CM 0190 S
OPTIONAL MODULES:
• Restaurant
• Hotel
• Post Office and Telephone
• Car
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PREFACE
Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach originated in an interagency conference held at the Foreign Service Institute in August 1973 to address the need generally felt in the U.S. Government language training community for improving and updating Chinese materials to reflect current usage in Beijing and Taipei.
The conference resolved to develop materials which were flexible enough in form and content to meet the requirements of a vide range of government agencies and academic institutions.
A Project Board vas established consisting of representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency Language Learning Center, the Defense Language Institute, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute, the Cryptologic School of the National Security Agency, and the U.S. Office of Education, later Joined by the Canadian Forces Foreign Language School. The representatives have included Arthur T. McNeill, John Hopkins9 John Boag» and Hugh Clayton (CIA); Colonel John F, Elder III, Joseph C. Hutchinson, Ivy Gibian» Major Bernard Muller-Thym, and Colonel Roland W. Flemming (DLl); James R. Frith and John B. Ratliff III (FSI); Kazuo Shitama (NSA); Richard T. Thomson and Julia Petrov (OE)\ and Lieutenant Colonel George Kosoriz (CFFLS).
The Project Board set up the Chinese Core Curriculum Project in 197^ in space provided at the Foreign Service Institute. Each of the six U.S. and Canadian government agencies provided funds and other assistance.
Gerard P. Kok was appointed project coordinator, and a planning council was formed consisting of Mr. Kok, Frances Li of the Defense LangUjage Institute, Patricia 0fConnor of the University of Texas, Earl M. Rickerson of the Language Learning Center, and James Wrenn of Brown University. In the fall of 1977> Lucille A. Barole vas appointed deputy project coordinator. , David W. Dellinger of the Language Learning Center and Charles R. Sheehan of ' the Foreign Service Institute also served on the planning council and contributed material to the project. The planning council drew up the original overall design for the materials and met regularly to review their develojanent.
Writers for the first half of the materials were John H. T. Harvey, Lucille A. Barale, and Roberta S. Barry, who worked in close cooperation with the planning council and with the Chinese staff of the Foreign Service Institute. Mr. Harvey developed the instructional formats of the conqprehen-sion and production self-study materials， and also designed the comnamica* tion-'based classroom activities and wrote the teacher1 s guides. Ms. Baxale and Ms. Barry wrote the tape scripts and the student text. From 1978 until the project1s completion, writers for the course were Ms. Barale and Thomas E. Madden. They revised the field-test editions of the first six core modules and acconxpanying optional modules, and produced the materials subsequent to Module 6.
All Chinese language material vas prepared or selected by Chuan Ouyang Chaoy Yunhui Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-Jung Chi, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, and Tsung-ml Li» assisted for part of the time by Leslie L. H. Chang, Chieh-fang Ou Lee» Ying-mlng Chen9 and Joseph Yu Hsu Wang. Anna Affholder, Mei-li Chen, and Henry Khuo helped in the preparation of a preliminary corpus of dialogues.
Administrative assistance was provided at various times by Joseph Abraham» Vincent Basciano, Lisa A. Bowden, Jill W. Ellis, Donna Fong, Judith J. Kieda, Renee T. C. Liang, Susan C. Pola, Peggy Ann Spitzer, and Kathleen Strype.
The production of tape recordings was directed "by Jose M. Ramirez of the Foreign Service Institute Recording Studio. The Chinese script vas voiced by Mr. Chang, Ms. Chao, Ms. Chen, Mr. Chen, Ms. Diao, Ms* Hu, Mr. Khuo» and Mr. Li. The English script vas read "by Ms. Barale, Ms, Barry, Mr. Basciano, Ms. Ellis, Mr. Madden» Ms. Pola, and Ms. Strype.
The graphics vere originally produced by John McClelland of the Foreign Service Institute Audio-Visual staff, under the general supervision of Joseph A. Sadote, unit chief.
Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach vas field-tested with the cooperation of Brown University, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center» the Foreign Service Institute, the CIA Language Learning Center, the United States Air Force Academy* the University of Illinois9 and the University of Virginia.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface.............................Hi
Hov to Study an Optional-Module.Tape ••••• ..... ••••• 1
Objectives for the Restaurant Module ••••••••••••••• 2
Unit 1:
Part I...........................................U
Part II................................8
Part III . . ...............................12
Unit Vocabulary List....................................l6
Unit 2:
Part I ..........18
Part II............................................23
Part III...................... • • 28
Unit Vocabulary List ••..«•••* ..................32
Unit 3：
Part I..................................................3k
Part II............................................k2
Part III....................................U7
Unit Vocabulary List................ • • U9
ttait U:
Part I........... • . .......................51
Part II...........................................58
Part III...............................62
Unit Vocabulary List • • ...............................65
Foods • ........... ......................67
Objectives for the Hotel Module.............. • • • 71
Unit 1:
Part I.....................................72
Part II..................................................75
Part III................................................77
Part IV..................................................79
Unit Vocabulary List.....................8l
Unit 2:
Part I....................................83
Part II..................................................87
Part III................................................9i
Part IV ..............................................95
Unit Vocabulary List •«»參♦•鲁♦♦參參參》鲁《參 97 Things in a Hotel Room ••••••••••••••••• 99
Objectives for the Post Office and Telephone Module..............101
Unit Is
Part I.........................................102
Part II.........................................10k
Part III................................................107
Part IV................................................no
Unit Vocabulary List....................................113
Unit 2:
Part I..................................................115
Part II................................................117
Part III................................................119
Part IV................................................121
Unit Vocabulary List....................................123
Objectives for the Car Module....................................125
Unit 1:
Part I..................................126
Part II................................................130
Part III................................................135
Unit Vocabulary List ......... ••••••••• 138
Unit 2:
Part I..................................................1U0
Part II................................................1U3
Part III..........................................il*7
Unit Vocabulary List....................................151
Parte of a Car..........................................153
Hov to Study an Optional-Module Tape
The format of the optional modules is quite different from the format of the core modules 9 although both focus on vhat you need to know to deal vith particular practical situations.
