FSI-Chinese/Module-8/FSI-55/Dialogue and translation for exercice 1.csv

This conversation takes place on one of the China Travel Service tom:
buses. The bus is on its way to the Capital Iron and Steel Company in
Liaoning province. Jane Colihan (A), an American economist, talks with
Ling Li (B) of the China Travel Service.

B: K&lāhàn Nushì, nín háishi gěnhui-lai le!

-   A: Shíjiān zài Jin, wō yě děi gǎn-huilai cānguān Shōudū Gāngtiě
    gōng-sī a!

-   B: Wō xiāng, nimen zhèicì dào Dōng-běi cānguān, yào qùde dìfang nàme
    duō, shíjiān yídìng hěn jlnzhāng, dàgài zhèi liāngtiān hái huíbulái.
    Mei xiāngdào, ānpaide hái bú cud.

-   A: Ng, Dōngběi fāngmian gāode hěn

hāo, wōmen cānguānde dìfang Jiāo-tōng dōu hěn fāngbian. Yánzhe tiělù,
gōnglù, yízhàn yízhàn cān-guānguòqu, zhème duō rénde cānguān-tuán,
shénme wèntí dōu méiyou fā-shēng, dàjiā dōu hěn mānyì, zhēn shi gāode bú
cuò.

-   B: Nín tài kèqi le.

-   A: Bú shi kèqi, zhèi shi zhēnde. Duì le, zhèicì iSxíng, wō hái
    fā-xiànle yíjiàn hěn yōu yìside shir.

-   B: Shénme shir a?

-   A: Péi wōmen cānguānde yíwèi n3 gōngzuò rényuán, cōngqián zài yíge
    rénmín gōngshè zuò shèyuán, hòulái hái zài yíge gōngchāng zuò
    gōngren, liāngnián yiqián kāishi zài Luxíng-shè gōngzuò, tā zhēn shi
    yíwèi hāo dāoyōu.

-   B: Tā shì bu shi Hěilōngjiāng rén?

Ms. Colihan, you made it back after all!

No matter how pressed I was for time, I had to get back in time to visit
the Capital Iron and Steel Company!

I thought there were so many places you wanted to go on this trip to
Manchuria that you would be very rushed and wouldn’t be able to get back
by today or tomorrow. I’m surprised it was so well arranged.

Yeah. The people in Manchuria did quite a good job. Every place we
visited, transportation was convenient. Visiting each stop along the
railroad and highway, with a tour group of that size, no problems came
up, and everyone was very pleased. It was really well handled.

It’s so nice of you to say that.

I’m not Just saying it, it’s the truth! Oh yes, I found out something
very interesting during the trip.

What?

A woman on the staff that accompanied us on the trip used to be a
commune member, then became a worker in a factory, and then started to
work in the (China) Travel Service two years ago. She’s really a great
guide.

Is she a native of Hěilōngjiāng?

A: Bú shi, tā bú shi Heilongjiang rén, kāshi tā duì nàrde qíngkuàng húi
zhěn shúxi. Lìshī, wénhuà, gōngyè, nōngyè, shénme tā dōu zhǐ-dao. Ting
tā tánqilai zhěn yǒu yìsi.

B: Wǒ zhìdao tā shi shéi le, tā cǒng-qiān shi qìchē zhìzàochāngde
gōngren, xiànzài shi Luxíngshède xiān-jìn gōngzuòzhě. Tā Jiào Jin
Xiāo-méi.

-   A: Duì le, duì le. Ni zhè yì shuō

wō dào xiāngqilai le, yǒu yìtiǎn wǒmen zuòde nèibù qìchē huàile, dàjiā
dōu hěn dānxìn, wǒmen xiāng wǒmen yídìng gāhbushàng cānguān le. Kāshi
nèiwèi xiānjin gǒngzuǒ-zhě hé jige rén zài qìchē xiàbianr mángle yìhuīr,
bú dào shífēn zhǒng ba, chē Jiu xiūhāo le!

-   B: Suóyi nèitiǎn nimen hāishi àn yōulān Jìhuà, yào qùde dìfang dōu
    qù le?

-   A: Shi a. WǑ yǒu shihour Jiù xiāng,

zhèiwèi Jin Xiāoméi zhēn shi xiáng-dāng cōngmingde rén, tā zānme bú qù
shàng dàxué ne? Shi bu shi Wénhuà Dà Gémìngde shihou yǒu shénme shì-qing
gāocuǒ le?

-   B: Ò, méi shenme shìqing. Xiànzài bù guān zài nār gōngzuò dōu yǒu
    hěn duō JIhui niàn shǔ.

-   A: 6, shi ma?

-   B: Shi a, bifang shuō, wǒmen Jln-

tiān yào cānguānde zhèige gāngtiě gongsI ba, llngdāo hàozhāo zhígōng zài
yèyú shíjiān xuéxí jìshu.

-   A: Yǒu hěn duō rén cānjiā ma?

-   B: Yǒu. Jīnniān zài yèdàxué xuān kède zhígōng děngyú Wénhuà Dà
    Gé-mìng ylqiánde liàng- sānbèi.

No, she's not a native of Hēilǒng-jiāng, but she really knows the place
well. History, culture, industry, agriculture, you name it. She's very
interesting to listen to.

I know who she is. She used to be a worker in an automobile
manufacturing plant, and now she's one of the Travel Service's advanced
workers. Her name is Jǐn Xiāoméi.

Right, right. That reminds me, one day our bus broke down, and everyone
was very worried. We didn’t think we could possibly make it in time for
our tour. But that advanced worker worked under the bus for a while with
some other people, and in less than ten minutes the bus was fixed!

