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0	9500	standard Chinese,a modular approach,biographic information module,unit 5,production tape 1.
9500	16000	on the comprehension tape in this unit,you learn to understand a number of questions and answers about dates and ages.
16000	21500	before you go on to learn how to say these things,test your comprehension of them.
21500	23000	number 1
23000	27500	你是在哪儿生的?
27500	30000	Where were you born?
30000	35000	我是在德州生的。
35000	37500	I was born in Texas.
37500	39500	number 2
39500	46000	你们是星期四到的吗?
46000	49000	Did you arrive on Thursday?
49000	54500	不,我们是星期五到的。
54500	59500	No, we arrived on Friday.
59500	64000	你们星期几走?
64000	67000	What day are you leaving?
67000	71500	我们星期天走。
71500	74500	We're leaving on Sunday.
74500	76500	number 3
76500	81000	你是哪年生的?
81000	84000	What year were you born?
84000	90500	我是1939年生的。
90500	96500	I was born in 1939.
96500	102500	你是几月几号生的?
102500	106500	What month and what day were you born?
106500	112000	我是7月4号生的。
112000	115500	I was born on July 4th.
115500	117500	number 4
117500	121000	你多大了?
121000	123000	How old are you?
123000	127000	我35了。
127000	130000	I'm 35.
130000	136000	你们女孩子几岁了?
136000	139000	How old is your daughter?
139000	143000	她八岁了。
143000	146000	She's eight.
146000	148000	If you had any problems with these sentences,
148000	150000	rewind the tape and work on them some more.
150000	152000	If you understood them all,
152000	154000	you can begin working on how to ask these questions
154000	155000	and how to answer them.
155000	157000	Listen.
157000	159000	你是在哪儿生的?
159000	162000	我是在德州生的。
162000	163000	Notice that once again,
163000	165000	the details of a completed action
165000	168000	are asked with a shurda construction.
168000	170000	Repeat the verb to be born.
170000	179000	生
179000	180000	Try repeating,
180000	183000	I was born in Texas.
183000	188000	我是在德州生的。
188000	193000	我是在德州生的。
193000	196000	Here it's the place that's focused upon
196000	201000	and therefore,在德州 is within the shurda construction.
201000	202000	Repeat,
202000	205000	I was born in Texas again.
205000	211000	我是在德州生的。
211000	214000	我是在德州生的。
214000	216000	Try responding to the question.
216000	219000	Assume that you were born in Texas.
219000	224000	你是在哪儿生的?
224000	227000	我是在德州生的。
227000	234000	Again,你是在哪儿生的?
234000	239000	我是在德州生的。
239000	243000	What's the word for California?
243000	246000	加州
246000	252000	How do you say he was born in California?
252000	257000	他是在加州生的。
257000	259000	Listen to this conversation.
259000	261000	Mrs. Anderson is answering some questions
261000	264000	about her husband and herself.
264000	266000	你是在哪儿生的?
266000	269000	我是在德州生的。
269000	271000	你爱人也是在德州生的吗?
271000	274000	不是,他是在加州生的。
274000	276000	Now you try it.
276000	278000	Assume that you were born in Texas
278000	281000	and your spouse was born in California.
281000	286000	你是在哪儿生的?
286000	289000	我是在德州生的。
289000	295000	你爱人也是在德州生的吗?
295000	300000	不是,他是在加州生的。
300000	301000	Repeat the question.
301000	303000	Where are you born?
303000	309000	你是在哪儿生的?
309000	312000	你是在哪儿生的?
312000	314000	Here it's the question phrase.
314000	315000	在哪儿?
315000	317000	which is focused upon.
317000	320000	So it's within the surda construction.
320000	325000	How do you say where are you born?
325000	330000	你是在哪儿生的?
330000	331000	Prior asking the question
331000	332000	where are you born again?
332000	334000	This time you'll get a confirmation
334000	338000	and a reply.
338000	341000	你是在哪儿生的?
341000	344000	我是在山东生的。
344000	349000	Again.
