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0	2760	Standard Chinese, a modular approach.
2760	7960	Meeting module, Unit 4, Comprehension Tape 1.
7960	11200	The situations on this tape are set in the ROC.
11200	16400	On this tape, you'll learn questions and answers you might use when you're invited to someone's house.
16400	20520	In the last unit, Mr. Franklin, an American businessman in Taipei,
20520	25120	invited Section Chief Huang, an official at his bank, to come to dinner.
25120	29920	Listen to the conversation as Mrs. Franklin opens the door for the Huangs.
29920	33200	Section Chief Huang, Mrs. Huang, welcome.
33200	38120	黄客长,黄太太,欢迎,欢迎。
38120	41960	黄客长,黄太太,欢迎,欢迎。
41960	43400	Please come in.
43400	47240	请进,请进。
47240	49800	Here's the verb to welcome.
49800	53560	欢迎,欢迎。
53560	56040	And here's the verb to enter.
56040	59200	进,进。
59200	62160	Listen to the remarks live.
62160	65760	黄客长,黄太太,欢迎,欢迎。
65760	67640	请进。
67640	69880	Again.
69880	72880	黄客长,黄太太,欢迎,欢迎。
72880	74680	请进。
74680	77680	Check your comprehension.
77680	85760	黄客长,黄太太,欢迎,欢迎。
85760	89320	Section Chief Huang, Mrs. Huang, welcome.
89320	92280	请进。
92280	94800	Please come in.
94800	97280	The conversation continues.
97280	99560	How are you, Mrs. Franklin?
99560	102760	副太太,您好。
102760	105640	副太太,您好。
105640	109600	Here's a small token of appreciation.
109600	114200	这是一点小意思。
114200	117480	这是一点小意思。
117480	123200	This sentence might also be translated more informally as here's a little for you.
123200	126720	Here's the phrase that means token of appreciation.
126720	128680	小意思。
128680	130960	小意思。
130960	136840	Literally, the word意思 means meaning, idea, or intention.
136840	141800	You've seen it before in the expression 有意思, to be interesting.
141800	144880	Here are the remarks live.
144880	146920	副太太,您好。
146920	149320	这是一点小意思。
149320	151000	Again.
151000	153280	副太太,您好。
153280	155640	这是一点小意思。
155640	157680	Check your comprehension.
157680	161680	副太太,您好。
161680	164080	How are you, Mrs. Franklin?
164080	169920	这是一点小意思。
169920	173360	Here's a small token of appreciation.
173360	179360	Let's leave Section Chief Huang for a moment and listen to how Mrs. Franklin might have greeted an earlier guest.
179360	182560	Here's the conversation live.
182560	186920	梁先生,欢迎欢迎,请进。
186920	190680	这是一点点心给你们的小孩子。
190680	192520	你真太客气。
192520	196880	没什么,就是一点小意思。
196880	198640	Again.
198640	202080	梁先生,欢迎欢迎,请进。
202080	205320	这是一点点心给你们的小孩子。
205320	206840	你真太客气。
206840	210440	没什么,就是一点小意思。
210440	213080	Check your comprehension.
213080	221280	梁先生,欢迎欢迎,请进。
221280	225040	Mr. Liang, welcome. Please come in.
225040	234120	这是一点点心给你们的小孩子。
234120	236920	Here are some cookies for your children.
236920	240800	你真太客气。
240800	243160	You're really too polite.
243160	251440	没什么,就是一点小意思。
251440	256040	It's nothing. It's just a small token of appreciation.
256040	258720	Now let's go back to Section Chief Huang.
258720	264320	You'll remember he had just handed Mrs. Franklin a gift.
264320	268480	I know you like landscape paintings.
268480	275040	我知道您喜欢山水画。
275040	279760	我知道您喜欢山水画。
279760	284080	I especially requested a friend to paint one for you.
284080	291560	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
291560	296280	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
296280	300400	Here's the word for a painting or for the verb to paint.
300400	303840	画。
303840	307840	In peaking speech, the word for a painting ends with an R.
307840	311920	Listen, 画。
311920	314600	Here's how you say landscape painting.