So that day, you still made it to all the places you were supposed to
go, according to your tour schedule?

Yes. Sometimes I think to myself, this Jin Xiāoméi is really quite a
smart person, why doesn't she go to college? Did she do something wrong
during the Cultural Revolution?

Oh, no. Now, no matter where you work, you have a lot of opportunities
to study.

Oh, really?

Sure. For example, the iron and steel company that we're going to visit
today: the leaders appeal to the workers and staff to study technology
in their spare time.

Are there a lot of people taking part?

Yes. The number of staff and workers taking nit., "selecting"! classes
at evening universities this year

is equal to two or three times the number before the Cultural
Revolution.

-   A: Qíngkuàng hēn hlo a! Nàme Wénhuà Dà Gémìngde shihou ne? Yōu
    méiyou yèdàxué a?

-   B: Nèi shihou, zhěnggèr guōjiā dou

bèi gǎode luànqībāzāo le, hái yōu shénme yèdàxué a!

-   A: Xiànzài hào le.

-   B: Xiànzài hàoduō le, gōngsī yōu

shitang, yōu yòuéryuán, niánqīng gōngren bú yōng shuō le, Jiù shi yōu
háizide zhígōng yě yōu tiáo-Jiàn shàng dàxué la!

-   A: Zenme, gōngsīde zhígōng dōu zhù

zài gōngsī sùshèli ma?

-   B: Shōudū Gangtie Gōngsī bī yíge xiào chéng hái dà, bàifēn zhī
    qī-bāshí yīshàngde zhígōng hé Jiāshǔ dōu zhù zai gōngsīde sùshèli,
    shàng, xià ban fàngbian, shēnghuō fangbian.

-   A: Nà hào, nà zhēn kéyi yōu shíjiān

niàn yìdiánr shǔ le.

-   B: Suōyi cōngmingde, nūlì xuéxíde

niánqīngrén yídìng yōu bànfá niàn shūde.

-   A: Duì. Ng, wō hái yōu yíge wèntí.

-   B: Shénme wèntí?

A: Wō háoxiàng zài bàoshang háishi zài nár kànjianguo yìpiǎn wénzhāng,
shuō Chángjiāng fūjìn, ò, Changjiang yínán yě yōu yíge xiàr.dài-huàde
gāngtiě gōngsī, bi Shōudū Gangtie Gōngsī hái dà.

-   B: Shì a.

-   A: Chángjiāng yínán shi zhòr.<yàode

That’s good! And what about during the Cultural Revolution? Were there
evening universities then?

Back then, the whole country was messed up. Evening universities?
Hardly!

Now it’s better.

Much better. The company has dining halls and kindergartens. Not only
young workers, even staff and workers with children are able to take
(evening) university courses.

What? The staff and workers of the company all live in company housing?

The Capital Iron and Steel Company is even bigger than a town. More than
seventy or eighty percent of the staff and workers and their families
live in company housing. It makes it more convenient to go to work and
to get home from work, and makes daily life more convenient.

That’s good. Then they really have time to study.

So the smart young people who work hard are assured of the chance to go
to school.

Right. Uh, I have another question.

What?

I remember seeing an article, I think in the newspaper or somewhere,
that said that in the Yangtze River area, no, to the south of the
Yangtze, there is another modern iron and steel company that’s even
larger than the Capital Iron and Steel Company.

Right.

The area to the south of the Yangtze

nōngyèqū, cōng fāzhàn jīngjishang kin, hàoxiàng yōu yìdiànr bú tài
héshì.

B: Duì, gōngyè wūràn duì nōngyè fāzhàn méiyou hàochu, wōmen zài xiàng
bànfà. Shōudū gangtie gōng-sī yě yōu wūrànde wèntí, nl zhidao, zhòng
gōngyè duì shōudū lái shuō kě bú tài héshì.

A: Nàme nide yìsi shi, Beijīng bù zhǔnbèi zài fāzhàn zhòng gōngyè le.

-   B: Duì, zhèi yidiàn, zhèngfǔde jué-

dìng shi hěn qīngchude, wōmen děi bà Běijīng Jiànshèchéng yíge yōu
wénhuà, shēnghuō fāngbian, jīngji fādá, yòu fěicháng gānjingde chéngshì.

-   A: Hào, wō xiàng wō xiànzài bījiào

qīngchu le.

-   B: Ei, Kàlàhàn Nushì, wō zhèr hái yōu liàngyàng shulguō, wōmen bà ta
    xiāomiè le ba!

A:   ’’Xiāomiè" le? Hào, hào. Wō dào

shi dìyīcì tlngjian zhèige shuōfàr.

B: Kuài yào dào le, shulguō bù qīng ne, cānguǎnde shihou názhe ta duō
lèi ya, háishl xiànzài bà ta chile hào.

A: Hào, nà jiu xièxie le.

is an important agricultural area, from the point of view of economic
development it doesn’t seem to be too appropriate.

Right. Industrial pollution isn’t good for agricultural development.
We’re working on it. The Capital Iron and Steel Company also has a
pollution problem. Heavy industry isn’t very appropriate for a capital
city, you know.

Then you mean that Běijīng isn’t planning to develop their heavy
industry any further?

Right. On this point, the government’s decision is very clear. We should
build Běijīng into a cultural city, convenient to live in, economically
developed—and very clean.

Okay, I think I understand better now.

Oh, Ms. Colihan, I still have a couple of fruits here, let’s polish them
off!

’’Polish them off?" Ohhh. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that
expression.

We’re almost there. The fruit is kind of heavy. It would be a bother to
carry it around while we tour. It would be better to eat it now.

All right, then thank you.