349000	351000	你是在哪儿生的?
351000	355000	我是在山东生的。
355000	356000	Now let's turn our attention
356000	358000	from where to when.
358000	359000	You've already learned
359000	360000	how to say yesterday, today,
360000	362000	and tomorrow.
362000	363000	Now we'll take a look
363000	364000	at the days of the week.
364000	367000	Listen.
367000	368000	Are you from the week 4?
368000	369000	No.
369000	372000	We're from the week 5.
372000	374000	Repeat the word for week.
374000	383000	星期.
383000	384000	The days of the week
384000	385000	are simply the word
385000	386000	for week,
386000	387000	followed by a number.
387000	390000	Repeat the word for Monday.
390000	393000	星期一.
393000	396000	星期一.
396000	399000	星期一.
399000	401000	Now Tuesday.
401000	404000	星期二.
404000	407000	星期二.
407000	410000	星期二.
410000	411000	Repeat after the speaker
411000	412000	Wednesday,
412000	413000	Thursday,
413000	414000	Friday,
414000	416000	Saturday.
416000	417000	星期三.
417000	419000	星期四.
419000	421000	星期五.
421000	425000	星期六.
425000	427000	星期三.
427000	429000	星期四.
429000	430000	星期五.
430000	437000	星期六.
437000	448000	星期六.
448000	449000	星期六.
449000	450000	星期三.
450000	451000	星期四.
451000	452000	星期五.
452000	453000	星期六.
453000	458000	你們是星期四到的嗎?
458000	461000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
465000	469000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
469000	477000	What's the word for Friday?
477000	481000	星期五。
481000	485000	Far responding to the question yourself.
485000	489000	Assume that you arrived on Friday.
489000	494000	你是星期四到的嗎?
494000	502000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
502000	507000	Again,你是星期四到的嗎?
507000	514000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
514000	518000	Mrs. Anderson has asked another question. Listen.
518000	521000	你們星期幾走?
521000	525000	我們星期天走。
525000	529000	The word for Sunday is formed a bit differently than the other days of the week.
529000	532000	It's the word for week, followed by the word for day.
532000	534000	Repeat Sunday.
534000	537000	星期天。
537000	541000	星期天。
541000	544000	星期天。
544000	547000	Repeat, we're leaving on Sunday.
547000	552000	Notice the difference in word order between Chinese and English.
552000	557000	我們星期天走。
557000	561000	我們星期天走。
561000	563000	Try responding to the question yourself now.
563000	567000	Say that you're leaving on Sunday.
567000	572000	你們星期幾走?
572000	577000	我們星期天走。
577000	580000	Now let's look at the question, what day are you leaving?
580000	583000	The question word, what day, is the word for week,
583000	585000	followed by the bound word for how many.
585000	588000	即,repeat which day?
588000	591000	星期即。
591000	594000	星期即。
594000	598000	星期即。
598000	601000	Repeat the question, what day are you leaving?
601000	607000	你們星期幾走?
607000	613000	你們星期幾走?
613000	616000	Try asking the question now, what day are you leaving?
616000	621000	You'll get a confirmation and a reply.
621000	624000	你們星期幾走?
624000	628000	我們星期天走。
628000	633000	Now take Mrs. Anderson's part and answer questions about your arrival and departure.
633000	637000	You arrived on Friday and you're leaving on Sunday.
637000	642000	你們是星期四到的嗎?
642000	649000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
649000	653000	你們星期幾走?
653000	656000	我們星期天走。
656000	663000	Again,你們是星期四到的嗎?
663000	667000	不是,我們是星期五到的。
667000	672000	你們星期幾走?
672000	676000	我們星期天走。
676000	678000	Let's review a bit.
678000	681000	What's the word for Monday?
681000	684000	星期一。
684000	689000	How do you say what day as in day of the week?
689000	692000	星期幾。
692000	696000	What's the word for Sunday?
696000	699000	星期天。
699000	703000	What's the verb to be born?
