Units 7
1 	Shall I buy a few pieces of silk to use as clothing material? 我买几块绸缎做衣料好不好？ It wouldn’t be good for clothing, that’s not as good as using it to make a quilt cover 做衣料不好，不如做被面子
2 	Xiao Wang’s wedding is next week. Let’s all 10 or so of us buy her a new sewing machine 小王下个星期办喜事儿。 我们十几个人给她买个缝纫机吧 But she’s never used a sewing machine. We’d better buy her something else 她从来没用过缝纫机。还是给她买点儿别的东西吧
3 	What did your daughter go off to do? 您女儿干什么去了？ The Bai Huo Da Lou is selling domestically produced black and white television sets, she went to stand in line 百货大楼卖国产黑白电视机，她排队去了
4 	Just now as I was passing the furniture store, I saw that this piece of furniture was pretty good so I bought it for you 刚才我经过家具店，看见这件家具不错，就给您买了 Oh no, I’ve caused you to spend money again 真是的，又让你花钱
5 	Did you go to buy wool yarn? 你买毛线去了？ Yes, New Year’s is almost here, I’m buying a little present for my daughter 是啊，过元旦了，给我女儿买点儿小礼物
6 	Your daughter is graduating from college, we should celebrate 您女儿大学毕业了，我们应当庆贺庆贺 Yes, she’s really grown into an adult 是啊，他可真长成大人了
7 	The government again has a new policy towards relations overseas now 现在，政府对海外关系又有新的政策了 Yes, so I’ve heard. Now they’re taking better care of family members of overseas Chinese 我也听说了。现在对侨眷挺照顾的
8 	This piece of Chinese satin of yours is really pretty, where did you buy it? 您这块中国缎子真漂亮，在哪儿买的？ I picked it out at the overseas Chinese store 在华侨商店挑的
9 	I want to buy some bedding for the children but I’m out of cotton ration coupon 我要给孩子买点儿床上用品，没有布票儿了 Don’t worry; I have plenty of cotton ration tickets which I haven’t used up. You take them 您别急，我这儿还有不少布票儿没有用diao。您拿去吧
10 	Uncle, older sister is leaving the military next month, isn’t she? 姨夫，我姐姐下个月就该转业了，是不是 This isn’t some big thing. You don’t have to treat it as news and tell all your classmates 这不是什么了不起的事。不要当做新闻去讲给同学们听
11 	It just occurred to me that my certificate which shows I was sick and staying in the hospital can be used to buy eggs 我想起来了，我那张生病住医院的证明可以用来买鸡蛋 They’re already bought, don’t you worry 已经买了，你放心吧
12 	Look, my flowers are so easy to grow, it’s been only two months and most of them have bloomed 您看，这些花儿可好重了。才两个月的功夫，多数都开花儿了