Unit 4
1
Will a senior high-school student be able to understand if he watches educational television in Peking?
一个高中学生看北京的电视教学节目，能不能看懂？
The great majority of senior high-school students would be able to understand it
大多数高中学生都能看懂
2
She sings songs really beautifully
她唱歌儿真好听
You always mistake them! That’s not a song, that’s opera
你总是搞错。那不是歌儿，那是地方戏
3
Our teaching discussion session isn’t meeting this afternoon
今天下午我们的教学讨论会不开了
Great, now I can go take part in the volleyball match
好极了，我能够去参加排球比赛了
4
His recent works have received a hearty welcome of the broad masses
他最近的作品深受广大群众欢迎
Yes, in the last 2 years his work has improved rapidly
最近两年，他提高的很快
I’m really happy for him
真为他高兴
5
Do you often study in addition to your work?
除了工作以外，你们还经常有学习吗？
A great number of cadre numbers feel that to raise the level of their own thought, they must study often
广大干部觉得要提高自己的思想水平就必须平常学习
6
Are you going to play ball tomorrow evening?
你明天晚上去打球儿吗？
No, I’m going to go with my teacher to see a ballet
不，我要陪我师傅去看芭蕾舞
7
In order to satisfy the cultural needs of the younger people, we’re going to have a concert this weekend
为了满足年轻人文化生活的需要，这个周末我们要开个音乐会
Great, I’ll go too
真不坏，我也参加
8
What else do you like besides ping pong?
你除了爱打乒乓求儿以外，还喜欢什么？
I like basketball. I even play with the school basketball team
喜欢篮球。我还参加了学校的篮球队
9
Auntie, what news is there today?
姨婆，今天有什么新闻？
I’ve heard that a famous music group is coming here to perform
听说，一个有名的乐队要到我们这儿来演出了
10
You’re always studying! Come on and rest a bit, watch some television
你老是读书。 快来休息一会儿，看看电视吧
Ok, I’ll come and watch the international news program for a while
好，我来看一会儿国际新闻节目
11
Your schedule is filled up again every night this week
这个星期的每个晚上又排得满满儿的了
You want to study and see opera, and also take part in the group’s activities; you’re just too busy
你要读书，又要看戏，还想参加团体的活动， 是太忙了
12
This Peking opera is worth seeing. Do you want to go today?
这个京戏值得看，今天你想不想去?
As for the television programming tonight, they’re relaying a movie. Let’s go see Peking opera tomorrow night.
今天晚上电视节目转播电影儿，咱们明天看京戏吧
1
Will a senior high-school student be able to understand if he watches educational television in Peking?
一个高中学生看北京的电视教学节目，能不能看懂？
The great majority of senior high-school students would be able to understand it
大多数高中学生都能看懂
2
She sings songs really beautifully
她唱歌儿真好听
You always mistake them! That’s not a song, that’s opera
你总是搞错。那不是歌儿，那是地方戏
3
Our teaching discussion session isn’t meeting this afternoon
今天下午我们的教学讨论会不开了
Great, now I can go take part in the volleyball match
好极了，我能够去参加排球比赛了
4
His recent works have received a hearty welcome of the broad masses
他最近的作品深受广大群众欢迎
Yes, in the last 2 years his work has improved rapidly
最近两年，他提高的很快
I’m really happy for him
真为他高兴
5
Do you often study in addition to your work?
除了工作以外，你们还经常有学习吗？
A great number of cadre numbers feel that to raise the level of their own thought, they must study often
广大干部觉得要提高自己的思想水平就必须平常学习
6
Are you going to play ball tomorrow evening?
你明天晚上去打球儿吗？
No, I’m going to go with my teacher to see a ballet
不，我要陪我师傅去看芭蕾舞
7
In order to satisfy the cultural needs of the younger people, we’re going to have a concert this weekend
为了满足年轻人文化生活的需要，这个周末我们要开个音乐会
Great, I’ll go too
真不坏，我也参加
8
What else do you like besides ping pong?
你除了爱打乒乓求儿以外，还喜欢什么？
I like basketball. I even play with the school basketball team
喜欢篮球。我还参加了学校的篮球队
9
Auntie, what news is there today?
