xianzai wo de naozi yıpian mımang. Shei nenggaosu wo daodı gai zenme ban ne?
(sigh) That’s where the contradiction lies. I often ask my-self: where am I really from? I’m not completely Amer-ican, but not totally Chinese either. And there’s anotherbig question: my future. My boyfriend is a local Chineseguy. We are really happy together, but his family wantsme to be a perfect Chinese wife. My personality is tooindependent; I just can’t accept their ideas. I don’t evenwant children. (sigh) My thoughts are such a mess. Whocan possibly tell me what I’m supposed to do?
B: 其实你也不用想这么多。顺其自然吧。
Qıshı nı ye buyong xiang zheme duo. Shunqızıran ba.
Actually, you don’t need to overanalyze it. Just do whatcomes naturally.
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Shı a. Cong da de fangmian laishuo, Zhongguo qıye keyıfencheng neizı, gang ao tai zı he waishang touzı zhe jıdalei. Qızhong meiyı dalei you keyı bei xıfen cheng henduo xiao de leixıng.
Exactly. Speaking about the larger ones, Chinese en-terprises can be broken up into these categories: do-mestically invested, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan in-vested, and foreign invested—any of these major cate-gories. Each of these major categories can also be fur-ther divided up into many smaller categories.
A: 哎哟,你先别细分了,还是从头开始给我讲吧。我们先来说说内资企业,怎么样?
Aiyo, nı xian bie xıfen le, haishı congtoukaishı gei wojiang ba. Women xian lai shuoshuo neizıqıye, zenme-yang?
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Yikes, don’t break them down yet. How about you startfrom the beginning again and explain them to me. Let’sfirst talk about domestically invested enterprises, howabout that?
All right. Speaking of domestically invested enterprises,actually the state-owned enterprises and privately-ownedenterprises we frequently hear about belong to this cat-egory. Oh, do you know what state-owned enterprisesrefer to?
A: 不是很清楚,不过我倒是常常听到关于国有企业改革的消息。
Bu shı hen qıngchu, buguo wo daoshı changchang tıng-dao guanyu guoyouqıye gaige de xiaoxi.
I’m not really clear on that, but I do often hear news aboutstate-owned enterprise reform.
B: 那我就给你说说什么叫国有企业吧。国有企业是指企业全部资产归国家所有的经济组织。
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Na wo jiu gei nı shuoshuo shenme jiao guoyouqıye ba.Guoyouqıye shı zhı qıye quanbu zıchan guı guojia suo-you de jıngjı zuzhı.
Then I will explain for you what state-owned enterpriserefers to. A state-owned enterprise is just a businesswhere all the capital belongs to the state economic sys-tem.
A: 原来是这样,明白了,明白了。那私营企业呢?
Yuanlai shı zheyang, mıngbai le, mıngbai le. Na sıyıngqı-ye ne?
Oh, so that’s how it is. I see, I see. So, what aboutprivately-owned enterprises then?
B: 它是指由公民投资设立或控股,以雇佣劳动为基础的营利性经济组织。
Ta shı zhı you gongmın touzı shelı huo konggu, yı guyonglaodong wei jıchu de yınglıxıng jıngjı zuzhı.
That refers to enterprises established and invested in bycitizens, or held by citizens, which are based on wagelabor profit-earning economic organization.
A: 那么在中国国有企业和私营企业相比,哪一种更多呢?
Name zai Zhongguo guoyouqıye he sıyıngqıye xiangbı,na yı zhong gengduo ne?
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Xianzai yınggai chabuduo. Danshı yıqian Zhongguo deqıye jıhu dou shı guoyou de. Jın shıjı nian lai, suızheZhongguo jıngjı tızhı gaige de shenru, sıyıngqıye yuelai-yue duo le. Tongshı guojia dalı tuıdong guoqı gaige, guo-qı de shuliang cheng dafudu jianshao, keshı zhıliang heshılı que tıgao le hen duo.
Now it’s about the same. But, in the past, China’s enter-prises were almost all state-owned. In the last ten yearsor so, in the wake of China entering into economic systemreform, there have been more and more privately-ownedenterprises. Meanwhile, as the state has been vigorouslypushing for state-owned enterprise reform, the number ofstate-owned enterprises has presented to a great extenta decrease. However, their quality and actual strengthhave, on the other hand, gone up a lot.
Zhe yı dian wo ye tıngshuoguo, nenggou jınru caifu wubaiqiang de Zhongguo qıye dou shı guoyouqıye. Buguo woye tıng kanhao Zhongguo de sıyıngqıye de. Zhexieniansıyıngqıye bujın fazhan xunsu, erqie zai butong de lıngyudou hen you zuowei.
This point I’ve heard before. Those Chinese enterprisesthat have been able to become Fortune 500 companiesare all state-owned enterprises. But I also anticipategreat things from China’s privately-owned enterprises.These past few years, privately-owned enterprises havenot only developed rapidly, but have also been able tomake outstanding achievements in different fields.
B: 没错。正是因为国有和私营企业的蓬勃发展,中国的经济才会这么繁荣。
Meicuo. Zhengshı yınwei guoyou he sıyıngqıye de peng-bo fazhan, Zhongguo de jıngjı cai huı zheme fanrong.
That’s right. It’s precisely because of state-owned andprivately-owned enterprises’ vigorous development, thatChina’s economy has become so prosperous.
Key Vocabulary
内资 neizı domestic capital
港澳台资 gang ao tai zı Hong Kong, Macao and Tai-wan capital
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Aya, fanzheng san he sı dou cha bu duo. Nı zai tıngwo shuo, Zhongguo shı ge duo shan de guojia. Qıng-zang gaoyuan shı shıjie shang haiba zuıgao de gaoyuan,pıngjun haiba zai baqian mı yıshang.
Oh my, well anyways, three or four, it’s more or less thesame. Listen, I’ll tell you more: China is a mountainouscountry. The Tibetan plateau is the plateau with the high-est elevation in the world, with an average elevation ofmore than 8,000 meters.
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Shenme? Nı tıngting, you cuo le. Na shı Zhumulang-ma feng! Qunian guojia chongxın celiang le Zhu feng degaodu, shı baqian babai duo mı. Er Qıngzang gaoyuande pıngjun haiba shı sıqian mı.
What? Listen, you’re wrong again. That is Mount Everest!Last year the government measured the altitude of MountEverest again–it’s over 8,800 meters. Furthermore, theaverage elevation of the Tibetan plateau is 4,000 meters.
Nı na lai name duo xian gongfu kan baozhı? Ai, nı zaitıng wo shuo xia yı ju. Zhe ju hua jueduı meicuo: Xınjiangshı shamo zuı jızhong de dıqu.
How do you find so much free time to read the newspa-per? Hey, listen to something else I can tell you. Thisis definitely not incorrect: Xinjiang is the region with themost desert.
B: 嗯,这句倒是没什么问题。
Ng, zhe ju daoshı mei shenme wentı.
Uh-huh. There is nothing wrong with that statement.
A: 还有,黄河是中国最长的河流。中国......。
Haiyou, Huanghe shı Zhongguo zuıchang de heliu.Zhongguo.......
Also, the Yellow River is China’s longest river. China...
Ai, wo zhe shı kouwu. Nı bie lao chazuı, xıng bu xıng?Zhongguo dongbu yanhai de renkou bıjiao duo. Shang-hai, Beijıng, Chongqıng he Guangzhou shı yongyou qian-wan renkou de chao daxıng chengshı, qızhong Shanghaide renkou zuıduo.......
Hey, that was a slip of the tongue. Don’t keep on in-terrupting me, all right? The population of the easterncoast of China is comparatively higher. Shanghai, Bei-jing, Chongqing and Guangzhou are super-sized citieswith populations in the tens of millions. Amongst them,Shanghai’s population is the largest...
B: 重庆最多。行了、行了,一大堆错误。你看的是什么资料?
Chongqıng zuıduo. Xıng le, xıng le, yıdaduı cuowu. Nıkan de shı shenme zıliao?
Chongqing is the largest. All right already! A huge pile ofmistakes. What material did you look at?
A: 都是网上找的。这网络还真是坑人,害得我脸都丢大了!
Dou shı wangshang zhao de. Zhe wangluo hai zhenshıkengren, hai de wo lian dou diu da le!
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Nı zenme neng zheme shuo? Sıxıng duome canku! Zhe-zhong gulao de xıngfa, yıdian ye bu shıhe xianzai de she-huı, zao gai bei feichu le. Qıshı daduoshu fadaguojia douzai mouzhong chengdu shang feichu le sıxıng, Zhongguoye gai zheyang.
How can you say such a thing? The death penalty is sobrutal. This kind of archaic punishment doesn’t fit in at allwith society today. It should have been abolished a longtime ago. Actually, the vast majority of developed coun-tries have to some extent abolished capital punishment–China should too.
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Huangtang! Meiguo, Rıben hai bu baoliu zhe sıxıng?Meiyou sıxıng, naxie sharen fanghuo de huairen jiu gengwufawutian le. Dao shıhou shehuı hai you shenme an-dıng? Laobaixıng hai zenme guo rızi?
That’s absurd. The United States and Japan still havecapital punishment, don’t they? Without the deathpenalty, those evildoers committing murder and arsonwould be even more lawless. When that happens whatstability will there be in society? How will the averagecitizen be able to live?
Hua ye buneng zheme shuo. Wo kan guo hao duo yanjiutongjı, dou shuo sıxıng yu fanzuı de shengjiang bıngbujuyou bıran de guanxi. Hao duo ren fanzuı shı pobude-yı, zaishuo pengdao yuan’an zenme ban? Baibai sı yı gewugu de ren?
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You can’t say that. I’ve seen a lot of research statistics,and they all say that the death penalty isn’t necessarilyrelated to the crime rate. A lot of people commit crimesbecause they are compelled to. Furthermore, what aboutwhen you run into a mistaken conviction? Kill an innocentperson for nothing?
Nı dong shenme? Chengfa tebie yanzhong de fanzuı,sıxıng shı wufa tıdai de. Duıyu naxie tebie yanzhongde fanzuı xıngwei, lengxie shashou bu shoudao faluu dechengfa, zhe gongpıng ma?
What do you know? For offenses with especially seriouspenalties, the death penalty is irreplaceable. With regardto those especially grave crimes, if cold-blooded killersdon’t receive the punishment of the law, is that just?
B: 我们不能用这种报复的观念去看问题。所有的生命都是宝贵的,死刑违反人道主义原则。
Women buneng yong zhezhong baofu de guannian qukan wentı. Suoyou de shengmıng dou shı baoguı de, sı-xıng weifan rendaozhuyı yuanze.
We can’t look at this problem using that kind of a con-cept of retaliation. All life is precious–the death penaltyviolates the principles of humanitarianism.
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Nı zhe shı zıxiangmaodun. Beihairen de shengmıng yeshı baoguı de, pıng shenme bei sha ne? Zaishuo le,Zhongguo zhe jı nian yıjıng kongzhı he jianshao sıxıngle, ye gaige le sıxıng de zhıxıng. Zhexie hai bugou zun-zhong shengmıng?
You are contradicting yourself. The life of the victim isalso precious, and he or she was killed for what? Be-sides, in the past few years China has already controlledand reduced the use of the death penalty, and has alsoreformed the implementation of the death penalty. Isn’tthis showing enough respect for life?
B: 我们应该彻底废除死刑,这样也能让社会大众体会到关爱生命的原则。
Women yınggai chedı feichu sıxıng, zheyang ye nengrang shehuı dazhong tıhuı dao guan’ai shengmıng deyuanze.
We should completely abolish the death penalty, in thisway allowing society as a whole to appreciate the princi-ples of concern and the value for life.
A: 你少在这儿胡说八道。等哪天杀人放火的事发生在自己身上,你就知道死刑的必要了。
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Nı shao zai zher hushuobadao. Deng na tian sharenfanghuo de shı fasheng zai zıjı shenshang, nı jiu zhıdaosıxıng de bıyao le.
You should talk a little less if you don’t know what you’retalking about. Wait until the day comes when murder orarson affects you personally, then you will realize the ne-cessity of capital punishment.
Key Vocabulary
抢劫 qiangjie to rob
残酷 canku cruel
废除 feichu to abolish
荒唐 huangtang absurd
无法无天 wufawutian lawless
迫不得已 pobudeyı to have no choice
无辜 wugu innocent
惩罚 chengfa punishment
自相矛盾 zıxiangmaodun to contradict oneself
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Zhongyu pandao Wuyı huangjınzhou le. Women laodongrenmın xınku le yı nian, zongsuan keyı haohao xiuxi yıxiale.
The Golden Week we’ve been looking forward to is hereat last. We working people have sweated it out for yetanother year, and now we can finally get a little rest.
You name kuazhang ma? Xianzai yı nian you san gehuangjınzhou, bu zhıdao you duo xıngfu ne. Buguo huashuo huılai, dajia xianzai haoxiang dou yımenxınsi deguanxın fangjia, meiren zhongshı Laodongjie de laodongyıyı le. Yıqian dajia lao ba “laodong zuı guangrong” guazai zuıbian, xianzai hai you jı ge jıde a?
Is it that bad? Now there are three golden weeks a year,and I can’t tell you how great that is. On the other hand,though, it does seem like everyone is focused on the va-cation. No one puts any importance on the labor-relatedmeaning. Before, everyone was always using the phrase“labor is the most glorious,” but how many people remem-ber it now?
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Ai, shıdai butong le ma. Gang jianguo de shıhou, buguanshenme hangye, shenme gongzuo, dajia dou yı tiao xın,zheng zhe qu laodong, gege dou xiang wei guojia zuogongxian.
Ah, it’s a different era. When the state had just been es-tablished, no matter what your industry or job was, youand everyone else were of one mind, all striving to makea contribution to the nation through labor.
B: 那倒是。过去劳动人民一直受压迫,直到新中国成立,才翻身做了主人了。你说,能不兴奋吗?
Na daoshı. Guoqu laodong renmın yızhı shou yapo, zhı-dao xın Zhongguo chenglı, cai fanshen zuo le zhuren le.Nı shuo, neng bu xıngfen ma?
That’s true. In the past the working people were alwaysoppressed, up until the establishment of the new govern-ment, when the roles were reversed and they could takecontrol. Tell me, how could that not be exciting?
A: 那当然。所以,新中国一成立,政府就把国际劳动节定为法定假日,全国放假一天。
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Wo xiang qilai le , qian jı tian wo kan le yı ge jılupian, shuode jiushı wushı niandai, renmen zenme qıngzhu Wuyı de.Na shıhou quanguo huanqıng, jiu gen guonian yıyang.
I just remembered something. I watched a documentarya few days ago and it was about how the people cele-brated May first in the fifties. Back then the entire nationreally got into it, just like Chinese New Year.
Shı a, wo dao xianzai hai jıde baba mama danwei lı zu-zhı de Wuyı lianhuanhuı. Meinian dou huı pıngxuan lao-dong mofan, mei ge ren xiong qian hai daishang yı duoda honghua. Ke youyısi le.
Yeah, even now I can remember the celebration that myparents’ work unit organized. Every year they would se-lect model workers, and each one would wear a large redcorsage on his chest. It’s really interesting.
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Meicuo, meicuo, hai huı pıng quanguo laomo. Yao zhıdaoneng pıngshang zhege chenghao shı hen guangrong de.Suoyı dajia de gongzuo jıjıxıng dou hen gao.
Yup, yup. And they’d choose a national model workertoo. You have to understand that being given this titlewas really an honor. So everyone’s enthusiasm for workwas really high.
A: 嗯,听说那时还练出很多绝活。比如售货员,抓一把就知道东西有多重,准极了。
Ng, tıngshuo nashı hai lian chu hen duo juehuo. Bı-ru shouhuoyuan, zhua yı ba jiu zhıdao dongxi you duozhong, zhun jı le.
Yeah, I’ve heard that back then a bunch of people mas-tered some weird talents as well. For example, vendorscould grab a handful of something and know how much itweighed, extremely accurately.
B: 对啊,真让人佩服。现在可没人这么做了,大家都忙着赚钱。
Duı a, zhen rang ren peifu. Xianzai ke meiren zheme zuole, dajia dou mang zhe zhuanqian.
Right, it’s really impressive. Now there’s just no one doingit. Everyone’s too busy making money.
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Na nı yınggai xian wen wo yı sheng ya. Zenme zızuozhu-zhang ne? Xianzai zou le yı tiao zuı du de lu, wo kendıngyao chıdao le.
Then you should first ask if it’s OK. How can you justact on your own? Now you’re taking the most congestedstreet. I’m definitely going to be late.
B: 不走这条走哪条?现在只有这条路可以走了。而且现在是高峰,哪里都堵。
Bu zou zhe tiao zou na tiao? Xianzai zhıyou zhe tiao lukeyı zou le. Erqie xianzai shı gaofeng, nali dou du.
What street can I take if I don’t take this one? Right nowthis is the only route I can take. Besides, it’s rush hour.Everywhere is backed up.
A: 你明明可以不走这条的。现在好了,既耽误时间,又浪费我的钱。你不是故意绕路吧?
Nı mıngmıng keyı bu zou zhe tiao de. Xianzai hao le, jıdanwu shıjian, you langfei wo de qian. Nı bushı guyı raoluba?
You clearly could have chosen another route. Now lookwhat you’ve gotten me into. You’ve both held up my timeand wasted my money. You’re not purposely taking thelong way, are you?