Each tape of an optional module is roughly equivalent to the five different tapes of a core-module unit, in the sense, at least， that it is intended as a self-contained presentation of a set of vords and structures • Actually, however, an optional-module tape is closer to a combination of the C-l and P-l tapes of a core-module unit with almost all explanations left in the notes• Moreover, an optional-module tape introduces considerably more vocabulary than a core-module unit.
Each tape is divided into several parts. Each part introduces words and sentences, some of them for comprehension only, next reviews all production items, and then reviews conqprehension in extended dialogues•
You may have found that you could work through the C-l and P-l tapes of a core-module unit a single time each, perhaps going back over a few sections once or twice* You are almost sure to find, however, that you need to work through an optional-module tape more than once, perhaps frequently backing up and frequently stopping to read the Notes.
When a new word or sentence is introduced» there is a 'pause on the tape before you hear the Chinese. On your first time through the tape, you may use this pause to gīance at the word or sentence in the Reference List. On your next time through the tape, you may use it to try to say the Chinese» using the Chinese after the pause as a confirmation.
In the dialogues at the end of each part, there are very short pauses "between sentences. These should be Just long enough for you to stop and start the tape without missing anything. Stop the tape whenever you want to think over the previous sentence or try to translate it*
Objectives
General
The purpose of the Car Module is to provide you with the linguistic skills you need to use and take care of your car in everyday situations as veil as emergencies.
Before starting the Car Module, you should have 終t Ifeaist completed the Transport at ion Module.
• •
Specific
When you have finished this module, you should be able to:
1. Buy gasoline using the metric system to indicate quantity and ration coupons if necessary. Understand if the attendant offers you high-test or regular gas.
2. Tell an attendant that there isnft enough air in the tires. Ask for air to be put in the tires.
3- Tell an attendant the car windows need cleaning.
h. Explain to a garage attendant where your car has developed problems lately: brakes, headlights, automatic transmission, gear shift, fan belt, exhaust pipe, and so on*
5- Ask for a regular maintenance check up for the car.
6. Tell someone you have a flat tire and whether or not you have a spare tire and tools.
T. Tell someone that you got a traffic ticket and why.
8. State whether or not you have your driverfs license and car
registration with you-
9. Ask in a collision situation if someone is injured.
10. Understand someone describe in simple terms the damage to their car resulting from an accident -
11. Ask a garage repairman to fix a car which has been in an accident. Find out hov long it will take-to fix it. Ask for an estimate on cost repairs。
Car Module, Unit 1
PART 工
1. You tu gou le. Qxng ni jiā There1 s not enough gas.
~dīan you. Please add some.
2. Jiā wǔshi gōngshēng ba. Add fifty liters.
j '
3. Zhěi shi sānzhāng ěrshi Here are three tventy liter
gōngshēngde qiyou piao. gasoline coupons.
Ik Luntāide qi bu zd. le. Qǐng ni The air in the tires isn't
~^"ylxia qi, hao T>u hao? enough, please put some air
— in, all right?
5. Qichede b51i you diar zang. The vindovs are a little
dirty.
6, Wo xiǎng cāyicā, Nlmen you I think 1*11 wipe it a bit.
shuǐ ma? Do you have some water?
ba ahē Miguoqus wo l&i yoia* oar over and I'll
gei ni da. give you some air.
8. Nl ybo jiā shenme y6u: aāo.H What kind of gas do you want
qlyou haishi putono qlyōu^ to add: high grade gas or
regular^
9. Bdbl jiā man, slshi gōngshěng No need to fill it up, forty
jiil gdu le. liters will be enough.
NOTES ON PART I:
oiyou piāo: Gasoline Coupons1. In the PRC, many commodities, such as cloth, food items, watches, bicycles, must "be "bought with money and ration coupons.
zti： fto be enough, to be sufficient. f Lllntaide oi bu. zu le. is translated here as *The air in the tires isn^ enough.1 A more literal translation might be fThe air in the tires isnft enough anymore.f The negative tu used with a marker l£ for new situation ' expresses a negative condition that has recently come about.
b5li: This word literally means •glass1, but is used here to refer to the windows of the car..
man: This is the adjectival verb fto be full1.
Wo xiǎng cāyica*: fI think 1*11 wipe it a bit• 1 In the PRC gas stations sell gas only. Any minor servicing t'nat may be needed, such as cleaning windows and getting air for tires, may be don( by the driver himself. Any major servicing must be done at a repair garage. „
Peking:
A: You bu gou le, qing ni jiā There1 s not enough gas,
dian you. please add some.