姨婆，今天有什么新闻？
I’ve heard that a famous music group is coming here to perform
听说，一个有名的乐队要到我们这儿来演出了
10
You’re always studying! Come on and rest a bit, watch some television
你老是读书。 快来休息一会儿，看看电视吧
Ok, I’ll come and watch the international news program for a while
好，我来看一会儿国际新闻节目
11
Your schedule is filled up again every night this week
这个星期的每个晚上又排得满满儿的了
You want to study and see opera, and also take part in the group’s activities; you’re just too busy
你要读书，又要看戏，还想参加团体的活动， 是太忙了
12
This Peking opera is worth seeing. Do you want to go today?
这个京戏值得看，今天你想不想去?
As for the television programming tonight, they’re relaying a movie. Let’s go see Peking opera tomorrow night.
今天晚上电视节目转播电影儿，咱们明天看京戏吧
Unit 5
1
I’ve heard that you’re going off on business to the border region
听说你要到边疆出差去了
Yes, the past couple of days have been awfully busy because of this long distance trip
对了。 为了这次出洋门儿 ，这两天忙得不得了
2
How are you planning to travel when you go of on official business this time?
这次你出门儿办公事, 准备怎么走啊？
By plane. This afternoon, I’m going to the CAAC to buy a ticket
坐飞机。下午到中国民航买机票
3
You were traveling for over 20 days, how did you like it?
旅行了二十多天， 你觉得怎么样？
This time when I went away, I crossed over the Yangtze River and the yellow river, it was extremely interesting.
这次出门儿，又过长江又过黄河，有意思极了
4
Do I need to take a long-distance bus from the Peking hotel to the zoo?
从北京饭店到到动物园儿，要不要坐长途汽车？
No, you can go by trolley bus
不用。坐无轨电车就行了
5
Premier Zhou was extremely concerned with the work of teaching in our university
周总理十分关怀我们大学的教学工作
6
Do you like to ride a bicycle?
你喜欢骑自行车儿吗？
Yes. Generally speaking, if you compare it to riding the bus, I prefer to ride my bicycle
喜欢。 一般来说，如果和坐公共汽车比，我还是爱骑车
7
In a few days, my daughter is going to go work on a steam ship. I’m a little bit worried.
过些日子，我女儿就要到轮船上去工作了。我有点儿不放心
She’s a girl with determination, don’t worry
她是个有志气的孩子。你就放心吧
8
How come you bought a ticket this month? Isn’t riding a bicycle good?
这个月你怎么买月票了？骑车不是好吗？
Every day on my way to work, I have to cross over two bridges. It’s really tiring
每天上班得过两个桥，真累
And when the light turns red, I have to wait forever, so it’s still more convenient to take a public bus
红灯一亮，还要等半天，还是坐公共汽车方便
9
Have you heard? In order to save energy, the number of public busses on the street have been reduced
你听说了吗？为了节省能源，这条路上的公共汽车减少了
There aren’t too many people on this street. It doesn’t matter if the number of public busses is reduced by a few
这条路上人不多。节省几辆车也没有什么关系
10
Does china have ocean-going steamships now?
中国现在有远洋轮船吗？
Yes, china has had ocean going freighter and ocean going steam ships for a long time
有，早就 有了远洋货轮和远洋客轮
11
I hope our transportation operations will develop greatly, and that the frontier regions will soon be open to trains
我希望我们的交通事业大发展，边疆早一点儿通过车
Yes indeed, when that time comes it will be so much more convenient for everyone to visit their families
可不是吗！到那个时候儿大家看亲可就方便多了
12
Who did she go with to the summer palace yesterday?
昨天她和谁到颐和园去了？
That’s her private business, it would be best if we didn’t inquire
那是他私人的事儿，我们最好不打听
13
Is there some reason why you’re so fond of exercising and why you’re working out three or four hours a day?
你这么爱运动，每天锻炼三四个小时，有什么原因吗？
I want to enter the sports meet next spring
我要参加明年春天运动会
1
I’ve heard that you’re going off on business to the border region
听说你要到边疆出差去了
Yes, the past couple of days have been awfully busy because of this long distance trip
对了。 为了这次出洋门儿 ，这两天忙得不得了
2
How are you planning to travel when you go of on official business this time?
