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- Dialogue and Translation for Exercise h
- In the office of a factory in Běijīng, are on the night shift:
- - A: Wáng Lǎo Shīfu, nín xiūxi yì-
- huǐr ha. Wǒ zài zhèr kànzhe, nín hié dānxīn, wǒ hú huì shuì jiàode.
- - B: Ou, wǒ hú lèi, zánmen liǎ
- liáoliao tiānr ha!
- an older man (B) and a younger man (A)
- Old Master Wáng, you rest a while. I’ll watch things here, don’t worry.
- I won’t fall asleep.
- I’m not tired. Let’s us two have a chat!
- - A: Wáng Lǎo Shīfu, wǒ tīngshuō, Old Master Wáng, I’ve heard
- that
- nín jiěfàng qian jiù cānjiǎ gé you joined the revolutionary ranks
- mi ng le, nínde gùshi yídìng hù before liberation. You must have
- shǎo, gěi wo jiǎngjiang ba! a lot of stories; tell me one!
- °liǎ: A colloquial word meaning liǎngge.
- - B: Nǐ zhǐdao, jiěfàng qian wǒ shi
- zuò xiǎo mǎimaide, nèi shihou zuò xiǎo mǎimai duo nán! Neng bu néng
- zhuàn yidiǎnr qián dōu yào kàn yùnqi hǎo huài.
- - A: Hòulái ne?
- - B: Hòulái Rìběn rén lái le, Rìběn
- rén gēn zánmen dǎ zhàng. zhèi yí-xiàzi wǒde mǎimai . . .
- - A: Zuòbuxiàqu le.
- - B: Bu shi, wǒde mǎimai yuè zuò
- yuè dà le.
- - A: Zěnme ne?
- - B: Nǐ xuéguo lìshǐ. Nǐ zhīdao nèi
- shihou Zhu Lǎozǒng gēn Rìběn rén dǎle yízhàng . . .
- - A: Zhǐdao, nèi yízhàng dǎle hǎo
- jǐge yuè. Nèi shihou nín gàn shénme ne?
- - B: Wǒ? Wǒ yìtiān dào wǎn názhe
- dānzi gěi Zhū Lǎozǒngde jūnduì mǎi dōngxi ya! Shénme chide, chuānde, yào
- a, wǒ dōu néng mǎidào.
- - A: Ēi, zhēn you yìsi, nín zài gěi
- wo jiǎngjiang.
- - B: Ou, xiànzài bù néng jiǎng le.
- Zánmen gāi chūqu kànkan le. Yàoshi méiyou shénme wèntí, huílai wǒ zài
- gěi nǐ jiǎng.
- A: Nà zánmen zǒu ba!
- You know, before liberation I was in small business. At that time, it
- was so hard to do small business. Whether or not you could make a little
- money depended on whether your luck was good or bad.
- And later?
- Later the Japanese came. After the Japanese went to war with us, my
- business . . .
- You couldn’t carry it on.
- No, it got bigger and bigger.
- How was that?
- You’ve studied history. You know that at that time Zhū Lǎozǒng (Zhū Dé)
- fought with the Japanese . . .
- Yes, they fought for many months. What were you doing at that time?
- Me? From morning to night T was carrying a list buying things for Zhū
- Cé’s army. Food, clothes, medicine, T could buy them all.
- Gee, that’s fascinating, tell me more.
- I can’t now. It’s time we went out and took a look. If there aren’t any
- problems, I’ll tell you more after we get back.
- Then let’s go!
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