Unit 1, Tape 1，	

Reviev Dialogue

As Tom (A) (Tangmu), a graduate student in Chinese Area Studies at
Georgetown University, is studying in his apartment, a knock comes at the door.
It is his classmate Li Ping (B), an exchange student from Hong Kong.

A: A! Shi ni ya! Hao jiu bu jian!	Well， it’s you! I haven't seen you
 Jīntiān zenme you shijiān chūlai	in a long time! How is it you've
   zouzou?	got time to come out for a walk today?
B: Yige shongtou yǐqian, wo cong	I called you an hour ago from
    xuěxiao gei ni da dianhua, nī	school, but you weren’t home. I
 bu zai jiā, gāngcai vo dao zheli	just came over to this neighborhood
fujin mai dōngxi, jiu lai kan-	to do some shopping, so I stopped "by
 kan. Zhēn bu cub, ni yijing	to visit. It1 s great that you’re
  hui lai le.	"back already.
A: Dui"buqī, vo gāngcāi dao	Sorry. I just went over to a
    pěngyou jiā jiě shū qu le•	friend’s house to borrow a book.
B: Shěnme shū? You shi guānyu	What book? More about China, I
  Zhongguode ba?	"bet.
A: Dui le, you Xiānggangde,	Yes, there are ones from Hong
 dalude, ye you Taivānde, dou	Kong, the mainland and Taiwan, all
 shi xiaoshuor. Nǐ zuoxia kan,	fiction. Sit down and have a look,
    vo qu gei ni dao bēi cha lai.	I111 go get you a cup of tea.
B: Bu yao māfan, shenme hēde dou	Don11 go to any trouble. Anything
  xing.	to drink is fine.
A: Kekoukele, juzi shuǐr°, haishi	Coke， orange juice or beer? pijiu?
B: M， juzi shuǐ "ba!	Um, orange juice.
A: Hao, wo mashang jiu lai, yao	Okay, IT11 get it right nov. Do
   bingkuair ma?	you want ice cubes?
B: Bu yao, xiěxie.	No， thanks.
     (Li Ping sits down and leafs through the "books, and Tom returns vith
tvo glasses of orange juice.)
B: Tāngmu?!	Tom?
A: Ng?	Yeah?
B: Zhe sānge difangde shū, nī dou	Reading "books from all three of
 kan, ni juěde zenmeyang?	these places, vhat do you think?
A: Wode gǎnjuě "bu shi yiju hua	I canTt explain my feelings in


°j<ekoixkěle， "Coca-Cola"; juzi shui(r) ?	"orange juice" (Beijing usage)


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kěyi shuoqīngchude. Eng. . .	just a fev words. Him. ..let's say
zheme shuō ba，vo zong juěde	that I’ve alvays felt that people
dalu rěn, Xianggang rěn, he	on the mainland, in Hong Kong and
Taiwan rěn dcu shi Zhongguo rěn,	Taiwan are all Chinese, all have the
tāner: you yivS.ngde wenhua chuān-	same cultural trad! on , "but because
tong, kěshi yīnwei zhěngzhide	the political situations are dit'Ter-
qingkuang bu tong, shěhuide	ent, the social situations are also
    qingkuang ye jiu bu yiyang le.	different.
B: Nǐ shu5de dui， danshi nǐ yao	You’re right. But if you vant to
dongde Zhongguo shěhui, zhǐ	understand Chinese society, it’s not
    kan shū shi bu goude.	enough Just to read books.
A: Ei, nǐ zhīdao ma, xianzai xuě	Say, you knov, students of Chin^s^
Zhongvěnde xuěshēng you hěn du5	have a lot cf opportunities to go to
jihui dao ZhSngguo qu. Suoyi	China now. So planning lo go
vo j ihua zai zhěige xueqi wanle	China for a visit vhen this semes"
de shihou， qu Zhongguo kankan.	is over. And vhat1 s more , ī1 d 1 ik^.
    Ernie, wo hai xiang zhao ge hǎo	to find a good friend to go vith. r^er.gyou yiqī qu.
B: Zuotiān wo Jiědao wo rnǔqInae	Yesterday 工 eot a letter froin m；'
xin, tā xiwang vo hui Xianggang	mother, and sheT d like me to 'jone
guo shǔj ia; zěnmeyang, nǐ he wo	back to Hong Kong for suiomer vac at i or .
yiqǐ huiqu "ba. Nǐ kěyi zhu zai	How about going back with me? You 「.an
women jiāli, ěrqiě, zai Xianggang	stay at our house; vhat1s more, in
yi fāngmian nǐ you j īhui he Zhōng-	Hong Kong, on the one hand youTII hav.、
guo rěn tan hua, yi fāngmian keyi	a chance to talk vith Chinese ar.d wi
zhīdao dalu, Xianggang he Tai-	the other hand you can learn abru;t
wanle qingkuang, ni kan hao bu	situation 广' ano , : n [{on?
  hǎo?	Kong and in Taiwan. What do you
A: Feichang hao!	Great!
B: Name, nǐ hai yao he nǐ iiāli	Well then, you’ll still want to
rěn shangliang yixiar ta?	discuss this a "bit vith your parents ,
                                         I suppose?
A: Bu bi, gei fujnǔ da dianhuade	ThatT s not necessary. When I call
shihou, gaosu tamen wode jihua	them, TT11 tell them :ny plan, and
j iu xing le. V/o yao yanjiū	then everything should be all right.
Zhongguo shehui, fuinǔ yiding	T’in sure they* 11 be hap-py that I vant
   hui gāoxingde.	to study Chinese society.
B: Měiguo nianqīng rěn dou you	Young people in America really
zijǐde xiangfa, zhei yidiǎnr,	think for thenselves (-lave rneir rvr,
   vo feichang xǐhuan.	ideas). 丁 really lik^ than.
A: Nianqīng rěn you zi.jǐde xiangt'ǎ	I~tTs ^ood that people think
    shi duide, kěshi fumǔde hua ye	for vres, bur, you


   yīnggāi kǎolu.	to ,：on.ii^r vhaJ yc\：r ■ nren^.s

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B: M. Na women shuohao le, jin-	Mm, Well then we have decided,
  nian shǔjia qu Xianggang, xian—	This summer vacation we'll go to
zai hai you wuge yuěde shijiān	Hong Kong. We still have five months
  kěyi zhǔnběi.	to prepare.
A: Dui, jiu zhěme ban! Jīnnian	Right, that's what we'll do. This
xiatiān wo jiu yao dao zhěige	summer we will go to that country
difang da， rěnkou duō， lishǐ	with a large area， a great population,
you changde guojiā qu le. Hai!	and a long history. Boy, this plan
    Zhěige jihua zhēn rang wo	really makes me happy. gāoxing!
B: Hao, jiu zhěiyang. WS yinggai	Good， it1s settled. I have to go. zou le!
A: Nǐ mang shenme! Hai zao ne!	What1s the hurry? It1s still early!
B: Bu zao le, huiqu hai děi nian	No it isnft. I still have to study
  shū ne!	when I get back.
A: Na, you shijiān nǐ zai lai	Well then, come again when you have
 wanr!	time!
B: Hao, mingtian Jian,	Okay, see you tomorrow.
A: Mingtian jian!	See you tomorrow.
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