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Unit 6, Review Dialogue
On the balcony of Lǐ Ping’s apartment, Tom (A) and Lǐ Ping’s sister
Lǐ Wen (ē) have a conversation.
A:	"Lǐ Wen, nǐ yíge rén zài zhèr
xià qí?°"	"Are you playing chess all by your-
self out here, Lǐ Wén?°"
E:	"Suíbiàn wánrwanr, jīntiān Baba
bú zài jiā, píngcháng zǒng shi
wǒ he Baba xià qí. Zěnme, nǐ
yě xiǎng wánr ma?"	"Just fooling around. My father
isn’t home today. Usually he and I
play against each other. What’s up?
Do you want to play too?"
A:	"Bù, wǒ bú tài huì xià; rúguo
nǐ you kòng, wǒ xiǎng he ni
liaoliao."	"No, I’m not too good at chess. But
if you’ve got the time I’d like to
chat with you a bit."
E:	"Wǒ yě zhèng xiǎng he ni liao-
liao ne, qǐng zuò.’ Ruguo nǐ
bú Jièyìde huà, wǒ xiǎng wen nǐ
liǎngge wèntí."	"It just so happens I felt like
talking with you myself. Have a seat.
If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask
you a couple of questions."
A:	Bú yào kèqi, qǐng wen ba.’	Certainly, go right ahead.
E:	"Měinián shǔjiàde shihou, nǐ
dōu líkāi jiā, yíge rén qù
lúxíng ma?"	"Do you leave home and go traveling
by yourself every summer?"
A:	Chàbuduō shi zhèiyangr.	Just about.
E:	"Nàme, nǐde fùmǔ hen you qiān
ba?"	"Then your parents must be very
rich, I guess?"
A:	"Tāmen dōu zài dàxué jiāo shū,
bú shi hěn you qiánde rén, érqiě
wǒ luxíngde qiān dōu shi wǒ zìjǐ
zhuànde. Píngcháng shàng xuéde
shihou, wǒ hái zuò diǎnr shir,
xiàng dǎ zì, fānyi diǎnr xiǎo
wénzhāng shenmede. Zhuànle qiān,
shǔjiàde shihou chūqu zǒuzou,
kànkan shìjiè."	"They both teach college, Csol they’re
not very rich; besides, I earn my own
travel money. During the school year
I usually do some outside work like
typing, translating little articles,
and so on. Then when I’ve earned the
money I go away to see the world dur-
ing summer vacation."
E:	"Zhen bú cuǒ. Nǐ néng fānyi,
nàme nǐde Zhōngwén hěn hǎo le?
Néng shuō yě néng kàn?"	"That’s great. If you’re able to
translate, your Chinese must be very
good. You can speak and also read?"
A:	"Néng kàn yìdiǎnr. Wo duǐ
Zhōngguo wénhuà, Zhōngguo shè-
huǐ hěn you xìngqu, hěn xiǎng
yánjiū yanjiu. Suǒyǐ, rúguǒ nǐ"	"I can read a little. I’m very
interested in Chinese culture and
society, and I’d like very much to
study them. So, if you don’t mind,"
Lǐ Wen may be working out chess strategies or playing Chinese chess (which
can be done alone).
	"bú Jièyìde huà, wō yě hen xiǎng
wen ní Jīge wèntí."	I’d like to ask you a few questions.
E:	QÍng!	Be my guest!
A:	"Ting LĪ Ping shuō, ni zhídao
xiē dàlùde qíngkuàng."	"I hear from Li Ping that you know
a bit about the situation on the
mainland."
E:	"Wo you hen duo tóngxué he
péngyou, tāmen dōu shi cóng
dàlù laide. Tāmen zài nàr
shēnghuóle èrsānshíniān, dāng-
rán hen qīngchù. Wo he tamen
chángcháng zài yìqī, yě Jiù
zhidaole yidiǎnr."	"I have a lot of classmates and
friends who come from the mainland.
