Dialogue and Translation for Exercise 3

An American tourist, Professor Michaels (M), is packing his bags in his

hotel room. Ms. Táng Lán (T), from the door.

China Travel Service, comes to his

T: Màikè Jiàoshòu, dàrào nl le.

M:   Mei shenme, kuài qlng zuō, wō

zhèr luànqībāzāode, zài shōushi dōngxi.

Professor Michaels, I’m disturbing you

Not at all. Please sit down. It’s a mess here, I'm packing.

T:   Shénme shíhourde fěijí ya?

M: Wǎnshangde, hái z&o ne, bù jí bù JÍ, nl zuō ma.

T: Wō lái song gěi nín yìběn yōulán huàcè.

M: Yōulàn huàcè? Jiù shi wōmen zài yōulSn Wànll Chángchéngde shihou, wō
xiàng màide nèizhōng?

T:   Jiù shi. Zhèizhōng huàcè xūyào

liàng kě dà le.

M:   Shì ma! Suzhou láide, yěizhōu

láide, shénme dìfang láide kèren dōu xiàng m&i yìběnr. Xūyàeliàng yídìng
hěn dà.

When’s your plane?

In the evening. It's still early. No rush, no rush. Come on and sit
down.

I’ve come to give you a photographic travel book.

A photographic travel book? Is it the kind I wanted to buy when we were
touring the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Li?

Right. There sure is a great demand for this kind of book of
photographs.

Sure! Visitors from Europe, America, everywhere, all want to buy one. Of
course there’s a great demand.

T: Nèitiǎn zài BSdállng, nín méiyou māizháo, jintiǎn wō gei nín sònglai
le.

M:   Zhěn xièxie ni, zhème diǎnr xiǎo

shir nī hái xiǎngzhe. Duóshao q.ián na?

T:   Shi Luxíngshè song nínde. Wǒmen

huānyíng nín zài lái.

That day at BSdállng, you weren’t able to find one, so today I’m
bringing you one.

Thank you so much. Such a small thing and you still remembered it. How
much was it?

It’s a gift from the Travel Service. We welcome you to come back again.

(Michael takes a Parker pen out of the pocket of his suitcase.)

M:   Nà, zhèizhī bī song gei ni.

T: Ò, bù kéyi, wǒmen bù kéyi jiē-shòu kèrende līwù.

M*. Name song gei nimen Luxíngshè. Hái Jide nèitiǎn wǒmen zài
Shísǎn-líng ma?

T:   Dui, nèitiǎn nín hěn gāoxìng.

M:   Xlnshǎng Zhōngguó gǔdài jiànzhù

yìshu shi wō zuì gǎoxìngde shi. Nèitiǎn wǒmen zhào xiang le, nī hái jìde
ma?

T:   Jide. Nèitiǎn nín gěi wǒmen Lu-

xíngshède Jīge tóngzhì zhàole xiāng, nín hái zài zhàopiàn hòu-mian yòng
Zhōngwén xiěle "Měi-Zhōng yǒuh&o” sìge zì.

M: Duì, nàme Jintiǎn nī song huàcè lai, wŌ song gei nimen yìzhl bī
wèishénme bù kéyi ne?

T:   Hǎo. Wō dàibiǎo tóngzhìmen xiè

xie nín, huānyíng nín zài lái.

Then, take this pen as a gift.

Oh, I can’t. We’re not allowed to accept gifts from visitors.

Then I give it to your Travel Service. Do you still remember that day at
the Thirteen Tombs?

Yes. That day you were very happy.

The thing that makes me happiest is admiring the ancient architectural
art of China. That day we took pictures, do you remember?

Yes. That day, you took a picture of us comrades from the Travel
Service, and you wrote on the back of the picture ’’American-Chinese
friendship.”

Right. So then today since you’ve brought me the photographic travel
book, what’s wrong with my giving you a pen?

All right. On behalf of the other comrades, I thank you and welcome you
to come back again.

M: Wō yídìng zài lái.

I’ll be sure to.