B: Nz yao jiā duSshao? How much do you want to add?
A: Jiā wǔshi gōngshēng ba. Add fifty liters,
B: Hao. Okay.
A: Zhei shi sānzhāng ershi Here are three twenty,liter gōngshēngde qiyou piao. gasoline coupons.
B: Wo gěi ni xiěxialai le, 工fll write it down for you,
liushi gongshengde y6u a sixty liter gas coupon,
piao, yongle wǔshi gong- you used fifty liters; there*s
shēng, hai you shi gong- 、 still ten liters, shēng.
A: Luntaide qt bu zv le. Qjng ni The air in the tires isnft
da yixia qi, hao bu hao? enough，please put some air
in, all right? •
B: Hao. DaqitSng zai něi*biar. Okay. The air is over there.
Ni "ba chē kaiguoqu, wo lai Drive your car over and 1，11
gěi ni da. give you some air.
A: Xiěxie ni. Qīchēde *bcli ySu Thank you. The glass on the
diar zāng. Wo xiǎng cāyica, car is a little dirty. I
nǐmen you shuǐ ma? think Ifll wipe it a bit.
Do you have some water?
B: NeLr you shul, qing nY zijl The water is there. Please get
na "ba. it yourself.
Taipei:
A: Qǐng ni gei wo jiā dian you. f Please add some gas for me.
B: Ni yao jiā shenme y5u： gāojf What kind of gas do you want to
qiyou haishi pǔtong qiy6u? add: high grade gas or
regular?
A: Pǔtongde, Bubi jiā man, sishi Regular. No need to fill it
gōngshēng jiu gou ie. up, forty liters will "be
enough.
B: Yao bu yao kānkan jīyou D6 you want me to see if there’s
gou bu gou? enough oil?
A: Dui. Jiyou yě bū gou le, Thatfs right. There1s not enough
Qing ni jiā dlǎn ba. oil either. Please add some.
B: Jīyou jiāhao le. The oil is added.
A: Aol Chezide boli tai zǎng le. Oh! The windows are really
Qing ni bang wo cayicā, hao dirt”. ^7®ase help me vipe
bu hao? it.
B: Hao. Wo lāi gěi ni cā« Okay. Ifll wipe it for you.
A: Xiěxie ni, duos hao qian? Thank you. How much is it?
B: Qiyou vǔbai kuai qian, Jīyou The gas is 铒500，the oil is
jiǔshi kuai , yigong vǔbai $90. Altogether it *s $590• jiushi kuai qian.
A: Zhěi shi liūbǎi kuai qian, Herefs $600，keep the change, bū yong zhǎo le.
B: D-uo xie, duo xie, zai Jiaii, Thank you, thank you. Good bye.
notes after dialogue in PART I:
Jiyou jiāhao le.:fThē oil is added., In the phrase jiāhao le, the vord hao used as the final element of a compound verb of result. It indicates that the action of the verb has been brought to a successful conclusion. This is discussed in Transportation, Unit 了.
PART II
1. Wode che you diar m£o~bing le There1 s something vrong
with my car.
2. ChangchānR xīhuǒ, zhin mafan. It often stalls. It1 s a
real nuisance•
3- Shāchē "bu tāi ling. The "brakes are not too good.
U. Qiantou you yige ding bu liang In the front one of the lights
le. doesnft light up anymore.
5- Vode qiche yxjīng kāile sānqiān My car has already "been driven gōngli le; děi ~bǎoyǎng le. 3000 miles, I have to have
a maintenance check-up.
6. WS qtng wSmen jtshu gongven Ifll ask our comrade mechanic
tōngzht h&ohāode gSi ni to check it well for you. jiSnchd.
了. ntde che you māobing^ If there rs something wrong
w6men gSi ni xiūli. with yoia* cars we 丨 11 fix
it for you.
8, JiSndānde lingjibn w3men you. Simple parts we have. If
I^igiio women meiyouj kiyi we donft have them，we
ding. can order them.
NOTES ON PART II
maobing: This word is translated here as 1 something wrong1.
Other translations might be: fdefectf, 1 flaw1, 1trouble1, or 1problem1•
Tade diluishi chū maobing le. His television developed
a problem.
A second meaning for mooting is ^medical,problem1, 1 illness*.
Wo shenme maobing yě měiyou. There is nothing wrong with
me •
A third meaning is f"bad habitf, fodd habit1.
Ta maobing hen da. He is very fpickyf (odd).
ling: This is the adjectival verb *to be sharp, keen*. It can "be used to describe people that are intelligent. It cah also be used to describe machinery that works well.
Lao Vangde erzi hen ling. Lao Wangfs son is sharp.
Zhěige jīqi hěi ling bu ling? Does .this machjine still
vork well?
liāng: fTo be bright1. A more literal translation of You yige dēng bu liang le* might "be 1 There is one lamp that does not light up anymore.f
baoyang: ?To maintain1. This verb can "be used to talk about taking care of a person1 s body, as veil as maintaining machinery.
Ni yiding děi "baoyang ziji. You have to take care of
yourself.
