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Unit T, Review Dialogue
Lǐ Ping (B), Tom (A), and Lǐ Wen (E) are talking in the Li’s living room.
A:	Nǐ zài kàn shénme hàozhǐ?	What newspaper are you reading?
B:	"Ming Bào. Ming Bào t>ú cuò,
hěn you yìsi."	"Ming Pao. It’s pretty good,
very interesting."
E:	"Zài Měiguo yě xiàng Xianggang
zhèiyang, shénme luànqībāzāode
xinwén dōu wǎng bàozhǐshang xiě
ma?"	"In America is it the same as in
Hong Kong: they put all kinds of
crazy news in the paper?"
A:	"Píngchāng wǒ kàn Huáshèngdùn
Youbào. Zhèige bàozhǐ hú cuò,
guōnèi, guōwàide xinwén dōu you,
dāngrān guǎnggào yě bù shǎo.
Zhōngwén hàozhǐ, wǒ yě kàn, nèi
shànghianr yě you nǐ shuōde
nèizhǒng ""luànqībāzāo"" de
xinwén."	"I usually read the Washington Post.
It’s a pretty good paper. It has
domestic as well as international
news. Of course there are a lot of
ads, too. I read Chinese newspapers
too, and they have ""all kinds of crazy
news ’’ in them, as you put it."
B:	"Nǐmen zhèiyang shuō, wǒ hù
zěnme tongyì. Shénme shi ’’luàn-
qīhāzāo’’? Shèhuì shēnghuǒ běn-
lái jiù shi zhèiyang ma.’"	"I don’t really agree with what
you are saying. What is ""all kinds
of crazy news""? That’s exactly the
way life in society is!"
E:	"Suàn le ha.’ Jīntiān shi shā
rén, míngtiān shi xī dú, wǒ hú
yào kàn."	"Forget it! Today it’s killing,
tomorrow it’s drugs. I don’t want
to read that."
A:	"Kàn háishi xūyào kànde, yīnwei
shèhuì shēnghuǒzhōngde wèntí,
women yě hù néng hú zhùyì a!"	"We still need to read it, because
we can’t very well ignore the prob-
lems of life in society."
E:	"Xiānggāngde shèhui wèntí zhēn
duō! Shénme dìfangrde rén dōu
you, shénmeyàngrde wèntí yě dōu
you."	"Hong Kong sure has a lot of social
problems. There are people from
everywhere, and all kinds of problems."
A:	"Shèhui wèntí shi shìjièxìngde,
hù zhǐ shi Xiānggǎng you."	"Problems in society are worldwide.
Hong Kong isn’t the only place that
has them."
E:	"Ng, nàme, rénmen duì zhèixie
wèntí jiu méiyou shénme hànfār
ma?"	"Mm, then is there nothing people
can do about these problems?"
B:	"Bànfā hěn duō, dìfang hù tong,
hànfā yě hù yíyàng. Kěshi
zhèixiē hànfā shi hu shi you
xiào Jiu hù zhīdào le."	"There are a lot of ways to deal
with them. Different places have
different ways of dealing with them.
But whether these ways work or not
is another question."
A:	"You rén shuō zōngjiǎo shi
yìzhǒng bǎnfǎ, bù guan
shénme Jiao, dōu shi Jiāo rén
zuò hǎo shìrde. Kěshi wǒ xiǎng
Jiǎoyu hěn zhōngyǎo, shòu Jiǎo-
yude rén yuè duō, shèhuide
wèntí yuè shǎo."	"Some people say that religion is
one way. No matter what the
religion, it always teaches people
to do good. But I think education
is important. The more educated
people there are, the fewer social
problems there will be."
B:	"Erqiě jìngji fāda yě hěn yǎo-
Jǐn. Jìngji bù fādáde dìfang,
rénmen fan zuìde Jīhui Jiu gèng
duō."	"And also, a developed economy is
important. In places where the
economy isn’t well-developed, there
are more opportunities for people
to connnit crimes."
E:	"Jiù shi ma, rén yǎo chi fan,
lián fan dōu chibubǎo, tāmen
zěnme néng bú fan zuì ne?"	"Exactly. People have to eat. If
they can’t even get enough to eat,
how can you expect them not to commit
crimes?"
A:	"Wǒ xiǎng méi name Jiǎndān.
Fan zuì hé hěn duō shi you
guānxi, tèbié shi hé Jiātíng you
guānxi."	"I don’t think it’s so simple.
Crime is related to many different
things, especially to the family."
E:	Nì JiǎngJiang kàn.	Would you explain what you mean?
A:	"Zǎi jìngji fādǎde dìfang, xiǎo
Jiātíng yuè lai yuè duō, érqiě
fùmǔmen dōu you gōngzuò, dōu hěn
mǎng, méiyou shíjiān duō guǎn
hǎizi. You xiě niǎnqìngde fùmǔ
yě hěn shǎo xiǎngdao zìjǐde zé-
ren, méiyou shénme Jiātíng
guānniǎn."	"Where the economy is developed,
there are more and more small fami-
lies; also, both parents have
Jobs and are very busy, so they
don’t have time to take good care
of the children. Some young parents
seldom think of their own responsi-
bilities and don’t have much of a
sense of family attachment."
E:	"Nǐde huǎ you dǎolǐ, kěshi de-
lude qíngxing ne? Nǐmen zěnme
xiǎng?"	"That makes sense. But what
about the situation on the main-
land? What do you two think?"
B:	"Shi a. Dǎlù jìngji bù fādǎ,
érqiě dàjiā yě dōu you Jiātíng
guānniǎn. Kěshi, kǎnkan bǎozhǐ,
dǎlùshang fǎn zuìde rén yě bù
shǎo."	"Yeah, the mainland’s economy isn’t
developed, and furthermore everyone
has a sense of attachment to the
family. But read the papers: there
are quite a few people committing
crimes on the mainland too."
A:	"Wǒ xiǎng zhè hé zhèngzhi bù
āndìng you guānxi, tèbié shi
cóng Liù Liù nian dǎo Qī Liù
niǎn."	"I think this has to do with the
political instability, especially
from ’66 to ’?6."
B:	"Shi ma, nèige shihou, shénme
fǎlu dōu méiyou. Lian fan zuì
bú fan zuì dōu nòngbuqīngchu,
shèhui wèntí zěnme huì shǎo?"	"Yes. During that time there wasn't
any law at all. If you can't even
tell the difference between committing
a crime and not committing one, how
can social problems be reduced?"
A:	"Nǐde kànfǎ, wǒ hen tōngyì. Wo
xiǎng, zhǐ you shǐ zhèngzhi
āndìng, JǐngJi, wénhuà fādá,
cái néng shǐ shèhui jìnbù."	"I agree very much with your view.
I think that society can only be made
to progress if the political situation
is stabilized and the economy and
culture are made to flourish."
	(Grandma Lǐ walks in.)	
G:	"Nǐmen zài tan shénme, tande
zhème gāoxìng?"	"What are you talking about so
cheerfully?"
A:	"Lǐ Nǎinai, women zài tan shèhui
wèntí."	"We're talking about social prob-
lems, Grandma Lǐ."
G:	"Hǎo le, nǐmen tángòu le meiyou?
Chile fan zài tan xíng hu xíng?"	"Well, have you talked enough? How
about continuing the conversation
after dinner?"
A,	B, E: Xíng, chile fàn zài tan.	Okay! We'll talk more after dinner.