FSI-Chinese/Temp/FSI-Chinese/7-drill-3.csv

Unit 3, Review Dialogue
On the flight from Washington to Hong Kong (via New York and. Anchorage),
Lǐ Ping (B) and Tom (A) are chatting.
A:	"Zài fēijīshang zuòle zhème yì-
tiān, gǎnjué zěnmeyàng?"	"How do you feel after being on a
plane all day like this?"
B:	"Zhēn bu shūfu, měicì zuò fēi-
jī dōu xiàng shēng bìng yíyàng.
Tèbié shi zài fēijīshang huànle
shíjiān, báitiān biànchengle
hēiyè, hēiyè biànchengle bái-
tiān, tài nánshòu le!"	"I don’t feel well at all. Every
time I take a plane it’s like getting
ill. Especially with the time change
on the plane, daylight turning into
night and night turning back into
daylight, how uncomfortable!"
A:	"Duì le, bù shūfude shihou
yīnggāi he diǎnr bīngshuǐr. Wo
qù gěi ni nòng diǎnr bīngshuǐr
lai, hǎo bu hǎo?"	"Right; You should have some ice
water when you don’t feel well. I’ll
go get you some ice water, okay?"
B:	"Hǎo shi hǎo, kěshi wo shizài
hēbuxiàqù le. . . . Suàn le ba,
women liáoliao tiānr, yěxǔ huì
hǎo yìdiǎnr."	"Well, okay, but I really couldn’t
drink any. . . . Forget it, let’s
just chat and maybe it’ll get a
little better."
A:	"Zài guò jǐge zhōngtóu nǐ jiu
dào jiǎ le, xiǎng Jiā ma?"	"Just another few hours and you’ll
be home. Are you homesick?"
B:	"Xiǎng. Zài Měiguo liǎngnián
le, yìtiān máng dào wǎn, méiyou
xiǎngguo jiā, kěshi xiànzài
xiǎngqi jiǎ lai le. Nǐ shuō qí-
guài bu qíguài?"	"Yes. The whole two years I was in
America, I was busy all day long and
never got homesick, but now here I
am feeling homesick. Don’t you think
that’s strange?"
A:	"Nà méiyou shénme qíguài. Ren
ma, zǒng yào you diǎnr jiātíng
guānniàn. Tebié shi Zhōngguo
rén; Zhōngguo rén shi jiǎng
xiàoshunde."	"There’s nothing strange about that.
People are people! They have to
have a sense of attachment to their
family. Especially Chinese people;
the Chinese put a lot of importance
on filial obedience."
B:	"Wǒ juéde zuò fùmǔ shi hěn bù
róngyide, háizi yīnggāi xiàoshun
fùmǔ."	"I think that it’s very difficult
to be parents, so children ought to
be filial toward their parents."
A:	"Zheige xiǎngfǎ shi nǐ fùmǔ
jiāo nide ma?"	"Did your parents teach you that
way of thinking?"
B:	Bu shi, shi shèhuì jiāo wode.	No, society taught it to me. My
"hǎo shi hǎo, kěshi... means literally, ""as for being all right, it is all"
"right, but..."" This means ""It is. okay, but..."" or in more idiomatic English,"
"""Well, okay, but..."""
	"Wo mǔqin cónglái bǔ he wo tan
xiàoshun."	"mother never talks to me about filial
obedience."
A:	Zhēnde?	Really?
B:	"Zhēnde. Wo dìyǐcì zhuàn qián-
de shihou, cái shíwǔsuì. Hui
dao jiāli, Jiù bǎ kǒudàili suǒ-
yǒude qián dōu gěi wǒ mǔqin le,
hái shuō wǒ yǐhòu yào xiàoshun
mama."	"Really. The first time I made
money I was only fifteen. When I
got home, I gave all the money I had
in my pocket to my mother, and I
said that in the future I must be
filial toward her."
A:	Nǐ mama zěnme shuō?	What did she say?
B:	"Tā kǔ le. Tā shuō wǒ néng
dull, néng zài shèhuishang zuò
ge you yòngde rén Jiù shi zuì
hǎode xiàoshun. Wǒ gěi tāde
qian, tā dōu gěi wo mǎicheng shǔ.
Yǐhòu, wǒ jiu gèng yònggōng le."	"She cried. She said that if I
could be independent and be a useful
person in society that would be the
best way to show filial obedience.
She used all the money I gave her to
buy books for me. After that, I
worked even harder."
A:	Zhēn shi yíwěi hǎo mama.	She's really a good mother.
