FSI-Chinese/OptionalModule-CAR/FSI-StandardChinese-OptionalModuleCAR-StudentText.txt

FSI - Standard Chinese - Optional Module CAR
Foreign Service Institute

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STANDARD CHINESE A Modular Approach

OPTIONAL MODULES:

-   • Restaurant

-   • Hotel

-   • Post Office and Telephone

-   • Car

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PREFACE

Standard. Chinese: A Modular Approach originated in an interagency
conference held at the Foreign Service Institute in August 1973 to
address the need generally felt in the U.S. Government language training
community for improving and updating Chinese materials to reflect
current usage in Beijing and Taipei.

The conference resolved to develop materials which were flexible enough
in form and content to meet the requirements of a wide range of
government agencies and academic institutions.

A Project Board was established consisting of representatives of the
Central Intelligence Agency Language Learning Center, the Defense
Language Institute, the State Department's Foreign Service Institute,
the Cryptologic School of the National Security Agency, and the U.S.
Office of Education, later Joined by the Canadian Forces Foreign
Language School. The representatives have included Arthur T. McNeill,
John Hopkins, John Boag, and Hugh Clayton (CIA); Colonel John F. Elder
III, Joseph C. Hutchinson, Ivy Gibian, Major Bernard Muller-Thym, and
Colonel Roland W. Flemming (DLl); James R. Frith and John B. Ratliff III
(FSI); Kazuo Shitama (NSA); Richard T. Thompson and Julia Petrov (OE);
and Lieutenant Colonel George Kozoriz (CFFLS).

The Project Board set up the Chinese Core Curriculum Project in 197^ in
space provided at the Foreign Service Institute. Each of the six U.S.
and Canadian government agencies provided funds and other assistance.

Gerard P. Kok was appointed project coordinator, and a planning council
was formed consisting of Mr. Kok, Frances Li of the Defense Language
Institute, Patricia O'Connor of the University of Texas, Earl M.
Rickerson of the Language Learning Center, and James Wrenn of Brown
University. In the fall of 1977, Lucille A. Barale was appointed deputy
project coordinator. David W. Dellinger of the Language Learning Center
and Charles R. Sheehan of the Foreign Service Institute also served on
the planning council and contributed material to the project. The
planning council drew up the original overall design for the materials
and met regularly to review their development.

Writers for the first half of the materials were John H. T. Harvey,
Lucille A. Barale, and Roberta S. Barry, who worked in close cooperation
with the planning council and with the Chinese staff of the Foreign
Service Institute. Mr. Harvey developed the instructional formats of the
comprehension and production self-study materials, and also designed the
communication-based classroom activities and wrote the teacher's guides.
Ms. Barale and Ms. Barry wrote the tape scripts and the student text.
From 1978 until the project's completion, writers for the course were
Ms. Barale and Thomas E. Madden. They revised the field-test editions of
the first six core modules and accompanying optional modules, and
produced the materials subsequent to Module 6.

All Chinese language material was prepared or selected by Chuan Ouyang
Chao, Yunhui Chao, Ying-chih Chen, Hsiao-jung Chi, Eva Diao, Jan Hu, and
Tsung-mi Li, assisted for part of the time by Leslie L. H. Chang,
Chieh-fang Ou Lee, Ying-ming Chen, and Joseph Yu Hsu Wang. Anna
Affholder, Mel-li Chen, and Henry Khuo helped in the preparation of a
preliminary corpus of dialogues.

Administrative assistance was provided at various times by Joseph
Abraham, Vincent Basciano, Lisa A. Bowden, Jill W. Ellis, Donna Fong,
Judith J. Kieda, Renee T. C. Liang, Susan C. Pola, Peggy Ann Spitzer,
and Kathleen Strype.

The production of tape recordings was directed by Jose M. Ramirez of the
Foreign Service Institute Recording Studio. The Chinese script was
voiced by Mr. Chang, Ms. Chao, Ms. Chen, Mr. Chen, Ms. Diao, Ms. Hu, Mr.
Khuo, and Mr. Li. The English script was read by Ms. Barale, Ms. Barry,
Mr. Basciano, Ms. Ellis, Mr. Madden, Ms. Pola, and Ms. Strype.

The graphics were originally produced by John McClelland of the Foreign
Service Institute Audio-Visual staff, under the general supervision of
Joseph A. Sadote, unit chief.

Standard Chinese: A Modular Approach was field-tested with the
cooperation of Brown University, the Defense Language Institute Foreign
Language Center, the Foreign Service Institute, the CIA Language
Learning Center, the United States Air Force Academy, the University of
Illinois, and the University of Virginia.

The Commandant of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
authorized the support necessary to print this edition.

7^1*40

/ J^ines R. Frith, Chairman

^/Chinese Core Curriculum Project Board

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

How to Study an Optional-Module .Tape . . • • .........• .

Objectives for the Restaurant Module ...............

Unit 1: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List .........

Unit 3: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit Us Part I

Part II

Part III.....................*..

Unit Vocabulary List ....

Foods ..

Objectives for the Hotel Module

Unit 1: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part TV....

-   Unit Vocabulary List .•••••••••••••••••

-   Things in a Hotel Room .......... .......

Objectives for the Post Office and Telephone Module

Unit 1: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

-   Part II

-   Part III

-   Part IV

Unit Vocabulary List

Objectives for the Car Module

Unit 1: Part I

Part II

Part III

Unit Vocabulary List

Unit 2: Part I

Part II

Part III......

Unit Vocabulary List

Parts of a Car

How to Study an Optional-Module Tape

The format of the optional modules is quite different from the format of
the core modules, although both focus on what you need to know to deal
with particular practical situations.