703000	706000	上。
706000	711000	Now let's turn our attention to asking and answering questions about when someone was born.
711000	714000	Listen to this exchange.
714000	717000	你是哪年生的?
717000	720000	我是1939年生的。
720000	723000	Repeat the question word which year?
723000	726000	哪年。
726000	729000	哪年。
729000	732000	哪年。
732000	737000	Since we're interested in which year the event happened, not whether the event happened which can be assumed,
737000	741000	the question is asked using the shurda construction.
741000	745000	Try repeating the question which year were you born?
745000	750000	你是哪年生的?
750000	754000	你是哪年生的?
754000	762000	Try asking what year were you born ahead of the speaker.
762000	766000	你是哪年生的?
766000	770000	This time you'll get a confirmation and a reply.
770000	774000	你是哪年生的?
774000	779000	我是1939年生的。
779000	784000	To answer the question what year were you born, replace the question word with the year.
784000	791000	Repeat the year 1939 which is literally 1939 year.
791000	796000	1939年。
796000	801000	1939年。
801000	805000	1939年。
805000	809000	Now try repeating, I was born in 1939.
809000	816000	我是1939年生的。
816000	821000	我是1939年生的。
821000	826000	How do you say 1939?
826000	830000	1939年。
830000	837000	How do you say I was born in 1939?
837000	841000	我是1939年生的。
841000	844000	Try answering the question which year were you born?
844000	847000	I said you were born in 1939.
847000	852000	你是哪年生的?
852000	856000	我是1939年生的。
856000	858000	Again。
858000	863000	你是哪年生的?
863000	868000	我是1939年生的。
868000	871000	Here's a similar exchange.
871000	874000	你是哪年生的?
874000	878000	我是1952年生的。
878000	885000	Repeat 1952年。
885000	890000	1952年。
890000	895000	1952年。
895000	899000	Now you answer the question, say that you were born in 1952.
899000	904000	你是哪年生的?
904000	909000	我是1952年生的。
909000	910000	Again。
910000	915000	你是哪年生的?
915000	922000	我是1952年生的。
922000	926000	From your birth we go to month of birth. Listen.
926000	929000	你是幾月生的?
929000	931000	我是七月生的。
931000	936000	The names of the months are formed from the numbers 1 through 12 followed by the word for month.
936000	938000	Repeat January.
938000	944000	一月。
944000	946000	一月。
946000	951000	As you remember, the high tone on the number one and sometimes also on the number seven and eight
951000	954000	changed to rising tone before falling tone.
954000	956000	Repeat July.
956000	964000	七月。
964000	967000	What would August be?
967000	971000	八月。
971000	975000	Repeat the sentence, I was born in July.
975000	983000	我是七月生的。
983000	987000	You answer the question, what month were you born? Answer July.
987000	992000	你是幾月生的?
992000	995000	我是七月生的。
995000	997000	Again。
997000	1001000	你是幾月生的?
1001000	1004000	我是七月生的。
1004000	1009000	As with the days of the week, we're dealing with low numbers when we talk about the month.
1009000	1014000	For 幾, literally how many is usually used with lower numbers and is used here.
1014000	1016000	Repeat which month?
1016000	1024000	幾月。
1024000	1027000	Repeat what month were you born?
1027000	1032000	你是幾月生的?
1032000	1037000	你是幾月生的?
1037000	1042000	Try asking it ahead of the speaker.
1042000	1047000	你是幾月生的?
1047000	1049000	Ask again, what month were you born?
1049000	1054000	This time you'll get a confirmation and a reply.
1054000	1057000	你是幾月生的?
1057000	1060000	我是七月生的。
1060000	1063000	Now try answering the following questions.
1063000	1067000	I was born in July of 1939.
1067000	1072000	你是哪年生的?
1072000	1077000	我是1939年生的。
1077000	1082000	你是幾月生的?
1082000	1085000	我是七月生的。
1085000	1087000	Again。
1087000	1092000	你是哪年生的?
