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0	7000	Standard Chinese, A Modular Approach, Money Module, Unit 2, Comprehension Tape 1.
7000	15000	This unit is set in the PRC. On this tape, you'll learn to understand questions and answers you might use in buying things to eat.
15000	22000	Mr. Anderson has stopped in a small shop near his hotel in Peking to buy some small pastries or cookies for a snack.
22000	27000	Listen to his opening remark. I'd like to buy some pastries.
27000	33000	我想买点点心。我想买点点心。
33000	42000	Here's the word for pastries, cookies, or cake.点心。点心。
42000	46000	The word for some in this sentence is the toneless syllable 点心.
46000	51000	You may think of this as a reduced form of the word 点心, a little bit.
51000	56000	You had the word a little bit earlier in its non-Peking form 点心。
56000	68000	Listen to the two forms compared.点心。点心。点心。点心。点心。
68000	78000	Notice that the Peking form drops the final N, adds an R, and changes the vowel from the E of 10 to the A of tar.
78000	85000	Listen to the two forms again.点心。点心。点心。点心。
85000	89000	一点。一点。
89000	93000	Now listen to Mr. Anderson's opening remark again. live.
93000	102000	我想买点点心。 again.我想买点点心。
102000	109000	Check your comprehension.我想买点点心。
109000	114000	I'd like to buy some pastries. The conversation continues.
114000	125000	How much is this kind of small pastry?这个小点心多少钱?
125000	132000	80 cents a catty.八毛钱一斤。
132000	138000	Notice that in this exchange, the general counter 个 is again used to refer to the kind of thing.
138000	143000	Here's the adjectival verb to be small.小。
143000	146000	小。
146000	153000	The unit of weight used like our pound is known in English as the catty. Here's the Chinese for catty.
153000	157000	金。金。
157000	162000	In the PRC, a catty is 1.1 pounds.
162000	170000	The PRC dollar is equivalent to approximately half a US dollar. Here's the word for a tenth of a dollar, or dime.
170000	174000	毛。毛。
174000	182000	Notice that while we say 80 cents, the Chinese say in effect eight dimes. Listen to the exchange live.
182000	188000	这个小点心多少钱?八毛钱一斤。
188000	195000	Again。这个小点心多少钱?八毛钱一斤。
195000	199000	Check your comprehension.这个小点心多少钱?
199000	204000	八毛钱一斤。
204000	210000	How much is this kind of small pastry?八毛钱一斤。
210000	219000	80 cents a catty. The conversation continues. Listen.
219000	227000	Give me two catties.给我两斤。给我两斤。
227000	234000	Here's the verb to give.给。给。
234000	243000	Listen to the request live.给我两斤。Again。给我两斤。
243000	250000	Check your comprehension.给我两斤。Give me two catties.
250000	260000	Here's the verb to ask to.请。请。
260000	266000	Now listen to a politer version of this request. Please give me two catties.
266000	273000	请你给我两斤。请你给我两斤。
273000	279000	Here's the verb to ask to.请。请。
279000	287000	You might translate 请你 as I ask you to, but obviously the idiomatic equivalent is please.
287000	293000	You can also make this request without the word for you.请给我两斤。
293000	301000	Listen to the polite request live.请你给我两斤。Again。
301000	311000	请你给我两斤。Check your comprehension.请你给我两斤。
311000	321000	Please give me two catties. The conversation continues. Here's the verb to want.要。要。
321000	330000	And here's the word for soda in the sense of carbonated soft drinks.气水。气水。
330000	340000	Listen. What else do you want?你还要点什么?你还要点什么?
340000	349000	I want some soda, too.我还要气水。我还要气水。
349000	356000	You've had the adverb high as still in 他还在美国。 She's still in America.
356000	363000	You've also had it as yet, as in 他还没来。 She hasn't come yet.
363000	371000	Here we can't translate it either way. You might think of the word high in this exchange as meaning in addition.
371000	377000	The sentences could then be translated literally as What do you want a little of in addition?
377000	384000	And I want a little soda in addition. We have translated more idiomatically using
384000	389000	What else do you want? And I want a little soda, too.
389000	395000	Even though the translations else and too by themselves are a bit loose for high.