They lived there for twenty or thirty
years, so naturally they know quite
well what goes on there. I spend a
lot of time with them, so I’ve gotten
to know something about it too."
A:	"Tìngshuō, Zhōngguo zhèngfú
shíxíng nānnū píngděngde zhèng-
cè, suóyi Zhōngguo fùnúde dìwèi
tígāole hen duō, Jiātíngde qíng-
kuàng yě he Jiěfàng yiqián bù
yíyàng le."	"I understand that the Chinese
government carries out a policy of
equality of men and women, so the po-
sition of women has improved a great
deal, and families are in quite a
different way than before liberation."
E:	"Ni shuōde duì. Zài Gòngchǎn-
dǎng lingdàoxià, bù guan shi
nóngcūn háishi chéngshì, nu-
háizi he nánháizi yíyàng, dōu
kéyi shàng xué, zhǎngdàle yě
yíyàng ké^i you gōngzuò. Jiǎ-
tíng, fùnu he értóng, dōu kéyi
dédao shèhuìde bǎohù."	"That’s right. Under the leadership
of the Communist Party, no matter
whether in the countryside or the
cities, girls can go to school Just
as boys can, and when they grow up
they can also get Jobs Just the same.
Families, women and children all
receive society’s protection."
A:	Zhè bú shi hěn hǎo ma?	That’s great, isn’t it?
E:	"Mm, yīnggāi shi hěn hǎo, kěshi
cōng Liù Liù nián dào Qi Liù
niàn, zài zhèi shíniánlī, shèhuì-
shang yīnwei zhèngzhide yuányīn
youle hěn duō wèntí. Wo kéyi
gěi ni Jiǎng yige gùshi."	"Yeah, it ought to be great, but in
the ten years from *66 to *?6, a lot
of social problems came about because
of political reasons. I can tell you
a story."
A:	Ni kuài shuōshuo ba!	Oh, please do!
E:	"Ní tīngzhe, ā. You yíwèi lǎo
gànbu, zài Shànghǎi gōngzuò. Ta
zhī you yíge nuér. Kěshi zài
Liù Qi niande shihour, lingdǎo
shuō tā you zhèngzhi wèntí."	"Listen t<""> this. There was this old
cadre who worked in Shànghǎi. She only
had one daugher. But in ’67 the
the leadership said she had political
problems."
A:	"Zāogāo.’ Nà tā nǔér yě you
máfan le."	"Uh-oh.’ Then her daughter was in for
some trouble too."
E:	"Yìdiǎnr dōu bu cuò. Zhèige
nǔháizi bù néng rù Tuan, bù néng
cānjiā Hongwèibīng. Péngyou,
tōngxué dōu líkāile ta. Yōude
shihour, zài dàjiēshang, hěn
shōuxǐde rén yě hǎoxiàng bú
rènshi ta yíyàng."	"Absolutely right. This girl
couldn’t join the (Communist Youth),
League or the Red Guards. Her
friends and classmates all left her.
Sometimes when she was walking down
the street, people she knew well
would act as if they didn’t know her."
A:	Nà, tā zěnme bàn ne?	Well then, what did she do?
E:	"Nèige shihou, tā juéde shēng-
huo zhēn shi yìdiǎnr xīwàng yě
méiyou. Tā kāishǐ hen tāde mǔ-
qin. Tā yào líkāi ta, tā yào
líkāi tāde jiā."	"At that time she felt that her life
was completely hopeless. She began to
hate her mother. She wanted to leave
her. She wanted to leave her home."
A:	Hòulái ne?	And after that?
E:	"Hòulái, tāmen zhēnde fēnkāi le.
Nuér dàole nongcūn."	"Afterwards, they really did split
up. The daughter went to the
countryside."
A:	"Zhèiyang, tāde qíngkuàng huì
hǎo yìdiǎnr ba?"	"That way her situation got a little
better, I guess?"