1092000	1095000	我是1939年生的。
1095000	1100000	你是幾月生的?
1100000	1104000	我是七月生的。
1104000	1108000	Now listen as Mrs. Anderson is asked her day of birth.
1108000	1110000	你是幾號生的?
1110000	1113000	我是四號生的。
1113000	1117000	Repeat the expression what day, literally what number?
1117000	1126000	幾號。
1126000	1130000	Repeat what day were you born?
1130000	1135000	你是幾號生的?
1135000	1140000	你是幾號生的?
1140000	1142000	Try asking it ahead of the speaker.
1142000	1148000	You'll get a confirmation and a reply.
1148000	1150000	你是幾號生的?
1150000	1154000	我是四號生的。
1154000	1156000	Repeat the word for fourth.
1156000	1163000	四號。
1163000	1167000	Repeat, I was born on the fourth.
1167000	1171000	我是四號生的。
1171000	1175000	我是四號生的。
1175000	1179000	What would the sixth be?
1179000	1181000	六號。
1181000	1186000	How do you say I was born on the sixth?
1186000	1190000	我是六號生的。
1190000	1193000	Try responding to the question about date of birth.
1193000	1196000	Say that you were born on the fourth.
1196000	1200000	你是幾號生的?
1200000	1204000	我是四號生的。
1204000	1210000	Again,你是幾號生的?
1210000	1214000	我是四號生的。
1214000	1220000	The questions asking what month were you born and what day were you born are often collapsed into one question.
1220000	1225000	Listen,你是幾月幾號生的?
1225000	1228000	我是七月四號生的。
1228000	1230000	The month comes first, then the day.
1230000	1234000	Repeat, I was born on the fourth of July.
1234000	1240000	我是七月四號生的。
1240000	1246000	我是七月四號生的。
1246000	1248000	Try answering the question yourself.
1248000	1252000	Assume that your birthday is July 4th.
1252000	1258000	你是幾月幾號生的?
1258000	1263000	我是七月四號生的。
1263000	1266000	Now try answering all the questions concerning your date of birth.
1266000	1271000	Again, assume your birthday is July 4th, 1939.
1271000	1276000	你是哪年生的?
1276000	1280000	我是1939年生的。
1280000	1285000	你是幾月幾號生的?
1285000	1289000	我是七月四號生的。
1289000	1292000	Now let's turn to the question of asking someone's age.
1292000	1295000	Listen,你多大了?
1295000	1298000	我35了。
1298000	1301000	Notice that there is no verb 士 in the Chinese sentences.
1301000	1306000	This is because the state verb 大 itself means to be large.
1306000	1311000	Repeat the state verb to be big or by extension to be old.
1311000	1316000	大
1316000	1319000	Repeat the question word for how much.
1319000	1325000	多
1325000	1329000	Now repeat how large or how old.
1329000	1335000	多大
1335000	1339000	This exchange includes a new usage of the marker 勒.
1339000	1342000	This 勒 doesn't indicate completed action in any way.
1342000	1345000	The marker 勒 here indicates only a change of state.
1345000	1347000	In the question, how old are you?
1347000	1351000	What is actually being asked is, how old are you now?
1351000	1353000	You're dealing with state, not action.
1353000	1355000	Repeat, how old are you?
1355000	1357000	Literally, how big are you?
1357000	1363000	你多大了?
1363000	1368000	For asking the question yourself, you'll get a confirmation and a reply.
1368000	1372000	你多大了?
1372000	1375000	我35了。
1375000	1378000	Repeat the answer, I'm 35.
1378000	1381000	我35了。
1381000	1384000	我35了。
1384000	1389000	Notice that the answer is simply subject, number, and change of state 勒.
1389000	1392000	How do you say I'm 35?
1392000	1396000	我35了。
1396000	1400000	Try answering the question now, assume that you're 35.
1400000	1404000	你多大了?
1404000	1408000	我35了。
1408000	1413000	Children who seem under 10 years old are asked their ages in another way, listen.