314600	318920	山水画。
318920	322360	Literally, the word 山 means hill or mountain.
322360	324960	And the word 水 means water.
324960	329920	In this case, of course, the word 水 refers to rivers or lakes.
329920	333280	Here's the word for special or especially.
333280	337560	特别。
337560	342960	In the last sentence, the verb 画 is followed by a completed action marker 乐。
342960	346840	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
346840	352840	The marker 乐 must be added when a completed action is followed by an object with a number and a counter.
352840	356400	See the reference notes for further discussion.
356400	360040	Now listen to the comments live.
360040	362880	我知道您喜欢山水画。
362880	367080	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
367080	368960	Again。
368960	371680	我知道您喜欢山水画。
371680	376320	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
376320	378960	Check your comprehension.
378960	386360	我知道您喜欢山水画。
386360	389840	I know you like landscape paintings.
389840	397040	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
397040	402320	I especially requested a friend to paint one for you.
402320	406520	Here's how Mrs. Franklin responds to the gift.
406520	410480	您真是太客气。谢谢。
410480	413440	来,我给你们介绍介绍。
413440	418640	On the way to the living room, Section Chief Huang notices a painting on the wall.
418640	420760	Listen to his comment live.
420760	425880	这张山水画真漂亮。
425880	428600	是朴先生画的吧?
428600	429600	是的。
429600	432720	我特别喜欢朴先生的画。
432720	434720	Again。
434720	438040	这张山水画真漂亮。
438040	440440	是朴先生画的吧?
440440	441440	是的。
441440	444920	我特别喜欢朴先生的画。
444920	447680	Check your comprehension.
447680	452320	这张山水画真漂亮。
452320	458640	这张山水画真漂亮。
458640	462320	是朴先生画的吧?
462320	468320	It must be painted by Mr. Poo.
468320	470120	是的。
470120	472240	That's right.
472240	476040	我特别喜欢朴先生的画。
476040	482280	I especially like Mr. Poo's paintings.
482280	486160	The conversation continues in the living room.
486160	491600	This is Professor Hollands, who teaches economics at Taida.
491600	497160	这位是何教授,在台大教经济学。
497160	503840	这位是何教授,在台大教经济学。
503840	507040	Here's the word for Professor.
507040	509520	教授。
509520	511880	教授。
511880	517320	Notice that the tone on the verb to teach is high.
517320	518320	教。
518320	522120	While the tone on the first syllable of the word for Professor is falling.
522120	523120	教。
523120	527800	Here's the abbreviated name for Taiwan University.
527800	528800	台大。
528800	529800	台大。
529800	533800	Listen to the whole introduction live.
533800	539200	这位是何教授,在台大教经济学。
539200	545080	何教授,这位是黄科长,在台湾银行工作。
545080	547680	这位是黄太太。
547680	548680	Again。
548680	555480	这位是何教授,在台大教经济学。
555480	560680	何教授,这位是黄科长,在台湾银行工作。
560680	562680	这位是黄太太。
562680	565680	Check your comprehension.
565680	577480	这位是何教授,在台大教经济学。
577480	582880	This is Professor Hollands, who teaches economics at台大。
582880	595240	何教授,这位是黄科长,在台湾银行工作。
595240	600680	Mr. Hollands, this is Section Chief Huang, who works at the Bank of Taiwan.
600680	605520	这位是黄太太。
605520	608720	This is Mrs. Huang.
608720	612760	The conversation continues.
612760	614760	Glad to meet you.
614760	615760	久仰。
615760	616760	久仰。
616760	617760	久仰。
617760	618760	久仰。
618760	619760	久仰。
619760	621760	How long have you been here?
621760	628760	您来了多久了?
628760	631760	您来了多久了?
631760	633760	Glad to meet you.
633760	636760	It's only been two months since I came.
636760	637760	久仰。
637760	640760	我刚来两个月。
640760	642760	久仰。
642760	645760	我刚来两个月。
645760	648760	Here's how you say, glad to meet you.
648760	650760	久仰。
650760	652760	久仰。
652760	656760	This greeting is only used to someone you've heard of before.
