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Unit b, Review Dialogue
Early in the morning the day after Lǐ Ping (B) and Tom (A) arrive in
Hong Kong, Lǐ Ping’s grandmother (C) is straightening up the living room,
when Lǐ Ping walks in.
B:	"Nǎinai, nín zhēn zǎo. Wǒ mā
ne? *"	"You’re up so early, Grandma.
Where’s Mom?"
C:	"Tā ya, chūqu mǎi cài le. Erzi
huílai le, zǒng yào duo mǎi
diǎnr cài ma.’ Nǐde péngyou
ne? Tā hái méiyou qǐlai ba?"	"Oh, she went out to buy some
groceries. When a son comes back,
you’ve always got to buy some extra
food. Where’s your friend? He’s
not up yet, is he?"
B:	Qǐlai le, xǐ liǎn ne.	"Yes, he’s up. He’s washing his
face."
C:	"Xiao Ping a, nǐde péngyou
Jiao shénme míngzi, wǒ you wàng
le."	"Xiǎo Ping, what’s your friend’s
name? I’ve forgotten it again."
B:	"Jiao ""Tāngmǔ."""	"""Tom. ’’"
C:	"5, ""Tāngmǔ,"" hái hǎo jì. Nǐ he
tā shuō, dàole zánmen jiā, jiù
shi yìjiǎ rén, shénme shir dōu
bié kèqi. Tā yí kèqi, wǒ Jiu
bù zhīdào zěnme ban hǎo le."	"Hm, ""Tom,"" that’s fairly easy to
remember. You tell him that in our
house he’s Just part of the family
and he shouldn’t be polite about
anything. Once he starts in with the
politeness, I won’t know what to do."
B:	"Women huílai yǐqián zài Tāngmǔ
Jiā zhùle liǎngtiān, tā baba
māma duì wǒ hěn hǎo. Tāngmǔ
rén yě hěn hǎo, zài Měiguode
shíhou, tā gěi wo bù shǎo bāng-
zhu."	"Before we came back we stayed at
Tom’s house for a couple of days.
His parents were very nice to me.
Tom is also a very good person; when
we were in America, he helped me a
lot."
C:	"Ò, zhèiyang hǎo, niánqīng rén
yīnggāi hùxiāng bāng máng. Ai.’
Jǐde nī yéye zài Rìběn nài
shihou, pīnmìng niàn shǔ, rénjia
Rìběn rén háishi kànbuqǐ ya, nǎr
you shénme Rìběn péngyou. Zhǐ
hǎo Jǐge Zhōngguo xuésheng zhù
zai yìqǐ. Ai.’"	"Mm. That’s good. Young people
ought to help each other out. (Sigh)
I remember when your grandfather was
in Japan, he studied like crazy, but
those Japanese still looked down on
him. He didn’t have any Japanese
friends to speak of. The Chinese
students just had to live together.
(Sigh)"
B:	"Nǎinai, guǒqùde shi Jiu bié qù
xiǎng ta le."	"Grandma, don’t go thinking about
things from bygone days anymore."
Questions ending in ne often ask the whereabouts of someone or something,
"hence the translation ""Where’s Mom?"""
C:	"Xiǎnzǎi hǎodeduō le, nǐ zǎi
wàibianr niàn shū, wǒ bú name
dānxīn le.	..."	"These days, it’s much better. I
don’t worry so much about you out
there studying."
	(Tom enters. )	
A:	Lǐ Nǎinai , nín zǎo!	Good morning, Grandma Lǐ.’
C:	"Zǎo, Tāngmù, zuǒle yǐtiān fēijǐ
bù duo shut yihuǐr?"	"Good morning, Tom. After a day on
the airplane don’t you want to get
some more sleep?"
A:	"Shuǐgǒu le. Lǐ Nǎinai, nín
zuǒzhe ba, women bang nín
shōushi."	"No, I’ve gotten enough sleep.
Grandma Lǐ, you sit down, we’ll
straighten up for you."
C:	Duō you līmǎode hǎizi!	What a well-mannered child!
A:	"Lǐ Nǎinai, nín he érzi, érxífur
zhù zai yǐqǐ, sūnzi, sūnnū yě
chǎng lai, nínde fúqi zhēn
hǎo."	"Grandma Lǐ, you’re so fortunate to
live with your son and daughter-in-
law, and to have your grandson and
grandaughter come often."
C:	"Shéi shuō bú shǐ ne? Wǒ chǎng
shuō, women jiāde fúqi dōu shi
wǒ nǎ xiǎoshunde erxífur
dǎilaide."	"That’s for sure. I often say that
the good fortune of our f ami 1 y was
all brought to us by that filial
daughter-in-law of mine."
B:	"Wǒ nǎinai you gāi shuō women
jiǎde lìshǐ le."	"Here goes Grandma telling our family
history again."
A:	"Lǐ Nǎinai, zhèixiē shir nín
gěi wǒ jiǎngjiang xíng bu xíng?"	"Grandma Lǐ, could you tell me about
these things?"
C:	"Hǎo wa. Shuōqilǎi huǎ jiu
chǎng le.’” Wǒ he Xiao Ping
yeye dōu shi Shenyǎng rén.