这次你出门儿办公事, 准备怎么走啊？
By plane. This afternoon, I’m going to the CAAC to buy a ticket
坐飞机。下午到中国民航买机票
3
You were traveling for over 20 days, how did you like it?
旅行了二十多天， 你觉得怎么样？
This time when I went away, I crossed over the Yangtze River and the yellow river, it was extremely interesting.
这次出门儿，又过长江又过黄河，有意思极了
4
Do I need to take a long-distance bus from the Peking hotel to the zoo?
从北京饭店到到动物园儿，要不要坐长途汽车？
No, you can go by trolley bus
不用。坐无轨电车就行了
5
Premier Zhou was extremely concerned with the work of teaching in our university
周总理十分关怀我们大学的教学工作
6
Do you like to ride a bicycle?
你喜欢骑自行车儿吗？
Yes. Generally speaking, if you compare it to riding the bus, I prefer to ride my bicycle
喜欢。 一般来说，如果和坐公共汽车比，我还是爱骑车
7
In a few days, my daughter is going to go work on a steam ship. I’m a little bit worried.
过些日子，我女儿就要到轮船上去工作了。我有点儿不放心
She’s a girl with determination, don’t worry
她是个有志气的孩子。你就放心吧
8
How come you bought a ticket this month? Isn’t riding a bicycle good?
这个月你怎么买月票了？骑车不是好吗？
Every day on my way to work, I have to cross over two bridges. It’s really tiring
每天上班得过两个桥，真累
And when the light turns red, I have to wait forever, so it’s still more convenient to take a public bus
红灯一亮，还要等半天，还是坐公共汽车方便
9
Have you heard? In order to save energy, the number of public busses on the street have been reduced
你听说了吗？为了节省能源，这条路上的公共汽车减少了
There aren’t too many people on this street. It doesn’t matter if the number of public busses is reduced by a few
这条路上人不多。节省几辆车也没有什么关系
10
Does china have ocean-going steamships now?
中国现在有远洋轮船吗？
Yes, china has had ocean going freighter and ocean going steam ships for a long time
有，早就 有了远洋货轮和远洋客轮
11
I hope our transportation operations will develop greatly, and that the frontier regions will soon be open to trains
我希望我们的交通事业大发展，边疆早一点儿通过车
Yes indeed, when that time comes it will be so much more convenient for everyone to visit their families
可不是吗！到那个时候儿大家看亲可就方便多了
12
Who did she go with to the summer palace yesterday?
昨天她和谁到颐和园去了？
That’s her private business, it would be best if we didn’t inquire
那是他私人的事儿，我们最好不打听
13
Is there some reason why you’re so fond of exercising and why you’re working out three or four hours a day?
你这么爱运动，每天锻炼三四个小时，有什么原因吗？
I want to enter the sports meet next spring
我要参加明年春天运动会
Unit 6
1
It’s November 3rd already, and our family still hasn’t stored away our winter vegetables
今天都十一月三号了，咱们家还没储存冬菜呢
Don’t worry; we’ll make it in time
你放心吧,耽误 不了
2
Did you go to that market again to buy things?
你又去那个菜市场买东西了？
I like that market. The attitude of the service attendants there is good, they’re really friendly
我喜欢那个菜市场。他们的服务员态度好，可和气了
3
Is this child a registered resident of the city?
这个孩子是城市户口吗？
Yes, this is her long-term resident registration
是，这是她的长期户口
4
How are non-staple food items sold here?
这儿的副食品怎么卖？
Many things are still supplied according to resident registration
不少东西还是根据户口供应
5
You son will have a birthday this month, you should increase his ration quota again
这个月你儿子过生日，他又该增加定量了
That’s right; I should go to the grain and dry beans shop and change his ration quota for him
对了， 我应该到粮店给他改定量去
6
What are the procedures for increasing the ration quota for children?
给孩子增加定量的手术怎么办？
You go to the grains and dry beans store. After the attendant looks at the child’s age and his birth date on his resident registration, he writes the new quota in the grains and dry beans ration booklet
到粮店去。 服务员看了户口上，孩子的年龄和生日，就会在粮本儿上写上新的定量
7
I’ve hear that shops for grains and dry beans issue ration tickets according to the ration booklet
听说粮店都是根据粮本儿发粮票儿的
Is there some way you could explain this to me?