656760	662760	Notice that in the sentence,我刚来两个月,no love is used.
662760	668760	The focus is not on an amount of time having passed, but on the shortness of the period.
668760	670760	Listen to the exchange live.
670760	672760	久仰。
672760	674760	久仰。
674760	676760	您来了多久了?
676760	677760	久仰。
677760	680760	我刚来两个月。
680760	682760	Again.
682760	683760	久仰。
683760	684760	久仰。
684760	686760	您来了多久了?
686760	687760	久仰。
687760	689760	我刚来两个月。
689760	692760	Check your comprehension.
692760	693760	久仰。
693760	696760	久仰。
696760	699760	Glad to meet you.
699760	705760	您来了多久了?
705760	708760	You've been here.
708760	709760	久仰。
709760	717760	我刚来两个月。
717760	719760	Glad to meet you.
719760	722760	It's only been two months since I came.
722760	725760	The conversation continues.
725760	729760	There's still much I'm not familiar with.
729760	734760	还有很多不熟悉的地方。
734760	739760	Later I want to request more advice from you.
739760	744760	以后还要向您请教。
744760	748760	以后还要向您请教。
748760	752760	Here's the adjectival verb to be familiar with.
752760	754760	熟悉。
754760	756760	熟悉。
756760	763760	Here's how you say to ask advice, literally to request teaching.
763760	766760	请教。
766760	768760	请教。
768760	773760	And here's the preposition of verb translated from in the second sentence above.
773760	774760	向。
774760	776760	向。
776760	781760	Literally the word 向 means facing.
781760	783760	Listen to the comments live.
783760	787760	还有很多不熟悉的地方。
787760	791760	以后还要向您请教。
791760	792760	Again.
792760	795760	还有很多不熟悉的地方。
795760	799760	以后还要向您请教。
799760	801760	Check your comprehension.
801760	809760	还有很多不熟悉的地方。
809760	814760	There's still much I'm not familiar with.
814760	822760	以后还要向您请教。
822760	827760	Later I want to request more advice from you.
827760	830760	The conversation concludes.
830760	833760	Not at all.
833760	835760	哪里哪里。
835760	838760	哪里哪里。
838760	843760	I hope that we'll have an opportunity to meet more later.
843760	853760	希望以后有机会多见面。
853760	861760	As you can see, the verb 希望 can mean to hope that as well as to hope to and to wish to.
861760	866760	Here's a verb that means to meet or see someone.
866760	870760	见面。
870760	873760	Literally, the element 面 means space.
873760	879760	So 见面 is a verb object compound meaning to see someone's face.
879760	882760	Here's how you say to meet more.
882760	886760	多见面。
886760	892760	In this phrase, the adjective verb 多 is acting as an adverb.
892760	896760	Listen to the final remarks live.
896760	898760	哪里哪里。
898760	902760	希望以后有机会多见面。
902760	904760	Again.
904760	905760	哪里哪里。
905760	909760	希望以后有机会多见面。
909760	911760	Check your comprehension.
911760	914760	哪里哪里。
914760	917760	Not at all.
917760	925760	希望以后有机会多见面。
925760	929760	I hope that we'll have an opportunity to meet more later.
929760	933760	Now let's change the scene and listen to another introduction.
933760	936760	Miss Farrell, an American scholar doing research in Taiwan,
936760	939760	is being introduced to a Chinese professor.
939760	943760	Listen to the conversation live.
943760	946760	这位是台大的江教授。
946760	950760	江教授,这位是方小姐。
950760	954760	江教授,久仰久仰。
954760	958760	方小姐,您好。您来中国多久了?
958760	961760	刚来三个多星期。
961760	964760	还有很多地方不熟悉。
964760	968760	以后还要向您多请教。
968760	972760	希望以后有机会多见面。
972760	974760	Again.
974760	977760	这位是台大的江教授。
977760	981760	江教授,这位是方小姐。
981760	984760	江教授,久仰久仰。
984760	988760	方小姐,您好。您来中国多久了?
988760	990760	刚来三个多星期。
990760	993760	还有很多地方不熟悉。
993760	996760	以后还要向您多请教。
996760	1000760	希望以后有机会多见面。
1000760	1004760	See if you understood what was said.