Rǐben rén lǎile yǐhǒu, cǎichǎn
ya, tǔdì ya, dōu bù néng guan
le, líkāi jiā pǎo dǎole Nǎnfāng.
Xiǎo Ping bǎba zǎi Shǎnghǎi niàn
shū cǎi rènshile women zhèige
érxífu."	"Sure! It’s a long story. Xiao
Ping’s grandfather and I are both
from Shenyǎng (Mukden). When the
Japanese came, we couldn’t bother with
our property or land any more; we
left our home and fled to the South..
Xiǎo Ping’s father didn’t meet our
daughter-in-law’	until he was
going to school in Shǎnghǎi."
*Tom knows that this way of addressing Grandma is proper for a
friend of her grandson. He intentionally calls her Lǐ Nǎinai as soon as
he sees her in order to establish the relationship.
"”gāi: ""will probably"""
"’’’More literally, ""When it comes to telling it, the talk is long."""
’’’’Notice that grandma’s phrasing shows that the woman is first a
daughter-in-law, then a wife.
A:	"Nei shihou nuhaizi shang da-
xuéde duō ""bu duō?"	"Were there many women who went
to college in those days?"
C:	"Méiyou xiànzài zhème duō.
Women érxífu jiā xiāngdāng you
qiān, érqiě yídàjiā rén you qī-
bāshígè, zài Sūzhōu shéi dōu
zhìdao tāmen jiā."	"Not as many as there are now. My
daughter-in-law’s family was quite
rich, and there were seventy or
eighty people in that one big family.
Everyone in Sūzhōu knew them."
A:	"Zhèiyangrde jiātíng’ guǐju
yídìng bù shǎo."	"A family like that must have had a
strict code of behavior."
C:	"Shéi shuō bū shì ne! Tāmen
jiāde xiàojie bù néng zài wài-
bianr niàn shū, zhǐ néng qǐng
lǎoshǐ dào jiāli jiāo diǎnr
Si Shū shenmede. Xiao Ping
mǔqin juéde yíge fùnū yào zài
shèhuìshang dūlì, yídìng děi
chūqu niàn shū. Jiù zhèiyang,
tā cái pǎo dào Shànghǎi niàn shū
qu le."	"You bet they did! Their young
ladies couldn’t go to school outside
the home: they could only hire a
teacher to come to the house and
teach them a little of the Four Books
and so forth. Xiǎo Ping’s mother
felt that if a woman wanted to be
independent in society, she had to
leave home to study. That’s why she
ran away to Shànghǎi to go to school."
A:	Zài nèi shihou, zhēn bu róngyi.	"That must have been really hard
back then."
C:	"Zài dàxuéde shihou, Xiǎo
Píngde fùmǔ shi hen hǎode
péngyou, kěshi zěnme bàn ne?
Women shénme dōu méiyou le, yě
méiyou qiān, zìjǐde érzi zěnme
néng hé zhàiyangr yíwèi xiaojie
jiēhūn ne? Xiǎo Ping mā bū
name xiǎng. . . ."	"When they were in college, Xiǎo
Ping’s parents were very good
friends, but what were we to do?
We didn’t have a thing left, and we
didn’t have any money. How could
our (own) son marry a young lady like
that? But Xiǎo Ping’s mother didn’t
think so. . . ."
A:	Tā zěnme xiǎng?	What did she think?
C:	"Tā shuō tā yào zhǎo yíge zìjǐ
xǐhuande rén jiēhūn, dìwei he
qiān dōu bū zhòngyào. Ai, tā
chile duōshao kǔ cāi líkāile
nàige dà jiātíng."	"She said she wanted to find a person
she herself liked to get married to,
and that status and money weren’t
important. (Sigh) What she went
through to leave that big family."
A:	"Nà, nǐmen zěnme dào Xiānggǎng
lai le ne?"	"Well then, how did you come to
Hong Kong?"
C:	"Tāmen zài Yingguó niànwān shū
jiù lai Xiānggǎng zuò shì,
yìniān yǐhòu you bǎ -women jiē-
lai le, zhàiyangr yìjiā rén cāi
zài Xiānggǎng zhǔxialai le.
Xiànzài wǒ niānji dà le, jiāli
dà shir xiǎo shir dōu shi Xiǎo"	"When they finished school in
England they came to Hong Kong to
work; a year later they brought us
out, and then our whole family set-
tled here. Now that I’m getting on
in years, Xiǎo Ping’s mother takes
care of all the big and small matters"
"Ping mǔqin guan. Nī shuō wǒ
fúqi hǎo, zhēn shi yìdiǎnr yě
bū cuò."	"here at home. So when you say I’m
blessed with good fortune, you’re
absolutely right."
"B:	Nǎinai, wǒ mā kuài huílai le
ba?"	"Grandma, Mom will be home soon,
won’t she?"
"C:	Kuài huílai le, women qù bǎ
zǎofàn nònghǎo ba."	"Yes. Let’s go get breakfast
ready."
A, B: Hǎo, zǒu ba.	Okay, let’s go.