Each tape of an optional module is roughly equivalent to the five
different tapes of a core-module unit, in the sense, at least, that it
is intended as a self-contained presentation of a set of words and
structures. Actually, however, an optional-module tape is closer to a
combination of the C-l and P-1 tapes of a core-module unit with almost
all explanations left in the notes. Moreover, an optional-module tape
introduces considerably more vocabulary than a core-module unit.

Each tape is divided into several parts. Each part introduces words and
sentences, some of them for comprehension only, next reviews all
production items, and then reviews comprehension in extended dialogues.

You may have found that you could work through the C-l and P-1 tapes of
a core-module unit a single time each, perhaps going back over a few
sections once or twice. You are almost sure to find, however, that you
need to work through an optional-module tape more than once, perhaps
frequently backing up and frequently stopping to read the Notes.

When a new word or sentence is introduced, there is a‘pause on the tape
before you hear the Chinese. On your first time through the tape, you
may use this pause to glance at the word or sentence in the Reference
List. On your next time through the tape, you may use it to try to say
the Chinese, using the Chinese after the pause as a confirmation.

In the dialogues at the end of each part, there are very short pauses
between sentences. These should be just long enough for you to stop and
start the tape without missing anything. Stop the tape whenever you want
to think over the previous sentence or try to translate it.

Objectives

General

The purpose of the Car Module is to provide you with the linguistic
skills you need to use and take care of your car in everyday situations
as well as emergencies.

Before starting the Car Module, you should have at least completed the
Transportation Module.

Specific

When you have finished this module, you should be able to:

-   1. Buy gasoline using the metric system to indicate quantity and
    ration coupons if necessary. Understand if the attendant offers you
    high-test or regular gas.

-   2. Tell an attendant that there isn’t enough air in the tires. Ask
    for air to be put in the tires.

-   3. Tell an attendant the car windows need cleaning.

-   *+. Explain to a garage attendant where your car has developed
    problems lately: brakes, headlights, automatic transmission, gear
    shift, fan belt, exhaust pipe, and so on.

-   5. Ask for a regular maintenance check up for the car.

-   6. Tell someone you have a flat tire and whether or not you have a
    spare tire and tools.

-   7. Tell someone that you got a traffic ticket and why.

-   8. State whether or not you have your driver’s license and car
    registration with you.

-   9. Ask in a collision situation if someone is injured.

-   10. Understand someone describe in simple terms the damage to their
    car resulting from an accident.

-   11. Ask a garage repairman to fix a car which has been in an
    accident. Find out how long it will take'to fix it. Ask for an
    estimate on cost repairs.

Car Module, Unit 1

PART I

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  1. You bú gòu le. Qǐng ni jiā dian you.                           There’s not enough gas. Please add some.
  2. Jiā wǔshi gōngshēng ba.                                        Add fifty liters.
  3. Zhèi shi sānzhāng èrshi gōngshēngde qìyou piào.                Here are three twenty liter gasoline coupons.
  k. Lúntāide qì bù zú le. QǏng ni dǎ yíxia qì, hao Lu hao?         The air in the tires isn’t enough, please put some air in, all right?
  5. Qìchēde bōli you diar zāng.                                    The windows are a little dirty.
  6. Wo xiǎng cāyicā. NÌmen you shuǐ ma?                            I think I’ll wipe it a bit. Do you have some water?
  7. Dǎaìtong zài nèibiar. Ni bā ohē kāiguoqu, wb Zài gēi ni. da.   The airpump is there. Drive your oar over and I'ZZ give you some air.
  8. M yùo Jiā shénme yóu: aāojí qìyóu haishi pùtong qìyóul         What kind of gas do you want to add: high grade gas or reguZar'l
  9. Búbì jiā man, sishi gōngshēng jiù gōu Ze.                      No need to fill it up, forty liters will be enough.
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NOTES ON PART I:

qìyóu piào: ’Gasoline Coupons’. In the PRC, many commodities, such as
cloth, food items, watches, bicycles, must be bought with money and
ration coupons.

zú: ’to be enough, to be sufficient.' Lúntāide qì bù zú le. is
translated here as ’The air in the tires isn’t enough.’ A more literal
translation might be ’The air in the tires isn’t enough anymore.’ The
negative bù used with a marker le for new situation expresses a negative
condition that has recently come about.

bōli: This word literally means 'glass', but is used here to refer to
the windows of the car..

man: This is the adjectival verb 'to be full'.

Wo xiǎng cāyicǎ.: 'I think I'll wipe it a bit.' In the PRC gas stations
sell gas only. Any minor servicing that may be needed, such as cleaning
windows and getting air for tires, may be done by the driver himself.
Any major servicing must be done at a repair

garage.

Peking:

-   A: You bú gòu le, qǐng ni jiā

dian you.

-   B: Nǐ yào Jiā duōshao?

-   A: Jiā wǔshi gōngshēng ba.

-   B: Hao.

A:   Zhèi shi sānzhāng èrshi

gōngshēngde qìyōu piào.

B: Wo gěi ni xiěxialai le, liùshi gōngshēngde you piào, yòngle wǔshi
gōngshēng, hāi you shí gōng- _ shēng.

-   A: Lúntāide qì bù zv le. Qlng ni dā yíxià qì, hao bu hao?

-   B: Hao. Dǎqìtōng zài nèibiar.

Nǐ bǎ chē kāiguoqu, wo lai gěi ni da.

-   A: Xièxie ni. Qìchēde bcli yōu

diar zāng. Wo xiǎng cāyicǎ, nǐmen you shuǐ ma?

-   B: Nàr you shuì, qíng n¥ zìjt ná ba.

There's not enough gas, please add some.

How much do you want to add?

Add fifty liters.

Okay.

Here are three twenty>liter gasoline coupons.