Tā gang shēngle haizi, dāifu After she had just given birth
gāosu ta haohaorde baoyǎng. to a child, the doctor told
her to take good care of herself.
ling.1ian: 1 spare partsf or simply fparts1. Huan lingjian is *to exchange (something) for a spare part1.
Peking:
A: Wode che you diar maobing le. Therefs something vrong vith
Qing nimen jianchā jiāncha. ray car. Would you please
check it,
B: You shenme maobing? What's the trouble?
A: Changchang xlhuo, zhěn mafan. It often stalls. It fs a real
nuisance.
B: Changchang xlhuo. It often stalls.
A: Hai you， shāche bu tai ling. Also, the brakes are not too
ōu5 qiantou you yige deng good. Oh, in the front one
bu liang le. of the lights doesnft light
up anymore.
B: Nide chē kāile duoshao How many kilometers have you
gōngli le? driven your car?
A: Wo kankan. Ou, yǐjing kāile Let me see. Oh, it already
liSngwān vǔqiān yit&iduō been driven more tnan 25,100
gongll le. kilometers•
B: Hao, wo q.ing women jishu Okay、工，11 ask our comrade
gongren tongzhi haohaode mechanic to check it /thoroughly
gěi ...ni jiancha, y5u maobingde for you. If something is
difang gěi ni xiūhSo. wrong, he111 fix it.
A: Rfiguo xuyao hu&n llngjian lf Jou need a spare .part
nimen you *ba? you have it I sjappose?
B: Kan shi shenme lingjian, youde That depends on vhat spaxe. part is
vomen yǒu,^yǒude kěyi^xiǎng needed,.some we have, some we can
banfa- Jianchale yihou zai figure out a way. Let's talk
shuō "ba. about it after it *s been
checked. '
A: Wode chi shenme stahou kěyi When will ray car "be ready? xiūhao?
B: Rliguo měiyou da maobing, dagai If there are no big problems,
Taipei:
A: Wode qichē yījing kāile sanqiān 吻 car has already been driven
g5ngli le; dei "bǎoyāng le. 3000 miles, I have to have
a maintenance check up.
B: You měiyou shenme wěnti? Are there any problems?
A: Shāchē you diǎn "bū tāi ling. The brakes aren ft too good.
B: Hai you biěde věnti ma? Are there other problems?
A: You sbihou hai hui xīhuo, Sometimes it stalls, the right
youbian houmiande dēng rear light doesn't light
yě bu liang le. anymore either.
B: Hao. Women xian gěi ni jiancha, Okay, first we*11 check it for
Ruguo you maobing, gěi ni you. If there1 s something
xiūli. Ruguo měiyou maobing, : vrong, 1 we*11 fix it for you.
women gěi ni baoyǎng, baoyǎng. If nothing is vrong, we111
tune it up for you.
A: Lingjian, nimen you měiyou? Do you have spare_ pajo-.s?
B: Jiǎndānde lingjian women you. Sinrple^ spaxe parts we have• If
Ruguo women měiyou, kěyi we don’t have them, we can
ding. order them.
A: Hao. Jiu qīng nǐmen Jiancha ba. Good. Then Ifll ask you to
check, it.
B: Women zhělide jishu gōngren Our mechanics here are very good,
hen hao. Women yao tamen Wefll have them give you a
hǎohāode gěi ni jiancha, good check-up and tune-up. bǎoyǎng •
NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART II:
You shihou hai hui xihuS>; You’ve seen that the auxiliary
verb hui can mean 'know hov to，can，，as in Nǐ hui shu5 Yingven ir.a?.
Here you see a different meaning: . flikely to happen, possible to 1 * happen, liable to happen1 Here is-: another example•
Jintian hui xia yu ma? Is it likely to rain today?
PART III
1. You yige luntāi bāo le. A tire has blown out,
2. Beitǎi, gōng.lu dou you. There's both a spare tire and
tools.
3. Zāogāo! Yǐnalng fādong- Oh no! The engine vonft start
buailai le! up!
k. Women děi "ba che tuidao We111 have to push it over to
lutiiārshang qu. the side of the road.
5. uiliana tuōche lāi) ba Have a tow truck aome and tow
ahezi tuodao xiulihancf qu. it to the garage.
NOTES AFTER PART III:
bāo: ?To explode1, fto burst1. This is the verb to use when talking about a f"blov out1. Clf a tire has slowly gone flat, the verb to use'is biě, fto be flat, sunken, not full1. Luntāi biě le. D
fādongbuqilai: fnot be able to start up1. Fadong is the verb !to set in motion，， fto start,♦ '-Qīlāi is the verb fto rise up， used as the final element in a compound verb of result•
tuidao: Compound verbs vith -dao as the second syllable must "be followed by a location of some sort and often are also followed "by lai or qu,
Bǎ xlngli nādao loushang qu. Take the bags upstairs.
Ba chē kāidao lutiarshang qu. Drive the car to the side .
of the road.
Peking:
As Zěnme le? Qiche bu zǒu le. What happened? The car
von}t go anymore.
B: You yige Itintāi bao le. A tire has "blovn out.
A: Luntāi bao le, Cheshang you The tire，s flat. Are ther唸 a
měiyou běitāi gen gōngju? spare tire and tools ^r the
car?
