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SOC, Unit 2
Unit 2, Tape 1, Review Dialogue

At the entrance to Lauinger Library at Georgetown University, Lǐ Ping
(B) encounters Tom (A).
B:	Èi! Tāngmǔ, nǐ hǎo a!	Hey! Hi, Tom!
A:	"Nǐ hǎo, Lǐ Ping! Lai kàn
shū ma?"	"Hi, Lǐ Ping. Did you come here to
do some reading?"
B:	"Chile wǎnfàn, chūlai zǒuzou,
dào túshūguǎn kànkan xǐn dàode
zázhì."	"After dinner I went out for a walk
and came to the library to read
through some of the new magazines."
A:	"Nǐ zuì xǐhuande Yǐngwén zázhì
shi shénme?"	"What’s your favorite English
magazine?"
B:	Ng, Xǐnwén Zhōukān.	Um, Newsweek.
A:	Wèishenme ne?	Why?
B:	"Xǐnwen Zhōukān hěn hǎo, duì
xué Yǐngwén hěn you bāngzhu."	"Newsweek is very good. It’s a
big help in learning English."
A:	"Duì, kàn zhèige zázhì, yìfāng-
miàn kéyi xué Yǐngwén, yìfāng-
miàn kéyi zhīdao Měiguo shèhuìde
qíngkuàng, shì bú cud. Zhèige
xīngqī you shénme yěu yìside
wénzhāng ma?"	"Right. When you read it, you can-
study English at the same time you
learn about conditions in American
society; it is good. Are there any
interesting articles in it this week?"
B:	"You, yěu yìpiān guānyu nánnu
píngděngde wénzhāng hěn you
yìsi."	"Yes, there’s an article about
equality of the sexes that’s very
interesting."
A:	"Ou, ""nánnu píngděng""...wěde
nupéngyou duì zhèige tímu’ hěn
yěu yánjiū. Zěnme? Nǐ yě duì
zhèige wèntí you xìngqu ma?"	"Oh, ""equality of the sexes""...My
girl friend is an expert on the sub-
ject. Don’t tell me—are you in-
terested in that issue too?"
B:	"You, wo you xìngqu, érqiě
xiǎng zhídao nǐmende kànfǎ.
Wo kéyi wèn jǐge wèntí ma?"	"Yes, I am, and I’d also like to
know your views on it. Can I ask a
few questions?"
A:	Dāngrán, qǐng wèn ba!	Sure. What would you like to know?
B:	"Zhèipiān wénzhāng shuō, zài
hěn duo dìfāng yuè lái yuè liú-
xíng nánnu tóngjū le. E, duì-"	"The article says that in a lot of
places cohabitation is getting
more and more common. Uh, excuse"
*tímu, ’’subject, topic” (see Unit 5)
buqǐ...		me. . .
A:	Mei shenme, nǐ shuōxiaqu.	Not at all, go on.
B:	"Zhèipiān wénzhāng hāi shuō
zhèizhǒng shì he fùnude dìwei
you guānxi. Zhèi yidiān wo
zhēnshi bù dong le. Zhōngguo
rénde chuāntǒng guānniàn shi,
fùnu méiyou Jiēhūn, bù yīnggāi
he tāde nānpéngyou zhù zai yìqī."	"It also said in the article that
this is related to the status of
women. I really don’t understand
that point. The traditional Chinese
idea is that a woman should not live
with her boyfriend before they get
married."
A:	"Wǒmende guānniàn bú tài yí-
yàng. Yìxiē fùnu, tèbié shi
zhīshi fùnu, tāmen bú yào kào
xiānsheng shēnghuó, tāmen yào
you dullde JīngJi he shèhui
dìwei. Xiàng wǒde nupéngyou,
tā Jiù you zhèiyangde kànfā.
Erqiě wS xiǎng, tǒngjūde wèntí
he hen duō shining you guānxi,
bù zhī shi fùnude dìwei wèntí."	"We have a somewhat different con-
cept. Some women, especially women
intellectuals, don’t want to depend on
their husbands in order to live; they
want to have independent economic and
social status. Like my girlfriend—
that’s the way her view is. But
also, I think that living together
has to do with a lot of things. It’s
not just a question of the status of
women."
B:	"Rúguo kéyi tánde huà, nǐ gěi
wo JiǎngJiang zěnmeyàng?"	"If it’s all right to talk about it,
would you tell me more?"