I’ll write it down for you, a sixty liter gas coupon, you used fifty
liters; there's still ten liters.

The air in the tires isn’t enough, please put some air in, all right?

Okay. The air is over there. Drive your car over and I’ll give you some
air.

Thank you. The glass on the car is a little dirty. I think I’ll wipe it
a bit. Do you have some water?

The water is there. Please get it yourself.

Taipei:

-   A: Qǐng ni gěi wo jiā diǎn you.

-   B: Nǐ yào jiā shénme you: gāojí

qìyóu háishi pǔtōng qìyóu?

-   A: Pǔtongde. Bubì jiā man, sìshi

gōngshēng jiù gòu le.

-   B: Yào bu yao kànkan jīyóu

gòu bu gou?

-   A: Duì. Jīyóu yě bú gòu le,

Qǐng ni jiā diǎn ba.

-   B: Jīyóu jiāhǎo le.

-   A: Ao! Chēzide bōli tài zāng le.

Qǐng ni bang wo cāyicǎ, hǎo bu hao?

-   B: Hǎo. Wo lai gěi ni cā.

-   A: Xièxie ni, duōshao qiàn?

-   B: Qiyóu wǔbǎi kuài qiàn, jīyóu jiǔshi kuài, yígòng wǔbǎi jiǔshi
    kuài qian.

-   A: Zhèi shi liǔbǎi kuài qian, bǔ yòng zhǎo le.

-   B: Duō xie, duo xie, zài jiàn.

Please add some gas for me.

What kind of gas do you want to add: high grade gas or regular?

Regular. No need to fill it up, forty liters will be enough.

Do you want me to see if there’s enough oil?

That’s right. There's not enough oil either. Please add some.

The oil is added.

Oh! The windows are really dirt■^(,)’•. ^(D1)“ase help me wipe it.

Okay. I'll wipe it for you.

Thank you. How much is it?

The gas is $500, the oil is $90. Altogether it's $590.

Here’s $600, keep the change.

Thank you, thank you. Good bye.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART I:

Jlyou Jiāhǎo le.:’Thè oil is added.’ In the phrase Jiāhǎo le, the word
hap is used as the final, element of a compound verb of result. It
indicates that the action of the verb has been brought to a successful
conclusion. This is discussed in Transportation, Unit 7.

PART II

-   1. Wǒde chē you diar maobing le

-   2. Chángcháng xlhuǒ, zhēn máfan.

-   3. Shāchē bu tài ling.

U. Qiantou you yige dēng bú liàng le.

-   5. Wode qìchē yǐjīng kāile sānqiān gōngli le; děi bǎoyǎng le.

-   6. qing wSmen gishu gōngren tÒngzhi hdohāode gěi ni gidnchá.

-   7. Bùguo ritde chē you maobing, wHmen gēi ni xiūli.

-   8. Ji&ndānde lingjiàn women you. Rǔguo women mèiyou, kèyi ding.

There’s something wrong with my car.

It often stalls. It’s a real nuisance.

The brakes are not too good.

In the front one of the lights doesn’t light up anymore.

My car has already been driven 3000 miles, I have to have a maintenance
check-up.

I'll ask our comrade mechanic: to check it well for you.

If there's something wrong with your car, we'll fix it for you.

Simple parts we have. If we don't have them, we can order them.

NOTES ON PART II

máobing: This word is translated here as ’something wrong’. Other
translations might be: ’defect’, ’flaw’, ’trouble’, or ’problem’.

Tāde diànshì chū máobing le.

His television developed a problem.

A second meaning for máobing is ’medical,problem’, ’illness’.

Wo shénme máobing yě méiyou.

There is nothing wrong with me.

A third meaning is ’bad habit’

’odd habit'.

Tā máobing hen dà.

He is very 'picky* (odd).

ling: This is the adjectival verb 'to be sharp, keen*. It can be used to
describe people that are intelligent. It cah also be used to describe
machinery that works well.

Lao Wángde érzi hen ling.

Lao Wang’s son is sharp.

Zhèige jíqi hái ling bu ling?

Does,this machine still work well?

liàng: 'To be bright'. A more literal translation of You yíge dēng bú
liàng le. might be ’There is one lamp that does not light up anymore.'

bǎoyǎng: 'To maintain'. This verb can be used to talk about taking care
of a person's body, as well as maintaining machinery.

Ni yídìng děi bǎoyǎng zìjǐ.        You have to take care of

yourself.

Tā gang shēngle háizi, dàifu gàosu tā hǎohāorde bǎoyǎng.

After she had just given birth to a child, the doctor told her to take
good care of herself.

língjiàn: 'spare parts' or simply 'parts'. Huàn língjiàn is 'to exchange
(something) for a spare part'.

Peking:

-   A: Wǒde chē you diar máobing le.

Qǐng nǐmen Jiānchá Jiānchá.

-   B: You shénme maobing?

-   A: Chángchang xlhuǒ, zhēn máfan.

-   B: Chángchang xlhuǒ.

-   A: Hai you, shāchē bú tài ling,

ōu, qiántou you yige dēng

bu liàng le.

-   B: Nǐde chē kāile duōshao

gōngli le?

-   A: Wo kànkan. ōu, yǐjíng kāile

liāngwàn wǔqiān yìbāiduō gōngli le.

-   B: Hao, wǒ q.ǐng women jìshù

gōngren tǒngzhì hāohaode gěi ni jiānchá, ySu máobingde dìfang gěi ni
xiūhāo.

A*’ Rfiguo xūyāo huàn língjiàn nǐmen you ba?

B:   Kān shi shénme língjiàn, yǒude

women you, yǒude kéyi xiǎng bànfā. Jiānchále yǐhòu zài shuō ba.