B: Beitāi， gongju d5u you. There?s both a spare tire and
tools•
A: Nā hao. Nǐ *bǎ chē kāidao That1 s good. You drive the
lubiar qu, vomen lāi huan car over to the side of the
luntāi • road and we fll change the
tire.
Oil
B: Zāogāo! Yinqing fadong'- , no! The engine von,t start
buqǐlāi lei ap!
A: E! Yxnqing ye you went! le. Oh, no^ there1 s something
the engine.
B: Chē tlngzai da lǐishang bu xlng. , You canft stop the. car
Women děi bǎ chi tuidao lu- in the middle of the road,
biarshang qu. We’ll have to push it over to
the side of the road.
A: Tuidao lubiar yxhou, women qu After we push it to the side of the zhǎozhao zher fujin you měiyou the—road，we/ll go look and .see dianhua. Da dianhuā dāo tangōng- if there is a phone. Wefll shi qu, yao tāmen kāi chē lai call the office and have theiu bā wǒmende tuohuiiu. drive out and tov us back.
B: Hao. Jiu zhěnme ban. Women xian Okay. Let !s do it that way. lāi tuī che "ba. let’s first push the car.
Taipei:
A: Bu hao le. You yige luntai' This is no good. A tire has
tāo le. "blovn out.
B: Luntāi bao le? Na .zěnme ban? A tire has gone flat, then
Jiao yfliang tuochi 3 ěi , what do you do? Have a tow 1
bǎ che2i tuodao xiiālihang truck conre and tow it to
qu? the repair garage.
A: Bubi. Women cheshang you That *s not necessary. Our car
gongju, ye you "beitāi• has tools and a spare tire.
B: la zijǐ hiii huan ma? Can you change it yourself?
A: Wo ziji kěyi huan. I can change it iqyself•
B: Ni haishi xian kankan First look at the engine, can
yǐnq£ng, něng bu neng it start? fādong?
A: Kan! Yinqing fadongqilai le, Look. The car starts up. No
měi went!. problem.
B: Na hao. Ni ba chēzi kāidao That1 s good. You drive the car
lubianshang qu huan chētāi. to the side of the road to
■ the tire. i
A: Hao. W5 lai mānmānde bǎ che ' Okay. VH slovly drive the
kāi dao lubianshang q.u. car to the side of the road.
B: Tingzai zheli xing le. Women Parking it here vill *be okay,
xiaqu huan chetāi ba. ' Let get out and change
the tire.
Vocabulary
bao to explode
bāoyang to have a maintenance
checkup
beitāi spare tire
bu5li glass
cā to wipe
changchang often
da to hit
da qx to add air
dSqlt<5ng air pwrtp
dēng light lamp
ding to order
gaooV high grade
gongjii tool
g5ngshěng liter
fādong to start, to mobilize
jiSnahā to inspect^ to examine,
to check
jiUndān to be eimp le
Jtōhū gōngren mechanic
jtyōu machine oil
-liStng (aoicnter for vehicles)
liang to light up
iSng to be sharp, to be keen
lingjiStn parts
lūntāi tire
rruSn 七。fuZl
maobing trouble, flaw, defect
piao ticket, coupon *
piitōng regular
qi air
qlyou gasoline
shāche "brakes
tuī to push
亡 to iow
tuōdhe tew truck
xihuS to stall
xiūli to fixt to repair
sriūlihāng repair garage
yǐngqlng engine
ygu oil, gasoline, fuel
zāng to be dirty
to be enough, to be sufficient
Car Module• Unit 2
PART I
1. Yinwei wo chāo su le, wo nadaole Because I was speeding I
yige fgkuandān• got a ticket.
2. W5 dai .liashi zhlzhao le. I brought my driver’s license.
3. Yě dai dēnpi.lizhěng le. And I "brought the car regis
tration too.
U. Nlde ohezi yongde shi wai.Hao your oar has diplomatic
věntfu&n v&izhho. plates•
5. lit shi waiHǎoQuan ma? Are you a diplomat?
6. Ui chao su le3 ā&i fakuan. You went over the speed limit,
1,11 have to fine you.
7. Dānzi houtou you ehuomina. On the back of the ticket is
an explanation,
8. Ht dnzhho shuoming qii ban ba* You go take care of it according
to the explanation.
NOTES AFTER PART I:
chao su: fTo speed1y more literally, 'to exceed the posted speed1
nadao le: Here you see another compound verb with -dao> But the addition of -dSo does not add the meaning of fto (someplace), as in tuidao lubiarshang qu. fpush it to the side of the road1, but rather adds the meaning of *to obtain, get1.
Ni nadao nide huzhaLo le měiyou? Did you get your passport?
dai: rhis is the verb 'to carry with one, to talte or bring with one、 It is sometimes used with the verb lai when the meaning is 'bring with oneT.
Jintian wo wangle dai wode I forgot to bring my history
lishl shii, \ooY today.
Nī dai hāizi qule měiyou? Did you take the children with
you?
fākuǎn: This can be the verb fto issue a fine1 or the noun •a fine1. Fakuǎndan is literally. 1 fine-mǒney-ticket1.
danzi: Here dānzi is used to refer to the traffic ticket, a short way of saying fakuǎndān* In other situations, danzi often means flist of;things 1• Here are some 'examples. Notice that the phrase %to make a list1 is kāi yige danzi, literally Jopen a listf.