E:	"Yìdiǎnr yě méiyou. Zài nongcūn
suīrán tā gōngzuòde hěn hǎo, tā
háishi méiyou shénme zhèngzhi
shēnghuo, lǐngdǎo hé rénmen yě
méiyou yīnwei tā líkāile mǔqin
jiu gǎibiàn duì tāde kànfǎ."	"Not a bit. Although she worked
very well in the countryside, she
still didn’t have any political life.
The leadership and the people didn’t
change their opinion of her just
because she left her mother, either."
A:	"Nà, tā dàgài bú huì you shénme
péngyou, yě bù rongyi àishang
shénme rén."	"Well then, she probably didn’t have
any friends, and it probably wasn’t
easy to fall in love with anyone."
E:	"Shi. Tài nan le. Tā àishangle
yíge nánháizi, nèige nánháizi
yě ài tā, érqiě yīnwei tā, bù
né^g you ge bǐjiǎo hǎode gōngzuò."	"Yes. It was really hard. She fell
in love with a boy, and he loved her.
But because of her, he couldn’t get
a better job."
A:	Zhè shizài tài bú xiàng huà le.	That’s really absurd.
E:	"Jiǔnián yǐhòu, lǐngdǎo nòng-
qǐngchǔ le, tā mǔqin méiyou
wèntí. Zhèige nuháizi jíjímáng-
máng pǎohuí Shànghǎi, kěshi tā
zài yě jiànbudào tāde mǔqin le.
Tā mǔqin yǐjīng sǐ zài yīyuànli
le."	"Nine years later, the leadership
got it straightened out that her
mother was (politically) okay. The
girl rushed back to Shanghai in a
flurry, but she was never to see her
mother again. She had already died in
a hospital."
A:	"Yíge Jiātíng Jiù zhèiyang wan
le! Nī zěnme huì zhīdao zhèige
gùshi?"	"Just like that, a family was de-
stroyed! How do you happen to know
this story?"
E:	"Yàoshi nī zhùyi yíxiàr Qī Qī
nián, Qī Bā niánde Zhōngguo bao-
zi'll, jiu kéyi kàndao hěn duo
zhèiyangde gùshi. Wo zài gěi ni
jièshao yìběn shū."	"If you watched the newspapers in
’77 and ’78 you could see lots of
stories like that. Let me recommend
a book to you, too."
A:	Shénme shū?	What book?
E:	Zhōngguo Yī Jiǔ Qī Qī nián dào	Chinese Short Stories of 1977-
	Yī Jiǔ Qèl Bā nián Duǎnpiān Xiao-	1978.
	shuō.	
E:	"Ní zhīdao, rǔguo you rén xiǎng
dǒngde Zhōngguo shèhuì, Jiù yí-
dìng yào yánjiū cōng Liù Liù nián
dào Qī Liù niánde qíngkuàng.
Yánjiūle yīhòu cái néng mlngbai
Jīntiānde Zhōngguo zhèngfǔ he
Zhōngguo rén wèishenme yào gǎi-
biàn zhè shínián lai zhàngzhi-
shang, Jīngjishangde qíngkuàng,
rang Zhōngguo rén zhēnde dédao
Jiěfàng."	"You know, if someone wants to
understand Chinese society they have
to study the situation from ’66 to
’76. Only after you’ve studied it
can you understand why today the Chi-
nese government and people are trying
to change the political and economic
conditions of the past ten years
and let the Chinese people really be
liberated."
A:	"Nī néng bang wo zhǎodào
nàiběn shū ma?"	Can you help me find that book?
E:	"Wo you zhèiběn shū, kéyi song’
gei ni. Kan shū hái bū gòu, you
jīhui qù dàlù kànkan."	"I have it, and I can give it to you.
But reading isn’t enough. If you get
the chance, go visit the mainland."
A:	Wo you Jīhui yídìng qù.	"If I get the chance, I certainly
will."