-   A: Wǒde chē shénme shíhou kéyi

xiūhāo?

-   B: Riíguo méiyou dà máobing, dàgài

1 in~~tiān Jiù xiūhāo le.

There’s something wrong with my car. Would you please check it.

What's the trouble?

It often stalls. It's a real nuisance.

It often stalls.

Also, the brakes are not too good. Oh, in the front one of the lights
doesn't light up anymore.

How many kilometers have you driven your car?

Let me see. Oh, it's already been driven more xnaii 25,100 kilometers.

Okay, I'll ask our comrade mechanic to check it.thoroughly for you. If
something is wrong, he'll fix it.

If you need a spare_part you have it I suppose?

That depends on what sparenart is needed,.some we have, some we can
figure out a way. Let's talk about it after it’s been checked.

When will my car be ready?

If there are no big problems, it 'll probably be fixed in a couple
of‘days.

Taipei:

-   A: Wǒde qiche yǐjíng kāile sānqiān

gōngli le; děi bǎoyǎng le.

-   B: You méiyou shénme wèntí?

-   A: Shāchē you diǎn bu tài ling.

-   B: Hái you biéde wèntí ma?

-   A: You sfcíhou hái huì xǐhuo,

yòubian hòumiande dēng yě bu liàng le.

-   B: Hǎo. Women xiān gěi ni jiǎnchá,

Rúguo you máobing, gěi ni xiūli. Rúguo méiyou máobing, women gěi ni
bǎoyǎng, bǎoyǎng.

-   A: Língjiàn, nímen you méiyou?

-   B: Jiǎndānde língjiàn women you.

Ruguo women méiyou, kéyi ding.

-   A: Hǎo. Jiù qǐng nǐmen Jiǎnchá ba.

-   B: Women zhèlide jìshù gōngren hěn hǎo. Women yào tǎmen hǎohǎode gěi
    ni Jiǎnchá, bǎoyǎng.

fty car has already been driven 3000 miles, I have to have a maintenance
check up.

Are there any problems?

The brakes aren’t too good.

Are there other problems?

Sometimes it stalls, the right rear light doesn't light anymore either.

Okay, first we'll check it for you. If there's something

; wrong, we'll fix it for you. If nothing is wrong, we'll tune it up for
you.

Do you have spare pares?

Simple, spare part s we have .If we don't have them, we can order them.

Good. Then I'll ask you to check it.

Our mechanics here are very good. We'll have them give you a good
check-up and tune-up.

NOTES AFTER DIALOGUE IN PART II:

You shíhou hái huì xihuǒ.: You’ve seen that the auxiliary verb huì can
mean 'know how to, can’, as in Nǐ huì shuō Yíngwen ma?.-Here you see a
different meaning: . ’likely to happen, possible to happen, liable to
happen’. Here is; another example.

Jintian huì xià yù ma?             Is it likely to rain today?

PART III

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  1.   You yíge lúntāi bào le.                                        A tire has blown out.
  2.   Bèitāi, gōng.iù dōu you.                                       There's both a spare tire and tools.
  3.   Zāogáo!* Xǐnqíng fādòng-bùaǐlái le!                            Oh no.' The engine won't start up!
  U.   Women děi ba chē tuldao lùbiarshang qu.                        We'll have to push it over to the side of the road.
  5.   J-iòo yi lianq tuōchē lái_(}) bS chēzi tuōdao xiūlihánci qu.   Have a tow truck aome and tow it to the garage.
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NOTES AFTER PART III:

bào: ’To explode', 'to burst'. This is the verb to use when talking about a 'blow out'. CIf a tire has slowly gone flat, the verb to use is biě, 'to be flat, sunken, not full'. Lúntāi biě le.D

fādòngbùqǐlái: 'not be able to start up'. Fādòng is the verb 'to set in motion', 'to start'. ’-Qīlái is the verb 'to rise up' used as the final element in a compound verb of result.

tuídao: Compound verbs with -dao as the second syllable must be followed by a location of some sort and often are also followed by lai or qù.

Ba xíngli nádao lóushang qù.       Take the bags upstairs.

Ba chē kāidao lùbiarshang qù.      Drive the car to the side of the road.

Peking:

A! Zěnme le? Qiche bù zǒu le.

B: You yíge lúntāi bào le.

-   A: Luntāi bào le. Cheshang you méiyou bèitāi gēn gōngjù?

-   B: Bèitāi, gōngjù dōu you.

-   A: Nà hǎo. Nǐ bǎ chē kāidao lùbiar qù, women lǎi huàn lúntāi.

-   B: Zāogāo! Yīnqíng fādòng¹-

bùqǐlǎi le!

-   A: E! Yǐnqíng yě you wèntí le.

-   B: Chē tíngzai dà lùshang bù xíng.

Women děi bǎ chē tuídao lù-biarshang qu.

-   A: Tuídao lùbiar yǐhòu, women qu

zhǎozhao zhèr fujìn you méiyou diànhuà. Dǎ diànhuà dào bàngōng-shì qù,
yào tāmen kāi chē lai bǎ wǒmende tuōhuiqu.

-   B: Hǎo. Jiù zhènme ban. Women xiān

lai tuī chē ba.

What happened? The car won’t go anymore.

A tire has blown out.

The tire's flat. Are there a spare tire and tools ’’r the car?

There’s both a spare tire and tools.

That’s good. You drive the car over to the side of the road and we'11
change the tire.

Oh

_ no! The engine won’t start up!

Oh, no# there’s something the engine.

, You can’t stop the car in the middle of the road. We’ll have to push
it over to the side of the road.

After we push it to the side of the theroad, we’ll go look and .see if
there is a phone. We’ll call the office and have them drive out and tow
us back.