你有没有把这件事儿给我讲一讲？
8
Is the grain and oil quota for workers, higher than for cadres?
工人的粮，油，定量是不是比干部的定量高？
The grain ration quota for cadres is lower than for workers, the oil ration quota is the same
对，干部的粮食定量比工人的低，油的定量是一样的
9
Last week the fish supply by our non-staple food shop was especially fresh, every family wanted to buy some
上个星期，我们副食店供应的鱼特别新鲜，家家儿都愿意买
10
I want to go to the shopping area to buy a few things
我想上街去买点儿东西
Actually, someone your age shouldn’t have to go shopping, the non-staple food store will send goods over here
其实，您这么大年纪不要上街了，副食店会把货物送来的
11
Auntie, the attendant from the non-staple food store has brought his goods by
姨妈，副食店服务员送货来了
You go over and stand in line first, and I’ll come as soon as I get the ration booklet for non-staple food items
你先去排队，我拿了副食本儿就来
12
This company’s products are quite inexpensive
这个公司的产品相当便宜
In the future, when production is even better, the prices will be even lower
将来，生产搞的更好，价钱会更便宜
13
The airport has notified us that we won’t be able to leave today or tomorrow because of bad weather
飞机场通知我们因为天气不好，今天明天我们走不了了
1
It’s November 3rd already, and our family still hasn’t stored away our winter vegetables
今天都十一月三号了，咱们家还没储存冬菜呢
Don’t worry; we’ll make it in time
你放心吧,耽误 不了
2
Did you go to that market again to buy things?
你又去那个菜市场买东西了？
I like that market. The attitude of the service attendants there is good, they’re really friendly
我喜欢那个菜市场。他们的服务员态度好，可和气了
3
Is this child a registered resident of the city?
这个孩子是城市户口吗？
Yes, this is her long-term resident registration
是，这是她的长期户口
4
How are non-staple food items sold here?
这儿的副食品怎么卖？
Many things are still supplied according to resident registration
不少东西还是根据户口供应
5
You son will have a birthday this month, you should increase his ration quota again
这个月你儿子过生日，他又该增加定量了
That’s right; I should go to the grain and dry beans shop and change his ration quota for him
对了， 我应该到粮店给他改定量去
6
What are the procedures for increasing the ration quota for children?
给孩子增加定量的手术怎么办？
You go to the grains and dry beans store. After the attendant looks at the child’s age and his birth date on his resident registration, he writes the new quota in the grains and dry beans ration booklet
到粮店去。 服务员看了户口上，孩子的年龄和生日，就会在粮本儿上写上新的定量
7
I’ve hear that shops for grains and dry beans issue ration tickets according to the ration booklet
听说粮店都是根据粮本儿发粮票儿的
Is there some way you could explain this to me?
你有没有把这件事儿给我讲一讲？
8
Is the grain and oil quota for workers, higher than for cadres?
工人的粮，油，定量是不是比干部的定量高？
The grain ration quota for cadres is lower than for workers, the oil ration quota is the same
对，干部的粮食定量比工人的低，油的定量是一样的
9
Last week the fish supply by our non-staple food shop was especially fresh, every family wanted to buy some
上个星期，我们副食店供应的鱼特别新鲜，家家儿都愿意买
10
I want to go to the shopping area to buy a few things
我想上街去买点儿东西
Actually, someone your age shouldn’t have to go shopping, the non-staple food store will send goods over here
其实，您这么大年纪不要上街了，副食店会把货物送来的
11
Auntie, the attendant from the non-staple food store has brought his goods by
姨妈，副食店服务员送货来了
You go over and stand in line first, and I’ll come as soon as I get the ration booklet for non-staple food items
你先去排队，我拿了副食本儿就来
12
This company’s products are quite inexpensive
这个公司的产品相当便宜
In the future, when production is even better, the prices will be even lower
将来，生产搞的更好，价钱会更便宜
13
The airport has notified us that we won’t be able to leave today or tomorrow because of bad weather
飞机场通知我们因为天气不好，今天明天我们走不了了