Měige Xīngqiliu vǒ chūqu mǎi Every Saturday before I go
dongzci yiqian dou kai yige out to buy things, I make
dānzi. a list.
Ni neng bu neng bǎ ni yao mǎide Can you make a list of the shū kāi yige dānzi, books you want to buy?
Taipei:
A: Ni chao su le, zhīdao ma? You went over the speed limit,
did you know?
B: tChōo atl? Shenme shi chao sū? fChao suf! is 'chao su? *
Wo bu dong. I donft understand.
A: Chāo su jiu shi kāi che kāide fChao su丨 is driving yǒur car tai kuai le. too fast.
B: Ou，wo lai Taibei "bu jiu, I haven"been in Taipei very
hSn duo shi bu zhīdao. long* There are a lot of things
Zhěn duibuqi. I don't know. Please excuse me.
A: Nide chēzi yongde shi vaijiao Your car has diplomatic 'plates•
renyuan pāizhāo, Nī shi Are you a diplomat? wāijiāoguān ma?
B: Shide. Wo shi vaijiaoguǎn. Yes, Pm a diplomat. .
A: Nī dai jiāshǐ zhizhao le Did you bring your driver1 s
měiyou? license?
B: Dai le. Zhěi shi Jiashī Yes, here’s the driverfs license. zh£zhao.
A： Chězi dēngjizhěng ne? And the car registration? Did
daile ma? yov. bring that too?
E: Yě dai le. Yes.
A: Nǐ chao su le, děi You vent over the speed limit,
fakuan. 1*11 have to fine you.
B: Wo nale fakuǎndan gāi After ī fve gotten the ticket
zenme yangV what do I do?
A: Danzi houtou you sbu5ming. On the "back of the ticket is
Ni anzhao shuSming qu an explanation. Take care
ban ba. of it according to the explanation,
B: Hǎo. Okay.
PART II
! 1. Aiy5u» zāogāo, women chiJUxg一: Ah, oh no, we've had a
chē le. collision.
2. Ni shoushāng le měiyou? Are you injured?
3. Chūle ghēhuo le, vomen děi After a car accident, we should
zhao -lǐngcha lai chul3!. find the police to come and
take care of it.
U. Women xiān kankan chēzi ba, Let1s look at the cars first,
chuangde lihai bu lxhai. and see if they're hit badly.
5. Du, ōhěmen ōhuhnahuhi le. 0h3 the car door is damaged.
6* BaoxiSngang wān le9 ahětou The bumper is bent and the
yě biě le. hood is dented.
了，讯de ōhězi Moxianle meiyoul j6 your car insured?
8- Chū sM y^hdus ohē měiyou After the accident，the 'car
dbngcruo ba7 didn't moves did it?
9. }fo qu GongSnjū dS yige didńhna Ifm going to oall the
qing tamen pāi Bureau of Public Safety
jtngohā l&i ytqī- ohūlt, and ask them to send the
Foreign Affairs Police to come and handle thia together with us.
NOTES AFTER PART II:
chuang: 'To bump', often pronounced zhuang• This verb often occurs with the resultative ending ^zhao’ *to meet, to touch, to come into contact with.*
Zhěr difang tai xiaCj dōngxi tai It's too close in here， too duo. Zou lūde shihou, *bu shi many things. When you valk,
chuangzhao zhuozi , jiu shi if you1 re not bumping into
chuangzhao ylzi . tables , then you're "bumping
into chairs.
cnulǐ: }To manage9 to handle an affair, to take care of something.1
Wo bu hui chuli zhěijian shi. I can't take care of this
matter.
Neijian shi ta ch{j.ide hen hǎo. Ke managed that affair
very well.
chū chēhuo: ,To have a car accident1 % or more literally fjo produce a car disaster* • This is more serious than the phrase chu shi.
Tā chū chēhuo ylh3u, hen jiu After he had the accident, it
Jtngcha cal lii. was a long time until the
police came.
lihai:te severe•丨to be fierce1, ?seriously1 Tā blngde hen lihai. He is seriously ill.
chu shi: fTo have an accident, to have something go wrong.1 This phrase is used to describe a serious, unpleasant hfppening,
Tā jiā chū shi le, vomen Something has happened in
qu kankan. his home, let's go see.
(e.g., a robbery, an arrest)
Taipei:
A: Aiyōu, zāogāo, women chuang Alya, vhat a mess. We ve had a
che le! Nǐ shoushāng le collision. Are you
měiyou? injured?
B: Hai hao, wo xiang vo měiyou Ifia okay. I don*t think I，m injured-
shoushāng. Ni ne? And you?
A: Wo iněiyou shi. 工，111
B: Chūle chēhuo le, women děi After a car accident, we should
zhao Jingcha l£i ch^li. find the police to come and
handle this.
A: Dui, vo shi wāiguo rěn. Yes, Ifm a foreigner. We
Women dagai yě děi zhǎo probably should also find
waishi jingcha lai. the Foreign Affairs Police.
... Women xi an kankan Let fs look it the cars first,
chēzi ba, chuangde lihai and see if they?re hit
bu iīhai. badly.
B: Ou, cheměn chuangfauti le. Oh, the car door is damaged.
