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0	2840	Standard Chinese, a modular approach.
2840	6640	Money Module, Unit 1, Comprehension Tape 1.
6640	8840	This unit is set in the ROC.
8840	12280	On this tape, you'll learn to understand some basic questions and answers
12280	15520	used in buying things at a newsstand.
15520	18280	Peter Crook is in the reading room of a library in Taipei
18280	20800	and is looking for an English language newspaper.
20800	24920	Listen as he asks another student if the reading room has any.
24920	28640	Are there any English language newspapers here?
28640	31520	这里有英文报吗?
31520	34240	这里有英文报吗?
34240	37320	Yes, they're right over there.
37320	40160	有,就在那里。
40160	43000	有,就在那里。
43000	45400	Here's the word for newspaper.
45400	48920	报,报。
48920	51640	And here's the word used for write in expressions like
51640	54760	right here or right over there.
54760	58800	就,就。
58800	62200	We can understand better how the question in this exchange is put together
62200	66800	if we listen to the full answer to it with a word for word English translation.
66800	72000	Listen, here there are English language newspapers.
72000	75480	这里有英文报。
75480	78360	这里有英文报。
78360	83720	In Chinese, the place word 这里 is followed directly by the verb 有.
83720	88680	In English, the word 这里 is added between the place word here and the verb are.
88680	92320	Here, there are English language newspapers.
92320	97480	In both English and Chinese, the place word 这里 is the topic of the sentence.
97480	101480	The word that lets you know what the sentence is going to say something about.
101480	109240	You'll remember an earlier case where the filler word 这里 was added to fill the subject position of an English sentence with no real subject.
109240	112240	There are five people in my family.
112240	118880	Chinese doesn't need to add a subject, saying simply 我家里有五个人。
118880	121440	Here's the exchange again.
121440	128680	Are there any English language newspapers here? 这里有英文报吗?
128680	131720	这里有英文报吗?
131720	137160	Yes, they're right over there. 有,就在那里。
137160	140240	有,就在那里。
140240	146400	Now listen to it live. 这里有英文报吗?
146400	148880	有,就在那里。
148880	152280	Again, 这里有英文报吗?
152280	154880	有,就在那里。
154880	162840	Check your comprehension. 这里有英文报吗?
162840	167840	Are there any English language newspapers here? 有,就在那里。
167840	172720	有,就在那里。
172720	180760	Yes, they're right over there. Now listen to another way Mr. Cook might have asked his question.
180760	191000	Are there any English language newspapers here? 这里有英文报吗?
191000	196160	Yes, they're right over there. 有,就在那里。
196160	199520	有,就在那里。
199520	209520	In asking a yes-no question, instead of using the yes-no question marker, ma, you may offer your listener a choice between the affirmative and the negative.
209520	215240	When the negative form is tagged on at the end, both syllables are usually in the neutral tone.
215240	220640	Listen to the exchange live. 这里有英文报没有?
220640	223480	有,就在那里。
223480	233000	The structure of this type of yes-no question, which we will call a choice type yes-no question, can be brought out by a more literal English translation.
233000	235600	这里有英文报没有?
235600	244120	Are there any English language newspapers here or not? Here's the exchange again. 这里有英文报没有?
244120	246560	有,就在那里。
246560	253000	Check your comprehension. 这里有英文报没有?
253000	260640	Are there any English language newspapers here? 有,就在那里。
260640	269840	Yes, they're right over there. Suppose the library hadn't had any English newspapers.
269840	282000	After leaving the library, Mr. Cook goes to a newsstand. Listen, I'd like to buy an English language newspaper. 我想买英文报。
282000	285000	I'd like to buy an English newspaper. 我想买英文报。
285000	295000	Fine, they're right here. 好,就在这里。
295000	303000	Here's the verb used for to like to or to want to. 想,想。
303000	310000	You've had the verb 想 before, meaning to think or to plan or intend to.
310000	317000	Here's the verb for to buy. 买,买。
317000	337000	Notice the use of the word 好, which has the basic meaning to be good. In situations like this, it's used for expressions like fine, sure, certainly, or all right. Listen to the exchange live. 我想买英文报。
337000	345000	好,就在这里。 Again, 我想买英文报。
345000	352000	好,就在这里。 Check your comprehension. 我想买英文报。
352000	362000	I'd like to buy an English language newspaper. 好,就在这里。
362000	384000	Fine, they're right here. Having spotted the English language newspaper he wants, Mr. Cook finds out the price from the clerk. Listen, how much is this one? 这个多少钱?
