Standard Chinese, a modular approach. Life in China module, units 4 through 6, review tape 2. This tape reviews your production of the reference list sentences in units 4 through 6 of this module. First, I'll say the English, and then you translate into Chinese. Let's begin. How come you bought a monthly ticket this month? Isn't riding a bicycle good? 这个月,你怎么买月票了?骑车不是很好吗? Every day on my way to work, I have to cross over two bridges.It's really tiring. 每天上班,得过两个桥,真累. And when the light turns red, I have to wait forever. So it's still more convenient to take a public bus. 红灯一辆,还要等半天,还是坐公公骑车方便? Is the grain and oil ration quota for workers higher than for cadres? 工人的粮油定量,是不是比干部的定量高? The grain ration quota for cadres is lower than for workers. The oil ration quota is the same. 干部的粮食定量比工人的低,油的定量是一样的. I hope our transportation operations will develop greatly and that the frontier regions will soon be open to trains. 我希望我们的交通事业大发展,便将早一点通火车. Yes indeed. When that time comes, it will be so much more convenient for everyone to visit their families. 可不是吗?到那个时候,大家探亲可就方便多了。 Anti, the attendant from the non-staple food store has brought his goods by. 姨妈,富士店的服务员送货来了。 You go over and stand in line first, and I'll come as soon as I get the ration booklet for non-staple food items. 你先去排队,我拿了富士本就来。 The airport has notified us that we won't be able to leave today or tomorrow because of the bad weather. 机场通知我们,因为天气不好,今天明天我们走不了了。 Does China have ocean-going steamships now? 中国,现在有远洋轮船吗? Yes, China has had ocean-going freighters and ocean-going passenger steamships for a long time. 有,早就有了,远洋货轮和远洋客轮。 I've heard that shops for grains and dried beans issue ration tickets according to the ration booklet. 听说,两件都是根据两本发凉票的。 Is there some way you could explain this to me? 你有没有法子把这件事给我讲讲? What else do you like besides ping-pong? 你除了爱打 ping-pong球以外,还喜欢什么? I like basketball. I even play with the school basketball team. 喜欢篮球,我还参加了学校的篮球队。 In a few days, my daughter is going to go work on a steamship. I'm a little bit worried. 过些日子,我女儿就要到轮船上去工作了。我有点不放心。 She's a girl with determination. Don't worry. 她是个有志气的孩子,你就放心吧。 I want to go to the shopping area to buy a few things. 我想上街去买点东西。 Actually, someone your age shouldn't have to go shopping. The non-staple food store will send goods over here. 其实,您这么大年纪,不要上街了。 富士店会把货物送来的。 This peaking opera is worth seeing. Do you want to go today? 这个惊喜值得看。今天你想不想去? As for the television programming tonight, they're relaying a movie. Let's go see peaking opera tomorrow night. 今天晚上,电视节目转播电影。咱们明天看惊喜吧。 What are the procedures for increasing the ration quota for children? 给孩子增加订量的手续,怎么办? You go to the grain and dried beans store. The attendant looks at the child's age and his birthdate in his resident registration. He writes the new quota in the grain and dried beans ration booklet. Do I need to take a long distance bus from the peaking hotel to the zoo? 从北京饭店到动物园,要不要坐长途汽车? No, you can go by trolley bus. 不用,坐五轨电车就行了。 Are you going to play ball tomorrow evening? 你明天晚上去打球吗? No, I'm going to go with my teacher to see a ballet. 不,我要陪我师父去看芭蕾舞。 Is this child a registered resident of the city? 这个孩子是城市户口吗? Yes, this is her long-term resident registration. 是,这是她的长期户口。 You're always studying. Come on and rest a bit. Watch some television. 好,我来看一会儿国际新闻节目。 Is there some reason why you're so fond of exercising, and why you're working out three or four hours a day? 你这么爱运动,每天锻炼三四个小时,有什么原因吗? I want to enter the sports meet next spring. 