Okay. Let’s do it that way. let’s first push the car.

Taipei:

-   A: Bù hǎo le. You yige luntāi'

bào le.

-   B: Luntāi bào le? Na .zǎnme ban?

Jiao yíliàng tuōahē lái, bǎ chēzi tuōdao xiūlihǎng qù?

-   A: Bubì. Women chēshang you

gōngjù, ye you bèitǎi.

-   B: ì"í zìjǐ huì huàn ma?

-   A: Wo zìjǐ kěyi huàn.

-   B: Ni háishi xiān kànkan

yǐnqíng, něng bu neng fǎdòng?

-   A: Kàn! Yinqíng fādongqilai le, měi wèntí.

-   B: Nà hǎo. Nǐ bǎ chēzi kǎidao lubianshang qù huàn chētǎi.

-   A: Hǎo. W3 lai mànmǎnde bǎ che

kǎidao lubianshang qù.

-   B: TÍngzai zhèli xíng le. Women

xiàqu huàn chētǎi ba.

This is no good. A tire has blown out.

A tire has gone flat, then what do you do? Have a tow truck come and tow
it to the repair garage.

That’s not necessary. Our car has tools and a spare tire.

Can you change it yourself?

I can change it myself.

First look at the engine, can it start?

Look. The car starts up. No problem.

That’s good. You drive the car to the side of the road to ■ the tire.
             >

' Okay. I’ll slowly drive the car to the side of the road.

Parking it here will be okay. Let’s get out and change the tire.

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|                                   | Vocabulary                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| bao bǎoyǎng                       | to explode                        |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to have a maintenance checkup     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| bèitāi buōli                      | spare tire glass                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| cā chángchang                     | to wipe often                     |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| da                                | to hit to add air air pump light  |
|                                   | lamp to order                     |
| da qì dZqztóng dēng ding          |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| gaojí' gōngjù gōngshēng           | high grade tool liter             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| fādong                            | to start, to mobilize             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| jíānchá                           | to inspect, to examine, to check  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| jittndOn jtshù gōngren QÍyóu      | to be simple mechanic machine oil |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| -liàng liàng líng lingjicìn       | (counter for vehicles)            |
| lúntāi                            |                                   |
|                                   | to light up                       |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to be sharp, to be keen           |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | parts                             |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | tire                              |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| níSn maobing                      | to be full                        |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | trouble, flaw, defect             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| piào pìitōng                      | ticket, coupon regular            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| V ^(ql) qìyóu                     | air gasoline                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| shāchē                            | brakes                            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| tuī                               | to push                           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

tuō tuō oh e

xíhuS xíūli xiūliháng

yǐngqíng you

zāng zú

to tow

taw truck

to stall

to fix, to repair repair garage

engine

oil, gasoline, fuel

to be dirty

to be enough, to be sufficient

Car Module, Unit 2

PART I

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  1.    Yinwei wǒ chāo sù le, wo nádàole yige fákuāndān.   Because I was speeding I got a ticket.
  2.    W8 dài .liàshí zhízhào le.                         I brought my driver's license.
  3.    Yě dài dēngjìzhèng le.                             And I brought the car registration too.
  1».   Jftde chēzi yòngde shi wài.iiāo rènyuàn páizhao.   Your oar has diplomatic plates.
  5.    Ni shi wài.iiāoquàn ma?                            Are you a diplomat?
  6.    Ni chāo sù le, dèi fakùan.                         You went over the speed limit, I'll have to fine you.
  7.    Dánzi houtou you shuòmíng.                         On the back of the ticket is an explanation.
  8.    Nt ànzhào shuōmlng qù ban ba.                      You go take care of it according to the explanation.
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NOTES AFTER PART I:

chāo sù: ’To speed*, more literally, ’to exceed the posted speed'

nádào le: Here you see another compound verb with -dào. But the addition
of -dào does not add the meaning of 'to (someplace), as in tuidao
lùbiārshang qu, ’push it to the side of the road’, but rather adds the
meaning of ’to obtain, get'.

Nī nádao nlde hùzhào le meiyou? Did you get your passport?

dài: This is the verb 'to carry with one, to take or bring with one'. It
is sometimes used with the verb lai when the meaning is ’bring with
one’.

Jīntian wo wangle dài wǒde         I forgot to bring my history

lìshí shǔ.                          took today.

Nī dài háizi qùle méiyou?          Did you take the children with

you?

fákuǎn: This can be the verb ’to issue a fine' or the noun 'a fine'.
Fákuǎndān is literally, 'fine-móney-ticket'.

dānzi: Here dānzi is used to refer to the traffic ticket, a short way of
saying fákuǎndān. In other situations, dānzi often means 'list
of^(;)things'. Here are some 'examples. Notice that the phrase 'to make
a list' is kāi yíge dānzi, literally 'open a list'.

Meige Xīngqíliù wǒ chūqu mǎi Every Saturday before I go dōngxi yǐqián
dōu kāi yige out to buy things, I make dānzi.
                              a list.

Nǐ neng bu neng bǎ nǐ yào mǎide Can you make a list of the shū kāi yíge
dānzi.                books you want to buy?

Taipei:

A:   Nǐ chāo sù le, zhīdao ma?

B: ।Chao sù? Shénme shi chāo sù?

Wǒ bù dong.

-   A: Chāo sù jiù shi kāi chē kāide

tài kuài le.

-   B: Ou, wo lai Táibei bù Jiǔ, hen duo shi bù zhídào. Zhen duíbuqǐ.

-   A: Nǐde chēzi yòngde shi wàijiào

rényuán páizhào, Nǐ shi wàijiāoguān ma?

-   B: Shìde. Wǒ shi waijiāoguān.