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Raolu? Wo you zhege shıjian, buhuı qu duo zuo dianshengyi? Erqie women shı da gongsı, guanlı hen yan de.Guke tousu yıcı, jiu yao fakuan, gaobuhao haiyao chufen.Nı shuo, weile jı kuai qian, zhıde ma?
The long way? If I had time for that, why wouldn’t I belooking for more business? Besides, we’re a big taxi com-pany. Our management is really strict. If we get even onecomplaint, the company fines us and maybe even pun-ishes us. Now tell me, would that be worth it for a littleextra change?
A: 这可不是几块钱的事。你这样开,起码多十几块。
Zhe ke bu shı jı kuai qian de shı. Nı zheyang kai, qımaduo shıjı kuai.
This isn’t just some change. Since you went this way, it’sgoing to be at least 10 RMB more.
B: 你说话要有根据,不要乱说。我现在就开过去,你自己看看是不是在修路。
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You should have some basis for these things you’re say-ing. I can take you over there right now and let you seefor yourself that the road is under construction.
A: 我才没这个时间呢。你看,现在才开了一半路,钱就已经超过平时了。总之,我是不会付钱给你的。
Wo cai mei zhege shıjian ne. Nı kan, xianzai cai kai leyıban lu, qian jiu yıjıng chaoguo pıngshı le. Zongzhı, woshı buhuı fuqian gei nı de.
Like I have time for that. Look, we’re only halfway there,and the fare is already more than it usually is. Anyway,I’m not paying it.
Nı zhe shı wulıqunao. Xiu lu, duche you bu shı wo anpaide. Wo yıdian dou mei raolu, nı bu manyı keyı qu tousu.Dao shıhou women kan shei you daolı.
You’re just purposely causing trouble. It’s not like I ar-ranged the road construction and the traffic jam. I didn’ttake a longer route, and if you’re not satisfied you canfile a complaint. When the time comes we’ll see who’smaking more sense.
A: 好,光凭你这种态度,我就要去投诉!
Hao, guang pıng nı zhe zhong taidu, wo jiu yao qu tousu!
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Duı a, zhen shang naojın . Zhı guai wo dangshı bei ai-qıng chonghun le tou, shenme dou mei kaoluu qıngchu jiujiehun le. Nı tan lian’ai de shıhou ke yıdıng yao lızhı!
That’s right. I’m really at a loss. I only have myself toblame for being muddleheaded by love. I hadn’t thoughtanything over clearly and just went and got married.When you are dating you definitely need to be rational.
Fayuan pan de. Hunhou caichan yı ren yıban. Fangzimaidiao de qian ye shı pıngfen. Qıshı zhe fangzi dabufende qian dou shı wo chu de. Buguo, suan le, wo shı meijınglı zai zheng le.
It was contested. The property acquired during the mar-riage was split half and half. The proceeds from the saleof our house were also divided equally. Actually, I put inthe majority of the money for the house. But, never mind.I don’t have the energy to fight anymore.
Zhe cai shı zuı touteng de wentı. Ta hai xiao, women meilıhun de shıhou lao chaojia, ta yıjıng shou le hen da yıng-xiang. Geng bietı lıhun le. Women liang ge you dou xiangyao haizi, bıjıng shı zıjı de xıntourou a! Shei ye bu yuanyıtuoxie, suoyı lıhun guansi cai tuo le zheme jiu.
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This was the biggest headache. He is still little. Beforethe divorce we were always arguing; he has already beenaffected a lot. Not to mention the divorce. Both of usof course want our child–after all he’s our own flesh andblood. Neither of us were willing to compromise, so as aconsequence our divorce dragged out a long time.
Fuyang quan guı ta. Wo mei ge yue fu fuyang fei, zhıdaohaizi chengren. Shue genju ta de chengzhang, shenghuoqıngkuang lai tiaozheng. Qıshı wo zheme xınku zhuan-qian, bu jiushı xiang rang haizi guo de shufu dian, jieshougeng hao de jiaoyu ma?
Custody was given to her. Every month I pay child sup-port, and will do so until our child is an adult. The amountis set according to his age, and adjusted according to hislife circumstances. Actually, I am working so hard to earnmoney precisely because I want to give my child a com-fortable life, and get a better education.
B: 那探视权呢?
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Zhe shı women zıjı shangdıng de. Wo xiang haizi huozhehaizi xiang wo de shıhou dou keyı jianmian.
We set this ourselves. When I miss our child, or hemisses me, we can see each other.
B: 那就好。你这么疼他,如果一周只能见一次,一定想死了。哎,中国法院是不是倾向把孩子判给妈妈?
Na jiu hao. Nı zheme teng ta, ruguo yı zhou zhıneng jianyı cı, yıdıng xiang sı le. Ai, Zhongguo fayuan shı bu shıqıngxiang ba haizi pan gei mama?
Well, that’s good. You love him so much–if you could onlysee him once a week, you would miss him so much. Oh,are Chinese courts more inclined to award the child to themother?
Zhe hai shı yao kan jutı qıngkuang de. Bıru wo, suıranqınggan he jıngjı shang dou fuhe yaoqiu, danshı gongzuotai mang le, mei banfa zhaogu ta. Suoyı fayuan zuıhoupan gei ta mama le.
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That depends on the specific circumstances. Take me forexample–although I conform to the emotional and finan-cial requirements, because I am busy at work, I have noway to look after him. So in the end, the court awardedcustody to his mother.
B: 这样也好。只要你儿子知道你疼他就行。
Zheyang ye hao. Zhıyao nı erzi zhıdao nı teng ta jiu xıng.
That’s good too. As long as your son knows you love himit’s all right.
A: 但愿吧。
Danyuan ba.
I hope so.
Key Vocabulary
伤脑筋 shang naojın bothersome
理智 lızhı rational
协议 xieyı agreement
判 pan to sentence
心头肉 xıntourou one’s own flesh and blood
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Nanguai nı fabuliaocai. Zhongguo gushı xianzai shı jı-shınian buyu de da niushı, mınjian zıben xionghou, zaijiashang lıng ba nian de Aoyunhuı he yı lıng nian de Shı-bohuı, zhıshao hai you liang san nian de zhangshı. Suoyıjınnian wo yıkouqı mai le haojı zhı gupiao.
No wonder you aren’t rich. The Chinese stock marketis in its biggest bull market in the last dozen years. Be-tween the extraordinary mass of public capital, and thenthe Olympics and World Fair, there will be growth for atleast two to three years. So I took the plunge and boughta lot of stock this year.
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Nı bie guofen leguan le. Zheng shı yınwei dajia dou zhe-me shuo, wo cai juede kepa. Zhongguo de gushı hai butaichengshu, sanhu tai duo le. Erqie dou shı zuo duanxiande, quefa lızhı fenxı he yıdıng de xınlı chengshou nenglı.Suoyı, ba qian fang zai gushı shı feichang maoxian de.
Don’t be too optimistic. The reason I feel scared is ex-actly because everyone is talking like you. The Chinesestock market still isn’t terribly mature. There are too manyprivate investors, and they’re all looking at the short term,lacking both rational analysis and a certain psychologicalendurance. This makes putting money in the stock mar-ket extraordinarily risky.
A: 废话。投资能没有风险吗?关键是心态要好。反正我是做长线的,短期的涨跌无所谓。
Feihua. Touzı neng meiyou fengxian ma? Guanjian shıxıntai yao hao. Fanzheng wo shı zuo changxian de, duan-qı de zhangdie wusuowei.
No kidding. Can there be investment without risk? Thecritical thing is keeping a good attitude. I’m interested inthe long-term at least, and indifferent to short-term fluctu-ations.
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Ke xianzai xın rushı de ren hen duo lian gupiao shı shen-me dongxi dou mei gao qıngchu jiu mai, duo mangmu a.Zheyang yılai, shıchang hen rongyı chuxian konghuang,yanzhong de hai huı bengpan.
But right now many of the new entrants are acting blindly- buying stocks on the market without even knowing whatthey are. This way the market will easily give in to panics,and more seriously, market collapses.
A: 你别吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。我最看不惯你这种胆子小,不敢担风险,但看到别人炒股赚了就眼红的人。
Nı bie chıbudao putao shuo putao suan. Wo zuı kanbu-guan nı zhezhong danzi xiao, bugan dan fengxian, dankandao bieren chaogu zhuan le jiu yanhong de ren.
Don’t talk about something you know nothing about. Ireally disapprove of you craven, cowardly folk who can’tbear risk, but get red with envy whenever they see othersmaking money.
Wo yanhong? Wo cai mei name youzhı ne. Wo zhıshıshuo, xianzai de gushı guore. Zuowei touzıren, yıdıngyao you xınlı zhunbei cai xıng. Wo hai dei tıxıng nı yı ju,chaogu jiu gen dubo chabuduo.
You calling me red with envy? I’m not that immature. I’mjust saying that the stock market is overheated. As an in-vestor, you need a certain amount of mental preparation.I’ll also remind you that stock market speculation is not sodifferent from gambling.
A: 你这种观念早就过时了。现在你只要做足功课,平时再留意一下市场动态,基本上就有把握了。
Nı zhezhong guannian zao jiu guoshı le. Xianzai nı zhı-yao zuo zu gongke, pıngshı zai liuyı yıxia shıchang dong-tai, jıbenshang jiu you bawo le.
Your way of thinking was outdated long ago. Right nowall you can do is prepare yourself well, and pay attentionto the market developments, then you’ll get it.
B: 哪有这么简单?如果这样就行的话,人人都发财了。
Na you zheme jiandan? Ruguo zheyang jiu xıng dehua,renren dou facai le.
Where is it that easy? If this is all it takes, then everyonewould be rich.
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Hai bu jiushı laoyıtao. Anzhao hukou, mianji gei fangzi. Haiyou yıbufen jıngjı buchang. Wo zhu le yıbeizi po fangzi,zongsuan keyı gaishan yıxia le.
What else? Just the same old thing. They’ll give us homesdepending on registries and area. And there’s some eco-nomic compensation. I’ve lived in a run-down place mywhole life, and now I can finally improve that.
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Shı a. Mei yı jia dou shı zhezhong tiaojian ma. Zenme, nızhunbei zuo dıngzihu?
Yeah. Every family has these same terms. What, are youplanning to resisting the relocation?
B: 当然咯!我告诉你,现在是我们主动,国家被动。能争取更好的条件,干嘛放弃?
Dangran lo! Wo gaosu nı, xianzai shı women zhudong, guo-jia beidong. Neng zhengqu geng hao de tiaojian, ganmafangqı?
Of course! Let me tell you, nowadays we’re the ones whohave to take the initiative; the country is passive. If we areable to fight for better terms, why the heck would you giveup?
A: 啊?我觉得国家给我们的条件不错。有钱拿,还有像样的房子住。
A? Wo juede guojia gei women de tiaojian bucuo. You qianna, hai you xiangyang de fangzi zhu.
Huh? I think that the government has given us pretty goodterms. We get money, plus a decent house to live in.
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Nı sha a? Name yıdian qian, lı shıqu name yuan de fangzi,wo cai buyao ne. Nı kan, Chongqıng zuı niu de dıngzihu,jiushı bu ban, gen nı pındaodı, zuıhou nadao de buchang bıbieren hao duole.
Are you stupid? Such a small amount of money, a houseso far from the city center– that I definitely don’t want. Lookat the most stubborn relocation rebel in Chongqing. He justplain wouldn’t move – he fought until the bitter end. In theend, the compensation he received was much better thanwhat others got.
Ai, wo ke meiyou zhezhong jınglı. Gao le bantian, zuıhouhai buyıdıng you jieguo. Dao shıhou, bieren dou banzou le,shuı dian mei ye mei le, nı zenme zhu? Wo qıngyuan kuaidian zhu xın fangzi.
(Sigh.) I certainly don’t have that kind of energy. And afterall that, in the end there’s no guarantee of any results. Whenthe time comes and everyone else has moved away, there’sno water, electricity, or gas, then how will you live? I’d rathermove into a new place sooner.
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Wo kai dao lukou de shıhou shı luudeng, buguo wo haishijiansu, da you zhuanxiangdeng. Mei xiangdao, yı liang zhu-dongche chong chulai. Ta shı zhıxıng, sudu bıjiao kuai. Womashang shache, keshı haishi zhuang le. Wo jıde zhuang-che de shıhou ta mei shuai xialai, danshı deng wo xiache,ta jiu yı pıgu zuo zai dı shang, you ku you nao, shuo woba ta zhuang shang le. Mıngmıng shı ta chuang hongdeng,weifan jiaotong guıze, hai yao lai zai wo shenshang. Wodangshı zhuanwan de shıhou sudu zhı you er san shı gong-lı, genben bu keneng zhuangdao ta.
When I drove up to the intersection the light was green, butI still slowed down, and put on my right turn blinker. I neverthought an electric bike would come out of nowhere. Shewas going straight, at a rather high speed. I braked imme-diately, but I still hit her. I remember when I hit her bikeshe didn’t fall off, but after I got out of my car, she set herbutt right on the ground, crying and making a fuss, saying Iinjured her. She’s clearly the one that ran a red light, break-ing the law, and now she wants to pin it on me. At the timeI was turning, my speed was only 20 or 30 kilometers perhour. There’s no way I could have knocked her over.
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Wo dangshı qı zhudongche zhıxıng. Yao chuan malu deshıhou, wo zıxı kan guo, luudeng gang biancheng huang-deng, dangshı zai wo qianmian de che dou guoqu le. Woye jiasu chong guoqu, erqie hai yızhı an laba. Mei xiangdaoyı liang Aodı youzhuan, sudu feikuai. Ta genben mei jian-su, faner shı jiasu. Wo yıdian du laibujı fanyıng, jiu zhuangshangqu le. Ta zheme kuai de chesu, you shı zheme da deche, wo yıxiazi jiu lian ren dai che shuai dao dı shang le.
I was riding my electric bike, going straight. When I neededto cross the street I looked carefully, and the green light hadjust turned yellow. The cars in front of me all went ahead. Ialso sped up to go through, and I was continuously blowingmy horn. I never imagined an Audi would make a right turn,and at a blinding speed. He never slowed down – he spedup. I had no time at all to react, and I ran into him. Hewas going so fast, and it was such a big car, that I wasimmediately thrown to the ground along with my bike.
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Chushı de shıhou wo jiu zhanzai lukou, kan de yıqınger-chu. Dangshı yı liang xiaojiaoche you zhuanwan, meiyouan laba, ” wu ” de yıxia jiu zhuan le. Shei xiaode yı liangzhudongche ye kai guolai, sudu ye hen kuai. Tamen jiuzhuangshang le. Wo dı yı cı kanjian zhuangche, xınlı pa dehen. Wo xiang zhexia huai le, keneng zhuangsı ren le. Wogankuai pao guoqu, kandao nage qıche de xiao guniangshuai zai dı shang, hai hao ren meishı. Kai chezi de nanrenhoulai ye xialai le. Tamen liang ge dou kai de kuai, yıng-pengyıng jiu zhuang le.
When the accident happened I was standing at the inter-section, and I saw everything clear as day. A small car wasturning right, didn’t blow its horn, and ”whoosh” just madea turn. Who knew an electric bike would also drive up, andat a really high speed. They just hit each other. It was thefirst time I ever saw a car accident. I was scared out of mywits. I thought it must be bad, maybe someone died in thecrash. I hurried right over and saw the girl on the bike hadbeen knocked to the ground. Good thing she was OK. Thenthe man driving the car got out. They were both driving veryfast, metal hit metal, and it was a crash.
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Ayo, yı tıng zhexie qıxiang zhuanyou mıngcı, wo jiu fan. Nıneng bu neng bu shuo? Yıhuır shı wenshı xiaoyıng, yıhuırshı quanqiu qıhou biannuan. Zenme dou zheme raokou?
Ugh! As soon as I hear those technical weather terms, I justget annoyed. Can you not talk about it? First it’s the green-house effect, then it’s global warming. How come they’resuch a mouthful to say?
Nı zenme guang zhuyı zhege? Wenshı xiaoyıng de houguokeshı hen yanzhong de. Nı you mei you kan guo Geer paide jılupian? Quanqiu qıwen mei shenggao lıng dian yı du,duı renlei laishuo dou shı zainan.
How can you only pay attention to that? The consequencesof the greenhouse effect are very grave. Have you seenAl Gore’s documentary? For every 0.1 degree the earth’stemperature rises, it’s a calamity for the human race.
I think this kind of preaching is of absolutely no use. Since Isaw it, everything has been the same as always.
B: 可是现在确实有好多人开始关注气候问题了。特别是欧美,好多人都开始通过日常行为,改变环境。
Keshı xianzai queshı you hao duo ren kaishı guanzhu qıhouwentı le. Tebie shı OuMei, hao duo ren dou kaishı tongguorıchang xıngwei, gaibian huanjıng.
However, now a lot of people have started to pay moreattention to the climate issue. Especially in Europe andAmerica–a lot of people are trying to transform the envi-ronment through their day-to-day behavior.
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Shuo shıhua, wo juede naxie you qıhou biannuan dailai dezainan lı zıjı de shenghuo hen yuan, dıqiu re yıdian, youshenme dabuliao?
To tell the truth, I think that the calamities brought on byclimate change seem very distant from my life. So the earthis a little warmer–what’s the worst that can happen?
B: 你别不当回事。虽然具体的灾难我也说不清,但是有一点可以肯定,人类的生存状态会变得非常恶劣。
Nı bie bu danghuıshı. Suıran jutı de zainan wo ye shuobu-qıng, danshı you yı dian keyı kendıng, renlei de shengcunzhuangtai huı bian de feichang elie.
