start end text 0 9000 Standard Chinese, A Modular Approach. Life in China Module, Units 1-3, Review Tape 1. 9000 14000 This tape reviews your understanding of the reference list sentences in Units 1-3. 14000 19000 The speaker will say a sentence in Chinese, and you translate it into English. 19000 21000 Let's begin. 21000 29000 聽說,老王喜歡琴棋书画,是不是? 29000 35000 I hear that Lao Wang likes music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, doesn't he? 35000 41000 是啊,他的书法很好,还展览过呢。 41000 46000 Yes, his calligraphy is very good. He's even exhibited. 46000 53000 听说,人们在一个什么委员会领退休金。 53000 57000 I hear that people collect their pensions from a committee of some sort. 57000 63000 要在街道歌委会领退休金。 63000 67000 That's right. You have to collect it at the Revolutionary Street Committee. 67000 76000 听,半导体收音机里,又在想到爱国卫生运动了。 76000 82000 Listen, they're talking about the patriotic clean-up campaign on the transistor radio. 82000 90000 对,长搞卫生就是好,是应该做宣传。 90000 96000 Yes, it's very good to have clean-ups often. This should be widely publicized. 96000 101000 你如果想退休,应该怎么办? 101000 104000 What should you do if you want to retire? 104000 111000 应该和工作单位谈一谈。这些事情都是工作单位管。 111000 120000 You should talk with your work unit. These things are all taken care of by your work unit. 120000 126000 你们工间休息的时候,大家做什么? 126000 129000 What do you all do when you take your break at work? 129000 135000 做做工间操,锻炼锻炼身体。 135000 139000 We do some break time calisthenics to get in shape. 139000 144000 这半天,我大哥到哪儿去了? 144000 147000 Where's oldest brother been all this time? 147000 151000 他正在阳台上乘凉呢。 151000 154000 He's cooling off on the balcony. 154000 159000 明天你有什么事吗? 159000 162000 Do you have something to do tomorrow? 162000 168000 明天是8月1号,我们要去慰问金属、猎属。 168000 179000 Tomorrow is August 1st, we're going to visit and cheer up military dependents and family members of revolutionary martyrs. 179000 183000 华盛顿的电视节目怎么样? 183000 187000 What are Washington television programs like? 187000 189000 比较丰富。 189000 192000 There's quite a variety. 192000 200000 今天中午,游线广播站广播的内容多不多? 200000 205000 Did the local broadcasting network broadcast a lot of material today at noon? 205000 209000 不少,他们念了好几份报纸。 209000 212000 Yes, they read a whole lot of newspapers. 212000 218000 你觉得这种新文字的办法怎么样? 218000 222000 What do you think of the method of fumigating mosquitoes? 222000 230000 这种办法很好,大家统一行动,成绩准不错。 230000 232000 It's a good method. 232000 236000 When everybody acts in unison, the results are certain to be good. 236000 241000 每天早晨,你都出去跑步吗? 241000 244000 Do you go out to run every morning? 244000 250000 对了,出去跑步,打太极拳。 250000 254000 Yes, I go out to run and do taijiquan. 254000 261000 回来的时候,顺便到菜市场买菜。 261000 265000 And on the way back, I stop at the market to buy groceries. 265000 272000 今天,你们接到又搞大扫除了。 272000 276000 Is your street committee area doing a full-scale clean-up again today? 276000 280000 是啊,我们接到居民敢想敢干。 280000 291000 一定要把我们这儿搞得像先进街道一样干净。 291000 296000 Yes, the residents of our street committee area dare to think and dare to do. 296000 300000 They're determined to make our areas clean as an advanced street committee area. 300000 309000 政府是不是号召人们削灭仓营蚊子和老鼠? 309000 314000 Does the government call on the people to exterminate flies, mosquitoes, and rats? 314000 320000 对,这是爱国卫生运动的重要方面。 320000 326000 Yes, this is one of the important aspects of the patriotic clean-up campaign. 326000 335000 你接到通知没有?是不是最近学校要开家长会? 335000 337000 Did you receive a notification? 337000 340000 Doesn't the school want to have a parent's meeting soon? 340000 348000 是啊,好像是下星期一、下午五点。 348000 352000 Yes, it seems to me that it's next Monday at five in the afternoon. 352000 357000 这个假日你准备去哪儿? 357000 360000 Where are you planning to go for this holiday? 360000 365000 我想到公社电影队去看看。 365000 369000 I'm thinking of going to the commune's movie team to take a look. 369000 375000 听说他们的工作搞得相当好。 375000 378000 I've heard that their work is quite good. 378000 389000 在搞卫生的时候,如果群众有一个好办法,能不能和格伟会谈谈? 389000 393000 When doing the clean-up, if the masses have a good way of doing something, 393000 397000 can they talk about it with the revolutionary street committee? 397000 399000 当然可以。 399000 412000 群众不仅参加接到所有的活动,而且经常帮着我们想办法做好各项工作。 412000 414000 Of course they can. 414000 417000 The masses not only take part in all activities, 417000 422000 but moreover they often help us think of ways to take care of various jobs. 422000 428000 我想参加书法研究会,行不行? 428000 432000 I'd like to take part in a calligraphy study group. Would that be alright? 432000 442000 这些研究会是人们文化生活的一部分,都是自愿参加的。 442000 446000 These study groups are one part of the cultural life of the people. 446000 448000 They are all voluntary. 