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standard Chinese, a modular approach, society module, units 1 through 4, review tape too.

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This is the second review tape for units 1 through 4.

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Here you review your production of the reference list sentences.

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First I'll say the English and then you put it into Chinese.

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A Chinese speaker will then confirm your answer.

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Let's begin.

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Number 1.

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Is equality between men and women a Chinese viewpoint?

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男女平等是不是中国人的看法?

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Yes, but that's a new concept of the Chinese, not an old one.

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是,可是那是中国人的新观念,不是老观念.

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Number 2.

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Those who are parents shouldn't regard males as a period of females.

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做父母的不应该重男轻女。

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Right, and those who are children should show filial obedience to their parents.

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对,做孩子的也应该孝顺父母。

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Number 3.

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Why aren't you eating?

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你怎么不吃了?

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My stomach is uncomfortable.

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I can't eat anymore.

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我的胃很难受,吃不下去了。

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I'll go get you some soup then.

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那我给你弄点汤来。

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Number 4.

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The novels you wrote are all very popular now.

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他写的基本小说现在都很流行。

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Of course, novels written by someone with his position and knowledge are sure to be interesting.

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那当然,像他那样有地位有知识的人写的小说一定有意思。

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Number 5.

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What was the political and economic situation like where you went?

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你去的那个地方,政治、经济方面的情形怎么样?

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I can't explain it clearly in just a few sentences.

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When I have time, I'll tell you all about it.

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几句话说不清楚,有时间我再跟你慢慢说吧。

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Number 6.

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Yesterday Xiao Ming wrote a letter to his girlfriend and it was really long.

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昨天,小明给他的女朋友写信,写的好长。

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Young people are always young people.

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When I was young, I was like that too. Have you forgotten?

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年轻人总是年轻人。

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年轻的时候也是这样,你忘了?

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Number 7.

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Oh, do you want to do research on Asia's cultural tradition?

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It can't be called research.

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I just want to go have a look at the social situation there.

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Number 8.

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This novel is about the situation on the mainland.

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这本小说写的是大陆的情况。

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How about the mainland?

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How about lending it to me to read?

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关于大陆的,借给我看看行不行?

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Number 9.

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Mr. Liu's class is really boring.

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刘先生的课实在没意思。

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If you keep attending it, gradually you'll become interested.

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你听下去,慢慢会有兴趣的。

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Number 10.

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Look, here's a news article on living together.

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你看,这有一篇关于同居的新闻。

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Forget it, what's interesting about that kind of news?

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算了吧,这种新闻有什么意思?

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Number 11.

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To study the problems of China now, you have to understand Chinese history.

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研究中国现在的问题,一定得懂得中国历史。

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This point of yours is very important, I'll think it over.

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你说的这一点很要紧,我考虑考虑。

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Number 12.

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This French weekly is quite good.

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这本法文周刊相当不错。

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Oh, you know a lot about French now, you can read French magazines.

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啊,你现在对法文很有研究了,能看法文杂志了。

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Number 13.

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I stopped depending on my parents for a living three years ago.

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三年以前我就不靠父母生活了。

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It's really great that you can take care of yourself.

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你能自己管自己,真不错。

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Number 14.

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How is it that your older sister has become so interested and enthusiastic about political questions now?

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There's nothing strange about that.

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She started studying political science this year.

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这没有什么奇怪,她今年开始学政治学了。

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Number 15.

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Is your younger brother at home during the day?

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你弟弟白天在家吗?

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No, wait until the evening and then call him.

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不在,你等到晚上再打电话来吧。

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Number 16.

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What do you want to do research on next semester?

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下个学期你想研究什么?

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It's still the same old problem, the political situation in China.

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还是老问题,中国的政治情况。

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Number 17.

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My youngest daughter cried a lot when she was two or three years old.

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But now she's grown up and doesn't cry anymore.

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我的小女儿两三岁的时候常哭,现在长大了,不再哭了。

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Number 18.

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Where do you want to go over summer vacation?

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I'd like to go visit a few countries in Asia.

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我想到亚洲几个国家去看看。

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Number 19.

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老王,I feel awful today.

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老王,我今天感觉很不舒服。

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I'll sit down and I'll go get you a cup of tea.

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快坐下,我去给你倒杯茶来。

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Number 21.

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Before you got married, did you live with your parents all along?

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你结婚以前一直都跟父母一起住吗?

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No.

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I was born before I got married and lived independently for seven or eight years.

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不是,我没结婚就离开家,独立生活了七八年。

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Number 22.

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Hasn't the Wang family Xiao Lan ever had a boyfriend?