Don’t take it lightly. Although no one can be certain of theparticular disastrous results, there is one thing for certain:living conditions for humans will become very poor.
A: 搞了半天,你跟我也差不多嘛。
Gao le bantian, nı gen wo ye chabuduo ma.
After going on for half the day, you are basically saying thesame thing I am.
B: 什么?我比你有觉悟多了。我已经开始少开车、少用电了。
Shenme? Wo bı nı you juewu duo le. Wo yıjıng kaishı shaokaiche, shao yongdian le.
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Ng, gang kaishı de. Suıyue bu raoren a, xianzai xue diandongxi ke zhen feijın.
Yeah, I just started. Time and tide wait for no man. Studyingstuff now is really tiring.
A: 日语和汉语不是挺像的嘛。总比学英语容易吧。
Rıyu he hanyu bu shı tıng xiang de ma. Zong bı xue yıngyurongyı ba.
But Japanese and Chinese are really similar, right? It’s gotto be easier than studying English, anyway.
B: 我以前也这么想。现在发现,日语只是开头简单,比如书写、发音什么的。可是想学得深一点就难了。
Wo yıqian ye zheme xiang. Xianzai faxian, rıyu zhıshı kai-tou jiandan, bıru shuxie, fayın shenme de. Keshı xiang xuede shen yıdian jiu nan le.
I used to think that. Now I find that Japanese is only easy inthe beginning, for writing and pronunciation and stuff. But ifyou want to dig deeper in your studies it’s difficult.
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Rıyu lı bu shı you hen duo hanzı ma, women zhongguorenzıjı zuomo zuomo jiu mıngbai le. Buguo, chule hanzı, haiyouxie guaiguai de fuhao. Na shı shenme ya?
Doesn’t Japanese have lots of Chinese characters? WeChinese can just put some thought into it and then we’llget it. But besides Chinese characters there are also someweird symbols. What are those?
You’re talking about hiragana and katakana. They’re thephonetic writing system of Japanese. In Japanese, thesame sounds correspond to both the written forms of hi-ragana and of katakana. Hiragana evolved from the grassscript form of Chinese characters, and are used in typicalwriting. Katakana originated from the radicals of Chinesecharacters, and is mainly used to express foreign loanwordsor emphasis.
A: 噢,这个我知道,日语里有好多从英语直接音译过来的词。
O, zhege wo zhıdao, rıyu lı you hao duo cong yıngyu zhıjieyınyı guolai de cı.
Oh, I know this: a lot of English words were directly translit-erated into Japanese words.
B: 嗯,不过它们还是比较有日本特色的,完全听不出原来是什么。
Ng, buguo tamen haishi bıjiao you rıben tese de, wanquantıngbuchu yuanlai shı shenme.
Yeah, but they still have Japanese characteristics. You can’ttell at all what they were originally.
A: 那日语中的汉字都是繁体字吗?
Na rıyu zhong de hanzı dou shı fantızı ma?
So are the Chinese characters in Japanese all traditionalcharacters?
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Fantı zhan duoshu, hai you yıxie rıshı jiantızı, he womenjiantızı de xiefa butai yıyang. Bıru “出发” de “发”. Zhongwenlı jiu meiyou zhege zı.
Traditional characters comprise the majority, but there arealso a few Japanese character simplifications that aresomewhat different from our simplified characters. For ex-ample, the “patsu” in “shuppatsu.” This character doesn’texist in Chinese.
Fuza de hai zai houmian ne. Bıru yı zı duo yın, haiyou yufa.Wo zongjie xialai, faxian he hanyu yue jiejın de yuyan duıwomen laishuo faner yue nanxue, yınwei nı huı yong hanyude sıwei qu jiedu.
The really complicated stuff is still coming. For example, themultiple readings for each character, and the grammar. Inthe end, I’ve discovered that languages too similar to Man-darin are actually harder to learn, because you’ll be apply-ing your Chinese concepts when deciphering them.
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Ai, wo juede zhıyao shı yuyan, dou bu haoxue. Nı kan yıng-yu, he zanmen Zhongwen yıdian dou bu xianggan, wo bushı ye xuebuhao ma?
Ah, I think that as long as it’s a language, it’s always goingto be difficult. Take a look at English. It’s not at all similar toChinese, but I can’t even learn it, right?
Key Vocabulary
岁月不饶人
suıyue bu raoren Time and tide wait forno one
费劲 feijın to put forth a lot of ef-fort; tiring
琢磨 zuomo to ponder over
平假名 pıngjiamıng hiragana
片假名 pianjiamıng katakana
演化 yanhua to evolve
外来语 wailaiyu loanword
解读 jiedu to decipher
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Na jiushı zhege shı tian nımen youmeiyou shangke?Yınwei wo tıngshuo youde xuexiao haoxiang baitianxuenong, ranhou wanshang jıxu shang nage xuexiaolı anpai de nazhong kecheng.
So, then, in those 10 days did you attend anyclasses? Because I’ve heard that some schoolslearn farming during the day, and then in the eveninghave to go on to study some lessons arranged by theschool.
子恒: 啊,那我们自由多啦!哈。
A, na women zıyou duo la! Ha.
Oh? Then we had a lot more freedom! Ha.
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Na jutı de nı neng shuoyishuo zai xuenong qıjian nı-men gan le xie shenme huor?
Now, specifically, can you please tell us, what kindsof work did you do during the time you were therestudying farming?
子恒: 开始的时候呢感觉老师也没有特别的安排,为什么呢,那时候去的时候呢正好处于一个农闲的时候。
Kaishı de shıhou ne ganjue laoshı ye meiyou tebiede anpai, weishenme ne, nashıhou qu de shıhou nezhenghao chuyu yı ge nongxian de shıhou.
At the beginning, I felt like the teacher had not ar-ranged anything in particular. Why? At the time whenwe went it happened to be the farmers’ slow season.
肖霞: 就是不太忙的时候。
Jiushı butai mang de shıhou.
That’s when they’re not too busy.
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Duı duı duı. Yınwei meiyou anpai, laoshı yı kan zheye bu shı ge banfa, na zenme ban ne, ta jiu zhaole yı ge dıfang, you hen duo zacao, ranhou womenyıbangzi ren jiu la na qu, ranhou jiu kaishı ba zacao.
Right, right, right. Because there were no arrange-ments, as soon as the teacher saw this, it wouldn’tdo, so he went and found a place where there werea lot of weeds. He then dragged the whole lot of usover there, and we started pulling weeds.
肖霞: 用手拔的?
Yong shou ba de? De?
You had to pull them out by hand?
子恒: 很高很高的草。大概比人高吧,那个时候。
Hen gao hen gao de cao. Dagai bı ren gao ba, nageshıhou.
Very, very tall weeds. Probably taller than a person,at that time.
肖霞: 那么高啊?比人还要高的杂草?那不是草,那是树了!呵。
Name gao a? Bı ren haiyao gao de zacao? Na bushı cao, na shı shu le! He.
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He, chabuduo ba, shı shu, keyı zheme jiang. Wanle yıhou, nage shıhou ba ma fanzheng ren ye buduo ma, yıbanxıng dou shı nansheng jiu xiadı gan-huo, ranhou nuusheng jiu zai pangbian nabian jiayoua shenme de, jiu gen na laladuı chabuduo.
Heh. Pretty much. They were trees, you could say.As we got near the end–well by that time the numberof people pulling weeds weren’t so many–generally itwas the guys who would go to work on the field, andthe girls would just stand on the side and cheer uson, etc., just like a cheerleading squad or something.
肖霞: 给你们打气,给你们送水,然后你们就把女生的活儿都干了。
Gei nımen daqı, gei nımen song shuı, ranhou nımenjiu ba nuusheng de huor dou gan le.
Pumping you guys up, bringing you water–and thenyou would do all the girls’ work for them.
子恒: 啊。
A.
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Bawan cao yıhou ne, jiushıshuo juzi ye kaishı ke-yı caizhai, ranhou ba women yıduıren ladao juyuanlı qu le. Ranhou qu zhıqian ne laoshı jiushı qiandıngzhu wan zhufu ( qian dıngnıng wan zhufu ): nı-men jızhu o, qianwan buyao touchı. Yaoshı gei laoshızhuazhu yı ge, hao na nımen zhecı jiu wan le.
Once we were done pulling the weeds, the tan-gerines were about ready to be picked. So, theydragged the group of us to the tangerine grove.Then, before we went, the teacher was warning usover and over: Remember! Absolutely do not eat thetangerines on the sly. If the teacher caught someonedoing it, they’d be dead.
肖霞: 就会记过啊,或者有处分啊什么的是不是?
Jiu huı jıguo a, huozhe you chufen a shenme de shıbu shı?
You’d get a demerit, or be punished or something,right?
子恒: 对对对。
Duı duı duı.
Right, right, right.
肖霞: 哦,那么摘下来以后农民伯伯没有分一点给你们吗?
O, name zhaixialai yıhou nongmın bobo meiyou fenyıdian gei nımen ma?
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Baitian ma, yınwei nashıhou dajia dou hai xiao ma,meiyou shenme hen tebie de zhezhong xiang wo-men xianzai keyı gaoguai a, sha a, zayang a, doubıjiao shao, jiushı dajia dou mentou zai na ganhuobıjiao duo yıdian.
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During the day, well, because at that time everyonewas still quite young, not like now how we can foolaround–you know, like that. We didn’t do that kind ofthing so much then. It was more that everyone wasabsorbed in doing the work, mostly.
肖霞: 哦,那有没有人指导你们干活,就是应该怎么做怎么做。
O, na youmeiyou ren zhıdao nımen ganhuo, jiushıyınggai zenme zuo zenme zuo.
So, was there anyone directing you in your work, like,telling you how you should do this or that?
You a, zhıqian huı you yı wei nongmın bobo xian geiwomen zuo ge shıfan, ranhou jiao women shenmedıfang yao xiaoxın zhuyı, dangran le women ye yougebie bıjiao chongdong de pengyou zhıjie shangqujiu lai le, nong de shoushang yıtahutu.
Yeah, before doing something, a farmer would firstgive us a demonstration. Then tell us what things topay attention to. Of course, there were a few friendsthat were more impulsive. They would just go aheadand do something, and make a mess out of it.
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Sushe sushe, yınwei nage dıfang ne, ta shı you na-ge jiushı yıqian a, hongweibıng nage niandai ma, taliuxia yıxie zhuzhai. Women ne, jiu zhuzai naxie laofangzi lımian. Naxie lao fangzi suıranshuo wenchongtıng duo de, yınwei nage shıhou zhenghao shı——
A dormitory. Because that place, it had from before,from the Red Guard time, some residences that wereleft over. We lived in those old houses. Thoughyou could say that those houses had quite a lot ofmosquitoes, because at that time it happened to be...
肖霞: 夏天?
Xiatian?
Summer?
子恒: 秋天。
Qiutian.
Autumn.
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A, meiyou guanghai de wuran, suoyı kan de tebieqıngchu. Hao, name nımen nage shıhou yınwei bai-tian gongzuo de tebie lei ma, shı bu shı fanliang yeda zeng, chı hen duo hen duo?
Ah, there was no light pollution, so you could seethem especially clearly. All right, so, since at thattime during the day you worked especially hard, didyour appetite increase too? Did you eat a lot?
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Shı bıjiao xiao yıdian de lianpen, jiushı nazhongtangcı de, tangcı de, bıjiao da de nazhong, jiushı,yı kan jiu zhıdao bu shı fanwan, daweiwang, erqiezhege daweiwang houlai chengwei women de xian-jın, daibiao women shangqu jiang nage jiushı zong-jiebaogao a, man lıhai de, he.
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It was a smaller-sized washbasin–the enamelwaresort. The bigger kind. As soon as you saw it youknew it wasn’t a rice bowl. The stomach-king, helater became the model worker, and represented usin going up to present our final report. Pretty amaz-ing.
肖霞: 啊,那就是说他后来评上了先进分子?
A, najiushıshuo ta houlai pıngshang le xianjın fenzı?
Oh, so you are saying that later he was chosen to beyour model worker?
子恒: 对对对。
Duı duı duı.
Right, right.
肖霞: 你们是不是有评什么学农标兵之类的?
Nımen shı bu shı you pıng shenme xuenong biao-bıng zhılei de?
Did you guys hold some kind of an event to choosethe model farming worker?
子恒: 有有有,大概有十个左右的同学被评上了吧。
You you you, dagai you shı ge zuoyou de tongxuebei pıng shang le ba.
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Hao de, name hai you yı ge wentı, jiushı nage shıhoushı dushu de shıhou, na nı xianzai juede xueshengxu bu xuyao xuenong? Jiushıshuo you shenme yıyıma?
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All right. So, I have another question, that is, at thattime you were still a student. What about now–doyou think students need to study farming life? Thatis to say, does it have any significance?
Ng, wo juede man xuyao de. Yınwei xue le nong yı-hou ne wo keyı kandao zhege juzi shı zenme zhangchulai de, ranhou yejiu zhıdao zhege juzi zhuang-xiang zenmeyang, zenme qu caizhai, qıshı yıqianmei kandao guo bu zhıdao, yıwei hen jiandan, zhıyaozhaixialai ranhou baozhuang jiu xıng, qıshı meiyouname jiandan, hen duo hen xıxiao de dıfang haishıxuyao nı qınshou qu changshı de, caineng ganjuede dao, suoyı, zhıshao wo juede keyı ganshou yıxianazhong ” lılı jie xınku ” zhezhong ganjue.
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Uh-huh, I think it’s quite necessary. Because af-ter studying about agriculture I could see where atangerine came from, and could see how they werepacked, how to pick them. Actually, I had never seenthat before, so I didn’t know. I thought it was verysimple–just pick them, package them and that’s it.But actually, it’s not that easy. There are a lot of veryfine matters that you need to go and experience foryourself, in order to be able to understand. So, atleast, I think I experienced, for a while, the feelingbehind the saying: ”Every single grain is the fruit ofhard work.”
Zhege jiushıshuo women shenghuo zai chengshı lıde haizi keneng butai jiechu zhexie nonghuo, ranhoujiu lısuodangran de renwei zhexie laodong chengguolai de hen jiandan, ranhou nı zhende zıjı qınshou quzuo yıxia de shıhou, jiu huı faxian le, a, qıshı nong-mın bobo tamen zhende shı feichang de xınku. Haode, name hai you shenme duı xuenong de yıxie gan-xiang ma? Huozheshuo zuı youqu de jınglı a……
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You’re saying that children who live in the city maybedon’t really come into contact with this kind of farmwork, and take it for granted that this kind of workis really easy. And that when you really have to goand experience it first-hand, you will find that actually,the farmers have a very hard job. All right, do youhave more thoughts on experiencing farming life? Orcould you tell us your most interesting experience?
The most interesting experience was without doubtthe evenings, because everyone was more relaxed,and then in the evenings everyone was also in agreat mood, up for anything. For example, we wouldsit on the hills and look at the stars in the sky, and afew of us would chat there. Also, some would haveheart-to-heart conversations with the teacher; someof us would sneak out at night and go find the sea-side. Because we were near the sea there, so therewere crabs.
肖霞: 我知道我知道。
Wo zhıdao wo zhıdao.
I know, I know.
子恒: 抓这种东西。
Zhua zhezhong dongxi.
Catch those sorts of things.
肖霞: 然后烤着吃?
Ranhou kao zhe chı?
And then roast and eat them?
子恒: 对,烤着吃。哈。
Duı, kao zhe chı. Ha.
Right, roast and eat them. Ha.
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Haiyou gancuı zaoshang jiu bu huılai le ma, ta jiu zainar haibian jiu deng na rıchu ma, na ganjue ye tınghao, jiushı zai xuenong de shıhou you hen duo henduo yıqian bugan xiang bugan gan de shıqing douzuo le.
So you might as well not go back until the morningright? We just waited there at the seaside for thesunrise. That felt pretty good too. It’s basically thatwhen we were there to learn about farming we alsogot to do a ton of things we had never even imaginedthinking about or doing before.
肖霞: 嗯,都是好象很亲近大自然的那种感觉噢。好,那你觉得学农和军训相比你更喜欢哪一个?
Ng, dou shı haoxiang hen qınjın dazıran de nazhongganjue o. Hao, na nı juede xuenong he junxun xiang-bı nı geng xıhuan nayıge?
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Hm, it seems like a lot of it was getting in touch withnature, that kind of experience. So, out of studyingfarming and military training–which do you like bet-ter?
子恒: 嗯……这两个我觉得都蛮好的,因为我感觉军训的话,怎么说呢,是练人吧。
Ng…… zhe liang ge wo juede dou man hao de, yın-wei wo ganjue junxun dehua, zenme shuo ne, shılian ren ba.
I think both of them are quite good, because I feelthat if you talk about military training, how can I putit, it trains you.
Duı duı duı, xuesheng jıngguo yı duan xuexı yıhouta yınwei naozi lımian zhıyou xuexı le ma, duıba? Tahen duo dongxi ta jiu huı hulue hen duo, na nı yaozhenzheng de qu junxun le yıhou nı huı fajue zhegedushu zuoren a henduo dıfang nı dou keyı cong zhe-ge junshıhua xunlian dangzhong ganshoudao henduo dongxi.
Right, right. After the student goes through a periodof training, his brain is full of all the things he studied,right? A lot of things he might have neglected, butafter you’ve really gone and got the military training,you will discover in that a lot of aspects of studyingand conducting yourself as a person, you can drawon these things you experienced in the military.