395000	403000	Listen to the exchange live.你还要点什么?我还要气水。
403000	413000	Again,你还要点什么?我还要气水。Check your comprehension.你还要点什么?
413000	426000	What else do you want?我还要气水。I want some soda, too.
426000	437000	The conversation continues. Listen. How much is it a bottle?多少钱一瓶?
437000	449000	It's 25 cents.两瓦五分钱。两瓦五分钱。Here's how you'd say one bottle of soda.
449000	460000	一瓶气水。一瓶气水。 Notice that the word 瓶,bottle, acts as a counter.
460000	466000	And here's how you'd say one cent.一分钱。一分钱。
466000	476000	The word 瓶 is also a counter, measuring amounts of money. Notice that 25 cents is given as two dimes and five cents.
476000	493000	Here's the exchange live.多少钱一瓶?两瓦五分钱。Again,多少钱一瓶?两瓦五分钱。Check your comprehension.多少钱一瓶?
493000	513000	How much is it a bottle?两瓦五分钱。It's 25 cents. In the following live conversation, notice the use of the question word 瓶, followed by a counter. Listen.
513000	542000	您要几瓶?请给我三瓶,点先气水,一共多少钱?两斤点心,一块六毛钱,三瓶气水,七瓦五分钱,一共两块三瓦五分钱。Again,您要几瓶?请给我三瓶,点先气水,一共多少钱?
542000	567000	两斤点心,一块六毛钱,三瓶气水,七瓦五分钱,一共两块三瓦五分钱。Check your comprehension.您要几瓶?How many bottles would you like?请给我三瓶。
567000	595000	请给我三瓶,点先气水,一共多少钱?How much are the pastries and soda altogether?两斤点心,一块六毛钱。Two catties of pastries are one dollar and sixty cents.
595000	622000	三瓶气水,七瓦五分钱。Three bottles of soda are seventy-five cents.一共两块三瓦五分钱。All together, it will be two dollars and thirty-five cents.The conversation continues.
622000	643000	Here's three dollars. 这是三块钱。Here's sixty-five cents change. 找你六瓦五分钱。Thank you. Goodbye.
643000	655000	谢谢再见。Goodbye. 再见。
655000	679000	Literally, Mr. Anderson is saying, this is three dollars. In this use, the word jay has no counter-attached.You've seen a specifier used this way before, in sentences like,那是民族饭店,that's the nationalities hotel. Here's the verb which means to give change. 找,找。
679000	704000	Now listen to the storekeeper's answer again.Here's sixty-five cents change. 找你六瓦五分钱。 Our English translation is a little loose. The storekeeper is really saying something like, I'm giving you sixty-five cents change. Listen to the exchange live.
704000	715000	这是三块钱。 找你六瓦五分钱。Thank you. Goodbye. 再见。
715000	720000	Here's how you say goodbye. 再见。
720000	741000	Word for word,再见 is again see. That is, see you again. Here's the exchange again. 这是三块钱。找你六瓦五分钱。谢谢再见。
741000	749000	再见。Check your comprehension. 这是三块钱。
749000	760000	Here's three dollars. 找你六瓦五分钱。 Here's sixty-five cents change. 谢谢再见。
760000	769000	Thank you. Goodbye. 再见。 Goodbye.
769000	778000	After paying, Mr. Anderson notices some apples. There are two kinds, large and small. Listen. How much are those large apples?
778000	787000	那个大苹果多少钱? 那个大苹果多少钱?
787000	797000	The large ones are forty-five cents a catty. 大的四毛五分钱一斤。
797000	803000	Here's the word for apple. 苹果。苹果。
803000	814000	Notice that when the noun is dropped, the adjectival verb must have the marker d. Large ones is simply 大的, and in the same way, good ones would be 好的。
814000	820000	Here's the exchange live. 那个大苹果多少钱?
820000	828000	大的四毛五分钱一斤。Again. 那个大苹果多少钱?
828000	839000	大的四毛五分钱一斤。Check your comprehension. 那个大苹果多少钱?
839000	849000	How much are those large apples? 大的四毛五分钱一斤。
849000	856000	The large ones are forty-five cents a catty. The conversation continues. Listen.
856000	865000	How much a catty are the small ones? 小的多少钱一斤?
