<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/loose.dtd"> <html> <head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta name="generator" content="ABBYY FineReader PDF 15"><meta name="author" content="Foreign Service Institute"><meta name="description" content="Standard Chinese"><title>FSI - Standard Chinese - Module 07 SOC - Student Text and Workbook</title> </head> <body> <table border="1"> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>A! Shi ní ya! Hao Jiǔ bu jiàn! Jīntiān zenme you shíjiān chūlai zouzou?</p></td><td> <p>Well, it’s you! I haven’t seen you in a long time! How is it you've got time to come out for a walk today</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B;</p></td><td> <p>Yíge zhōngtóu yǐqián, wo cóng xuéxiào gei ni dǎ diànhuà, ní bú zài jiā, gāngcái wo dào zhèli fujìn mai dōngxi, jiù lái kàn-kan. Zhen bú cuò, ní yíjíng huílai le.</p></td><td> <p>I called you an hour ago from school, but you weren't home. I just came over to this neighborhood to do some shopping, so I stopped by to visit. It's great that you're back already.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Duìbuqí, wo gāngcái dào péngyou jiā jiè shū qu le.</p></td><td> <p>Sorry. I just went over to a friend's house to borrow a book.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>Shénme shū? You shi guānyū Zhōngguóde ba?</p></td><td> <p>What book? More about China, I bet.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Duì le, you Xiānggǎngde, dàlùde, ye you Táiwānde, dōu shi xiāoshuōr. Ní zuòxia kàn, wo qù gei ni dào bēi chá lai.</p></td><td> <p>Yes, there are ones from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan, all fiction. Sit down and have a look. I'll go get you a cup of tea.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>Bú yào máfan, shénme hēde dōu xíng.</p></td><td> <p>Don't go to any trouble. Anything to drink is fine.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Kěkōukělè, Júzi shuír , háishi pijiu?</p></td><td> <p>Coke, orange Juice or beer?</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>M, júzi shuí ba!</p></td><td> <p>Um, orange juice.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Hao, wo māshàng j iù lái, yào bīngkuàir ma?</p></td><td> <p>Okay, I'll get it right now. Do you want ice cubes?</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>Bú yào, xièxie.</p></td><td> <p>No, thanks.</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>two</p></td><td colspan="2"> <p>(Lí Ping sits down and leafs through the books, and Tom returns with glasses of orange juice. )</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>Tāngmú?.'</p></td><td> <p>Tom?</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Ng?</p></td><td> <p>Yeah?</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>B:</p></td><td> <p>Zhè sānge dìfangde shū, ní dōu kàn, ní juéde zěnmeyàng?</p></td><td> <p>Reading books from all three of these places, what do you think?</p></td></tr> <tr><td> <p>A:</p></td><td> <p>Wode gǎnjué bú shi yíjù huà</p></td><td> <p>I can't explain my feelings in</p></td></tr> </table> </body> </html>