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Unit 5> Review Dialogue
Lǐ Ping (B), Tom (A), and Lǐ Ping’s classmate from Taiwan, Wang Cheng
(D), have Just gone to the movie The Dream of the Red Chamber*. On their way
home, they chat.
B:	Tāngmǔ, nī zěnme bù shuō huà?	How come you aren’t talking, Tom?
A:	"Duìbuqǐ, kàn zhèige diànying,
shízài rang rén bu shūfu, tèbié
shi kàn dao nàige dìfangr . . ."	"I’m sorry. Watching this movie
was really distressing. Especially
when it got to that part . . ."
D:	Nǎge dìfāng?	Which part?
A:	Jiù shi Dàiyù side shihou . . .	The part when Dàiyù dies . . .
B:	"Ng, duì le, Dàiyù side shihou
zhèng shi Bǎoyù Jiēhūnde shihou.
Kan dao zhèli, zhēn shi ràng rén
hen bu shūfu."	"Mm, right, Dàiyù dies Just when
Bǎoyù is getting married. At that
point, I really felt uncomfortable."
D:	"Nimen you méiyou zhùyidào, hěn
duo nude kàn dao zhège dìfāng
dōu kū le."	"Did you notice, a lot of women
started crying when it got to that
part."
A:	"Wo kàndao le. Ai, yōude shihou,
wo zhēnde bù míngbai, wèishenme
hěn duo shūli hāishi shuō Zhōng-
guo chuāntǒngde dà Jiātíng you bù
shǎo hǎochu, hǎochu zài náli?
Weile bǎochí dà Jiātíngde chuán-
tǒng, ràng niánqīngde yídài huò-
zhě Jīdài chi nàme duo kǔ, zhè
Jiù shi dà Jiātíngde hǎochù ma?"	"Yes. (Sigh) Sometimes I really
don’t understand why a lot of books
say that there were many advantages
to the traditional Chinese large
family. What advantages? Just in
order to preserve the tradition of
the large family, the younger genera-
tion or generations were made to
suffer so much. That’s the advan-
tage of the large family?"
D:	"Dà Jiātíngde hǎochù xiànzài bu
duo le. Nimen zhīdào Zhōngguode
dà Jiātíng gēn lìshī you guānxǐ.
Zhōngguo shi nongyè shèhuì, shēng-
chǎn dōu yào kào rénlì, shéi Jiāde
láolì duō, shéi Jiāde shēnghuó Jiù
huì hǎo yìdiǎn. Li Ping, nī xiǎng
shi bu shi zhàyàng ne?"	"The large family doesn’t have many
advantages any more. You know, the
large family has to do with Chinese
history. China was an agricultural
society, and production depended on
manpower. If a family had a larger
labor force they had a better life.
Lǐ Ping, do you think that’s right?"
B:	Shi, shi zhèiyangde.	Yes, that’s right.
A:	Nàme, xiànzài qíngxing bù tong	But now the situation is different.
’This novel by Cao Xuěqín (172U?-1?6U) tells of the twilight years of the
Jiǎ family, grown wealthy in the service of Qīng Dynasty emperors. The
story revolves around the spoiled and effeminate young man of the house, Jiǎ
Bǎoyù (Precious Jade), and his love for his cousin, Lin Dàiyù (Black Jade).
	"le, xiànzài gōngshāngyè fādá le,
wèishenme hái you rén shuō da
jiātíng hǎo ne?"	"Now that industry and commerce are
highly developed, why do some people
still say that the large family is
good?"
D:	"Dà jiātíngde guānniàn yījǐng
you jǐqiānniánde lìshǐ le, yào
gǎibiàn tā, xūyào bǐjiào chángde
shíjiān. Dàlùde qíngxing wǒ bù
qingchu, Taiwānde qíngxing shi
dà jiātíng yuè lai yuè shāo le.
Suīrán Zhōngguó rén xǐhuan dà
jiātíng, juédé dàjiā zhù zai
yìqǐ, hùxiāng you zhàogu, dànshi
gōngshāngyè fādá le, gōngzuòde
jíhuì duō le, xiǎo jiātíng yě
jiu yuè lai yuè duō le."	"The concept of the large family has
already existed for several thousand
years. It’ll take a rather long time
to change it. I don’t know about the
situation on the mainland. But on
Taiwan, the situation is that there
are fewer and fewer large families.
Although the Chinese like big families
and think that if everyone lives to-
gether they can take care of each
other, industry and commerce are
flourishing and there are more job
opportunities, so there are more and
more small families."
B:	"Xiànzài dà jiātíng yuè lai yuè
shǎo, zǎohūnde fēngsu yě jiu
méiyǒu le."	"Now as large families grow fewer
and fewer, the custom of child
marriage will disappear."
A:	"Zǎohūn he dà jiātíng you shénme
guānxi ma?"	"Is child marriage related to the
large family?"
D:	"You guānxi. Zhè zhǔyào° shi láo-
lìde wèntí."	"Yes. It’s mainly a question of
labor force."