-   A: Nǐ dài jiàshǐ zhízhāo le

méiyou?

-   B: Dài le. Zhèi shi jiàshǐ

zhízhào.

-   A: Chēzi dēngjìzhèng ne? Yě

dàile ma?

You went over the speed limit, did you know?

'Chao su'! is 'chao su? ' I don't understand.

'Chao su' is driving yòur car too fast.

I haven't been in Taipei very long. There are a lot of things I don't
know. Please excuse me.

Your car has diplomatic 'plates. Are you a diplomat?

Yes, I'm a diplomat.

Did you bring your driver's license?

Yes, here's the driver's license.

And the car registration? Did you bring that too?

-   B: Yě dài le.

    A:   Nǐ chāo sù le, děi

    fakuān.

B:   Wo nále fákuǎndān gái

zěnme yang?

A:   Dānzi houtou you shuōxníng.

Nǐ ànzhào shuōmíng qù ban ba.

B:   Hǎo.

Yes.

You went over the speed limit, I’ll have to fine you.

After I’ve gotten the ticket what do I do?

On the back of the ticket is an explanation. Take care of it according
to the explanation.

Okay.

PART II

I 1. Aiyōu, zāogāo, women chuàng_.-chē le.

2. Nǐ shòushāng le méiyou?

3. Chūle chēhuò le, women děi zhǎo iǐngchá lai chǔlǐ.

U. Women xiān kànkan chēzi ba, chuàngde lìhai bu lìhai.

-   5. Ou, ahěmén chuànahuài le.

    Ah, oh no, we’ve had a collision.

    Are you injured?

    After a car accident, we should find the police to come and take
    care of it.

    Let’s look at the cars first, and see if they’re hit badly.

    Oh, the oar door is damaged.

-   6. Bǎoxiǎngàng w®* le, ohetpu yě biě le.

-   7. Nide chēzi bǎoxiǎnle meiyou!

-   8. Oiū shi ylhòu, chē méiyou dònaauo ba!

-   9. tfo qu Gǒngǎnjù dS yige diànhuà qtng tǎmen pài wàishi jingchà lai
    ytqt ahull.

The bumper is bent and the hood is dented.

Is your oar insured!

After the accident, the 'oar didn't move, did it!

I'm going to call the Bureau of Public Safety and ask them to send the
Foreign Affairs Police to come and handle this together with us.

NOTES AFTER PART II:

chuàng: 'To bump', often pronounced zhuàng. This verb often occurs with the resultative ending —zhao, 'to meet, to touch, to cone into contact with.*

Zhèr dìfang tài xiaOj dōngxi tài duō. Zǒu lùde shíhou, bù shi chuàngzhao zhuōzi, jiù shi chuàngzhao yǐzi.

chulǐ: ’To manage, to handle an

Wǒ bù huì chuLi zhèijian shi.

Neijian shi ta chǔlide hen hǎo.

It's too close in here, too many things. When you walk, if you're not bumping into tables, then you're bumping into chairs.

affair, to take care of something

I can’t take care of this matter.

He has managed that affair very well.

chū chēhuò: ’To have a car accident’, or more literally ’Jo produce a car disaster’. This is more serious than the phrase chu shi.

Tā chū chēhuò yīhòu, hen jiu After he had the accident, it jlngchá cái lái.                   was a long time until the police came.

lìhai: ’To be severe,'to be fierce', ’seriously'

Tā bìngde hen lìhai.               He is seriously ill.

chū shi: ’To have an accident, to have something go wrong.'

This phrase is used to describe a serious, unpleasant happening.

Tā jiā chū shi le, women qù kànkan.

Something has happened in his home, let's go see. (e.g., a robbery, an arrest)

Taipei:

-   A: Aiyōu, zāogāo, women chuàng

chē le! Nǐ shòushāng le méiyou?

-   B: Hǎi hǎo, wǒ xiǎng wo meiyou

shòushāng. Ni ne?

-   A: Wǒ meiyou shì.

-   B: Chūle chēhuò le, women děi

zhǎo Jlngchǎ lál chill.

-   A: Duì, wǒ shi wǎiguo rēn.

Women dàgai yě děi zhǎo wàishi jǐngchā lai.

... Women xi ān kànkan chēzi ba, chuàngde lìhai bu lìhai.

-   B: Ou, chēměn chuànghuài le.

Nide chēzi ne, chuàngzai shěnme dìfang?

-   A: Wǒde bǎoxiǎngàng wān le,

chētou yě bi? le.

-   B: Nide chēzi bǎoxiǎnle meiyou?

-   A: Wǒ bǎole xiǎn, nǐde ne?

-   B: Wǒ yě you bǎoxiǎn.’

A:   Kan! Jǐngchǎ lai le.

Alya, what a mess! We've had. a collision. Are you injured?

I’m okay. I don’t think I'm injured. And you?

I'm alright

After a car accident, we should find the police to come and handle this.

Yes, I’m a foreigner. We probably should also find the Foreign Affairs
Police. Let’s look it the cars first, and see if they're hit badly.

Oh, the car door is damaged. And your car, where is it hit?
                   ‘

My bumper is bent and the hood is dented.

Is your car insured?

I’m insured, and yours?

I have insurance too.

Look! The police are here.

Peking:

-   A: NǏmen chuàng chē le.

-   B: Duì, chūle chēhuò le.

-   A: You méiyou rén shòushāng?

-   B: Hai hǎo. Women dōu méi

shòushāng.

-   A: Chū shi yǐhòu, chē méiyou

dòngguo ba?

-   B: Chūle shi yǐhòu, women jiù

xiàlai le. Chē méiyou dòngguo.

-   A: Na hǎo. Chē chuàngde lìhai

bu lìhai?