384000	396000	5块钱。 五块钱。 Here's the word for how much. 多少,多少。
396000	402000	And here's the word for money. 钱,钱。
402000	427000	Notice that the Chinese question about price has no word which corresponds to the verb is in English. Word for word, the question 这个多少钱 is this one, how much money? Listen to the exchange again. How much is this one? 这个多少钱?
427000	440000	5块钱。 五块钱。 Here's how you say one dollar. 一块钱。
440000	467000	Notice that quite is a counter for an amount of money, namely one dollar. The amount 五块钱, therefore, is literally five dollars money. The dollars in this exchange are, of course, Taiwan dollars. As of 1975, five Taiwan dollars was equivalent to about 13.5 cents in our terms. Here's the exchange live. 这个多少钱?
467000	473000	5块钱。 Again. 这个多少钱?
473000	482000	5块钱。 Check your comprehension. 这个多少钱?
482000	488000	How much is this one? 五块钱。
488000	511000	5 dollars. A clerk is also likely to quote a price as so much per unit, using the appropriate counter to indicate the unit. Listen. How much is this Chinese language newspaper? 这个中文报多少钱?
511000	519000	3块钱一份。 三块钱一份。
519000	532000	The bound word 份, copy, is a counter for newspapers. Here's how you say one copy of a newspaper. 一份报。
532000	539000	The clerk is saying that the newspaper is three dollars per copy. Listen to the exchange live. 这个中文报多少钱?
539000	549000	3块钱一份。 Again. 这个中文报多少钱?
549000	559000	3块钱一份。 Check your comprehension. 这个中文报多少钱?
559000	567000	How much is this Chinese language newspaper? 三块钱一份。
567000	585000	3块钱一份。 Now Mr. Cook asks for something else. Do you sell American magazines here? 你们这里卖美国杂志不卖?
585000	592000	Yes, we do. 我们这里卖。 我们这里卖。
592000	599000	Here's the verb for to sell. 卖。
599000	612000	Notice that the verbs for to sell and to buy are the same except for tones. The word for to buy is 卖 in the low tone, while the word for to sell is 卖 in the falling tone.
612000	620000	Here's the word for magazine. 杂志。
620000	631000	In the topic positions in these sentences are the place phrases 女们这里 and 女们这里, which means something like your place here and our place here.
631000	639000	We might catch where the Chinese sentences are really saying by translating them. As for your place here, do you sell American magazines?
639000	649000	As for our place here, we don't. Listen to the exchange live. 你们这里卖美国杂志不卖?
649000	660000	我们这里卖。 Notice that the question in this exchange is a choice type question, with a negative choice 不卖, tagged on at the end in the neutral tone.
660000	666000	Here's the exchange again. 你们这里卖美国杂志不卖?
666000	676000	我们这里卖。 Check your comprehension. 你们这里卖美国杂志不卖?
676000	682000	Do you sell American magazines here? 我们这里卖。
682000	699000	Yes, we do. The conversation continues. How much is this one? 这个多少钱?
699000	709000	Thirty dollars a copy. 三十块钱一本。
709000	718000	Fine, I'll buy one. 好,我买一本。
718000	729000	The counter for magazines or books is 本。 When it's used with magazines, we translate it copy. When it's used with books, we translate it volume.
729000	737000	Here's how you say one copy of a magazine. 一本杂志。
737000	742000	Here's the exchange live. 这个多少钱?
742000	749000	三十块钱一本。 好,我买一本。
749000	753000	这个多少钱? 三十块钱一本。
753000	762000	好,我买一本。 Check your comprehension. 这个多少钱?
762000	769000	How much is this one? 三十块钱一本。
769000	776000	Thirty dollars a copy. 好,我买一本。
776000	793000	Fine, I'll buy one. The conversation continues. Do you have American books here? 你们这里有美国书没有?
