FSI-Chinese-Docbook/OptionalModule-CAR/FSI-OptionalModule-CAR.xml.bak

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    <title>Car</title>
    <subtitle>A Modular Approach</subtitle>
    <section>
        <title>Objectives of the Car Module</title>
        <section>
            <title>General</title>
            <para>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 well as emergencies. </para>
            <para><emphasis role="bold">Before starting the Car Module, you should have at least
                    completed the Transportation Module.</emphasis></para>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title> Specific</title>
            <para>When you have finished this module, you should be able to:
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                        <para>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. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Tell an attendant that there isn't enough air in the tires. Ask for
                            air to be put in the tires. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Tell an attendant the car windows need cleaning. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>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. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Ask for a regular maintenance check up for the car. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Tell someone you have a flat tire and whether or not you have a spare
                            tire and tools. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Tell someone that you got a traffic ticket and why. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>State whether or not you have your driver”s license and car
                            registration with you. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Ask in a collision situation if someone is injured. </para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Understand someone describe in simple terms the damage to their car
                            resulting from an accident.</para>
                    </listitem>
                    <listitem>
                        <para>Ask a garage repairman to fix a car which has been in an accident.
                            Find out how long it will take to fix it. Ask for an estimate on cost
                            repairs. </para>
                    </listitem>
                </orderedlist></para>
        </section>
    </section>
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    <section>
        <title>Unit 1</title>
        <section>
            <title>Part 1</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
                <para/>
            </section>
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            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes on Part 1</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">qìyóu piào</foreignphrase>:
                        “Gasoline Coupons”. In the PRC, many commodities, such as cloth, food items,
                        watches, bicycles, must be bought with money and ration coupons.</para>
                    <para>
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">zú</foreignphrase>: “to be enough,
                        to be sufficient.” <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Lúntāide qì bù
                            zú le.</foreignphrase> is translated here as “he air in the tires isn't
                        enough.” A more literal translation might be “The air in the tires isn't
                        enough anymore.” The negative <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >bù</foreignphrase> used with a marker le for new situation expresses a
                        negative condition that has recently come about.</para>
                    <para>
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bōli</foreignphrase>: This word
                        literally means “glass”, but is used here to refer to the windows of the
                        car.</para>
                    <para> man: This is the adjectival verb “to be full”. </para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ xiǎng
                        cāyicā.</foreignphrase>: “I think I'll wipe it a bit.” In the PRC gas
                        stations sell gas only. Any minor servicing that may be needed, such as
                        cleaning windows and getting air for tires, may be done by the driver
                        himself. Any major servicing must be done at a repair garage.</para>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Dialogues in Part 1</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Jīyóu jiāhǎo
                        le.</foreignphrase>:“The oil is added.” In the phrase <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">jiāhǎo le</foreignphrase>, the word
                            <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">hǎo</foreignphrase> is 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 7.</para>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Part 2</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <?custom-pagebreak?>
            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes on Part 2</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">máobing</foreignphrase>: This
                        word is translated here as “something wrong.” Other translations might be:
                        “defect”, “flaw”, “trouble”, or “problem”.<informaltable frame="none"
                            rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tāde
                                                  diànshì chū máobing le.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>His television developed a problem.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para>A second meaning for <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >máobing</foreignphrase> is “medical,problem”, “illness”.<informaltable
                            frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ
                                                  shénme máobing yě méiyou.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>There is nothing wrong with me.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para>A third meaning is “bad habit”, “odd habit”.<informaltable frame="none"
                            rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā
                                                  máobing hen dà.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>He is very “picky” (odd).</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">líng</foreignphrase>: This is
                        the adjectival verb “to be sharp, keen”. It can be used to describe people
                        that are intelligent. It can also be used to describe machinery that works
                            well.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Lǎo
                                                  Wángde érzi hěn líng.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Lǎo
                                                  Wáng</foreignphrase>”s son is sharp.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhèige
                                                  jíqi hái líng bu ling?</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>Does,this machine still work well?</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">liàng</foreignphrase>: “To be
                        bright”. A more literal translation of <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">You yíge dēng bú</foreignphrase></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">liàng le.</foreignphrase> might
                        be “There is one lamp that does not light up anymore.”</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bǎoyǎng</foreignphrase>: “To
                        maintain”. This verb can be used to talk about taking care of a person's
                        body, as well as maintaining machinery.<informaltable frame="none"