肖霞: 对,我也这样觉得。好,那今天就采访到这儿吧,谢谢你。呵。
Duı, wo ye zheyang juede. Hao, na jıntian jiu caifangdao zher ba, xiexie nı. He.
Right, I feel the same way. OK, this brings today’sinterview to a close. Thank you. Heh-heh.
子恒: 呵,朋友们,拜拜!
He, pengyoumen, baibai!
Heh-heh. Goodbye, friends!
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Wo yızhı dou zai zuo shıchang, jılei le yıdıng de zıyuan hejıngyan. Shıchang jınglı zhege zhıwei keyı rang wo fahuızıjı de zhuanchang, tongshı ye neng wei guı gongsı dailaijiazhı.
I’ve been doing marketing all along, and I’ve accumulated acertain amount of experience I can draw upon. The positionof marketing manager would allow me to put my skills touse, while also bringing value to the company.
B: 你的资历不错,名牌大学的高材生。又在跨国公司工作过。可是之前你没有做过管理工作。
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Nı de zılı bucuo, mıngpai daxue de gaocaisheng. You zaikuaguo gongsı gongzuo guo. Keshı zhıqian nı meiyou zuoguo guanlı gongzuo.
Your record is pretty good, a top-ranked student from a big-name school. You’ve also worked at a multi-national. Butyou’ve never played a management role.
A: 什么事都有开始。而我最欣赏的就是贵公司的文化:给新人舞台。
Shenme shı dou you kaishı. Er wo zuı xınshang de jiushıguı gongsı de wenhua : gei xınren wutai.
There’s a starting point for everything. And what I appreci-ate most is this company’s culture of giving newcomers timein the spotlight.
B: 嗯,很好。你觉得管理最重要的原则是什么?
Ng, hen hao. Nı juede guanlı zuı zhongyao de yuanze shıshenme?
Well, that’s good. What do you think the most importantprinciple of management is?
A: 从别人的角度去看问题。
Cong bieren de jiaodu qu kan wentı.
Seeing problems from others’ point of view.
B: 简单利落,非常好! 老实说,李小姐,你很适合这个职位。但是你的薪酬要求有些高。
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Lı xiaojie, nı de yuqı bı women de jiaqian gao tai duo le. Wo-men kai de jia zai hangye lı feichang you jıngzhenglı. Erqiegongsı de fulı ye feichang hao, meinian jiaxın de bılı ye hengao.
Ms. Li, your expectations are just too much higher than whatwe’ve budgeted. Our offer is competitive within the industry.Besides, our benefits are very good, and our yearly raisefigures are very high.
A: 刘总,我对任何事都很坚持。对工作是,对自己的想法也是。
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Ta shı yı zhong xuyao dong naojın de shuzı tuılı youxı. Zaijiu cheng jiu de fangge lımian, you san cheng san de xiaofangge, jiao “qu”. Zai zhexie gezi lı, tianru yı dao jiu de shu-zı. Meige shuzı zai meiyı hang, meiyı lie he meiyı qu lı douzhıneng chuxian yıcı. Bu keyı chongfu. Suoyı jiao “shudu”.
It’s a kind of numerical reasoning game that requires men-tal effort. In a 9 by 9 grid there are 3 by 3 smaller gridscalled “blocks.” In these squares, you fill in the numbers 1to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, eachcolumn, and each block. You can’t repeat them. That’s whyit’s called “sudoku” [“numerical solitude”].
A: 这么复杂?听说是日本人发明的。
Zheme fuza? Tıngshuo shı Rıbenren famıng de.
It’s that complicated? I heard the Japanese that invented it.
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Jushuo famıng zhege youxı de shı Ruıshıren. Buguo yızhıdou meiyou yınqı renmen de zhuyı. Bashı niandai Rıbenzazhı chubanshang ba ta yınru Rıben, zengjia le youxı nan-du, dangran ye qı le ge rıwen mıngzi, jiushı “sudoku” shudu.Houlai zhege youxı jiu zai Rıben he Meiguo zouhong le.
They say it was a Swiss person that invented the game, butit never attracted any attention. In the 80’s a Japanese mag-azine publisher imported it to Japan, increased the difficultyof the game, and of course gave it a Japanese name: “su-doku.” Later the game got popular in Japan and the UnitedStates.
Oh, so that’s how it happened. You really deserve the titleof sudoku addict, knowing all that so well. So, by the way,what does the game really test? Math? Logic?
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Qıshı zai tuıqiao shudu de guocheng zhong genben yong-budao shuxue jısuan, gengduo de shı luoji, hai xuyao naixınhe zhuanxın, yınwei nı yao yıcı you yıcı de pailie ceshı.
Actually, in the sudoku solving process you don’t use math-ematical calculations at all. It’s more logic, and you need tobe patient and focused, because you have to carry out testafter test.
A: 听起来这么难,我还是不玩了。
Tıng qılai zheme nan, wo haishi bu wan le.
It’s sounds so difficult. I don’t think I’ll try it.
Duo lianxı jiu hao le. Chujı de shudu youxı huı tıgong henduo shuzı, nı zhıyao zıjı jieda jıge jiu xıng le. Suızhe cheng-du shangsheng, tıgong de shuzı huı yuelaiyueshao, geng-duo de yao nı zıjı zuomo.
Just practice it and you’re fine. Basic sudoku puzzles pro-vide a lot of numbers, so you only need to figure out a fewyourself. As the difficulty increases, the numbers providedbecome fewer and fewer, requiring you to put more thoughtinto it.
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Aiya, shı shejiao wangzhan, bu shı xiangqın wangzhan.Zhe keshı renlei wangluo goutong de xın chaoliu, zuıjın kehuo le. Dajia dou zai taolun ne.
Oh, man! Social networking websites, not matchmakingwebsites. It’s the new trend in human connections, and it’sreally popular lately. Everyone’s talking about it.
B: 我有自己的头脑,干吗什么火就做什么?
Wo you zıjı de tounao, ganma shenme huo jiu zuo shenme?
I have my own mind. Why do I need to do whatever is pop-ular?
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Wo bu shı zhege yısi. Wo shı shuo shejiao wangzhan zhı-suoyı huo, shı yınwei ta fuhe daduoshu ren de shejiao xı-guan. Nı keyı xuanze dazhonghua huozhe you zhenduıxıngde wangzhan lai zhuce, ranhou zhızuo zıjı de zhuye, rangdajia lai liaojie nı.
That’s not what I mean. I mean the reason that social net-working websites are popular is that they conform to mostpeople’s social communication habits. You can chooselarge-scale general websites or focused websites to regis-ter at, then customize your own page so that everyone canlearn about you.
B: 我才不要不认识的人来了解我呢。哎,你说,现在的人是不是脑子有问题?那么喜欢透露自己的隐私。
Wo cai buyao bu renshi de ren lai liaojie wo ne. Ai, nı shuo,xianzai de ren shı bu shı naozi you wentı? Name xıhuantoulu zıjı de yınsı.
I don’t want people I don’t know to know about me. I mean,tell me, is there something wrong with people today? Ev-eryone likes divulging their personal details.
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Qıshı ye bu dou shı bu renshi de ren. Xianzai yong shejiaowangzhan de ren yuelaiyueduo, hen duo ren yong zhegewangzhan shı weile fangbian pengyou jian lianxı. Erqie haihen you keneng zhaodao yıjıng shıqu lianluo de pengyou.Wo jiu zai wangshang zhaodao le haojı ge xiaoxue tongxue.
They’re not actually strangers. Nowadays more and morepeople are using social networking websites, so many peo-ple use them in order to conveniently stay in touch withfriends. It’s also quite possible to find friends you’ve lostcontact with. I myself found quite a few primary schoolclassmates online.
B: 这有什么了不起?好几年前就有网上校友录了。如果大家想联系,还怕找不到途径?
Zhe you shenme liaobuqı? Haojınian qian jiu you wang-shang xiaoyoulu le. Ruguo dajia xiang lianxı, hai pa zhao-budao tujıng?
What’s so great about that? There were sites for makingfriends online years ago. If everyone wants to get in touch,are they afraid they can’t find a channel for it?
Wo shuo de zhıshı shejiao wangzhan de gongneng zhıyı,qıta de hai you hao duo ne. Bıru nı keyı jiejiao shıjie gedıhe zıjı zhıtongdaohe de ren. Hai keyı zhanshı, tuıguang zıjıde xiangfa huozhe chanpın. Zongzhı, nı huı faxian sheng-huo duo le hen duo lequ he jıngxı.
I was just saying one of the functions of social networkingwebsites. There are a lot more. For example, you can findpeople with common interests from all over the world. Youcan also display and promote your own ideas or products.You’ll find new interests and surprises in your life.
B: 我可不这么想。我觉得现在人与人之间的沟通过多,反而没时间和自己交流了。
Wo ke bu zheme xiang. Wo juede xianzai ren yu ren zhıjiande goutong guoduo, fan’er mei shıjian he zıjı jiaoliu le.
I really don’t think so. I think nowadays interpersonal com-munication has gone too far, and there’s no time to get intouch with oneself.
A: 那要看你怎么看了。我觉得和别人交流的过程也是一个了解自己的过程。
Na yao kan nı zenme kan le. Wo juede he bieren jiaoliu deguocheng ye shı yı ge liaojie zıjı de guocheng.
That depends on your view. I think the process of com-munication with others is also a process of understandingoneself.
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Piaoliu dehua, wo tuıjian nı qu Zhexı Daxiagu. Nage dıfangshuı hen jı, piaoliu qılai tebie cıjı. Erqie fengjıng he kongqıye hen hao, dao nar keyı chedı fangsong yıxia.
For whitewater rafting, I recommend that you go to WestZhejiang Grand Canyon. The current is fast there, so it’sespecially exciting for rafting. Plus the scenery and air qual-ity are great. You can totally relax there.
Panyan de xuanze jiu duo le. Dan yao kan nı de shuıpınghe shıjian anpai. Xianzai Sıchuan de huwai zıran panyanxiangmu hen shou huanyıng. Nali de shan bıjiao shıhe pan-yan, erqie zuıjın you kaifa le yıxie zhuanye jıdı. Zhıde qu.
There are a lot more choices for rock climbing. But it de-pends on your skill level and time. The natural outdoor rockclimbing in Sichuan is really popular now. The mountainsthere are good for rock climbing, and they recently openedsome climbing bases. It’s worth going.
Shuoqı yandong tanxian, dangran yao shu Guılın heChongqıng de yandong zuı youmıng le. Buguo dou yıjıngkaifa de chabuduo le, erqie youke you duo, tanbushangshenme tanxian.
If it’s spelunking, of course Guilin and Chongqing rank themost famous. But they’re all more or less totally developed,and there are lots of tourists, so you can’t call it exploring.
B: 有点可惜啊。那,要玩滑翔伞的话,去哪里比较好?
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Haoxiang meiyou shenme tebie de dıfang. Hao duo dachengshı xianzai dou you huaxiangsan julebu. Nı zhao gezhoumo, xiang qu jiu qu, hen fangbian de. Qıshı ruguo nızhende xıhuan maoxian, wo daoshı keyı tuıjian nı qu yı gedıfang.
I don’t think there’s any particular place. A lot of big citieshave hang gliding clubs these days. Choose a weekend andjust go. It’s really convenient. Actually, if you really like totake risks, I could recommend a place.
Nı keyı qı motuoche qu Xızang huozhe Xınjiang. Womenzuıjın wei hao jı wei keren shejı le xianlu. Keyı genju nı deyaoqiu zou. Yılu kan, yılu wan. Nı keyı kandao gezhong-geyang de fengturenqıng, hai you tanxian de ganjue. Henguoyın de.
You could ride a motorbike to Tibet or Xinjiang. We recentlyarranged a travel route for quite a few clients. You can goaccording to your requirements. Sightsee on the road. Youcan see all sorts of local scenery and customs, and it hasthe feel of adventure. It’s really an experience.
B: 啊,骑摩托车?这个好像太危险了。我还是先玩些简单的吧。
A, qı motuoche? Zhege haoxiang tai weixian le. Wo haishixian wan xie jiandan de ba.
Uh, motorbike? That seems a bit too dangerous. I think I’dbetter try something simpler first.
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经典 jıngdian classic
路线 luxian route
刺激 cıjı stimulating; thrilling
探险 tanxian adventure
极限 jıxian extreme
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“The way” is the philosophical principle of all things in theuniverse. Taoism holds that human life is composed of avital energy, and that the physical body is a vehicle for thatenergy. Through ascetic practices, people can become im-mortals, so they especially value the cultivation of long life.
O, jiushı liandan, duı ba? Nanguai gudai de naxie huang-dı zhengtian dou zai liandan, xiang yao changshengbulao.Fojiao haoxiang geng zhuzhong laisheng. Kanlai zhong-guoren he Yınduren de sıxiang zhenshı bu yıyang.
Oh, by making pills and concoctions, right? No wonderthose emperors of old were making potions all day. Theywanted to extend their lives. Buddhism seems to pay moreattention to the next life. I guess Chinese and Indian thoughtreally are different.
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Ng, buguo suıran Fojiao qıyuan yu Yındu, keshı chuanruZhongguo hou, ye ronghe le hen duo Zhongguo wenhua detese. Fojiao renwei xianshı shıjie shı kuhai, zhuıqiu shengsılunhuı, ba xıwang jıtuo zai laisheng.
Yeah, but even though Buddhism originated in India, afterit spread to China, it fused with many different elements ofChinese culture. Buddhism holds that the real world is asea of suffering, forever caught up in the cycle of life anddeath. It puts hope in the next life.
A: 那多累啊,活都活不好,还要担心死了以后的事。
Na duo lei a, huo dou huo bu hao, hai yao danxın sı le yıhoude shı.
That’s pretty tiring. You don’t live a good life, and then youstill have to worry about what happens after you die.
B: 你又在瞎说了。那是一种信仰。
Nı you zai xiashuo le. Na shı yı zhong xınyang.
You’re talking nonsense again. That’s a kind of faith.
A: 你刚刚说到道士,那道教里有尼姑吗?
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Zhe nı jiu bu dong le. Wo xiaoshıhou de wanju suıran jian-dan, dan zenme ye wan bu nı. Bıru jımu, danzı, shadai,haiyou jianzi. Yı fangxue, jiu he yıdaduı tongxue wei zai yıqıwan. Ai, kexı le, xianzai zhexie dou cheng laogudong le,meiren wan le.
Ah, you don’t understand. The toys from my childhoodwere simple, but we never got tired of them. For exam-ple, wooden blocks, marbles, bean bags, and ”foot shuttle-cocks.” As soon as I got out of school, I’d get together with abig group of classmates to play. Ah, what a shame... theseare all so outdated now, no one plays with them.
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Women xiaoshıhou tiaojian cha, wanju jiu zhexie, bufennannuu de. Youde ren lian wanju dou meiyou. Zhıneng zuoyouxı, bushı tiao xiangpıjın, jiushı diu shoupa.
When we were little we didn’t have much. Those were thetoys we had, so we didn’t differentiate between boys’ andgirls’ toys. Some people didn’t even have any toys. Theycould just play games; either the ”big rubber band” or ”dropthe handkerchief.”
Wo xiaoshıhou jiu hao duo le. Nanhaizi you wanjuqiang,xiaoqıche, women nuuhaizi you hen duo yangwawa. Zheng-tian dou wan guojiajia de youxı, jiazhuang zıjı shı wawa demama.
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When I was little it was a lot better. Boys had toy guns andtoy cars, and we girls had lots of dolls. We’d play house allday, pretending we were the dolls’ mothers.
Name xiao jiu you muxıng la. Kankan xianzai de wanju,zhen bie shuo women dou luowu le. Wo erzi xiaoshıhoukaishı you jınkou wanju le, shenme Bianxıngjıngang, Babıwawa. Women zuo fumu de, weile gei haizi mai ge wanju,budebu shengchıjianyong.
A mother’s instinct at such a young age. Looking at thetoys nowadays, you could say we’ve fallen behind the times.When my son was little, we started having imported toys:Transformers, Barbie dolls, and what have you. As parents,in order to buy toys for our children, we’d have to live simply.
Shı a. Nı youmeiyou faxian, yıqian de wanju dou shı hao jıge ren yıqı wan, dajia bısai, bıru da danzı, tı jianzi. Xianzaide wanju yı ge ren jiu keyı wan le.
Yeah. Have you ever noticed that the games from beforeinvolved quite a few people competing, like marbles, or kick-ing the shuttlecock? But nowadays the toys only need oneperson.
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Shı a, shenme diandong de, yaokong de, an ge kaiguan,zıjı jiu neng dong, jiu neng fei le. Keneng yınwei xianzaidou shı dushengzınuu. Bu xiang women yıqian, yao xiongdıjiemei yıqı wan.
Yes, with these electric, remote control things, you just flip aswitch and they move on their own, and even fly! Maybe it’sbecause now everyone is an only child. It’s not like it wasfor us. We could play with our brothers and sisters.
Zao zhıdao, yınggai ba women de wanju liu xialai, gei zı-jı de xiaohai. Rang tamen kankan baba mama shı zenmezhangda de. Ye rang tamen xue xue, shenme jiao ” youfu-tongxiang, younantongdang ”.
If only I knew, I would have saved the toys to give to myown children. Let them see how daddy and mommy grewup. Let them learn the meaning of ”sharing fortune, dividingdisaster.”
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I’m telling the truth. This is something that happened manyyears ago. I didn’t want to talk about it originally, but keepingit to myself is just too hard.
B: 你是怎么被绑架的?