793000	806000	I'm sorry, we don't sell American books. 对不起,美国书我们不卖。
806000	812000	Here's the word for book. 书。
812000	821000	You'll remember it from the phrase 念书, study books. Here's the expression used for I'm sorry.
821000	826000	对不起 对不起。
826000	833000	More literally, the expression 对不起 means something like I can't face you.
833000	840000	Now listen to the answer. We don't sell American books. Without the expression I'm sorry in front of it.
840000	850000	We don't sell American books. 美国书我们不卖。
850000	865000	In this sentence, the object 美国书 comes first in the topic position, followed by the subject, woman. We can do the same thing in English, as in the sentence, American books we don't sell.
865000	872000	Here's the exchange live. 你们这里有美国书没有?
872000	880000	对不起,美国书我们不卖。 Again, 你们这里有美国书没有?
880000	891000	对不起,美国书我们不卖。 Check your comprehension. 你们这里有美国书没有?
891000	901000	Do you have American books here? 对不起,美国书我们不卖。
901000	905000	I'm sorry, we don't sell American books. 对不起,美国书我们不卖。
905000	912000	As we said, the words for to buy and to sell are the same except for their tones, but which is which?
912000	919000	One way to keep them straight is to learn them in a fixed order, the order we would normally follow in English, buy and sell.
919000	926000	Listen, 买买.
926000	933000	Notice that they are in the same order in which the tones were originally presented with low tone followed by falling tone.
933000	944000	Listen to buy and sell again. 买买.
944000	955000	To help sort these two words out, try translating the following random sentences about buying and selling. 他买报.
955000	962000	He buys newspapers. 他卖报.
962000	970000	He sells newspapers. 你卖杂志吗?
970000	978000	Do you sell magazines? 我买杂志.
978000	984000	I buy magazines. 你买报吗?
984000	991000	Do you buy newspapers? 你买杂志吗?
991000	999000	Do you buy magazines? 他们买报不买?
999000	1008000	Do they buy newspapers? 你们这里卖报不买?
1008000	1018000	Do you sell newspapers here? 我们这里不买报.
1018000	1025000	We don't sell newspapers here. 我们卖杂志.
1025000	1034000	We sell magazines. 我不买杂志.
1034000	1043000	I don't buy magazines. 我想买一份报.
1043000	1055000	I'd like to buy a newspaper. The next exchange involves getting a total. Listen. How much are the newspaper and the magazine all together?
1055000	1065000	报杂志一共多少钱?
1065000	1070000	The newspaper's five dollars. The magazine is thirty dollars.
1070000	1081000	报五块.杂志三十块.
1081000	1091000	All together it's thirty five dollars. 一共三十五块.
1091000	1099000	Here's the adverb all together. 一共一共.
1099000	1106000	Notice that the adverb一共 all together comes after the items it sums up and before the price.
1106000	1113000	In this exchange, the money expressions have been abbreviated by omitting the word 钱, money.
1113000	1119000	You will only be required to understand this kind of abbreviation, not to produce it.
1119000	1126000	Here's the exchange live. 报杂志一共多少钱?
1126000	1133000	报五块,杂志三十块. 一共三十五块.
1133000	1139000	Again. 报杂志一共多少钱?
1139000	1147000	报五块,杂志三十块. 一共三十五块.
1147000	1157000	Check your comprehension. 报杂志一共多少钱?
1157000	1162000	How much are the newspaper and the magazine all together?
1162000	1169000	报五块,杂志三十块.
1169000	1180000	The newspaper is five dollars. The magazine is thirty dollars. 一共三十五块.
1180000	1184000	All together it's thirty five dollars.  altogether it's thirty five dollars.
1184000	1191000	Mr. Cook thinks of something else he wants. Listen. The UCL maps here.
1191000	1199000	你们这里卖地图不卖? 你们这里卖地图不卖?
1199000	1209000	We do. They're over there. 卖在那里,卖在那里.
1209000	1216000	Here's the word for map. 地图,地图.
1216000	1219000	Listen to the exchange live. 你们这里卖地图不卖?
1219000	1222000	You sell maps here. 你们这里卖地图不卖?
1222000	1228000	卖在那里. Again. 你们这里卖地图不卖?
1228000	1239000	卖在那里. Check your comprehension. 你们这里卖地图不卖?