Nīde chēzi ne, chuangzai . And your car, where is it
shenme difang? hit? 1
A: Wode bǎoxiǎngang wān le, My "biunper is bent and the
chetou ye bi5 le. hood is dented.
B: Nīde chē2i "bSoxianle měiyou? Is your car insured?
A: WS baole xian, nide ne? Ifm insured, and yours?
B: Wo ye you bao xian.' I have insurance too,
A: Kan! Jingcha lai le. Look! The police are here.
Peking：
A: Nimen chuang chē le. Youfve had a collision.
B: Dui, chǔle chēhuo le. Yes, thereTs been an accident.
A: You měiyou rěn shoushāng? Is anyone injured?
B: Hai hǎo. Women dou īr.ěi It fs all right. None of us
shoushāng• are inj ured•
A: Chū shi yǐhou, che měiyou After the accident, the cars
dongguo ba? veren't moved were they?
B: Chūle shi yǐhou, women jiu After the accident，we just
xiaG.ai le. Chi měiyou got out. The cars were not
dongguo. moved•
A: Na hao. Chi chuangde lihai That fs good. Were the cars
bu lihai ? dcunaged?
B: Wode cheměn chuangbie le. My car door is dented. His
Tāde baoxiangang chuangvān le. 'bumper is tent. The hood
Chetou ye chuangt)ie le. is dented too.
A: Nide chē bǎoxiǎn le ba? Your car is insured, I suppose?
E: Eao le. car accident. Yes.
A: Hao. Nimen dengyiděng. Wo Okay. Wait a moment. I*m
gei Qongānj u da yige dianhua going to call the Bureau of
qing tāmen pai Wāishi Jingcha Public Safety and ask them
lai yiqi chiiir. to send the Foreign Affairs
Police to come and handle this together.
PART III
1. Wode chēzi you dian venti le. There1s something wrong vith
Qǐng nǐmen xiūli xiūli. my car. Would you please
repair it.
2. Zxdong paidang, 'biansuqi The automatic transmission and
dou you diar xiao maobing. the gear shift. Both have
something wrong.
3. Paiaiguan. fēngshān pidāi yě Please also check the exhaust
qing nimen jiancha yixia. pipe and the fan belt.
Yao jītian kěyi xiūhǎo? How many days will it take to
fix?
5. Ni gū.1i ylxiā, dagai yao Can you estimate how much it
duōshao qian? will probably be?
6. Nt kan^ pidiai sbna gāi Look the fan belt is loose，
huan xlnde le. you should change it.
jīqi děi jianah&9 tiaozheng. and spray -painted; the engine
needs to be checked and adjusted.
8. N% da hbuticcn lai che ba? Why don t you aome in three
days to pick it up?
9. Women xiū .ǐlqi. ye xiū We fix engines and do body
ahēshēn. work.
10. Shenme yansede women dou ydu. We have all colors of paint. We *11
Women mashang gSi ni jiSnchā. oheak it for you right away.
11. Kěyi， Jianchale yvhbu rrňslvmg Yes. After we've checked it3
gei ni aū ňia. we，11 give you an estimate
right away.
NOTES AFTER PART III':
xiuli: fTo fix, to repair1.
pfHa-ī ： 'Fan belt1, sometimes simply called pldai, which is literally 'leather beltf. Pfdāi is used for fbelt' in machine terminology as in san.UaopidaiT fV-belt1.
xiuhao: fTo fix sucessfully, to repair successfully.1 The syllable -hao indicates the result of the action, that is that the repairs vere successfully completed.
Yao jxtian kěyi xiūhao? How many days vill it take
to fix it?
In the above sentence, the auxiliary verb yao means 'to need, to require, to take*.
gū,1i: Originally this verb meant simply fto estimate (a figure)1. Now it also means 'to guess1•
Zhěijian dayi nx gūjī děi Hov much do you estimate
duoshao qian? this overcoat costs?
Wo gujl ta mingtian bu hui My guess is he vonft come
lai. tomorrow.
In this sentence the auxiliary verb hui means *to be likely to1，'to be possible tof.
tiaozhěng: 'To adjust, to coordinate, to regulate.1
Qīng ba něige zhong tiaozhěng Please adjust that clock & yixia- little.
gū jiā: fTo estimate a price.f
Zhěige fangzi kěyi mai duoshao Can you estimate hov much this qian, ni něng gūyigu jia ma? house can sell for?
Taipei:
A: Wode chězi you dian wěnti le. There’s something wrong with
Qing nǐmen xiūli xiūli. my car. Would you please
repair it.
B: Hǎo de. You shenme maobing? Okay. What*s wrong with it?
A: Wo xiǎng biānsuq.i» zidong I think the gear shift and
paidǎng dou you diar věnt£. the automatic transmission
both have something vrong.
B: Hai you biěde maobing ma? Are there other problems?
A: Paiqiguan» fingshan dai Please also take a look at the
yě qing nimen kankan. exhaust pipe and the fan belt.
B: Fen^shande pidai shi hen Itfs easy for the fan belt
rongyi songde, paiqiguǎn to get loose and for the
vě rongyi huai. Āu. exhaust pipe to iDreaic. Oh,
Chēměn *biěle yldiǎn. the door is a little dented.