A:	"Hao, zhèiyangr ba, wS gēi ni
tāntan wode shì, nǐ jiu zhīdao
women zěnme xiSng le. Wǒde
nupéngyou, tā shi xué yīde. Xue
yī bú shi yíjiàn rongyide shir.
Tā hāi yào zài dàxué xuéxí
liùnián."	"Okay, how about this. I’ll tell you
about my situation, and then you’ll
know the way we think. My girlfriend
is studying medicine. Studying
medicine isn’t the easiest thing.
She still has six more years of
university."
B:	"Nà nǐmen shenme shíhou Jiēhūn
ne?"	Then when are you getting married?
A:	"Xiànzài women hāi bù xiǎng
Jiēhūn."	"We don’t want to get married Just
yet."
B:	"Weishenme? Nǐmen juéde Jiēle
hūn, yǒule hāizi huì hen māfan,
shì bu shi?"	"Why not? You think that once you
get married and have children it’ll
be a lot of trouble, rigjrt?"
A:	"Bú shi zhèige yìsi. Jiùshi
women jiēhūnle, yě bù yídìng
mǎshàng yào hāizi. Zhòngyàode
shi women zhèi yíbèizi yào zuò
shenme, hāi méiyou hǎohāor xiǎng-
guo ne, yīnggāi xiān xiǎng nèige"	"That’s not the point. Even if we
get married, we won’t necessarily
have children right away The impor-
tant thing is that we haven’t even
thought out well what we want to do
in our lives. We should think about"
"The reason Lī Ping is ""being so careful here is that he knows Tom and his"
girlfriend are living together.
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	"wèntí. Erqiě women dōu yuànyi
zài jiēhūn yǐqiàn qīngchǔde
zhīdao zìjǐ xǐhuande nèige rén
shi yíge shénmeyàngrde rén.
Zhèi yě xūyào shíjiān."	"that problem first. What’s more, we
each want to have a clear idea of
of what kind of person the other is
before we get married. And that
takes time."
B:	"Kěshi you rén huì juéde
nīmen zhèiyang zuò shi yǐnwei
nīmen juéde tóngjū bī jiēhūn
zìyóu."	"But some people will think you are
doing this because you feel that liv-
ing together is freer than marriage."
A:	"You rén zhème shuō, kěshi wō
xiǎng tāmen méi dong wǒmende
zìyóu shi shénme."	"Some people say that, but I don’t
think they have understood what our
freedom is."
B:	Shi shénme ne?	What is it, then?
A:	"Měiguo rén Juéde zìjǐ kéyi
jìhua zìjīde shēnghuó shi zuì
zhòngyàode zìyóu. Rūguo Měiguo
méiyǒu zhèizhǒng zìyóu, jiù bū
huì you name duō rén xiǎng lai
Měiguo le, nǐ shuō wo shuōde duì
bu dui?"	"Americans feel that to be able to
plan their own life is the most impor-
tant freedom. If America didn’t have
that kind of freedom, there wouldn’t
be so many people who want to come
here. Don’t you think I’m right?"
B:	"Nǐ shuōde you diǎnr dàoli.
Ou . . . Wǒ hai wangle wen ni,
jīnniàn xiàtiān, nǐde nupéngyou
néng péi ni dào Xianggang qu ma?"	"There’s something to what you say.
Oh ... I forgot to ask you something
else: Will your girlfriend be able to
come with you to Hong Kong this summer?"
A:	"Bù xíng. Tā jìhua dào Déguo
qu niàn shū. Shǔjiàde shihou tā
yào zài Déguo zhù sānge yuè, nà
duì tāde Déwén yídìng hěn you
bāngzhu."	"No. She’s planning to go to school
in Germany. During summer vacation
she’s going to live in Germany for
three months. I’m sure that will
help her German a lot."
B:	Duì.	That’s right.
A:	"Zěnmeyàng, nǐ duì Xǐnwén Zhōu-
kān zhèipiān wénzhāng hāi you
shénme biéde kànfǎ ma?"	"So what about it, do you have any
other opinions about that article in
Newsweek?"
B:	"Kànfǎ you. Zhàige tímu hěn
dà, women yǐhòu mànmàn zài tan."	"Yes, I have other opinions about
it. But it’s a big topic. We can
talk all about it later."
A:	Hǎo, yǐhòu zài tan.	Okay, we’ll talk about it later.