Nı shı zenme bei bangjia de?
How were you abducted?
A: 我记得很清楚,当时我在读高中,我们去乡下学农。那天晚上我睡不着,就一个人去田边散步。
Wo jıde hen qıngchu, dangshı wo zai du gaozhong, womenqu xiangxia xuenong. Natian wanshang wo shuı bu zhao,jiu yı ge ren qu tianbian sanbu.
I remember it very clearly. I was a high school student at thetime, and we went to the countryside to study agriculture.That night I couldn’t sleep, so I went for a walk in the fieldsby myself.
C: 这明明就是科幻片的情节,怎么会是你的故事?
Zhe mıngmıng jiushı kehuanpian de qıngjie, zenme huı shını de gushi?
This is clearly straight out of a sci-fi movie. How could it beyour story?
B: 你别打断他,让他说完。
Nı bie daduan ta, rang ta shuowan.
Don’t interrupt him. Let him finish.
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Jiushı, haishi nı liaojie wo. Wo zai sanbu de shıhou, turan,you yıpian baise de liangguang, feichang cıyan, wo shenmeye kanbujian. Deng wo zhengkai yanjing, yı sou feidie tıngzai le yanqian.
Yeah, at least you understand. While I was walking, sud-denly a blinding white light was before me, and I couldn’tsee anything. When I opened my eyes, there was a flyingsaucer in front of me.
B: 真的?大吗?是和我们想象中的一样?
Zhende? Da ma? Shı he women xiangxiang zhong de yı-yang?
Really? Was it big? Was it like we imagine them to be?
A: 差不多就是那个样子。圆圆的、扁扁的,上面突出来。对了,飞碟是粉红色的。
Chabuduo jiushı nage yangzi. Yuanyuan de, bianbian de,shangmian tu chulai. Duı le, feidie shı fenhongse de.
Pretty much like that. Round and flat, with a protrusion ontop. Oh, and by the way, the flying saucer was pink.
C: 是女外星人?
Shı nuu waixıngren?
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Baituo, waixıngren bufen nannuu de. Dangshı, feidie lı xialailiang ge waixıngren, tamen la zhe wo de shou, yao ba wodaidao feidie shangqu. Wo xiadai le, zhı zhıdao gen zhezou.
Please, aliens aren’t male and female. Then, from out ofthe flying saucer came two aliens. They took my hands andwanted to take me into the flying saucer. I was scared outof my mind, and all I could do was follow them.
B: 外星人到底长什么样?奇怪吗?
Waixıngren daodı zhang shenmeyang? Qıguai ma?
So what do aliens really look like? Weird?
A: 比电影里的漂亮,眼睛没有那么大。个子和我差不多。
Bı dianyıng lı de piaoliang, yanjing meiyou name da. Gezihe wo chabuduo.
They were prettier than in the movies, and their eyes weren’tthat big. They were about as tall as me.
C: 他们说什么语言?你听得懂吗?
Tamen shuo shenme yuyan? Nı tıngdedong ma?
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Tamen yı ju hua ye mei shuo, wo ye bugan wen. Jın lefeidie, lımian de zhuangshı hen jiandan. Waixıngren rangwo zuoxia, hai rang wo heshuı. Jiezhe, tamen jiu yong ge-zhonggeyang de yıqı gei wo zuo jiancha.
They didn’t say a word, and I didn’t dare ask. We went intothe flying saucer, and the inside was decorated simply. Thealiens made me sit, then made me drink some water. Next,they used all kinds of instruments to inspect me.
B: 跟在医院里检查身体一样?
Gen zai yıyuan lı jiancha shentı yıyang?
Like a physical at the hospital?
A: 不是,他们用的仪器我们地球人都没有。他们对我的长相很感兴趣,一直摸我的脸。
Bu shı, tamen yong de yıqı women dıqiuren dou meiyou.Tamen duı wo de zhangxiang hen gan xıngqu, yızhı mo wode lian.
No, they used instruments that we Earthlings don’t have.They were really interested in my appearance, and kepttouching my face.
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Gao le bantian, nımen liang ge haishi bu xiangxın wo. Woba wo rensheng zhong zuı zhongyao de mımı gaosu nımen,nımen que zai xiao wo. Suan le, wo houmian hai you gengjıngcai de gushi ne, danshı nımen ye bie xiang tıng le.
After all this, you two still don’t believe me. I’ve told you themost important secret of my life, but you’re laughing at me.Forget it! I have even better stories too, but don’t even thinkabout getting to hear them.
C: 不听也知道。
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Nınhao, wo xıng Zhang. Shı baoxian gongsı de. Womengang tuıchu le yı kuan zhuan wei nuuxıng shejı de jiankangbaoxian. Jie xialai wo jiu wei nın jiangjie yıxia.
Hello, my last name is Zhang. I’m from an insurance com-pany. We’ve just come out with a new kind of health in-surance specially designed for women. I’d like to tell yousomething about it now.
Zhı xu liang fenzhong, jiu keyı wei nın de yısheng tıgongbaozhang. Nın tıng wo shuo, xiandai shehuı nuuxıng de yalıhen da, women de baoxian zhenghao keyı xiaochu nın dehouguzhıyou.
It only takes two minutes to offer you a lifetime guarantee.I’m telling you, society’s modern woman is under a lot ofstress. Our insurance can eliminate your fears about thefuture.
Shı a. Suoyı xianzai zheng shı nın wei yıhou zuo zhunbei dezuı hao shıjı. Zhe kuan baoxian baokuo le xuduo jiankangbaojian feiyong, you yıliao, yıwai shanghai, waike shoushudengdeng.......
Right. So now is the best time for you to prepare for thefuture. This insurance includes a lot of health care, medicaltreatment, accidents and emergencies, surgery, and more...
B: 对不起,我对这个不感兴趣。
Duıbuqı, wo duı zhege bu gan xıngqu.
I’m sorry, I’m not interested in this.
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Buhuı danwu nın tai jiu de. Zhe kuan baoxian manqı fan-huan, ye jiushı shuo hetong qıman yıhou, keyı huode feng-hou de manqı jın, rang nın de touru huode geng duo huıbao.
I won’t keep you long. This insurance returns money to youat the end of the term. In other words, at the completionof the contract you can receive substantial premium, givingyou even more return on your investment.
Chen xiaojie, nın kan, nın name jı zhe gua dianhua, shuo-mıng gongzuo mang, shenghuo yalı da. Yalı da le yıhourongyı chuxian jiankang wentı, er zhe kuan baoxian xiang-dangyu yong lıxı mai baozhang, chuxu he baozhang yıju-liangde. Jueduı shı lıng fengxian de touzı.
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Ms. Chen, look... you being in such a rush to hang up indi-cates your job is busy and that you’re under a lot of stressin your life. If you’re under a lot of stress you’re more likelyto have health problems, and this insurance is like using in-terest to buy a guarantee. Savings and insurance: two forthe price of one. It’s totally a zero-risk investment.
Ta jıhu baohan le suoyou zhongda jıbıng. Erqie budan geifuzhongda jıbıng baoxianjın, hai zengjia geifu nuuxıng zhong-da jıbıng tebie baoxianjın. Yı nian de baofei ye jiu sanqianduo kuai, hai you lıxı na, guanjian shı dedao le baozhang.Xianzai dajia dou shuo shengbuqı bıng, danshı zhıyao nıdongde lıcai, guanxın zıjı, gei zıjı mai yı fen baoxian, wentıbu jiu quan jiejue le ma? Nın kan, women shı bu shı yue geshıjian miantan?
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It covers nearly all serious illnesses. Furthermore, it notonly insures serious illnesses, but additionally insures seri-ous women’s illnesses. One year of insurance is only 3000RMB, plus you get the interest on it, but the key thing ishaving insurance. These days everyone says they can’t af-ford to get sick, but as long as you know something aboutfinancial management, take care of yourself, and buy your-self some insurance, then isn’t the problem totally solved?Look, why don’t we set a time to discuss it?
B: 我再想想吧。
Wo zai xiangxiang ba.
I’ll think about it.
A: 好的。另外母亲节快到了,我觉得您可以给妈妈也买一份。
Hao de. Lıngwai muqınjie kuai dao le, wo juede nın keyı geimama ye mai yı fen.
OK. Also, Mother’s Day is almost here, so I think you couldbuy some for your mother as well.
B: 这个我会考虑的。
Zhege wo huı kaoluu de.
I’ll consider that.
A: 谢谢您,陈小姐。有什么问题,尽管打我电话。我的号码是……喂?喂?
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Bie zuomeng le, Gonghedang kendıng neng xiao dao zuı-hou. Hen duo ren renwei Meiguo xianzai de kunjıng dou shıGonghedang zaocheng de. Ke yue dao zhezhong shıhoujiu yue xuyao qiangyıng de zongtong he zhengce.
Dream on. The Republicans will have the last laugh. A lotof people believe that America’s current predicament wascreated by the Republicans. But the more serious the crisis,the more you need a strong president and policy.
Qıshı wo duı Mınzhudang de houxuanren ye bu shı bai-fenzhıbai de manyı, dan zong bı Gonghedang de qiang.Tamen chengnuo gaige shebao tıxı, pıngdeng fenpei she-huı zıyuan, mianchu mouxie dagongsı de shuıshou youhuı.Zhexie zhengce dou neng rang renmın shouyı.
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Actually I’m not 100 percent satisfied with the Democraticcandidate, but they’re going to be better than the Repub-licans. They promise to reform social security, equallydistribute societal resources, and eliminate the tax breaksgiven certain large corporations. These policies can benefitthe people.
Yao wo shuo, zhe quan shı xie bu shıjı de xiangfa. Suıranwo ye bu renwei Gonghedang de houxuanren shıquanshı-mei, dan bı Mınzhudang de shıjı duole. Bıru shuo baohubentu qıye de lıyı, jiangdı maoyı nıcha. Zhe cai shı baohuguojia lıyı.
If you ask me, those are all unrealistic ideas. Although Iknow the Republican candidate isn’t totally perfect, he’s alot more practical. For example, protecting the interests ofdomestic enterprises, or reducing the trade imbalance. Nowthat’s protecting the nation’s interests.
Zhe zheng shı wo bu xıhuan Gonghedang de yuanyın, gen-ben bugu renmın de lıyı. Mıngmıng shı zıjı de zhengceshıbai, zaocheng guojia zhaiwu guo gao, ke tamen conglaibu chengren. Nı kan, yıliao baoxian dou kuai yao bengkuıle, qiongren genben kanbuqı bıng. Gonghedang bujın bubangzhu, fan’er haiyao kongzhı baoxian e. Mınzhudang jiuneng kandao wentı de genben, zhuzhang kuoda baoxian defanwei.
This is exactly the reason why I don’t like the GOP: it totallyignores the people’s interests. It’s clearly the government’spolicies that failed, creating such a high national deficit, butthey never admit it. Look, the health care system is on theverge of collapse, and the poor just can’t afford to see adoctor. The Republican Party not only doesn’t help, it evenwants to control insurance rates. The Democratic Party cansee the root of the problem, and advocates the expansionof insurance coverage.
B: 这是因为他们不是执政党。说起来容易,国家哪有这么多资源?
Zhe shı yınwei tamen bu shı zhızhengdang. Shuo qılairongyı, guojia nayou zheme duo zıyuan?
That’s because they’re not the incumbent party. It’s easy tosay, but where is the nation going to get all those resources?
A: 没有资源的原因是政府乱用钱。看看那么高的国防开支就知道了。
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Wo juede Gonghedang zhı huı guan putongren, duı you-quanyoushı de ren jiu tebie zhaogu. Er Mınzhudang dezhengce geng gongpıng, bıru tiaogao zuıdı gongzı, jiang-dı xuesheng daikuan lıluu.
I think the Republicans only restrict normal people, but theytake really good care of those with power and status. TheDemocrats’ policies, on the other hand, are fairer. For ex-ample, raising the minimum wage, or lowering the interestrates on student loans.
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Nı cuo le. Gonghedang de zhengce caineng chedı jiejuewentı. Yınwei tamen zhuzhong fuchı qıye, tuıdong jıngjı.Jıngjı hao le, jiuyeluu tıgao le, renmın zıran jiu youqian le.
You’re wrong. It’s only the policies of the Republican Partythat can truly solve problems. Because they especially sup-port business, they stimulate the economy. When the econ-omy improves, employment rates go up, and the people nat-urally have more money.
A: 可这些利益都被富人夺走了。搞得穷人更穷,富人更富。贫富差距越来越大。
Ke zhexie lıyı dou bei furen duozou le. Gao de qiongrengeng qiong, furen geng fu. Pınfu chaju yuelaiyueda.
Both those benefits are all snatched away by the wealthy.The poor get poorer, and the rich get richer. The gap be-tween the two gets wider and wider.
B: 那咱们就等着瞧吧。反正我是肯定支持共和党的。
Na zanmen jiu deng zhe qiao ba. Fanzheng wo shı kendıngzhıchı Gonghedang de.
Then let’s just wait and see. Anyway, I will definitely supportthe Republican Party.
A: 那我绝对会选民主党。现在也该换换了。
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Duanlian you bu shı zhıyou zai jianshenfang caineng zuo.Wo meitian xıtongxıng de zuo yangwoqızuo, fuwocheng,yıntıxiangshang lai suzao jırou, baochı tıxıng. Nı kan, xiao-guo zhende bucuo!
It’s not like the gym is the only place you can exercise. Ev-ery day I systematically do sit-ups, push-ups, and chin-upsin order to tone my muscles and stay in shape. Look, theeffects are not bad!
Oyo, gao le bantian jiushı zhexie zuı jıben de dongzuo. Zhesuan shenme duanlian ya? Jianshenfang lı de qıxie lian lı-liang he nailı xiaoguo you kuai you hao. Erqie hai neng kanmeinuu.
Oh, after all that it’s just these basic exercises. This countsas a workout? The exercise machines in the gym work onstrength and stamina and get fast, good results. Plus youcan check out the girls.
Nı zhege selang, jianshen dou bu wang paoniu. Nı bie xiao-kan zhe jı ge jiandan de dongzuo, tamen keshı neng duan-lian shenshang gege buwei. Zhengtı xiaoguo ke hao le. Er-qie lian chulai de jırou hen zıran. Bu xiang jianshenfang lianchulai de name jiangyıng. Kan shangqu sızhı fada, tounaojiandan.
You perv. Can’t even stop macking to work out. Don’t under-estimate these simple exercises. They exercise the differentparts of the body. The overall results are quite good. Plusthe muscle you build is very natural. It’s not like the inflexi-ble muscle that a gym will give you, four bulky limbs and asimple mind.
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Nı zhe shı dianxıng de suanputao xıntai. Nazhong jırou caiyouxıng. Zaishuo le, nı de duanlian fangfa jianxiao tai man.Yao zuo duoshao ge yangwoqızuo caineng lianchu liu kuaifujı a?
This is a classic ”sour grapes” attitude. That kind of muscleis sculpted. Besides, your exercise method takes too longto get results. How many sit-ups do you need to do to get asix-pack?
Keshı zhexie dongzuo de xiaoguo chıjiu ya. Erqie jiushıyınwei zuo qılai fangbian, meiyou changdı xianzhı. Suoyıbuguan zaijia, haishi chuchai, dou neng hen qıngsong dezuodao. Zhe shı zhenzheng ba duanlian biancheng sheng-huo de yıbufen. Bu xiang qu jianshenfang, jı mafan, youkuzao. Nanguai hao duo ren zuıhou dou fangqı le.
But the effects of these exercises are lasting. Also, be-cause they’re convenient, they’re not limited by location. Sowhether it’s at home or on a business trip, you can alwayseasily do them. It really is truly making exercise a part ofyour life. It’s not like going to the gym–a nuisance and dull.It’s no wonder so many people quit in the end.
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Zhege dıfang jiao Jızhou zhen shı yıdian dou meicuo. Na-me pianpı, huangliang. Wanquan meiyou shoudao xian-dai shehuı de yıngxiang. Xianzai women ye keyı tıhuı yıxiashaoshu mınzu de shenghuo le.
Jizhou is just the right name for this place. It’s so remoteand desolate. It’s completely unaffected by modern society.And now we can get a feel for ethnic minority life.
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Bie wang le, women haiyao tansuo kongluozu de shenmıwenhua ne. Tamen dao xianzai haishi zıjızızu, bu he waijiejiechu.
Don’t forget we also have to explore the Kongluo people’smysterious culture. Even now they’re still self-sufficient, anddon’t have contact with the outside world.
C: 喂,你们是来旅游的吧?
Wei, nımen shı lai luuyou de ba?
Hey, are you guys here traveling?
A: 对,你也是吗?
Duı, nı ye shı ma?
Yes, are you too?
C: 我叫佳燕。我自己有个旅店。
Wo jiao Jiayan. Wo zıjı you ge luudian.
My name is Jiayan. I have my own hostel.
A: 哎呀,太好了!我是赵露。你好!
Aiya, tai hao le! Wo shı Zhao Lu. Nıhao!
Oh, that’s great! I’m Zhao Lu. Hi!
B: 我叫方健明。
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Dao le. Nımen lushang kendıng lei le, gankuai qu shuı yı-huır ba. Zhe shı fangjian yaoshi. Duı le, qianwan bie xızao,hen shang yuanqı de. Wanfan yao wo song guolai ma?
We’re there. You must be tired from the trip. Go get somesleep. This is the room key. By the way, be sure not to takea shower. It will weaken your vitality. Do you want me tosend dinner up?