A: Nimen yě xiu chēshēn ma? Do you also do body work?
B: Women xiū Jīqi, ye xiū We fix engines and do ,body
chēshēn. Lingjian huaile, work* If parts are bad, ve
w5men dou kěyi xiu, ye can repair them or replace
kěyi huan. them.
A: Na hao. Chēměn yě xiǔli yixia* Thatfs good. Fix the door, too.
Nimen you yfy^ng ySnsede 、 Do you have the same color
qi ma? paint?
B: Shenme yansede q.ī, women d5u you. We have all colors of paint. Wefll
Women mashang gěi ni jiancha, check it for you right avay.
Xlngqivxi xiawu sidiǎn zhong How about picking it up
yihou, nǐ lai qǔ che, hǎo bu Friday afternoon after U:00? hao?
A: Kěyi bu keyi xiān gū ge jia? Can you first estimate the cost?
B: Keyi, Jianchale yǐhou mashang Yes. After wefve checked it.
gei ni gū jiā. win qing dao vefll give you an estimate
lǐbian zuoyizuo, der gdeng, right Kvay. Please go inside,
hftVA ft g ao+. ńnfl vni +. a t. _
Peking:
A: WSde qiche zuotian chuang- Yesterday ray car vas damaged
huai le, xlang qing nimen in an accident, I would
xiūyixiū. like you to repair it.
B: Au. Chemen chuānghuai le. Oh, the door is damaged. HowTs
Jīqi zěnme yajlg? the engine.
A: Zidong paidǎng, "biansuqi The automatic transmission and
d5u you diar xiāo maobing. the gear shift all have some
problem.
B: Hao. Hai you biěde wěnti Okay, Are there any other
měiyou? problems?
A: Paiqiguǎn, fēngshān pldāi yě Please also check the exhaust
qing nimen jiancha yixia. pipe and the fan belt,
B: Nǐ kan, pidai s5ng le, gāi Look the fan belt is loose,
huan xlnde le. you should change it.
A: Pi dai wǒ Jiali hai you yitiao I have a new fan belt at home.
xinde. Mingtian zǎoshang Ifll bring it to you tomorrow
gěi ni nilai. morning.
B: HSojile. Nī nālai，women gei Great. You bring it here and
ni huan. wefll change it for you.
A: Yao jitian kěyi xiūhǎo? Hov many d^iys will it take to
fix?
B: Chemen děi xiūhǎo» penqī, The door needs to be fixed,
jīqi děi jianchi, tiaozhěng. and painted, the engine needs
Nī da houtian lāi qu chē ba. to be checked and adjusted.
Why don’t you come in three days to pick it up?
A: Ni gǔji yixia, dagai yao Can you estimate how much it
duōshao qian? vill probably be?
B: Xianzāi bu hao shu5, dei xiān Itfs hard to say now. I have
kankan. Nǐ mfngtian nā to take a look first. Tomorrow
p.tdai laide shihou, gaosu when you come with the fan
nī ba* "belt I *11 tell you.
Vocabulary
anzhao according to
baoxiǎn to insure^ to be insured
baox€Zcngitng bumper
biānsuqi gear shift
biě to be dented
chǔii to handle, manage
chāo su to exceed the speed limit
chēhuo car accident
ohěmen oar door
oheshen body of a car
ahětou oar hood
chuang to bump into, to collide with
ohuanghuM- le damaged
chū Qhl to have an accident
dā hdutian the third day from now
dai to carry along with* to "bring
dānzi ticket^ note
dengjizhěng car registration 】
dbng to move
fakuan to fine, to issue a fine
fakuandān ticket, a fine
fēngshān fan
GongSnjii Bureau of Public Safety
gūjī— to estimate
jiashī zhizhao driverfs license
jingcha police
jtqi engine^ move literally9
^machine9
lihai to be severe
paidǎng transmission
pāizhao liōense plates
paiqiguǎn exhaust pipe
pēnql to ōpvay paint
pldai "belt
ql paint, lacquer
qu to pick up> to get9 to fetch
renyuan personneI
song to be loose
shoushāng to be injured
sJtudming exp tanation
tiaozhěng to adjust
waijiāo diplomacy^ foreign retations
wāijiaoguān diplomat •
waishi foreign affairs
waishi Q%ngah& foreign affairs police
wān to bend
xiūhao to fix
xiǔli to repair
zidong automatic
PARTS OF A CAR
baoxlǎngang "bumper
beitāi spare tire
Mansuqi gear shift
chē houtoude chuānghu rear windshield
chē men car door
chē qiantoude chuānghu front windshield
chēt^u hood
chěxiāng trunk
dǎngnfbǎn fender
dianplng "battery
ding lights
fāhuo kǎiguan ignition
fengshan pld^i fan belt
j ingzi mirror
laba horn 1
lěngq亡 air conditioner
lubiao odometer
lūnpin steering wheel
luntāi tire
paiqitSng exhaust pipe
paiqixiāoshengql muffler
qianj inding Jack
shāchē brakes
shou shāchē parking brake
sh5uyīnjl radio
shuǐxiāng radiator
sudūbiao speedometer
ylnqing engine
youměn accelerator
youxiang gas tank
yushuāzi windshield wiper
zidōng paidǎng automatic transmission
zuo seat