FSI-Chinese/Module-7/FSI-43/FSI-43-frames.simp-1.xml

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<row>
	<entry>1.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ jiějie xiànzài zěnme duì zhèngzhi wèntí rèxīnqilai le?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">你姐姐现在怎么对政治问题热心起来了？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>How is it that your older sister has become so interested and enthusiastic about political questions now?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhèi méiyou shénme qíguài, tā jīnnián kāishǐ xué zhèngzhixué le.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">这没有什么奇怪，她今年开始学政治学了。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>There’s nothing strange about that, she started studying political science this year.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>2.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ zěnme bù chī le?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">你怎么不吃了？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Why aren’t you eating?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒde wèi hěn nánshòu, chībuxiàqù le.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">我的胃很难受，吃不下去了。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>My stomach is uncomfortable, I can’t eat anymore.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nà wǒ gěi nǐ nòng dianr tāng lai.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">那我去给你弄点汤来。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>I’ll go get you some soup then.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>3.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ qù zhǎo Xiǎo Lán liáo tiānr.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">我去找小兰聊天儿。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>I'm going to go look for Xiǎo Lan to have a chat.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ bié qù le, tā yìtiān dào wǎn yònggōng, méi shíjiān péi ni liáo tiānr.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">你别去了，她一天到晚用工，没时间陪你聊天儿。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Don't go，she works hard all day long and doesn't have the time to chat with you.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>4.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wáng jiā Xiǎo Lán cónglái méiyou nánpéngyou ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">王家小蓝从来没有男朋友吗？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Hasn't the Wang family's Xiǎo Lan ever had a boy friend?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā cái shíjiǔsuì, mángzhe niàn shū, hái méiyou xiǎngdào zhèixie shìr ne!</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">她才19岁，忙着念书，还没有想到这些事儿呢！</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>She's only nineteen years old, busy studying, and hasn't thought of these things yet!</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>5.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒde xiǎo nǚér liǎngsānsuìde shihou cháng kū, xiànzài zhǎngdà le, bú zài kū le.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">我的小女儿两三岁的时候常哭，现在长大了，不再哭了。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>youngest daughter cried a lot when she was two or three years old, but now she has grown up and doesn't cry anymore.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>6.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zuò fùmǔde bù yīnggāi zhòng nán qīng nǚ.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">做父母的不应该种男轻女。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Those who are parents shouldn’t regard males as superior to females.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Duì. Zuò háizide yě yīnggāi xiàoshun fùmǔ.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">对。做孩子的也应该孝顺父母。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Right. And those who are children should show filial obedience to their parents.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>7.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ dìdi báitiān zài jiā ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">你弟弟白天在家吗？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Is your younger brother at home during the day?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Bú zài, nǐ děng dào wǎnshang zài dǎ diànhuà lai ba.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">不在，你等到晚上再打电话来吧。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>No， vait until the evening and then call him.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>8.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhōngguo rén cónglái bù jiǎng nánnǚ píngděng ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">中国人从来不将男女平等吗？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Didn’t the Chinese ever stress equality betveen men and vomen?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Shuōdao nánnǚ píngděng, nà shi zuìjìn jǐshíniánde xīn guānniàn.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">说到男女平等，那是最近几十年的新观念。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>As for equality of the sexes, thatfs a nev concept of the last fev decades.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>9.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Dà jiātíng yǒu shénme hǎo?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">大家庭有什么好？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>What's good about large families?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zěnme bù hǎo? Rén duō, zhuàn qiánde rén yě duō ma!</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">怎么不好？人多，赚钱的人也多吗？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>What could be bad about them? Afterall, if there are more people, there are also more people earning money!</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yàoshi suǒyǒude rén dōu xiàng nín zhèiyang xiǎng, Zhōngguo xiànzài bù zhīdào yǒu duōshao yì rén le!</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">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。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>If everyone thought the way you do, vho knovs hov many hundreds of millions of people there vould be in China now!</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>10.</entry>
<entry>A:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ zhèicì huí guó kàndao nǐ lǎojiāde rén le ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">你这次回国看到你老家的人了吗？</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Did you see the people in your hometown on this visit back to your country?</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry></entry>
<entry>B:</entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Kàndao le. Tāmen shēnghuóde bú cuò, wǒ lǎojiā yě biànchéng yíge hěn rènaode dìfangr le.</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">看到了，他们生活得不错，我老家也变成一个很热闹的地方儿了。</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>Yes. They1re living pretty veil, and my hometown has become quite a bustling place.</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>11.</entry>
<entry></entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yǒu yòng</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">有用</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>to be useful</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>12.</entry>
<entry></entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">hēiyè</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">黑夜</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>(darkness of) night, nighttime</entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry>13.</entry>
<entry></entry>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xīn</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Hani">心</foreignphrase></entry>
</row>
<row>
	<entry/>
	<entry/>
	<entry>heart</entry>
</row>

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