B: 不用麻烦你了。我们自己起来吃。
Buyong mafan nı le. Women zıjı qılai chı.
No need to go to the trouble. We’ll get up on our own andcome eat.
A: 那我们去房间了。佳燕,谢谢你啦!
Na women qu fangjian le. Jiayan, xiexie nı la!
So we’ll go to our room now. Jiayan, thanks!
B: 哎,刚刚是什么声音啊?是笛子吗?
Ai, ganggang shı shenme shengyın a? Shı dızi ma?
Ah? What was that noise? A flute?
C: 啊?没有啊?可能是你累了,有点迷糊。
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My name is Xu Wentao. I too came here traveling with mygirlfriend three years ago, and she vanished from this world.I come back every year to look for her.
A: 佳燕,你在搞什么鬼?怎么会不记得健明呢?我不相信。我现在就出去找他!健明!健明!
Jiayan, nı zai gao shenme guı? Zenme huı bu jıde Jian-mıng ne? Wo bu xiangxın. Wo xianzai jiu chuqu zhao ta!Jianmıng! Jianmıng!
Jiayan, what are you trying to pull? How could you not re-member Jianming? I don’t believe it. I’m going out to lookfor him right now. Jianming! Jianming!
D: 别叫了,没用的。
Bie jiao le, meiyong de.
Stop yelling. It’s no use.
C: 你是不是太累了?你是自己一个人来的。
Nı shı bu shı tai lei le? Nı shı zıjı yı ge ren lai de.
Are you too tired? You came here all alone.
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人间天堂 renjian tiantang heaven on earth
喜马拉雅山
Xımalayashan Himalayas
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Jiushı yınwei ta tai hao le, wo cai danxın ne. Ta zuı xıhuanqıng women chıchı hehe. Ke ta tai neng he le! Jianzhı shıqianbeibuzuı. Erqie ta yıdıng yao yuangong pei ta he, meicıdou buzuıbuguı.
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It’s because he’s too good that I’m worried. He loves takingus out for dinner and drinks. But he’s such a good drinker!He simply does not get drunk, even after like a thousanddrinks. Plus he insists on the employees drinking with him.We never go home sober.
B: 太好了!我做梦都希望有这样的老板!可以免费喝酒。
Tai hao le! Wo zuomeng dou xıwang you zheyang de lao-ban! Keyı mianfei hejiu.
Awesome! That’s the boss of my dreams! I can drink forfree.
A: 啊?真看不出来,你是个女中豪杰。那我们这次有救了!
A? Zhen kan bu chulai, nı shı ge nuuzhonghaojie. Na womenzhecı youjiu le!
Huh? Just looking at you, I’d never guess you were a su-perwoman. So this time we’re saved!
B: 放心吧!这次喝酒的任务就交给我!哎,我们老板喜欢喝什么酒?
Fangxın ba! Zhecı hejiu de renwu jiu jiaogei wo! Ai, womenlaoban xıhuan he shenme jiu?
Relax! Just leave the drinking duties to me. Hey, what alco-hol does the boss like to drink?
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Nı zhen neng he ma? Women gongsı na jıge haocheng jiu-liang hao de, dou bei ta he dao le. Qunian qınggongyan,ta gen dajia pınjiu. Jieguo mei yı ge ren jıde zıjı shı zenmehuıjia de.
Can you really drink? There are a few in the company thatclaim to be good drinkers, but they were all no match. Lastyear at a company dinner he had a drink-off with everybody.In the end not a single person remembered how they gothome.
B: 他一个人喝倒了你们一桌人?
Ta yı ge ren he dao le nımen yı zhuo ren?
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Duı a, yıchuan wo ma de. Yıqian wo ye bu zhıdao zıjı nenghejiu. Youyıcı tongxue jucan, wo he le jı pıng pıjiu yıdian shıdou mei. Houlai you he le xie baijiu, ye mei shenme ganjue.
Yeah, I get it from my mom. Before, I didn’t even know Icould drink. One time some classmates got together and Idrank several bottles of beer with no problem. Then I dranksome white rice wine, and didn’t feel a thing.
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Ai, Jiayan zhe ge ren shuobuqıng. Wo nuupengyou shızongyıhou, wo meinian dou huı lai zher zhao ta. Meicı dou zhu-zai Jiayan de luuguan lı. Ta butai shuo zıjı de shıqing. Wozhı zhıdao ta bu shı bendı ren.
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Ah, Jiayan is a hard one to figure out. After my girlfrienddisappeared, I come here every year to look for her. Everytime I stay in Jiayan’s hostel. She doesn’t talk about herselfmuch. I just know she’s not a local.
Wo buguan ta shı shenme ren. Wo zhı zhıdao ta kendınghe Jianmıng de shızong you guanxi. Ruguo bu shı, ta wei-shenme shuo mei jian guo Jianmıng? Nandao ta you shıyı-zheng?
I don’t care where she’s from. I just know she must havesomething to do with Jianming’s disappearance. If not, whywould she say she’s never seen Jianming? Does she haveamnesia?
Na shı yınwei ta de shenjıng you wentı. Wo renshi ta sannian le, faxian ta de naozi bu qıngchu. Keneng yıqian shouguo cıjı. Buguo, you keneng ta shı zhuang de. Zai Jızhou,shenme dongxi dou xuan. Mei shenme shı kexın de.
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It’s because she has a problem with her nerves. I’ve knownher for three years, and I’ve found her mind isn’t so clear.Maybe she’s experienced a shock. But it is possible thatshe’s faking it. In Jizhou, everything is obscure. Nothing isbelievable.
B: 天啊,我真的很后悔来这儿。不行,我要去报警,让警察来找健明!
Tian a, wo zhende hen houhuı lai zher. Buxıng, wo yao qubaojıng, rang jıngcha lai zhao Jianmıng!
God, I really regret coming here. This is no good, I have tocall the police, and make them find Jianming!
Nı bie sha le, zhege dıfang renyanxıshao. Jıngcha cai buhuıguan ne. Wo zhıqian ye bao guo jıng, keshı zher quan shıKongluozu, jıngcha genben mei banfa zai zher gongzuo.
Don’t be dumb. There are barely a few souls here. Thepolice don’t pay it any attention. I once made a report, buteveryone here is is of the Kongluo minority, so the policehave no way to work here.
B: 那怎么办?我就眼睁睁看着健明失踪?
Na zenme ban? Wo jiu yanzhengzheng kan zhe Jianmıngshızong?
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Dangshı shı ta yı ge ren lai de. Houlai ta gei wo xiexın, shuotıngdao le hen mei hen mei de dısheng. Xianzai nı yı shuo,wo ye juede zhe jian shıqing you wentı.
She came here alone. Later she wrote me a letter sayingshe had heard beautiful flute music. Now that you bring itup, I think there’s something weird about it.
Qiuqiu nı, Wentao ge, women yıqı zhao ren ba! Nı zıjı yeshuo le, zhelı meiyou renhe kexın de dongxi. Zhıyou kaowomen zıjı le. Suoyı women lia bıxu lianhe qılai!
I’m begging you, Wentao, let’s look for them together! Youeven said yourself that nothing here is believable. We canonly depend on each other. So the two of us have got toband together!
A: 好吧,也许我们能解开寂州的秘密。
Hao ba, yexu women neng jiekai Jızhou de mımı.
All right. Maybe we can unravel Jizhou’s secrets.
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Zhe shı juedıngxıng de yıbu, yınwei ta jiang gaibian yıqie.
This is a decisive step, because it will change everything.
当你这样做时,我会大声地告诉你:“你是生命中的强者!”
Dang nı zheyang zuo shı, wo huı dasheng de gaosu nı : ”nı shı shengmıng zhong de qiangzhe! ”
When you do this, I will tell you loudly, ”you are a winner inlife!”
当你遇到瓶颈,觉得每上一步都非常艰难时,你要记住,虽然外界的挑战非常严酷,但你的灵魂更加坚强!
Dang nı yudao pıngjıng, juede mei shang yıbu dou feichangjiannan shı, nı yao jızhu, suıran waijie de tiaozhan feichangyanku, dan nı de lınghun gengjia jianqiang!
When you are faced with obstacles and feel the next stepis extremely difficult, you have to remember: although theworld is brutal, your spirit is even tougher!
没有比脚更长的路,也没有比人更高的山。
Meiyou bı jiao geng chang de lu, ye meiyou bı ren geng gaode shan.
There’s no road too long to walk, no mountain a man can’tconquer.
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Wo kan de chulai, nı de wenbı hen liuchang, hen xını. Dan-shı nı xie de tai zıwotaozuı, youdian paotı le. Suıran shuoxie wenzhang yao you gexıng, danshı duzhe de xuyao shızuı zhongyao de. Nı xie luuyou wenzhang yıdıng yao tıgongshıyong de xınxı.
I can tell, your writing style is very fluid, very exquisite. Butyou write a bit too narcissistically, and go off topic some.Although you need character when you write, the needs ofthe reader are most important. When writing a travel article,you have to offer useful information.
Buyong. Danshı jutı de neirong he yongcı, yao xiugai henduo. Nı ba tai duo de bımo yong zai geren qınggan shangle. Zheyangyılai, wenzhang jiu quefa keguan jıben de xınxı.
No. But specific content and word choice will need a lot ofrevision. You used too much ink on personal emotion. Likethis, the article lacks objectivity in the basic information.
A: 这点我也注意到了。但我总是平衡不好这两方面的关系。
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Buyao fen bılı. Ershı yao jızhu nı de mudı shı jieshao zhegedıfang, tuchu zhege dıfang de luuyou jiazhı. Wulun nı congshenme jiaodu qu xie, dou yao yı zhege wei chufadian.
Don’t put it into a ratio. You have to remember that your goalis to introduce this place, and to emphasize this place’s tourvalue. No matter what angle you write from, you need tomake that your starting point.
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Haiyou, yongcı buyao tai fansuo. Nı zhecı jiu yong le taiduo de xiushı. Qıshı shuo de dou shı tongyang de neirong,meiyou duo da yıyı. Hen duo duanluo dou yao yasuo yıxia.
Also, don’t let your wording get too detailed. This time youused too many modifiers. It’s actually all saying the samething, so it doesn’t mean much. Many of the paragraphsneed to be condensed some.
A: 不过,主编,我可不可以保留一些自己的风格?
Buguo, zhubian, wo ke bu keyı baoliu yıxie zıjı de fengge?
Dangran keyı. Dan wo shuo de naxie yao zhuyı. Neirongfangmian, buneng tai danyı, yao fengfu yıxie. Lıngwai, wen-zhang zhong you gebie dıfang du qılai butai tongshun. Buzhıdao nı zhuyıdao le meiyou? Wo gei nı quan chulai le. Nıhuıqu hou gai yıxia.
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Of course. But you need to pay attention to the things I said.In content, you can’t be too singularly focused. You have toflesh it out more. Also, there are a few places in the articlethat don’t read too smoothly. I’m not sure if you noticed. Icircled them for you. Go back and fix them.
A: 嗯,我马上修改。听您一说,我就清楚多了。
Ng, wo mashang xiugai. Tıng nın yı shuo, wo jiu qıngchuduo le.
OK, I’ll revise them right away. After listening to you for abit, I’m a lot clearer now.
B: 以后写的时候也要注意啊。
Yıhou xie de shıhou ye yao zhuyı a.
You have to pay attention to this in your future writing too.
A: 好的。谢谢主编。我改好后给您送来。
Hao de. Xiexie zhubian. Wo gai hao hou gei nın song lai.
OK. Thank you, sir. After I revise it I’ll send it to you.
Key Vocabulary
主编 zhubian editor
情感 qınggan emotion
顺手 shunshou smoothly
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Bie zheyang shuo. Women shı tongbıngxianglian. Shuo shıbang nı, qıshı shı zai bang wo zıjı. Zao dian zhaodao Jian-mıng wo ye keyı zao dian jiandao wo nuupengyou. Bu shuole, wo xian qu le.
Don’t say that. We’re both in the same boat. You say I’mhelping you, but actually I’m helping myself. The soonerwe find Jianming, the sooner I can also see my girlfriend.Enough talk, I’m going to get going.
B: 好。
Hao.
OK.
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He didn’t recognize me. His appearance hadn’t changedany, but his expression was totally different. Like his wholeperson was numb. Tell me how this could be? How?
A: 你先别急,有可能不是他。他是从哪儿经过的?
Nı xian bie jı, you keneng bu shı ta. Ta shı cong nar jıngguode?
Don’t get too excited; maybe it wasn’t him. Where did hepass through?
B: 就在前面的山上。
Jiu zai qianmian de shan shang.
That mountain just up ahead.
A: 啊?这么远,怎么可能看清楚呢?而且他骑着马,更加看不清了。
A? Zheme yuan, zenme keneng kan qıngchu ne? Erqie taqı zhe ma, gengjia kan bu qıng le.
Huh? That far away, how could you possibly see clearly?Plus if he’s riding a horse, it’s even less clear.
B: 你为什么不相信我?我看到健明了!就是他!真的就是他!
Nı weishenme bu xiangxın wo? Wo kandao Jianmıng le!Jiushı ta! Zhende jiushı ta!
Why don’t you believe me? I saw Jianming! It was him! Itwas really him!
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Upper-Intermediate - Buying a Custom-Built Com-puter (D0682)
A: 小姐,买电脑吗?组装机还是品牌机?
Xiaojie, mai diannao ma? Zuzhuang jı haishi pınpai jı?
Miss, would you like to buy a computer? Brand name orcustom-built?
B: 组装机。
Zuzhuang jı.
Custom-built.
A: 我们做组装机很有经验的。你进来看看吧。可以根据你的要求来配。你有什么要求?
Women zuo zuzhuang jı hen you jıngyan de. Nı jınlai kan-kan ba. Keyı genju nı de yaoqiu lai pei. Nı you shenmeyaoqiu?
We have a lot of experience building computers. Come inand take a look. We can match the parts according to yourrequirements. What requirements do you have?
B: 我自己用。要配置好一点的。
Wo zıjı yong. Yao peizhı hao yıdian de.
I’ll use it for myself. I want high-end components.
A: 配置是根据实际需要决定的。比如,你平时玩游戏吗?还是做专业设计工作?
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You can relax about that. Why would I use it for you if itweren’t fast? We’ll use an Intel motherboard as well. Thisway compatibility is higher, in the system is quite stable.
B: 这些都是原厂生产的吧?
Zhexie dou shı yuanchang shengchan de ba?
Are these all produced at the original factory?
A: 我只卖原厂的。内存配1G的,用独立显卡。就配个512兆显存的。玩游戏的时候,视觉效果非常棒。
Wo zhı mai yuanchang de. Neicun pei yı G de, yong dulıxianka. Jiu pei ge wubai yıshı er zhao xiancun de. Wanyouxı de shıhou, shıjue xiaoguo feichang bang.
I only sell the manufacturer’s original products. I’ll give youone gig of memory, and an independent video card. I’ll giveyou 512 megs of video memory. When you play games, thevisual effects will be great.
B: 那声卡,网卡呢?
Na shengka, wangka ne?
How about the sound card and network card?
A: 用主板自带的就行,不用另外配。那个效果还是不错的,没必要多花钱,你说是吧?
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Hao, wo xianzai gei nı suan suan. Lai, wo yı yang yı yangjia gei nı kan. Yıgong wuqian ba, pianyi ba? Wo zai gei nıda ge zhe. Wuqian wu, zenmeyang?
OK, let me calculate it for you now. Here, I’ll add up eachitem in front of you. Altogether it’s 5800. Cheap, right? I’llgive you another discount. How does 5500 sound?
B: 还是太贵了。我别家也问过。五千二你卖不卖?
Haishi tai guı le. Wo biejia ye wen guo. Wuqian er nı maibu mai?
It’s still too expensive. I’ve asked other shops. Will you sellit for 5200?
A: 这个价肯定不行。我给你的都是顶级的配置。
Zhege jia kendıng buxıng. Wo gei nı de dou shı dıngjı depeizhı.
I really can’t do that. I gave you all top-quality components.
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Shızong? Zenme keneng? Yexu ta chuqu zou zou, kan kanfengjıng. Nı bie dajıngxiaoguai de, hen duo lai Jızhou deren dou shı zheyang.
Disappeared? How is that possible? Maybe he went out fora walk, to have a look at the scenery. Don’t make a big dealout of it... a lot of people that come to Jizhou do that.
A: 不是。他真的失踪了。
Bu shı. Ta zhende shızong le.
No. He really disappeared.
C: 你别担心。健明不是第一次来寂州,他对这儿很了解。不会有事的。
Nı bie danxın. Jianmıng bu shı dı yı cı lai Jızhou, ta duı zherhen liaojie. Buhuı youshı de.
Don’t you worry. It’s not Jianming’s first time in Jizhou. Heknows this place. He’ll be fine.
A: 他以前来过?你认识他?
Ta yıqian lai guo? Nı renshi ta?
He’s come here before? You know him?
C: 当然不认识。你听错了。
Dangran bu renshi. Nı tıngcuo le.
Of course I don’t know him. You misheard me.
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you zhıneng zai tushuguan lı kanshu de, ye you waijie de.fen jıben waijie he keyı jie bıjiao duo shu de. kan nı xuyaoshenme.
There is a card that enables you to only check out booksto read while in the library, and one that lets you check outbooks to take home. Then that is divided into cards basedon how long and how many books you can borrow. Whichone would you like?
A: 我要功能多的。怎么收费?
wo yao gongneng duo de. zenme shoufei?
I want the one with the most features. What is the fee?