448000 453000 这个周末我可以陪你去。 453000 456000 This weekend I can go with you. 456000 465000 这个参加演出队的活动以外,业余时间还做什么? 465000 467000 What does she do with her time after work, 467000 472000 in addition to taking part in the activities of the performing arts group? 472000 479000 她喜欢体育活动,尤其是爱打羽毛球。 479000 481000 She likes sports activity. 481000 484000 She especially loves to play badminton. 484000 489000 女儿的音乐课成绩很好啊。 489000 492000 Your daughter's music class grades are very good. 492000 502000 她的成绩是不错,可是她根本不想研究音乐,真是没办法。 502000 504000 Her grades are pretty good, 504000 506000 but she just doesn't want to study music. 506000 509000 There's just nothing I can do about it. 509000 515000 你们接到隔委会的负责人是谁? 515000 519000 Who's the person in charge of your revolutionary street community? 519000 526000 是刘开兰,大家叫他刘大姐。 526000 531000 刘开兰,everyone calls her older sister Liu. 531000 546000 Are the neighborhood committees also in charge of the participation of housewives in political studies? 546000 555000 是的,居民委员会组织家庭妇女参加学习。 555000 560000 Yes, neighborhood committees organize housewives to participate in studies. 560000 567000 你把那把药藏在哪儿了?我怎么找不到? 567000 570000 Where did you hide that package of insecticide? 570000 572000 How come I can't find it? 572000 579000 你进屋去看看,大概就在桌子上。 579000 580000 Go into the room and look. 580000 583000 It's probably right on the table. 583000 589000 今天上午北京街头好多地方有人用广播同讲话。 589000 594000 他们在做什么? 594000 599000 This morning there were people in many places on the streets of Peking speaking through megaphone. 599000 601000 What were they doing? 601000 605000 他们在宣传交通规则。 605000 608000 They were publicizing traffic rules. 608000 615000 机械洗衣站,帮助居民洗衣服是不是? 615000 620000 Roundries aid the residents in washing clothes, don't they? 620000 628000 除了帮助居民以外,他们还常常给部队洗被子。 628000 634000 In addition to aiding the residents, they also often wash quilts for the troops. 634000 641000 解放钱,到中国来看看,到处都很脏。 641000 647000 Before liberation, if you came to China to visit, you would have seen that every place was dirty. 647000 654000 但是现在不一样了,不少地方都很干净。 654000 659000 But now it's not the same, quite a few places are clean. 659000 667000 这就是政府和人民大搞卫生的成绩啊。 667000 672000 This is the achievement of the government and the people in doing a large scale clean up. 672000 678000 街道和学校有没有什么关系? 678000 682000 Is there any connection between the street committee and the school? 682000 696000 有,比方说我们常常参加学校的活动和孩子们一起做游戏给他们讲故事。 696000 705000 Yes, there is. For example, we often take part in school activities, playing games with the children and telling them stories. 705000 714000 街道服务站和国家生产计划没有关系吧? 714000 719000 There's no connection between street committee service units and the national production plan, is there? 719000 728000 你说得对,可是群众都觉得街道服务站的工作非常有用。 728000 734000 No, but the masses feel that the work of the street committee service units is very useful. 734000 741000 再点着新文字药以前,应该先做什么? 741000 745000 What should we do before lighting the mosquito insecticide? 745000 750000 应该先把窗户和门都关上。 750000 754000 You should close up all the windows and doors. 754000 761000 居民委员会,是不是基层的政府机关? 761000 765000 Are the neighborhood committees the lowest level organizations of the government? 765000 774000 不,街道各委会才是基层的政府机关。 774000 780000 No, it's the revolutionary street committees that are the grassroots organizations of the government. 780000 787000 居民委员会,首街道各委会的领导。 787000 792000 The neighborhood committees are under the management of the revolutionary street committee. 792000 798000 你每天早晨都活动一会吗? 798000 801000 Do you get some exercise every morning? 801000 811000 早晨空气新鲜,在阳台上站一会,对身体很有好处。 811000 818000 Yes, in the morning when the air is fresh, it's good for your health to stand on the balcony for a while. 818000 826000 你们丰盛地区也有街道各委会吧? 826000 830000 Your Fengsheng area has a revolutionary street committee too, doesn't it? 830000 835000 有,离我们家不远。 835000 838000 Yes, it's not far from our home. 838000 845000 年纪大的人使用这种药有没有关系? 845000 848000 Does it matter if this medicine is used by older people? 848000 853000 没有关系,请看说明书。 853000 857000 No, it doesn't matter. Take a look at the instructions. 857000 865000 每个街道各委会都领导几个服务站。 865000 869000 Every revolutionary street committee manages several service units, doesn't it? 869000 879000 是的,除了许多普通的服务站以外,我们还有一个机械洗衣站。 879000 885000 Yes, in addition to many ordinary service units, we also have a laundry. 885000 889000 你爱人也是搞体力的吗? 889000 891000 Does your spouse do sports too? 891000 897000 是的,他的体操实在不错。 897000 903000 Yes, he's really pretty good at calisthenics. 903000 905000 This is the end of the tape. 905000 916000 In the Life in China module, units 1 to 3, review tape 1.