1004760	1011760	这位是台大的江教授。
1011760	1014760	This is Professor Jiang from Taita.
1014760	1021760	江教授,这位是方小姐。
1021760	1025760	Professor Jiang, this is Ms. Farrell.
1025760	1033760	江教授,久仰久仰。
1033760	1036760	Glad to meet you, Professor Jiang.
1036760	1046760	方小姐,您好。您来中国多久了?
1046760	1048760	How are you, Ms. Farrell?
1048760	1050760	How long have you been in China?
1050760	1056760	刚来三个多星期。
1056760	1060760	It's only been three weeks or so since I came.
1060760	1063760	I have a lot of places to visit.
1063760	1069760	There is still much I am not familiar with.
1069760	1077760	以后还要向您多请教。
1077760	1081760	Later on, I want to ask you advice more.
1081760	1089760	希望以后有机会多见面。
1089760	1094760	I hope that we'll have an opportunity to meet more later.
1094760	1099760	Here's a longer conversation reviewing everything introduced on this tape.
1099760	1102760	You'll hear the conversation twice live.
1102760	1109760	The conversation will be repeated once live and once with pauses and English at the beginning of the C2 tape.
1109760	1114760	A translation of the conversation will also be found in your textbook for this unit.
1114760	1122760	This conversation, you'll need to remember that the verb 学 refers to learning a skill, not to studying about some subject.
1122760	1127760	As the conversation begins, Ms. Bailey has just knocked on the door of her friend, Ms. Zhou.
1127760	1129760	Listen.
1129760	1135760	白小姐,请进。我给你介绍介绍台大的叶教授。
1135760	1138760	是不是那位教画画的叶教授?
1138760	1143760	是她,好急了。我很想和她见见面。
1143760	1148760	我看过她的话,不过没和她见过面。
1148760	1152760	她的山水画我最喜欢。
1152760	1156760	Ms. Bailey and Ms. Zhou have now entered the living room.
1156760	1161760	叶教授,这位是白小姐,刚从美国来不久。
1161760	1168760	白小姐,这位是叶教授。叶教授,久仰久仰。
1168760	1171760	您好,您来了多久了?
1171760	1174760	我刚来一个多月。
1174760	1176760	你来念寿吗?
1176760	1180760	不是,我现在在美国银行工作。
1180760	1181760	您多点。
1181760	1183760	白小姐,见见她见过面。
1183760	1187760	她的山水画我最喜欢。
1187760	1191760	Ms. Bailey and Ms. Zhou have now entered the living room.
1191760	1195760	叶教授,这位是白小姐,刚从美国来不久。
1195760	1198760	白小姐,这位是叶教授。
1198760	1201760	叶教授,久仰久仰。
1201760	1205760	您好,您来了多久了?
1205760	1207760	我刚来一个多月。
1207760	1208760	您来念寿吗?
1208760	1212760	不是,我现在在美国银行工作。
1212760	1214760	那太好了。
1214760	1217760	刚来,还有很多不熟悉的地方。
1217760	1223760	叶教授,我很喜欢中国画,以前学过两年。
1223760	1226760	那你大概画得很好了?
1226760	1229760	不行,以后希望有机会。
1229760	1231760	向您多请教请教。
1231760	1235760	哪里哪里,欢迎你来谈谈。
1235760	1238760	作为组合计划,看看你能够传辑的
1238760	1241760	结构和调整方式。
1241760	1250760	第一,我知道您喜欢山水画。
1250760	1252760	我认为您喜欢地图画。
1252760	1260760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1260760	1266760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1266760	1277760	我还有很多不地方,要向您请教。
1277760	1284760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1284760	1293760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1293760	1298760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1298760	1307760	希望以后有机会多见面。
1307760	1311760	希望会有机会见面。
1311760	1323760	五,这位是何教授,在台大教书。
1323760	1331760	这位是何教授,在台大教书。
1331760	1334760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。
1334760	1345760	六,这位是何教授,在台大教书。
1345760	1360760	特别请朋友给您画了一张。