1239000	1245000	Do you sell maps here? 卖在那里.
1245000	1252000	We do. They're over there. The conversation continues. Listen.
1252000	1261000	What kind of map would you like to buy? 您想买什么地图?
1261000	1272000	I'd like to buy a map of Taipei. 我想买张台北地图.
1272000	1289000	By itself, the phrase 什么地图 can be translated simply as what map. In this exchange, it's used to mean what kind of map. Here's how you say one map. 意张地图,意张地图.
1289000	1301000	The word 张 is the counter for maps and other flat objects. We don't have to translate 意张 here with anything more explicit than the indefinite article A, but you may think of it as meaning one sheet.
1301000	1307000	Listen to the exchange lot. 您想买什么地图?
1307000	1314000	我想买一张台北地图. Again. 您想买什么地图?
1314000	1324000	我想买一张台北地图. Check your comprehension. 您想买什么地图?
1324000	1330000	What kind of map would you like to buy? 我想买一张台北地图.
1330000	1350000	I'd like to buy a map of Taipei. The conversation continues. Listen. How much is this map of Taipei? 这张台北地图多少钱?
1350000	1376000	12块钱. 12块钱. This map is 这张地图, literally this sheet map. Notice that in this phrase the counter 张 has a specifier in front of it instead of a number. Listen to the exchange lot. 这张台北地图多少钱?
1376000	1382000	12块钱. Again. 这张台北地图多少钱?
1382000	1392000	12块钱. Check your comprehension. 这张台北地图多少钱?
1392000	1399000	How much is this map of Taipei? 12块钱.
1399000	1414000	12块钱. The conversation continues live. Remember that so far Mr. Cook has bought a newspaper, a magazine, and a map of Taipei. Listen. 你们这里也有台湾地图吗?
1414000	1422000	有,二十块钱一张. 好,我买一张,一共多少钱?
1422000	1434000	报,杂志,三十五块. 这两张地图三十二块,一共六十七块.
1434000	1449000	Notice that the noun phrase these two maps is 这两张地图 with a specifier first and the number following it. Again. 你们这里也有台湾地图吗?
1449000	1457000	有,二十块钱一张. 好,我买一张,一共多少钱?
1457000	1468000	报,杂志,三十五块. 这两张地图三十二块,一共六十七块.
1468000	1476000	Check your comprehension. 你们这里也有台湾地图吗?
1476000	1484000	Do you have a map of Taiwan here too? 有,二十块钱一张.
1484000	1493000	We do, twenty dollars each. 好,我买一张,一共多少钱?
1493000	1504000	Fine, I'll buy one. How much is it all together? 报,杂志,三十五块.
1504000	1514000	The newspaper and the magazine were thirty-five dollars. 这两张地图三十二块.
1514000	1521000	These two maps are thirty-two dollars. 一共六十七块.
1521000	1533000	All together, it's sixty-seven dollars. A review dialog for this unit will be found at the beginning of the C2 tape. Now try translating random sentences from the target list.
1533000	1548000	I'd like to buy an English-language newspaper. 这里有美国杂志没有?
1548000	1559000	Are there any American magazines here? 报,杂志,一共多少钱?
1559000	1563000	How much are the newspaper and the magazines all together? 报,杂志,一共多少钱?
1563000	1569000	Number four. 对不起,美国书我们不卖。
1569000	1573000	I'm sorry, we don't sell American books. 不好意思,我们不卖美国书。
1573000	1580000	Number five. 你们这里卖美国书不卖。
1580000	1584000	Do you sell American books here? 这里卖美国书不卖。
1584000	1588000	Number six. 这个报多少钱?
1588000	1597000	How much is this newspaper? 这里没有美国杂志。
1597000	1607000	There aren't any American magazines here. 这两张地图多少钱?
1607000	1611000	How much are these two maps? 这两张地图多少钱?
1611000	1616000	Number nine. 这个报五块钱一份。
1616000	1620000	This newspaper is five dollars a copy. 这个报五块钱一份。
1620000	1624000	Number ten. 一共三十五块。
1624000	1628000	All together, it's thirty-five dollars. 全部是三十五块。
1628000	1647000	If you're ready, go on to the P1 tape. This is the end of the tape. 这个报五块钱一份。