-   B: Wǒde chēmén chuàngbiě le.

Tāde bǎoxiǎngàng chuàngwān le. Chētóu yě chuàngbiě le.

-   A: Nìde chē bǎoxiǎn le ba?

-   B: Bao le. ^(car) accident.

A:   Hao. Nimen děngyiděng. Wo

gěi Gòngānjū dǎ yige diànhuà qìng tāmen pài Wàishi JÌngchá lai yìqǐ
chùlǐ.

You’ve had a collision.

Yes, there’s been an accid ent.

Is anyone injured?

It’s all right. None of us are injured.

After the accident, the cars weren't moved were they?

After the accident, we Just got out. The cars were not moved.

That’s good. Were the cars damaged?

My car door is dented. His bumper is bent. The hood is dented too.

Your car is insured, I suppose?

Yes.

Okay. Wait a moment. I’m going to call the Bureau of Public Safety and
ask them to send the Foreign Affairs Police to come and handle this
together.

PART III

-   1. Wǒde chēzi you dian wèntí le.

Qǐng nǐmen xiūli xiūli.

-   2. Zìdòng páidǎng. biànsùqì dōu you diǎr xiao máobìng.

-   3. Páiaìguǎn. fēngshàn pídài yě qǐng nǐmen Jiǎnchá yíxià.

U. Yào jǐtian kéyi xiūhǎo?

-   5- Nǐ KŪ.ÌÌ yíxià, dàgài yào duōshao qian?

-   6. Ni kàn, pídài sōna le, gāi huàn xinde le.

-   7. Chēmén děi xiūhǎo, vēnai; jíqi děi jiǎnchà, tiàozhěnq.

-   8. Ni dà hòutian lai qu chē bat

-   9. Women xiū .Hai. yě xiū chēshēn.

There’s something wrong with my car. Would you please repair it.

The automatic transmission and the gear shift. Both have something
wrong.

Please also check the exhaust pipe and the fan belt.

How many days will it take to fix?

Can you estimate how much it will probably be?

Look the fan belt is loose, you should change it.

The door needs to be fixed, and spray-painted; the engine needs to be
checked and adjusted.

Why don t you come in three days to pick it upt

We fix engines and do body work.

10. Shérme yánsede qz, women dōu yōu. Women rr&slìàng gěi ni jiǎnchà.

We have all colors of paint. We'll check it for you right away.

11. Kéyi, Jiǎnchale yihòu mǎsliàng gěi ni gū jià.

Yes. After we've checked it, we'll give you an estimate right away.

NOTES AFTER PART III':

xiūli: ’To fix, to repair’.

pi’dà.-i: ’Fan belt', sometimes simply called pidài, which is literally 'leather belt'. Pidài is used for 'belt* in machine terminology as in sānjiǎopídài, ’V-belt’.

xiūhào: ’To fix sucessfully, to repair successfully.’ The syllable -hǎo indicates the result of the action, that is that the repairs were successfully completed.

Yào jǐtian kéyi xiūhāo?             How many days will it take

to fix it?

In the above sentence, the auxiliary verb yào means ’to need, to require, to take’.

gūjǐ: Originally this verb meant simply ’to estimate (a figure)’. Now it also means ’to guess'.

Zhèijiàn dàyi nǐ gūjì děi          How much do you estimate

duǒshao qián?                      this overcoat costs?

Wo gūjì tā míngtian bū huì         My guess is he won’t come

lai.                                 tomorrow.

In this sentence the auxiliary verb hui means ’to be likely to’, 'to be possible to’.

tiáozhěng: ’To adjust, to coordinate, to regulate.’

Qǐng bǎ nèige zhōng tiáozhěng yíxià.

Please adjust that clock a little.

Can you estimate how much this house can sell for?

gū jià: ’To estimate a price.’

Zhèige fángzi kéyi mài duoshao qián, nǐ neng gūyigū jià ma?

Taipei:

-   A: Wode chēzi you diǎn wèntí le.

Qǐng nǐmen xiūli xiūli.

-   B: Hǎo de. You shénme máobing?

-   A: Wo xiǎng biànsùqì, zìdòng

páidǎng dōu you diǎr wèntí.

-   B: Hái you biéde máobing ma?

-   A: Paiqìguǎn, fēngshàn dài

yě qing nimen kànkan.

-   B: Fēngshànde pídài shi hen

róngyi sōngde, paiqìguǎn vě rongyi huài. Āu. Chēmen biěle yìdiǎn.

-   A: Nimen yě xiū chēshēn ma?

-   B: Women xiū Jīqi, yě xiū

chēshēn. Língjiàn huaìle, wěmen dōu kéyi xiù, yě kéyi huàn.

-   A: Na hǎo. Chēmen yě xiūli yíxià. Nimen you yíyàng yánsede qi ma?

-   B: Shénme yánsede qi, women dōu you. Women mǎshang gěi ni jiǎnchá.
    Xingqíwū xiàwu sidiǎn zhōng yīhòu, ni lái qū chē, hǎo bu hǎo?

-   A: Kéyi bu kéyi xiān gū ge Jià?

-   B: Kéyi, Jiǎnchále yihòu mǎshang gěi ni gū Jià. win qing dào lǐbian
    zuòyizuò, děrgdeng.

There’s something wrong with my car. Would you please repair it.

Okay. What’s wrong with it?

I think the gear shift and the automatic transmission both have
something wrong.

Are there other problems?

Please also take a look at the exhaust pipe and the fan belt.

It’s easy for the fan belt to get loose and for the exhaust pipe to
break. Oh, the door is a little dented.

Do you also do body work?

We fix engines and do ,body work. If parts are bad, we can repair them
or replace them.

That’s good. Fix the door, too.

Do you have the same color paint?