1413000	1416000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1416000	1418000	她把岁了。
1418000	1420000	The word 岁 means years of age.
1420000	1423000	It contrasts with 年, meaning calendar years.
1423000	1426000	Repeat, eight years of age.
1426000	1434000	八岁,八岁,八岁.
1434000	1437000	The marker 勒 indicates a change of state here too.
1437000	1439000	The daughter is eight years old now.
1439000	1442000	Repeat, she's eight years old.
1442000	1449000	她八岁了,她八岁了.
1449000	1453000	Try responding to the question, assume you have a daughter who's eight.
1453000	1457000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1457000	1461000	她八岁了。
1461000	1465000	The question word 岁 is used to ask how many for lower numbers,
1465000	1469000	so it's quite logical to find it used here asking children's ages.
1469000	1471000	Repeat, how many years of age?
1471000	1478000	几岁,几岁,几岁.
1478000	1482000	Repeat, how old is your daughter?
1482000	1487000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1487000	1492000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1492000	1494000	Try asking the question yourself.
1494000	1500000	You get a confirmation and a reply.
1500000	1502000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1502000	1506000	她八岁了。
1506000	1509000	Next, you might be asked the ages of your son.
1509000	1513000	Listen,你们男孩子都几岁了?
1513000	1517000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1517000	1521000	Did you notice the word 都, meaning both are all in the question?
1521000	1524000	Repeat, how old are your boys?
1524000	1529000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1529000	1532000	What's the word for boy?
1532000	1535000	男孩子。
1535000	1539000	Repeat, how old are both your boys again?
1539000	1545000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1545000	1549000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1549000	1551000	Try asking the question,
1551000	1553000	how old are your boys yourself?
1553000	1559000	You get a confirmation and a reply.
1559000	1562000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1562000	1568000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1568000	1570000	You'll notice that the answer is simply
1570000	1572000	one is nine, one is six.
1572000	1575000	There's no such word as and in the sentence.
1575000	1578000	Repeat, one is nine and one is six.
1578000	1584000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1584000	1588000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1588000	1590000	Try responding to the question yourself.
1590000	1594000	Assume that you have two sons, one nine, one six.
1594000	1599000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1599000	1603000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1603000	1606000	Now let's review what we've covered in this unit.
1606000	1607000	I'll give you some English sentences
1607000	1609000	and you put them into Chinese.
1609000	1611000	They're arranged in exchanges.
1611000	1612000	Let's start.
1612000	1617000	One, where were you born?
1617000	1620000	你是在哪儿生的?
1620000	1623000	I was born in Texas.
1623000	1627000	我是在德州生的。
1627000	1631000	Number two, did you arrive on Thursday?
1631000	1635000	你是星期四到的吗?
1635000	1640000	No, we arrived on Friday.
1640000	1644000	不,我们是星期五到的。
1644000	1648000	What day are you leaving?
1648000	1651000	你们星期几走?
1651000	1655000	We're leaving on Sunday.
1655000	1658000	我们星期天走。
1658000	1663000	Number three, what year were you born?
1663000	1667000	你是哪年生的?
1667000	1672000	I was born in 1939.
1672000	1676000	我是1939年生的。
1676000	1680000	What month and what day were you born?
1680000	1684000	你是几月几号生的?
1684000	1688000	I was born on July 4th.
1688000	1692000	我是七月四号生的。
1692000	1698000	Number four, how old are you?
1698000	1700000	你多大了?
1700000	1703000	I'm 35.
1703000	1706000	我35了。
1706000	1709000	How old is your daughter?
1709000	1713000	你们女孩子几岁了?
1713000	1716000	She's eight years old.
1716000	1720000	她八岁了。
1720000	1724000	How old are both your boys?
1724000	1728000	你们男孩子都几岁了?
1728000	1733000	One is nine and one is six.
1733000	1739000	一个九岁了,一个六岁了。
1739000	1741000	This is the end of the tape.
1741000	1760000	And of biographic information module unit five, production tape one.