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Hasn't the Wang family Xiao Lan ever had a boyfriend?

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She's only 19 years old, busy studying and hasn't yet thought of these things.

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她才19岁,忙着念书,还没有想到这些事儿呢?

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Number 23.

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There really aren't many teachers like Professor Wang.

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像王教授这样的老师,真是不多。

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You're right.

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If it weren't for the help he's given me, I really wouldn't want to study anymore.

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你说对了,如果不是他帮助我,我真不想学了。

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Number 24.

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If you live in China for two years, you're sure to learn Chinese very well.

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你在中国住两年,一定会写好中文的。

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Yes, on the one hand, I can learn Chinese well, and on the other hand, I can find out more things about China.

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是啊,一方面可以写好中文,

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一方面也可以多知道一点中国的事情。

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Number 25.

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Your sister is getting more and more medical books.

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你姐姐医学方面的书越来越多了。

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Yes, she's studying medicine with every ounce of her energy.

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是啊,她在拼命学医呢。

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Number 26.

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Isn't this article any good?

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这篇文章不好吗?

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That wasn't what I meant.

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The article is pretty good. It's just that it's a bit long.

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不是这个意思,文章不错,就是长了一点。

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Do you have any other articles?

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Number 27.

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I'm going to go look for Xiao Lan to have a chat.

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我去找小兰聊天。

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Don't go. She works hard all day and doesn't have time to chat with you.

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你别去了,还一天到晚用功。

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没时间陪你聊天。

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Number 28.

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Today I borrowed a good novel.

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今天我借到一本好小说。

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What novel is it that makes you so happy?

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什么小说,让你这么高兴。

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Number 29.

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Your father got up so early.

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你爸爸这么早就起来了。

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He's getting on in years and he goes to bed early.

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他年纪大了,每天睡得早。

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Number 30.

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The Zhang family's daughter-in-law is a very proper young woman.

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张家的儿媳妇很有规矩。

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Yes, the Zhang family's grandmother is really blessed with good fortune.

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是啊,张家奶奶真有福气。

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Number 31.

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This whole family has had quite a good education.

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这一家人都念过不少书。

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I understand that their grandsons and granddaughters are studying the four books now.

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听说,他们的孙子孙女现在都念四书呢。

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Number 32.

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小王's grandfather is talking with those kids again.

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小王的爷爷又和那些小朋友聊天呢。

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He's a very good person. He likes children a lot.

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他人很好,还喜欢孩子。

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Number 33.

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Stay here and you can help us a bit.

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你住下来吧,也可以给我们帮点忙。

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I have classes during the day. I can only do some work at night.

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我白天有课,只好晚上做点事。

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Number 34.

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My mother is always worried that my older brother is having a rough time away from home.

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我母亲总担心我哥哥在外面吃苦。

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His bunch of friends help each other out. They don't have such a rough time.

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他们几个小朋友互相帮忙,不会吃苦的。

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Number 35.

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In the past, how difficult it was for Chinese who went abroad to study.

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过去中国人出国念书多难。

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Now it's better.

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No matter where they go, no one looks down on them anymore.

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现在好了,找到哪儿也没人看不起了。

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Number 36.

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Their family used to be quite rich. They had quite a lot of property.

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他们家过去是有钱人,有不少财产。

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The property you're talking about is land, isn't it?

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你说的财产是土地吧?

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Number 37.

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Didn't the Chinese ever stress equality between men and women?

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中国人从来不讲男女平等吗?

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As for equality of the sexes, that's a new concept of the last few decades.

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说到男女平等,那是最近几十年的新观念。

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Number 38.

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What's good about large families?

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大家听有什么好?

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What could be bad about them?

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After all, if there are more people, there are also more people earning money.

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怎么不好?人多,赚钱的人也多吗?

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If everyone thought the way you do, who knows how many hundreds of millions of people there would be in China now?

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要是所有的人都像您这么想,中国现在不知道有多少艺人了。

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Number 40.

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Has your grandmother's health been good the past couple of years?

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这两年,你奶奶身体好吗?

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Barely good, sometimes she can still get up and straighten up the room.

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还好,有时候还能起来收拾收拾屋子。

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Number 41.

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Did you see the people in your hometown on this visit back to your country?

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Yes, they're living pretty well, and my hometown has become quite a bustling place.

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看到了,他们生活得不错,我老家也变成一个很热闹的地方了。

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Number 42.

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Everyone feels Xiao Wang is a very well-mannered child.

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人家都觉得,小王是个很有礼貌的孩子。

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This is the end of the tape.

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The end of society module units 1 through 4 review tape 2.