We have all colors of paint. We’ll check it for you right away.

How about picking it up Friday afternoon after U:00?

Can you first estimate the cost?

Yes. After we’ve checked it. we’ll give you an estimate right away.
Please go inside, have a seat and wait a bit.

Peking:

-   A: W3de qìche zuótian chuàng-

huài le, xiǎng qǐng nǐmen xiūyixiū.

-   B: Au. Chēmén chuànghuài le.

Jǐqi zěnme yàrig?

-   A: ZÌdòng páidǎng, biànsùqì

dōu you diǎr xiǎo máobing.

-   B: Hǎo. Hái you biéde wèntí

méiyou?

-   A: Páiqìguǎn, fēngshàn pidài yě qǐng nǐmen jiǎnchá yíxià.

-   B: Nǐ kàn, pidài song le, gāi huàn xǐnde le.

-   A: Pídài wǒ jiāli hái you yìtiáo xínde. Míngtian zǎoshang gěi ni
    nálai.

-   B: Hǎojíle. Nǐ nálai, women gěi

nǐ huàn.

-   A: Yào jǐtian kéyi xiūhāo?

-   B: Chēmen děi xiūhāo, pēnqī,

jǐqi děi jianchá, tiáozhěng. Nǐ dà hòutian lái qǔ chē ba.

A:   Nǐ gūjì yíxià, dàgài yào

duǒshao qián?

B: Xiànzài bù hǎo shuō, děi xiān kànkan. Nǐ míngtian ná pídài láide
shíhou, gàosu nǐ ba.

Yesterday my car was damaged in an accident, I would like you to repair
it.

Oh, the door is damaged. How’s the engine.

The automatic transmission and the gear shift all have some problem.

Okay. Are there any other problems?

Please also check the exhaust pipe and the fan belt.

Look the fan belt is loose, you should change it.

I have a new fan belt at home. I’ll bring it to you tomorrow morning.

Great. You bring it here and we’ll change it for you.

How many days will it take to fix?

The door needs to be fixed, and painted, the engine needs to be checked
and adjusted. Why don’t you come in three days to pick it up?

Can you estimate how much it will probably be?

It’s hard to say now. I have to take a look first. Tomorrow when you
come with the fan belt I’ll tell you.

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|                                   | Vocabulary                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ànzhào                            | according to                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| baoxian                           | to insure, to be insured bumper   |
|                                   | gear shift                        |
| baoxiZmgàng ■biànsùqì biē         |                                   |
|                                   | to be dented                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| chǔlì chāo sù                     | to handle, manage to exceed the   |
|                                   | speed limit                       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| chēhuò chēmen chēshēn chētou      | car accident                      |
| chuàng chuànghuài le chū. shi     |                                   |
|                                   | oar door                          |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | body of a car                     |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | car hood                          |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to bump into, to collide with     |
|                                   | damaged                           |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to hate an accident               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| dà hòutian dài dānzi dēngjìzhèng  | the third day from now            |
| dbng                              |                                   |
|                                   | to carry along with, to bring     |
|                                   | ticket, note                      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | car registration , to mote        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| fákuǎn fákuǎndān fēngshàn         | to fine, to issue a fine ticket,  |
|                                   | a fine fan                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Gōngānjú gūJì                     | Bureau of Public Safety to        |
|                                   | estimate                          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| jiàshǐ zhízhào                    | driver’s license                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| JIngchá Jíqí                      | police                            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | engine, more literally, ’machine’ |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| lìhai                             | to be severe                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| páidāng páízhòo páiqìguǎn pēnqi   | transmission license plates       |
| pídài                             | exhaust pipe to spray paint belt  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| qí                                | paint, lacquer                    |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to pick up, to get, to fetch      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| rènyuàn                           | personnel                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| song shòushāng shuómtng           | to be loose to be injured         |
|                                   | explanation                       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| tiáozheng                         | to adjust                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| wàijiāo                           | diplomacy_(}) foreign relations   |
|                                   | diplomat                          |
| vaijiaoguan wàishí                |                                   |
|                                   | foreign affairs                   |
| wàisht jtngchá                    |                                   |
|                                   | foreign affairs police to bend    |
| wan                               |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| xiūhǎo xiūli                      | to fix                            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | to repair                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| zìdòng                            | automatic                         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

PARTS OF A CAR

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| baoxiǎngàng bēitāi biànsùqì       | bumper spare tire gear shift      |
|                                   |                                   |
| chē hòutoude chuānghu chē men     | rear windshield car door          |
|                                   |                                   |
| chē qiántoude chuānghu chētóu     | front windshield hood             |
|                                   |                                   |
| chēxiāng                          | trunk                             |
|                                   |                                   |
| dāngníbǎn diànpíng dēng           | fender battery-lights             |
|                                   |                                   |
| fāhuǒ kāiguan fēngshàn pídài      | ignition fan belt                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| J ìngzi                           | mirror                            |
|                                   |                                   |
| lǎba                              | horn air conditioner odometer     |
|                                   | steering wheel tire               |
| lēngqí                            |                                   |
|                                   | exhaust pipe muffler              |
| lǔbiāo lúnpán lúntāi              |                                   |
|                                   | Jack                              |
| páiqìtǒng                         |                                   |
|                                   | brakes                            |
| páiqìxiāoshēngqì                  |                                   |
|                                   | parking brake radio radiator      |
| qián Jīndíng                      | speedometer                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| shāchē                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| shǒu shāchē shōuyīnj ī shuǐxiāng  |                                   |
| sùdùbiǎo                          |                                   |
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yǐnqíng yóumén yóuxiáng yǔshuāzi

zìdòng páidāng zuò

engine accelerator gas tank windshield wiper

automatic transmission seat

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