865000	873000	They're thirty-five cents. 三毛五。
873000	877000	Small ones, of course, is simply 小的。
877000	893000	Notice, by the way, that the price in the answer has been abbreviated by emitting the first unit marker 奔, and the word money, 钱。 Instead of 三毛五分钱, the answer is simply 三毛五, literally three times five.
893000	899000	Listen to the exchange live. 小的多少钱一斤?
899000	915000	三毛五。Again. 小的多少钱一斤? 三毛五。Check your comprehension. 小的多少钱一斤?
915000	922000	How much a catty are the small ones? 三毛五。
922000	934000	They're thirty-five cents. Other prices are abbreviated the same way. Listen to this live conversation. 这本书多少钱?
934000	951000	这本三块五。Again. 这本书多少钱? 这本三块五。Check your comprehension. 这本书多少钱?
951000	978000	How much is this book? 这本三块五。This one is three dollars and fifty cents. The conversation continues. Please give me three catties of those small ones. 请给我三斤那个小的。
978000	991000	Certainly three catties are a dollar five. 好。三斤一块零五。 好。三斤一块零五。
991000	1004000	Here the dime's place is empty and the placeholder 零 zero must be used. 一块零五, one dollar zero five.
1004000	1027000	You'll remember that 一块五, with 五 in the dime's place, would mean a dollar fifty. Notice that the word of in the English phrase three catties of those small ones has no equivalent in the Chinese, which word for word is three catties those small ones. Listen to the exchange live. 请给我三斤那个小的。
1027000	1047000	好。三斤一块零五。 Again. 请给我三斤那个小的。 好。三斤一块零五。 Check your comprehension. 请给我三斤那个小的。
1047000	1058000	Please give me three catties of those small ones. 好。三斤一块零五。
1058000	1076000	Certainly three catties are a dollar five. The conversation continues. Listen. What else do you want? 你还要点什么? 你还要点什么? I don't want anything else.
1076000	1082000	我不要什么了? 我不要什么了?
1082000	1096000	In the question 什么 is the interrogative pronoun what? In the answer however, without its tone, it's the indefinite pronoun anything. Mr. Anderson's reply is a statement, not a question.
1096000	1125000	The new situation marker le in his reply indicates that his not wanting anything represents a change. Now, I don't want anything. Here's the exchange live. 你还要点什么? 我不要什么了? Again. 你还要点什么? 我不要什么了? Check your comprehension. 你还要点什么?
1125000	1154000	What else do you want? 我不要什么了? I don't want anything else. Here's another example of shama used to mean anything. 你买什么? 我今天不买什么,就看看。 Again. 你买什么? 我今天不买什么,就看看。 Check your comprehension. 你买什么?
1154000	1180000	What are you buying? 我今天不买什么,就看看。 I'm not buying anything today. I'm just looking. Let's change the scene again for another example of new situation le applied to a negative sense. Listen to the live exchange. 你还念历史吗?
1180000	1203000	你还念历史吗? 我不念了. Again. 你还念历史吗? 我不念了. Check your comprehension. 你还念历史吗? Are you still studying history? 我不念了. I'm not studying it anymore.
1203000	1224000	I'm not studying it anymore. A review dialog for this unit will be found at the beginning of the C2 tape. Now let's review the exchanges of the target list for this unit. Number one. 汽水多少钱一瓶?
1224000	1241000	How much is soda a bottle? 两毛五. It's 25 cents. Number two. 这个点心多少钱一斤?
1241000	1249000	How much is this kind of pastry a catty? 八毛钱一斤?
1249000	1278000	Eighty cents a catty. 请你给我两斤. Please give me two catties. Number three. 你还要点什么? What else do you want? 我不要什么了. I don't want anything else. Number four.
1278000	1305000	那个大苹果多少钱? How much are those large apples? 大的四毛五分钱一斤. The large ones are 45 cents a catty. 请给我三斤小的.
1305000	1323000	Please give me three catties of the small ones. 好,三斤一块零五. Certainly, three catties are a dollar five. Number five. 这是三块钱?
1323000	1344000	Here's three dollars. 找你六毛五分钱. Here's sixty five cents change. 谢谢,再见.
1344000	1354000	Thank you. Goodbye. 再见. If you feel you're ready, go on to the P1 tape. This is the end of the tape. 谢谢,再见.