                            rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ yídìng
                                                děi bǎoyǎng zìjǐ. </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>You have to take care of yourself.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā gāng
                                                  shēngle háizi, dàifu gàosu tā hǎohāorde
                                                  bǎoyǎng.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>After she had just given birth to a child, the
                                                doctor told her to take good care of herself.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">língjiàn</foreignphrase>: “spare
                        parts” or simply “parts”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Huàn
                            língjiàn</foreignphrase> is “to exchange (something) for a spare
                        part”.</para>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Dialogues in Part 2</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yǒu shíhou hái huì
                            xihuǒ.</foreignphrase>: You”ve seen that the auxiliary verb
                            <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">huì</foreignphrase> can mean
                        “know how to, can”, as in <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ huì
                            shuō Yíngwen ma?</foreignphrase>. Here you see a different meaning:
                        “likely to happen, possible to happen, liable to happen”. Here is another
                        example. <informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Jīntian huì
                                                xià yù ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Is it likely to rain today?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Part 3</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
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            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Part 3</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bào</foreignphrase>: “To
                        explode”, “to burst”. This is the verb to use when talking about a “blow
                        out”. If a tire has slowly gone flat, the verb to use is <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">biě</foreignphrase>, “to be flat, sunken, not
                        full”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Lúntāi biě
                            le</foreignphrase>.D </para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">fādòngbùqǐlái</foreignphrase>:
                        “not be able to start up”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >Fādòng</foreignphrase> is the verb “to set in motion”, “to start”.
                            ”<foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-Qīlái</foreignphrase> is the
                        verb “to rise up” used as the final element in a compound verb of result. </para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">tuídao</foreignphrase>: Compound
                        verbs with <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-dao</foreignphrase> as
                        the second syllable must be followed by a location of some sort and often
                        are also followed by <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >lái</foreignphrase> or <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >qù</foreignphrase>.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Bǎ xíngli
                                                nádao lóushang qù.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Take the bags upstairs.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Bǎ chē
                                                kāidao lùbiarshang qù.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Drive the car to the side of the road.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Unit Vocabulary List</title>
            <para/>
        </section>
    </section>
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    <section>
        <title>Unit 2</title>
        <para/>
        <section>
            <title>Part 1</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
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            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes on Part 1</title>
                    <para/>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Dialogues Part 1</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chāo sù</foreignphrase>: “To
                        speed”, more literally, “to exceed the posted speed”</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">nádào le</foreignphrase>: Here
                        you see another compound verb with <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >-dào</foreignphrase>. But the addition of <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-dào</foreignphrase> does not add the meaning
                        of “to (someplace)”, as in <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">tuīdao
                            lùbiārshang qu</foreignphrase>, “push it to the side of the road”, but
                        rather adds the meaning of “to obtain, get”.<informaltable frame="none"
                            rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ nádao
                                                nǐde hùzhào le meiyou? </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Did you get your passport?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dài</foreignphrase>: This is the
                        verb “to carry with one, to take or bring with one”. It is sometimes used
                        with the verb <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">lái</foreignphrase>
                        when the meaning is “bring with one”.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1"
                            colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Jīntian wǒ
                                                wàngle dài wǒde lìshí shǔ. </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>I forgot to bring my history took today.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ dài
                                                háizi qùle méiyou? </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Did you take the children with you?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">fákuǎn</foreignphrase>: This can
                        be the verb “to issue a fine” or the noun “a fine”. <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Fákuǎndān</foreignphrase> is literally, “fine
                        money ticket”.</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dānzi</foreignphrase>: Here
                            <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dānzi</foreignphrase> is used
                        to refer to the traffic ticket, a short way of saying <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">fákuǎndān</foreignphrase>. In other
                        situations, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dānzi</foreignphrase>
                        often means “list of things”. Here are some examples. Notice that the phrase
                        “to make a list” is <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kāi yíge
                            dānzi</foreignphrase>, literally “open a list”.<informaltable
                            frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Měige
                                                  Xīngqíliù wǒ chūqu mǎi dōngxi yǐqián dōu kāi yige
                                                  dānzi.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Every Saturday before I go out to buy things, I make
                                            a list.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ néng
                                                  bu neng bǎ nǐ yào mǎide shū kāi yíge dānzi.