我要参加明年春天的运动会。 This company's products are quite inexpensive. 这个公司的产品相当便宜。 In the future, when production is even better, the prices will be even lower. 将来生产搞得更好,价钱会更便宜。 Our teaching discussion session isn't meeting this afternoon. 今天下午,我们的教学讨论会不开了。 Great, now I can go take part in the volleyball match. 我能够去参加排球比赛了。 How are you planning to travel when you go off on official business this time? 这次,你出门办公室,准备怎么走啊? By plane. This afternoon, I'm going to CAAC to buy a ticket. 做飞机,下午到中国铭行买机票。 你又去那个菜市场买东西了? I like that market. The attitude of the service attendants there is good. They're really friendly. 我喜欢那个菜市场,他们的服务员态度好,可和气了。 You were traveling for over 20 days. How did you like it? 旅行了20多天,你觉得怎么样? This time when I went away, I crossed over both the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It's extremely interesting. 这次出门又过长江,又过黄河,有意思极了。 It's November 3rd already, and our family still hasn't stored away our winter vegetables. 今天,都11月3号了,咱们家还没处存冬菜呢? Don't worry, we'll make it in time. 放心吧,当我不了啊。 Who did she go with to the summer palace yesterday? 昨天,她和谁到医合园去了? That's her private business. It would be best if we didn't inquire. 那是她私人的事儿,我们最好不打听。 In order to satisfy the cultural needs of the younger people, we're going to have a concert this weekend. 这个周末,我们要开一个音乐会。 Great, I'll go too. 真不坏,我也参加。 Last week, the fish supplied by our non-staple food shop was especially fresh. Every family wanted to buy some. 上个星期,我们富石店供应的鱼,特别新鲜。 家家都愿意买。 Will a senior high school student be able to understand if he watches educational television in Peking? 一个高中学生,看北京的电视教学节目,能不能看懂? The great majority of senior high school students will be able to understand it. 大多数高中学生都能看懂。 Your son will have a birthday this month. He should increase his ration quota again. 这个月你儿子过生日,他又该增加订量了。 Great, I should go to the grain and dried beans shop and change his ration quota for him. 对了,我应该到粮店给他改定量去。 I've heard that you're going off on business to the border region. 听说,你要到边疆出差去了? Yes, the past couple of days have been awfully busy because of this long distance trip. 对了,为了这次出远门,这两天忙得不得了。 Do you like to ride a bicycle? 你喜欢骑自行车吗? Yes, generally speaking, if you compare it to riding a bus, I prefer to ride my bicycle. Do you often study in addition to your work? 除了工作以外,你们还经常有学习吗? A great number of cadre members feel that to raise the level of their own thought, they must study often. 广大干部觉得,要提高自己的思想水平,就必须经常学习。 Anti, what news is there today? 姨婆,今天有什么新闻? I've heard that a famous music group is coming here to perform. 听说,一个有名的乐队要到我们这来演出了。 Have you heard? In order to save energy, the number of public buses on this street has been reduced. 你听说了吗?为了节省能源,这条路上的公共汽车减少了。 There aren't too many people on this street. It doesn't matter if the number of public buses are reduced by a few. 这条路上人不多,减少几辆车也没有什么关系。 Your schedule is filled up again every night this week. You want to study and see opera and also take part in the group's activities. You're just too busy. 你要读书,又要看戏,还想参加团体的活动,是太忙了。 How are non-staple food items sold here? Many things are still supplied according to resident registration. She sings songs really beautifully. You always mistake them. That's not a song. That's local opera. 你总是搞错,那不是歌,那是地方戏。 His recent works have received the hearty welcome of the broad masses. 他最近的作品深受广大群众欢迎。 最近两年,他提高得很快。 Premiere Zhou was extremely concerned with the work of teaching in our university. 周总理,十分关怀我们大学的教学工作。