B: 50块一年,还需要交1000块押金。
wushı kuai yı nian, hai xuyao jiao yıqian kuai yajın.
chaoguo qıxian shı yao fakuan de. suoyı nı yao jıde jıshıguıhuan. lıngwai, ruguo shu yıshı dehua, nı yao an tushuyuanjia de wu bei jınxıng peichang. shu sunhuai ye shı yaopeichang de.
There is a fine when you exceed the return date. So youmust remember to return them in a timely fashion. In addi-tion, if you lose a book, you must pay five times the originalprice as compensation. Damaged books also require a fee.
A: 好。我知道了。谢谢你啊。
hao. wo zhıdao le. xiexie nı a.
OK, I got it. Thank you.
B: 不用谢,应该的。下次你把护照带来就可以办卡了。
buyongxie, yınggai de. xiacı nı ba huzhao dailai jiu keyı banka le.
Don’t mention it. Next time bring your passport to get yourcard.
jiandan de keyı. erqie tamen dou hen chunpu, yınggai yuan-yı bangzhu women. (dianhua xiang)wei2, ng, wo zhıdao le.wo mashang jiu qu. Zhao Lu, wo you Jianmıng de xiaoxi le.kuai, women xianzai jiu qu zhao ta.
If you keep it simple they can. Plus they are honest people,they should be willing to help us. (Telephone rings) Hello?Oh, I see. I’ll be right there. Zhao Lu, I have news aboutJianming. Come on, let’s go look for him right now.
B: 是电话里的人说的?他是谁?他怎么知道健明?
shı dianhua lı de ren shuo de? ta shı shei? ta zenme zhıdaoJianmıng?
Was that what the person said on the phone? Who is he?How does he know Jianming?
xıng le, kuai shangche. nı zhuajın wo, wo huı qı de hen kuai.zenme pianpian zhege shıhou fangyang. (laba sheng)wei4,rangkai! kuai rangkai! bu yaomıng la!
All right, get on the bike. Hold on tight, I’m going to drivereally fast. How come just at a time like this they are herdingsheep? (Horn blast) Hey, make way! Make way! You wantto die or something?
B: 还有多远?
hai you duo yuan?
How much farther?
A: 马上到了。哎,总算走了。坐好!到了,应该就是这儿。
mashang dao le. ai, zongsuan zou le. zuohao! dao le,yınggai jiushı zher.
zhe shı wo de jıngcha zheng, nı zıjı kan. ganggang dadian-hua de shı wo de tour, nı xianzai jiu keyı dadianhua wen ta.women zhexienian yızhı zai cha, Fang Jianmıng zheng shızhege anzi de zhongyao xianyıren.
This is my police badge, take a look for yourself. The personwho just called is my captain. You can call him right now andask. We have been investigating over the last few years,and Fang Jianming is the prime suspect in the case.
A: 你肯定搞错了。健明以前从来没有来过寂州。怎么会和杀人案有关?
nı kendıng gaocuo le. Jianmıng yıqian conglai meiyou laiguo Jızhou. zenme huı he sharen an youguan?
zhe yeshı women xiang zhıdao de. women diaocha le tasan nian, faxian ta yıqian lai guo zher. hai zhu guo yıduanshıjian. zongzhı, Zhao Lu, ren hen fuza. nı bu keneng liaojieyı ge ren de quanbu.
That’s what we would like to know, too. We have investi-gated him for three years, and have discovered that he hasbeen here before. He even lived here for a period of time.Anyhow, Zhao Lu, people are very complicated. You cannotpossibly completely understand everything about a person.
A: 够了!从我认识你的第一天起你就开始骗我,你让我怎么相信你?
gou le! cong wo renshi nı de yı tian qı nı jiu kaishı pian wo,nı rang wo zenme xiangxın nı?
Enough! From the first day I met you you have been deceiv-ing me. How can I trust you?
B: 我没有必要骗你。我知道这很难接受,但是事实就是这样。
wo meiyou bıyao pian nı. wo zhıdao zhe hen nan jieshou,danshı shıshı jiushı zheyang.
I have no reason to deceive you. I know this is very difficultto accept, but these are the facts.
A: 够了!够了!我不要听!你一直都在利用我。你真卑鄙!我再也不想见到你了!你别再来找我!
gou le! gou le! wo buyao tıng! nı yızhı dou zai lıyong wo.nı zhen beibı! wo zai ye bu xiang jiandao nı le! nı bie zai laizhao wo!
Enough! Enough! I don’t want to hear it! You have just beenusing me. You are really despicable. I don’t ever want to seeyou again! Don’t ever come looking for me again!
chengke men, feijı xianzai yudao le qıliu, dianbo de hen lı-hai. qıng mashang jı hao anquandai. shou qı xiaozhuoban,tiaozhı zuoyı kaobei. zhan zhe de chengke qıng mashanghuı zuowei. jıshang xıshoujian zantıng shıyong.
Passengers, the aircraft is encountering some severe turbu-lence at the moment. Please fasten your seat belts imme-diately. Stow your tray tables, and return your seats to theupright position. Standing passengers please return to yourseats at once. Lavatories will be temporarily unavailable.
B: 你赶快系好安全带。天啊,怎么颠得这么厉害。我看有点不正常。
nı gankuai jı hao anquandai. tian a, zenme dian de zhemelıhai. wo kan youdian bu zhengchang.
Hurry up and put your seat belt on. Oh my goodness. Whyis it jolting this much? I don’t think this is normal.
C: 你别乱说。又不是第一次遇到气流,这是很正常的事情。
nı bie luanshuo. you bu shı dı yı cı yudao qıliu, zhe shı henzhengchang de shıqing.
Stop with the nonsense. This is not the first time you’ll comeacross turbulence. This is a very normal occurrence.
zhengchang? nı kan, dian de xiang guoshanche yıyang,zenme huı zhengchang? zhen daomei, wo gang chı guofan jiu yudao qıliu, wo youdian xiang tu.
Normal? Look, that drop was like a rollercoaster. How isthat normal? What luck. I just ate and now we have turbu-lence. I feel like I’m going to throw up.
C: 谁叫你吃那么多?
shei jiao nı chı name duo?
Who told you to eat so much?
B: 我上飞机前眼皮直跳,有种不祥的预感。上个月刚有飞机失事,我们不会这么倒霉吧?
wo shang feijı qian yanpı zhıtiao, you zhong buxiang de yu-gan. shang ge yue gang you feijı shıshı, women buhuı zhe-me daomei ba?
Before I boarded the plan my eyelids were twitching, and Ihad a sort of ominous feeling. Just last month a plane hadan accident, there is no way we could be this unlucky, isthere?
nı kan, zenme bu dian le? zheme zhong yıxia! womenhaoburongyı qıngjia yıqı luuyou, juran huı pengdao zhezhongtianqı! ruguo zhen zheme sı le, zhen bu ganxın!
Look, how is that not falling? That was so intense! It wasso hard for us to get time off to travel, and then we end upwith this kind of weather. If I die this way, I will not be ableto accept it.
C: 行了,没你说得这么严重。
xıng le, mei nı shuo de zheme yanzhong.
OK, It is not as bad as you are making it out to be.
aya, wo lian yızhu dou mei liu, zhe ke zenme ban? cun-kuan, fangzi, chezi, gei shei? wo baba mama haoburongyıba wo yangda, ye mei xiang jıtian fu, jiuyao baifaren songheifaren le. tamen kendıng chengshou buliao.
Oh my! I did not even leave a will. What am I going to do?The bank account, the house, the car... Who gets it? Mymother and father had such a tough time raising me, andthey have only started to have a chance at living a happylife. They will end up seeing their child die before they do.They will definitely not be able to handle it.
C: 好了,你有完没完?一飞机的人都好好的,你瞎紧张什么?
hao le, nı youwanmeiwan? yı feijı de ren dou haohao de, nıxia jınzhang shenme?
OK, are you done yet? All the passengers are perfectly fine.Why are you so pointlessly worked up?
B: 好、好,我不说了。哎,如果我们死了,有一个好处:不用还房贷了。
hao, hao, wo bu shuo le. ai, ruguo women sı le, you yı gehaochu: buyong huan fangdai le.
Fine, fine, Ill stop talking. Hey, if we die, there is one advan-tage. We don’t have to pay back the house loan.
xianzai, wo xiang dajia jieshao yıxia xiaofei xıngwei de diao-cha jieguo. qıng kan touyıng de tubiao. zhe zhang quxiantu zhanshı de shı jınnian chengshı jumın xiaofei xıngwei dequshı. dajia keyı kandao, tamen yıjıng cong beidong xiao-fei zhujian zhuanbian dao zhudong xiaofei. ye jiushı shuo,tamen duıyu chanpın gengjia liaojie. kan zhe gen quxian,yızhı shı shangyang de qushı, erqie fudu ye bıjiao da. ChenLei, nı hen lei ma?
Now I will present to everyone the results of the consumerbehavior survey. Please look at the chart on the overheadprojector. This diagram depicts the consumer behavioraltrends of the city’s residents for this year. Everyone will no-tice, there has been a gradual shift from passive to activeconsumption. In other words, they have a deeper under-standing of the product. Look at this curved line, it showsa continuous rising trend, and the range is comparativelylarge. Chen Lei, are you tired?
jızhong jıngshen. dajia zai kankan dı er zhang fenxı tu, shıjutı de xiaofei renqun fenlei. zai zhe zhang bıngtu lı, womenkandao baifenzhı sanshı de beifangzhe rezhong yu goumaiyou pınpai de shangpın.
Focus your mind. Everyone look again at the second anal-ysis chart. It is the specific consumer groups classification.From this pie chart we see that 30% & of respondents werefond of purchasing brand name goods.
C: 经理,有没有年龄、性别、职业的区分?
jınglı, youmeiyou nianlıng, xıngbie, zhıye de qufen?
Director, is there any distinction between age, gender andprofession?
A: 后面会有的。陈雷,打起精神来!你们要根据图表写报告。
houmian huı you de. Chen Lei, daqı jıngshen lai! nımenyao genju tubiao xie baogao.
Later there will be. Chen Lei, wake up! You are going tohave to write a report on the chart.
women jıxu. shei neng gaosu wo, zhe zhang zhuxıngtubiaoxian de qushı?
Let’s continue. Who can tell me what trend this bar graph isshowing?
C: 消费者对于耐用消费品的需求快速上升。结合前面看到的多种因素,预计以后几年涨幅还会继续。
xiaofeizhe duıyu naiyong xiaofeipın de xuqiu kuaisu shang-sheng. jiehe qianmian kandao de duozhong yınsu, yujı yı-hou jınian zhangfu hai huı jıxu.
Consumer demand of durable consumer goods is rapidlyrising. Combined with this preceding element, we can es-timate that after a few years the rate of increase will stillcontinue.
A: 嗯,报告里要详细分析这点。
ng, baogao lı yao xiangxı fenxı zhedian.
Uh-huh. The report needs to analyze this point in detail.
dajia qıng kan tushang lie he hang suo daibiao de shuju,fenbie shı nianfen he xiaofeizhe de naiyong xiaofeipın zhı-chu, keyı kandao jınnian de zhıchu shı jın wu nian zuı duode, erqie tongbı zengzhang ye shı zuı kuai de. shei de dian-hua? Chen Lei!
Everyone, please notice the data represented by thecolumns and rows, it distinguishes time and consumers’durable goods expenditures, so we notice this year’s expen-ditures are the most in almost five years, and compared withthe previous year it has the largest annual growth rate ever.Whose phone is that? Chen Lei!
Jianmıng lai guo Jızhou? ta sha guo ren? zenme kenengne? keshı weishenme Jiayan he Xu Wentao dou shuo ta laiguo. wo daodı gai xiangxın shei?
Jianming has been to Jizhou? He killed someone? Howcould it be possible? But why did Jia Yan and Xu Wentaoboth say he had been here before? Who am I supposed tobelieve?
B: 阿姨。你怎么哭了?
ayı. nı zenme ku le?
Auntie, why are you crying?
A: 小朋友,是你啊。阿姨很害怕。
xiaopengyou, shı nı a. ayı hen haipa.
Little friend, it’s you. Auntie is very scared.
B: 阿姨,你别怕。健明叔叔很安全,你放心。他是我们的好朋友,我们会保护他的。
ayı, nı bie pa. Jianmıng shushu hen anquan, nı fangxın. tashı women de haopengyou, women huı baohu ta de.
Auntie, don’t be afraid. Uncle Jianming is safe, don’t worry.He is our good friend, we will protect him.
xiaopengyou, nı dai ayı qu kan Jianmıng shushu, hao ma?xiaopengyou, nı bie pao! (guo le yıhuır) Jiayan, Jianmıngyıqian lai guo zhelı. nı nashıhou jiu renshi ta, duı bu duı?
Little friend, bring auntie to see Uncle Jianming, OK? Littlefriend, don’t go! (Time passes) Jia Yan, Jianming has beenhere before. You knew him from then, didn’t you?
C: 你说什么?我不明白。
nı shuo shenme? wo bu mıngbai.
What did you say? I don’t understand.
A: 你少装糊涂。我已经知道真相了。
nı shao zhuang hutu. wo yıjıng zhıdao zhenxiang le.
Stop playing dumb. I already know the real story.
C: 什么真相?我在寂州住了这么多年都好好的。可你一来,就发生了这么多怪事。都是你搞出来的。
shenme zhenxiang? wo zai Jızhou zhu le zheme duo niandou haohao de. ke nı yı lai, jiu fasheng le zheme duo guai-shı. dou shı nı gao chulai de.
What real story? I’ve lived a good life in Jizhou all theseyears. But as soon as you arrived, all these strange thingsstarted to happen. It’s all because of you.
Jiayan weishenme fanyıng zheme qianglie? ta kendıng hezhe jian shı you guanxı. (guo le yıhuır. Zhao lu toutou quJiayan de fangjian. fan dongxi de shengyın) zhaopian. Jia-yan, Jianmıng, zhege ren...... sı le? Jianmıng zhende laiguo Jızhou. tamen renshi. nandao ta zhende sha guo ren?
Why did Jia Yan respond so violently? She must havesomething to do with this. (Time passes. Zhao Lu sneaksinto Jia Yan’s room. Sounds of things being overturned.) Aphotograph. Jia Yan, Jianming, this person.... died? Jian-ming really was in Jizhou before. They know each other.Could it really be possible that he killed someone?
jiushı, pıngshı zıjı mei yı tian zhunshı dao. zhe liang tianhenbude tian bu liang jiu lai. zhen huı yanxı!
Exactly. Ordinarily he himself never arrives on time. Thepast couple days he’s itching to get here before the sun iseven up. He really knows how to put on a show.
A: 两面派。听说他还经常打小报告呢。连公司里谁谈恋爱他都要向老板汇报。真是小人。
liangmianpai. tıngshuo ta hai jıngchang daxiaobaogao ne.lian gongsı lı shei tan lian ai ta dou yao xiang laoban huıbao.zhenshı xiaoren.
Two-faced. I’ve heard that he also often rats on his col-leagues. He even goes and reports to the boss about whoin the company is dating. He’s really a scoundrel.
B: 他只会搞这一套。别的什么本事也没有。都是靠这个一路爬上去的。
ta zhı huı gao zhe yıtao. biede shenme benshı ye meiyou.dou shı kao zhege yılu pa shangqu de.
He’s just a big phony. He doesn’t have any other kind ofability. He relies on that to get ahead.
A: 还有剥削我们。一个星期不叫我们加班就浑身不舒服。而且连晚饭、交通都不补贴。
haiyou boxue women. yı ge xıngqı bu jiao women jiaban jiuhunshen bu shufu. erqie lian wanfan, jiaotong dou bu butie.
And he exploits us. If he doesn’t make us work overtimein a week he just doesn’t feel right. Plus he doesn’t evensubsidize our transportation and dinner expenses.
B: 晚饭现在有补贴了。五块钱。真是笑掉大牙!五块,叫我们喝西北风啊?
wanfan xianzai you butie le. wu kuaiqian. zhenshı xiaodiao-daya! wukuai, jiao women he xıbeifeng a?
Dinner expenses are subsidized now. Five RMB. It makesme laugh my head off. Five RMB, we’d die from hunger.
jiushı, ta zenme zuo de chulai? nı kan gongsı yuangong nayı ge bu hen ta? laoban zhenshı xiayan le, jiao zhezhongren zuo jınglı. ta you shenme guanlı caineng?
Exactly. How can he do that? You tell me which employeedoesn’t hate him? The boss is really blind, to get this kindof person to be our manager. What kind of managementabilities does he have?
B: 啊哟,老板最喜欢他这种人。叫员工卖命、帮公司省钱。完全就是一个太监!
ayo, laoban zuı xıhuan ta zhezhong ren. jiao yuangong mai-mıng, bang gongsı shengqian. wanquan jiushı yı ge taijian!
wo gaosu nı ta duo kewu. na tian gen wo shuo, “Xiao Liu,nı zuıjın jiaban hen mang, zhao nı kaihuı dou mei shıjian.nı zhoumo dao gongsı lai, women kai ge huı.” wo dangshıjianzhı xiang ba ta de tou niu xialai.
I’m telling you, he is really abominable. The other day hesaid to me ”Xiao Liu, lately you’ve been really busy workingovertime, there’s no time to have a meeting with you. Comeinto the office on the weekend, and we’ll have a meeting.”When he said that I wanted to simply twist his head off.
shıde. nage nan de shı Jiayan de zhangfu. tamen dou te-bie xıhuan zhelı, duı women de wenhua ye hen ganxıngqu.suoyı women jiu jıngchang qıng tamen zuoke, chıfan, gentamen shuo women kongluo zu de gushi.