                                                </foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Can you make a list of the books you want to
                                            buy?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para> </para>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Part 2</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
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            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Part 2</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chuàng</foreignphrase>: “To
                        bump”, often pronounced <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >zhuàng</foreignphrase>. This verb often occurs with the resultative
                        ending <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">—zhao</foreignphrase>, “to
                        meet, to touch, to cone into contact with.”<informaltable frame="none"
                            rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhèr dìfang
                                                tài xiǎo dōngxi tài duō. Zǒu lùde shíhou, bù shi
                                                chuàngzhao zhuōzi, jiù shi chuàngzhao
                                                yǐzi.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>It's too close in here, too many things. When you
                                                walk, if you're not bumping into tables, then you're
                                                bumping into chairs.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chǔlǐ</foreignphrase>: “To
                        manage, to handle an affair, to take care of something”<informaltable
                            frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ bù
                                                  huì chǔli zhèijian shì.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>I can”t take care of this matter.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nèijian
                                                  shì ta chǔlǐde hěn hǎo.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>He has managed that affair very well.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chū chēhuò</foreignphrase>: “To
                        have a car accident”, or more literally “to produce a car disaster”. This is
                        more serious than the phrase <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chū
                            shì</foreignphrase>.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"> Tā chū
                                                chēhuò yīhòu, hěn jiǔ jǐngchá cái lái.
                                            </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>After he had the accident, it was a long time until
                                            the police came.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">lìhai</foreignphrase>: ”To be
                        severe”,“to be fierce”, “seriously”<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1"
                            colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā bìngde
                                                hěn lìhai.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>He is seriously ill.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para>
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chū shì</foreignphrase>: “To have
                        an accident, to have something go wrong.” This phrase is used to describe a
                        serious, unpleasant happening.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1"
                            colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā jiā
                                                  chū shì le, wǒmen qù
                                                kànkan.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>Something has happened in his home, let's go see.
                                                (e.g., a robbery, an arrest)</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Part 3</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
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            <section>
                <title>Reference Notes</title>
                <section>
                    <title>Notes after Part 3</title>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xiūli</foreignphrase>: “To fix,
                        to repair”.</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">pidài</foreignphrase>: “Fan
                        belt”, sometimes simply called <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                            >pidài</foreignphrase>, which is literally “leather belt”.
                            <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Pidài</foreignphrase> is used
                        for “belt” in machine terminology as in <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">sānjiǎopídài</foreignphrase>,
                        “V-belt”.</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xiūhào</foreignphrase>: “To fix
                        successfully, to repair successfully.” The syllable <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-hǎo </foreignphrase>indicates the result of
                        the action, that is that the repairs were successfully
                            completed.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yào jǐtian
                                                kéyi xiūhāo? </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>How many days will it take to fix it?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para>In the above sentence, the auxiliary verb <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yào</foreignphrase> means “to need, to
                        require, to take”.</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gūjì</foreignphrase>: Originally
                        this verb meant simply “to estimate (a figure)”. Now it also means “to
                            guess”.<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhèijiàn
                                                dàyi nǐ gūjì děi duōshao qián?
                                            </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>How much do you estimate this overcoat costs?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ gūjì tā
                                                míngtian bū huì lái. </foreignphrase></entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>My guess is he won”t come tomorrow.</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para>In this sentence the auxiliary verb <foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">huì</foreignphrase> means “to be likely to”,
                        “to be possible to”.</para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">tiáozhěng</foreignphrase>: “To
                        adjust, to coordinate, to regulate.”<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1"
                            colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Qǐng bǎ
                                                  nèige zhōng tiáozhěng
                                                yíxià.</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para>Please adjust that clock a little.</para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                    <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gū jià</foreignphrase>: “To
                        estimate a price.”<informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                            <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                                <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                                <tbody>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>
                                            <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhèige
                                                  fángzi kéyi mài duōshao qián, nǐ néng gūyigū jià
                                                  ma?</foreignphrase></para>
                                        </entry>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry/>
                                    </row>
                                    <row>
                                        <entry>Can you estimate how much this house can sell
                                            for?</entry>
                                    </row>
                                </tbody>
                            </tgroup>
                        </informaltable></para>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Peking</title>
                </section>
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                <section>
                    <title>Dialogue Taipei</title>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Unit Vocabulary List</title>
        </section>
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        <section>
            <title>Parts of the car</title>
        </section>
    </section>

</chapter>