B:	"Shi. . . . Wǒ xiě xìn gěi tā,
gàosu ta wǒ yào he yíwèi Měiguó
péngyou yìqǐ huílai guò shǔjià,
tā hěn gāoxìng. Tā hěn huānyíng
nǐ lai."	"Yes, she is. . . . She was very
happy when I wrote her telling her
that I was going to come back with
an American friend for the summer
vacation. She's very glad to have
you at (welcomes you to) our house."
C:	"Duibuqǐ, liǎngwèi xiānsēn,
nǐmen yào he diǎn sénme?"	"Excuse me, what would you two gen-
tlemen like to drink?"
B:	Wǒ bú dà shūfu, t>ǔ yào shenme.	"I'm not feeling too well, I don't
want anything."
C:	"Ou, t>ú dà sūfǔ, yibēi zè cá,
hǎo t>u hǎo?"	"Oh, you don't feel well? How about
a cup of hot tea?"
B:	Hǎode, xièxie ni.	All right, thank you.
A:	"Wǒ lai yipíng píjiǔ. Nǐmen
you méiyou Heineken?"	"I'd like a beer. Do you have Heine-
ken?"
C:	You.	Yes.
A:	Xièxie.	Thank you.
C:	"Bǔ kèqì. Zèiwèi xiānsēn, nǐ
hái yào sénme, qǐng gàosu wǒ."	"You're welcome. Sir, if you want
anything else, please let me know."
We have altered the spelling to show the stewardess’s non-standard pronunciation.
B:	Hāode, xièxie ni.	All right. Thank you.
A:	"Women shuō dao nār le? Duì le,
nǐmen jiāli chúle nǐ fùmǔ he zǔmǔ
yǐwài hái you shěnme rén ma?"	"Now, where were we? Oh yes: Is
there anyone else in your family be-
sides your parents and your grand-
mother?"
B:	"Nǐ wangle, wo hái you yíge
mèimei, zài yínháng zuò shìde."	"You’ve forgotten that I also have a
younger sister who works in a bank."
A:	"Ou, duì le, n? gēn wo shuōguo,
wǒ zěnme wangle ne!"	"Oh, of course. You told me before.
How could I have forgotten!"
B:	"Shuōdao wo mèimei, Jiù xiǎngdao
wo mǔqin. Nǐ zhidao zài Zhōng-
guo, zhòng nan qǐng nude guānniàn
háishi yǒude. Kěshi wǒ mèimei
shi líkāi dàxué yǐhòu you zài
Yīngguó niànle liǎngnián shū cái
zuò shìde. Zhèi yě yào gānxiè
wǒ mǔqin."	"Mentioning my sister reminds me of
my mother again. You know, in China
people still have the concept that
men are superior to women. But after
my sister graduated from college, she
studied for two more years in England
before she started working. That was
also thanks to my mother."
A:	"Nǐ mèimei xiànzài zh? zuò shì,
háishi yě niàn diǎnr shū?"	"Does your sister Just work now, or
does she also take some classes?"
B:	"Tā zhǐ zuò shì. Buguò tā hěn
rèxīn yánjiū dàlùde qíngxing,
cháng kàn hěn duo guānyǔ dàlùde
shū. Tā cháng shuō, ""Wo shi
Zhōngguo rén, dàlùshang you shí-
yì Zhōngguo rén, wǒ zěnme kéyi
bù zhídào tāmende shēnghuo, gōng-
zuò, hé xuéxíde qíngkuàng ne?"	"She’s Just working, but she studies
the mainland situation very enthu-
siastically. She reads a lot of books
about the mainland. She often says,
""I’m Chinese, and there are one
billion Chinese on the mainland. How
can I be ignorant of the way they
live, work, and study?"""
A:	Tāde huà hěn you dàolǐ.	What she says is quite right.
B:	"Tā you hěn duō dàlù láide
péngyou; nǐ he tā tántan, yě
huì Juéde hěn you yìsi."	"She has a lot of friends from the
mainland; you’ll find it very inter-
esting to talk with her."
A:	"Tā duì dàlùde qíngxing zènme
rèxǐn, nǐ mǔqin you shenme kànfa
ma?"	"Does your mother have anything to
say about her enthusiastic interest
in the situation on the mainland?"
B:	"Tā cháng shuō: ""Háizi zhǎng-
dàle, tāmen yào zǒu shenme lù
yǐnggāi zìjǐ kǎolù."""	"She often says, ""When children grow
up, they should decide for themselves
what road they want to take."""
A:	"Zhen hāo, shizài shi tài hāo
le."	"That’s great! That’s really
wonderful."
"*gānxiè, ""to be grateful/thankful to"""
B:	"Deng dao nǐ jiàndao tade shihou,
nǐ yídìng huì xǐhuan ta, yě huì
xǐhuan women jiāde."	"When you meet her I’m sure you’ll
like her, and our home, too."
A:	Yídìng!	I’m sure I will, too!