Yes. That man was Jiayan’s husband. They all loved it here,and were very interested in our culture. So we often invitedthem over, had dinner, told them the stories of the Kongluopeople.
A: 然后呢?
ranhou ne?
And then?
B: 我们觉得他们人不错,因此对他们没有一点戒心。把空落石的秘密也告诉他们了。
women juede tamen ren bucuo, yıncı duı tamen meiyouyı-dian jiexın. ba kongluoshı de mımı ye gaosu tamen le.
We felt they were really good people, so we weren’t wary ofthem at all. We even told them the secrets of the Kongluostone.
duı. kongluo shı shı kuai hen zhenguı de baoshı. ta jue-de keyı mai da qian. youyıtian, ta lai tou shıtou, bei Jian-mıng faxian le. Jianmıng weile baohu women de wenhuahe mımı, jiu he ta da le qılai. Jiayan de zhangfu xiangqianxiangfeng le, ta bachu yı ba dao. xiang yao shası Jianmıng.
Yes. The Kongluo stone is a very valuable gemstone. Hethought he could sell it for a lot of money. One day, hecame to steal the stone, and was discovered by Jianming.In order to protect our culture and secrets, Jianming startedto fight him. Jiayan’s husband wanted the money so badly,he pulled out a knife. He was going to kill Jianming.
Jianmıng meiyou xuanze. ta shı weile zıwofangwei, cai cuo-shou shası JiaYan zhangfu de. deng women gandao de shı-hou, ta yıjıng sı le. JiaYan xiahun le guoqu. women jiu jiaoJianmıng gankuai pao.
Jianming had no choice. He killed Jiayan’s husband unin-tentionally, only in self-defense. By the time we all rushedthere, he was already dead. Jiayan was so afraid shefainted. We told Jianming to run away as fast as he could.
A: 原来他是为了帮你们。谢谢你们告诉我。我就知道健明不是坏人。
yuanlai ta shı weile bang nımen. xiexie nımen gaosu wo.wo jiu zhıdao Jianmıng bu shı huairen.
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A: 气死我了!
qı sı wo le!
I’m so stinking mad!
B: 不是去吃饭吗?怎么那么快就回来了?
bushı qu chıfan ma? zenme name kuai jiu huılai le?
Didn’t you just go out to eat? How come your back soquickly?
A: 别提了。还吃什么,气都气饱了。那个破饭店,服务太差劲了。我这辈子再也不会去了!你也千万别去。
bie tı le. hai chı shenme, qı dou qı bao le. nage po fan-dian, fuwu tai chajın le. wo zhe beizi zaiyebuhuı qu le! nı yeqianwan biequ.
Don’t ask. What could I eat, I was so mad I lost my appetite.That lousy restaurant, the service is so terrible. I’ll never gothere again in my life. Don’t ever go there.
exın de haizai houtou ne. wo dou kanjian ta da le, nı shuowo hai chı de xiaqu ma? suoyı jiu jiao ta huan yıpan. mei-xiangdao ta bu renzhang! shuo genben mei da.
The gross part is still to come. I totally saw her do it, do youthink I could eat that? So I told her to bring me a new one.I never imagined that she wouldn’t admit it. She completelydenied sneezing into it.
B: 怎么睁着眼睛说瞎话啊?那你怎么说?
zenme zheng zhe yanjing shuo xiahua a? na nı zenmeshuo?
How could she look into your eyes and say such nonsense.So, what did you say?
jiaole. ta tongyı gei wo chongxın zuo yı fen. jieguo na jınquyıfenzhong jiu chulai le. nı shuo keneng zheme kuai ma?kendıng haishı nafen.
I called him. He agreed to have another one made for me.So he took it back, and one minute later come back out.You tell me, is it possible to be done that quickly? It wasdefinitely the same dish.
jiushı a. wo dangran buneng jiu zheyang suanle. suoyı wojiu gen tamen chao le qılai, jieguo tamen hai shı bu cheng-ren, shuo cai shı xın zuo de. houlai wo zai cai lı faxian le yıgen toufa, nage fuwuyuan juran yong shou ba ta na chulai,ranhou gen wo shuo keyı chı le.
Yes, exactly. Of course I couldn’t just leave it at that. So thenI started arguing with them, and they still wouldn’t admit it–were still saying that the dish was freshly made. After that,I found a hair in the food, and if you can believe this, thatwaitress used her hand to pull it out, and then said I couldeat it.
tian a, tai guofen le. zenme shıjieshang huı you zheme bujiangdaolı de ren?
Oh my goodness, that is too much! How could there besuch unreasonable people in the world?
A: 是啊!不行,我越说越气!我一定要去投诉他们!下午不上班了,现在就去!
shı a! buxıng, wo yue shuo yue qı! wo yıdıng yao qu tousutamen! xiawu bu shangban le, xianzai jiu qu!
Exactly! This is no good. The more I talk the angrier I get.I definitely am going to make a complaint. I’m not going towork this afternoon, I’m going to go there right now.
wo dangxın you shenme yong? wo zou de haohao de, meiluanchuan malu, ye mei zou zai jıdongchedao shang. shei-zhıdao huı pengshang zhezhong maoshıguı? name kuande malu bu kai, pian yao kaidao wo zoulu de dıfang. zhen-shı shenjıngbıng!
What use is it to be careful? I walk very carefully. I wasn’tjaywalking, and I wasn’t walking in the vehicle lane. Whowould have known I could have come across someone soreckless. So much of the road was wide open, yet he hadto drive where I was walking. What a lunatic.
ai, xianzai zheyang qıche de ren duo zhe ne. yıdian anquanyıshi yemeiyou. zhezhong ren, zong youyıtian yao chuang-huo.
Hmm. Right now there are a lot of those kinds of drivers.They are not even a little bit safety conscious. It’s just amatter of time before these kinds of people will have an ac-cident.
A: 我看就该让他们出点事,否则他们永远不会把这当回事儿。
wo kan jiu gai rang tamen chu dianr shı, fouze tamen yong-yuan buhuı ba zhe dang huı shır.
I think you have to let them get into an accident, otherwisethey will never see the importance of it.
nızıjı ye dei xiaoxın dianr. wo kan nı youshıhou tıng cu-xındayı de. zoulu de shıhou bu shı tıng yınyue, jiushı dadianhua. conglaibu haohao kan lu, zheyang ke buxıng a.
You also need to be a little more careful. I think you’re alittle oblivious sometimes. When you’re walking around ifyou are not listening to music, you are on the phone. Youare never watching the road–you can’t do that.
pei, pei, pei, wo cai buhuı bei zhuang ne. zai shuo le, jiao-tong fa tongqıng ruozhe, fasheng chehuo, kendıng shı kai-cheren de cuo, tamen yao fu zhuyao zeren. yıban buhuızhuıjiu xıngren de zeren.
Woah, woah, woah. I won’t get hit. Furthermore, the trafficlaws sympathize with the pedestrian. If an accident hap-pens, it’s definitely the driver’s fault. They would have tocarry the full responsibility. Generally it’s not blamed on thepedestrian.
shei shuo de? zeren jiedıng yeshı yao jiangdaolı de. sheiyou cuo jiu dei zhuıjiu shei de zeren. fouze zhe shehuı bushı yao luantao le?
Says who? Where accountability is placed also has to bereasonable. Whomever is in the wrong has to shoulder theirblame. Otherwise wouldn’t our society just be a mess?
A: 这个社会就是被那些乱开车的人搞乱的。
zhe ge shehuı jiushı bei naxie luan kaiche de ren gao luande.
This society is in a mess because of these kind of drivers.
B: 哎,好了。人没事就好。下次当心点!
ai, hao le. ren meishı jiu hao. xiacı dangxın dianr!
Oh, all right. Well you are all right so that’s what matters.Next time be more careful!
A: 我已经够当心了。你这话应该跟骑车的人说。
wo yıjıng gou dangxın le. nı zhe hua yınggai gen qıche deren shuo.
I am already careful enough. You should be giving yourspeech to that driver.
keyı, danshı yao kao jın yıdian. lai, dajia wang zhongjiankao kao. buxıng, hai yao zai kao jın yıdian.
Yes, but you have to crowd a little closer in. Come on, ev-erybody squeeze in for a little while. Still no good, everyoneneeds to squeeze a little closer.
C: 这样不行。要不,我们分两排站吧。
zheyang buxıng. yaobu, women fen liang pai zhan ba.
I still can’t get it like this. Or, how about we make two rows.
hao zhuyi. lai, gao de ren zhan houmian. qianmian de renshaowei dun xiaqu yıdian. duı, zheyang mei ge ren de liandou hen qıngchu. ai, ganma name yansu? dajia xiao yixiao, xiao yi xiao.
Good idea. OK, the tall people stand in the back. The peo-ple in the front can squat a little. Right, this way we cansee everyone’s faces. Hey, what’s with everyone being soserious? Smile a little, everyone. Smile!
We’re so tired from squatting. Hurry up and take the picture!
A: 马上好。哎,你们几个别老做胜利的手势,每次都是这个动作。傻死了!自然一点。脸往里面侧一点。
mashang hao. ai, nımen jıge bie lao zuo shenglı de shou-shı, meicı dou shı zhege dongzuo. sha sı le! zıran yıdian.lian wang lımian ce yıdian.
Almost ready. Hey you few, stop making the peace sign withyour fingers, everyone’s always doing that. It’s so idiotic. Actnatural. Turn your faces to the middle a little.
C: 你怎么要求这么高,跟个专业摄影师一样。
nı zenme yaoqiu zheme gao, gen ge zhuanye sheyıngshıyıyang.
You’re so demanding–you’re acting like a professional pho-tographer.
A: 我这不是为了把你们拍得漂亮点吗?好了,我数三,大家一起说“茄子”。一、二、三。
wo zhe bu shı weile ba nımen pai de piaoliang dian ma?hao le, wo shu san, dajia yıqı shuo “qiezi”. yı, er, san.
Yes but it’s all to make you look more beautiful in the photo,right? All right, I’ll count to three and everyone say ”egg-plant.” One, two, three.
o, bu shı tai da, mei wentı de. wo hai xiang wen wen, waidıde nımen song ma?
Oh, it’s not too big, it won’t be a problem. I also want to ask,do you also deliver packages to other locations?
B: 当然送。周边地区第二天就能到。
dangran song. zhoubian dıqu dı er tian jiu neng dao.
Of course we do. Surrounding areas can be delivered thefollowing day.
A: 那么快?你们几点上班、几点下班呢?
name kuai? nımen jı dian shangban, jı dian xiaban ne?
That quickly? What time do you open and close for busi-ness?
B: 取件是七点上班、七点下班。送件一直要到晚上很晚。总之,答应你当天送到的,无论多晚都会送到。
qu jian shı qı dian shangban, qı dian xiaban. song jian yızhıyao dao wanshang hen wan. zongzhı, daying nı dangtiansong dao de, wulun duo wan douhuı song dao.
Pick ups start at 7:00am and end at 7:00pm. The deliveriesare made until very late in the evening. Basically, the daythat we agree to deliver it, no matter how late it is, it will bedelivered that day.
o, zhe wo jiu fangxın le. na, nımen pai ren lai na yıxia dongxiba. mafan jınliang kuai dian. wo hen jı.
Oh OK, then I will put my mind to rest about that. So, pleasesend someone to pick up the item then. Please have themdo their best to come quickly. I’m in a rush.
nı juede zhao ge nı ai de ren zhongyao haishi ai nı de renzhongyao?
Do you think finding someone to love or having someonelove you is more important?
B: 当然是爱你的咯。爱一个人多辛苦啊!
dangran shı ai nı de lo. ai yı ge ren duo xınku a!
Of course it is having someone love you. Loving someoneelse is too hard!
A: 你真自私。你不爱他,这叫爱情吗?
nı zhen zısı. nı bu ai ta, zhe jiao aiqıng ma?
You are too self centered. If you don’t love them, you callthat love?
B: 爱情本来就是自私的。再说,也不是不爱,而是多少的问题。爱情通常是付出越多,回报越少。
aiqıng benlai jiushı zısı de. zaishuo, ye bu shı bu ai, er-shı duoshao de wentı. aiqıng tongchang shı fuchu yue duo,huıbao yue shao.
Of course love is selfish. Moreover, I’m not saying youshouldn’t love, it’s a matter of how much you love. Lovetypically means that the more you put in, the less you getout.
danshı dang nı yudao le zhen ai, fuchu ye shı yı zhong xıng-fu. wo de mei yı duan ganqıng dou shı quanxınquanyı dequ ai. suıran shou guo shanghai, dan zhıyao ai guo, doushı zhenguı de jınglı.
But when you come across true love, putting effort into itbrings a kind of happiness. I wholeheartedly put all myemotions into love. Although I’ve been hurt before, havingexperienced love is a very precious thing.
B: 但是我觉得你越爱这个人,这个人就越不珍惜你。
danshı wo juede nı yue ai zhege ren, zhege ren jiu yue buzhenxı nı.
But I feel that the more you love somebody, the more theytake you for granted.
nayou name jueduı? wo xiangxın zhıyao nı zhenxın de ai yıge ren, ta ye huı ai nı de. buguo youshıhou wo juede qıng-ren yao zhao zıjı ai de, jiehun jiuyao zhao ai zıjı de. zheyangcai huı andıng he xıngfu.
How can you make such a blanket statement? I believe thatprovided you truly love someone, they also will love you.However I think sometimes that lovers look for someonethey love, but when people get married they look for some-one that loves them. This is the only way to be content andhappy.
B: 瞧你,还不是和我一样。可见还是被爱好。
qiao nı, hai bu shı he wo yıyang. kejian hai shı bei ai hao.
Look at you, you are just the same as me. You see, it’sbetter to be loved.
A: 但是一定要先真正爱一回,爱情是世界上最美妙的感觉。你难道没有爱过人?
danshı yıdıng yao xian zhenzheng ai yı huı, aiqıng shı shı-jie shang zuı meimiao de ganjue. nı nandao meiyou ai guoren?
But certainly first find true love once. Love is the most beau-tiful feeling in the world. Is it really possible that you havenever been in love before?
dangran ai guo lo. suoyı wo cai tıhuı dao ai yı ge ren detongku. nı zongshı huı xiang duıfang shı bu shı ye yıyang ainı, xiang nı. zongzhı, tebie shouzuı!
Of course i have been in love. So I understand the painof loving someone. You are always wondering whether theother person loves you, desires you, as much. In short,loves bites!
nı huı zheyang bıjiao, jiu bu shı zhenai. zhenai shı wusı de,buhuı qu jıjiao shei fuchu duo, shei fuchu shao. xiangshouai de ganjue cai shı zuı zhongyao de.
If you make those kinds of comparisons, it’s not true love.True love is unselfish. It is not about who puts forth more orless. Enjoying the feeling of love is the most important.
ai, hao ba, zhecı suan le. xiacı yıdıng yao zhuyı a! nı bazhe zhang biaoge tian hao. dai huzhao fuyın jian le ma?
Oh, all right. I will let it go this time. Next time you need topay more attention. Take this form and fill it out. Did youbring a photocopy of your passport?
A: 复印件?我带了原件。
fuyın jian? wo dai le yuanjian.
A photocopy? I brought the real thing.
B: 除了原件,还要护照第一页和签证页的复印件。
chule yuanjian, haiyao huzhao dı yı ye he qianzhengye defuyın jian.
Along with the original, you also need to photocopy the firstpage in your passport along with a copy of your visa.
A: 这样啊。我没带。这里可以复印吗?
zheyang a. wo mei dai. zhelı keyı fuyın ma?
Oh so that’s how it is. I didn’t bring that. Can you copy ithere?
women paichusuo meiyou fuyınjı. nı keyı dao duımian dexiaodian fuyın, hen jın de.
Our local police station does not have a photocopier. Youcan go across the street to the small shop. It is close.
A: 要几份?
yao jı fen?
How many copies?
B: 一份就够了。
yı fen jiu gou le.
One copy is enough.
A: 如果我以后要搬家,还需要再来登记吗?
ruguo wo yıhou yao banjia hai xuyao zai lai dengjı ma?
If I move in the future, do I have to come back and register?
B: 要。还有回国以后再来中国也要来登记。下次要二十四小时之内来,否则要罚款的。
yao. haiyou huıguo yıhou zai lai Zhongguo ye yao lai dengjı.xiacı yao ershı sı xiaoshı zhınei lai, fouze yao fakuan de.
Yes. You also have to come back and register when youreturn to China after a trip home. Next time do it within 24hours, otherwise there will be a fine.
laoshı, shı Qınshıhuang. ta zhengfu le Zhanguo houqı deliu guo, jianlı le Zhongguo dı yı ge tongyı de fengjian wang-chao.
Teacher, it was Qin Shihuang. He conquered the six king-doms at the end of the Warring States period, establishingthe first unified feudal dynasty in China.
A: 嗯,徐小婷说得非常好。
ng, Xu Xiaotıng shuo de feichang hao.
Mmm, Xu Xiaoting explained it very well.
B: 课代表就是不一样嘛。
ke daibiao jiushı bu yıyang ma.
The teacher’s pet isn’t like the rest of us.
A: 统一六国以后,秦始皇还做了什么?陈磊。
tongyı liu guo yıhou, Qınshıhuang hai zuo le shenme?Chen Lei.
After uniting the six kingdoms, what did Qin Shihuang donext? Chen Lei?