B:	"Nǐ xiǎng, zǎohūn, zǎo you háizi,
jiāli láodònglì duō, lǎorén yě jiu
kéyi zǎo yidiǎn dédào zhàogu."	"After all, with child marriage,
children are born sooner, the family
has more work hands, and the old
people can get taken care of sooner."
A:	"Kěshi zài gōngshāngyè shèhuìli,
duōshù lǎorén dōu you shōurù.
Xiànzài Táiwān yǐjǐng shi gōng-
shāngyè shèhuì, zhèiyangde wèntí
yě jiu méiyǒu le."	"But in an industrial-commercial
society, most of the old people have
an income. Today Taiwan is already
an industrial-commercial society, so
that kind of problem doesn’t exist
there anymore."
B:	"Dànshi, nǐ bié wàngle, dàlù hái
shi nōngyè shèhuì, zhàogu lǎorén-
de wèntí hái shi dà wèntí, zǎo-
hūnde fēngsu yě háishi you."	"But don’t forget that the mainland
is still an agricultural society.
Caring for old people is still a big
problem, and the custom of child
marriage still exists there."
A:	"Nǐ dàgài nòngcuòle ba, dàlùde
zhèngfǔ zěnme huì tóngyì rénmen
zǎohūn ne?"	"You must be mistaken. How could
the government on the mainland agree
to let people marry as children?"
"zhǔyào, ""mainly"""
"B:	W3 shuōde shi nongcūn,-’- shénme
zǎohūn na, zhòng nan qīng nil a,
zhèizhǒng shi z3ng shi he JīngJi
bù fādá you guānxide."	"I’m talking about rural areas,
Things like child marriage or regard-
ing males as superior to females
always have to do with an undeveloped
economy."
"D:	W3 shízài bù xīhuan zaohūn. Wo
xiang duōshù zaohūnde rén hòulái-
de shēnghuó dōu y3u diǎn wèntí."	"I really don’t like child marriage.
I think that most people who are
married as children have problems
later on in life."
"B:	Tèbié shi fùnū."	Especially women.
"A:	Duì le, w3 tīngshuōguo zhèijrang
yìzh3ng shuōfǎ: Zhōngguo fùnu
meiyou Jiēhūn yǐqián yào ting fùmǔ-
de, Jiēle hūn děi ting zhàngfude,
zhàngfu sǐle děi ting érzide.^
Qīngwèn, Zhōngguo fùnu shénme
shíhou cái néng y3u tāmen zìjīde
xiǎngfa, shénme shíhou cái néng
y3u yìdiǎnr zìyóu ne?"	"Right. I’ve heard a saying to the
effect that before a Chinese woman gets
married she has to obey her parents,
after she gets married she has to obey
her husband, and after her husband
dies she has to obey her son. I ask
you, when will Chinese women be able
to think for themselves? When will
they be able to have a little freedom?"
"B:	Ou, xiànzài meiyou rén Jiang
zhèixiē le."	"Nobody is strict about those customs
anymore."
"A:	Suīrán méiyou rén Jiang, kěshi
zhàizh3ng chuántong sīxiǎng^ hái-
shi you a!"	"Nobody is strict about them,
but the traditional thinking is still
there!"
"D:	Nī shuōde yě you dàolǐ, háishi
nàjù huà, Jǐqiānniánde lǎo
guānniàn bǔ shi hen kuài kéyi
gǎibiànde."	"That’s right. It’s still the same
old story. Ideas which are several
thousand years old can’t be changed
very quickly."
"B:	Ììg, búguò wo xiǎng, dàlù yě
hǎo, Taiwan yě hào, Jīshínián
lái dōu y3ule hěn dàde gǎibiàn,
fùnude dìwei yě dōu y3ule tígāo,
chuánt3ngde guānniàn yě zài biàn."	"Yeah, but I think that both the
mainland and Taiwan have undergone
big changes in the past few decades.
The status of women has improved,
and traditional ideas are changing."
"A:	Ng, zheyidian wo tongyi."	Mm, that I agree with.
"^nōngcūn, ""rural area"" (See Unit 6)"
Zhōngguo funu meiyou jiēhūn yiqian yao ting fùmǔde: (1) meiyou Jiēhūn
"yǐqián is completely equivalent to Jiēhūn yǐqián ""before getting married""."
The meiyou does not change the meaning. (2) Ting fùmǔde is equivalent to
"ting fùmǔde huà, ""to obey one’s parents."""
"^sǐxiǎng, ""thought, thinking"" (See Life in China module, Unit h)"
"^tígāo, ""raise, improve(ment)"" (See Traveling in China module, Unit 2)"
B:	"Hǎo, women
Cheng jìnqu :"	"dào jiǎ le. Wang	Okay, we are at my house. Come
iuòzuo ba!	in for a while, Wang Cheng, okay?"
D:	Hǎo, jìnqù	"yíxià.	Okay, I’ll come in for a while."