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- Dialogue and Translation for Exercise 3
- Two classmates, an American (B) and a Chinese (A)， share an apartment
- somewhere in America. The American is at home studying Sht Ji， Records of the
- Historian, a classical history. His Chinese classmate comes in the door.
- A: Vode tian na! Ni hai zai nian Viy God! Are you still studying?
- shS?~Xi, he "bei pi jiu xiuxi Hey, how about taking a "break for
- xiuxi hǎo "bu hao? a "beer?
- B: Hao hSo hao, rang wo "ba Okay, okay, let me finish reading
- zheiyidiǎnr kanvan xing "bu xing? this little "bit， okay?
- A: Hai, nī zongshi kān gǔshu? Come on, you1re always reading
- Xianzai shěhuide qingxing, nī classics! Don’t you ever think about
- jiu yidiǎnr dou "bu kaolu ma? the condition of today’s society?
- B: Shěi shuo wo bu kaolu， xuě- Who says I don’t think about it.
- shenghuide shi vo yě zuole "bu I’ve done a lot with the Student
- shao ma! Association， you know!
- A: Nǐ zhen you yisiI Zuo You’re something else! Just doing
- yidiǎnr xuěsh5nghuide shi jiu a little work with the Student Assoc-
- shi guanxin shěhui le! iation means you?re concerned about
- society!
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- B: Na nǐ shuo, wo yinggai zuo Well then, what do you think I should
- diǎn shěnme ne? do?
- A: Dalushang you name duo rěn, There are so many people on the
- nǐ zěnme bu wěnwen tamende mainland, how come you don’t try to
- qingxing zěnmeyang? find out what their situation is like?
- B: Wo Juěde zhěngzhi wěnti tai I think that political problems are
- mafan, wo bū xiǎng tan zhěngzhi. too much bother (tedious and involved).
- 工 don't like to talk about politics.
- A: Wo yě měiyou yāo gēn nǐ tan I didnft mean I wanted to talk
- zhěngzhide yisi. Wode yisi shi, politics with you. I mean that as
- nǐ yanjiu Zhongguode shihou, you study China, on the one hand you
- yifangmiān yao kankan gushu, should read the classics and study
- yanjiuyanjiu Zhongguo chuantong traditional Chinese culture, but on
- wěnhua, yifǎngmian yě kěyi kankan the other hand you can also read
- zhei yibainiande Zhongguo lishi. some Chinese history of the past
- hundred years.
- B: Zhěiyidiǎn shi duide. Zhěi You1re right about that. I have
- yixuěqi wo bū shi you Zhongguo modern Chinese history class this
- jindaishǐ kě ma? semester, don’t I?
- A: Wo xiǎng chūle shang xuě yīwai, But I think that besides taking
- nǐ hai kěyi kan yidiǎnr xiǎo- classes, you could read some fiction,
- shuor. too•
- B: Kan xiaoshuor?! Wo nar you Read fiction?! When (lit. "vhere”)
- shijiān kān shenme xiSoshuor? do I have time to read any fiction?
- A: W5 zuiJin zai kan jǐbenr Lately Ifve been reading a few
- Zhongguo jindāi xiaoshuor, fēi一 modern Chinese novels which are very
- chang you yisi. Nī ruguǒ xiang interesting. If you want to understand
- dongde Zhongguo xiāndai shěhui, modern Chinese society, you really
- zhēn děi duo kan diǎnrzhěi- have to read more of this kind of
- zhong xiaoshuor• fiction.
- B: Wo zěnme kěyi hě^nǐ bī_, nǐ How can I compare with you; you read
- kande name kuai! E, zhěiyang so fast! Hey, how about this: after
- hao bu hao, ni kanwan yihou youfve finished reading them, tell me
- gaosu wo něiyiběn hǎo yidiǎnr, which book is best and then I111 read
- wo zai kan, xing bu xing? it, okay?
- A: Hao hao hǎo, jiu zhěiyang ba! Okay, that1 s what we*11 do. Now
- Xianzai wo bu zai mafan ni le. I111 leave you alone. Oh yeahwhat
- Ei, dui le, Jxntian wǎnshang are we going to eat tonight? I111
- zanmen chī shěnme? Wo lai zuo make something, okay? yidiǎnr, hǎo bu hǎo?
- B: Bu 1di zuo le, suibian chi You don't have to make anything. Why
- diǎnr ba! Wo nianwan zhěiyi- donft we just have something easy,
- diǎnr, zanmen chuqu chī pǐcha After I finish reading this， how about
- bǐng, hǎo bu hao? going out and having a pizza?
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- A: Hao! Nǐ kuai dianr nian, Okay! Hurry up and read, wefll leave
- nianwan zanmen jiu zǒu. right after you finish.
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