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Unit 6, Review Dialogue
In a soft berth car on the express train from Beijing to Orúmqi (Wūlǔ-
mùqí) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an American ethnologist, Gail
Griffith (G), is standing in the corridor looking out the window at the pass-
ing scenery. Lí Ming (L), a cadre in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, steps
out of the neighboring compartment, a glass of tea in his hand.
L:	Zāoshang hāo!	Good morning!
G:	Zāoshang hāo! Nín guìxìng?	Good morning! May I ask your name?
L:	"W3 xìng Lí, zài Beijing w8 Jiàn-
guo nín."	My name is LÍ. I met you in Beijing.
G:	Zài Běijīng? Shénme dìfangr?	In Beijing? Where?
L:	"Qlyuè sìhào winshang, zài Měiguá
DàshiguXn."	"On the evening of July fourth, at
the American Embassy."
G:	"À! Qlyuè sihào, nèitiān y5u nàme
duo rén, w5 bú Jide le. Nín zài
nār gōngzuè a?"	"Ah! July fourth. There were so
many people that day, I don’t remem-
ber. Where do you work?"
L:	"Wàimàobù. Nèitiān, Wàimàobùde
gànbu qùle bù shāo, nín bú hui
Jide le. W8 hāoxiàng J ide nín
shi gāo yúyánxuéde."	"The Ministry of Foreign Trade. That
day, a lot of cadres from the Ministry
of Foreign Trade went; you wouldn’t
remember. I seem to remember that you
are in linguistics."
G:	"Bù zhi shi yǔyénxué, w3 hái yán-
Jiū mínzú wèntí, zhěngzú wèntí."	"Not only linguistics. I also study
national and racial issues."
L:	"Ò! Dào Xinjiang qù yènjiū mínzú
wèntí ma?"	"Oh! Are you going to Xinjiang to
do research on nationalities?"
G:	"Bù, wS shi xiāng duo liāojiě
yidiānr Wéiwúěr wénhuà he Zhǒng-
dōng wénhuàde guǎnxi."	"No. I want to get a better under-
standing of the relationship between
Uygur culture and Chinese culture."
L:	"Ò! Zhèi kě shi yíge fǔzāde wèn-
tí, w?5 bú shi lìshi xuéjiā, guānyú
zhèige me, w8 zhīdaode bú tài duo."	"Oh! That’s certainly a complex
question. I'm not a historian. On
that topic...I don’t know very much."
G:	"NÍmen z3ng bl wěmen zhidaode duo,
Jiù qíng nín JiāngJiang ba."	"But you know more than we do, in
any case, so please tell me about it."
L:	"W3 zhīdao cóngqiàn Wéiwúěr rén
yòngde wénzì shi Zhōngdóngde, yìzhí
dào xiànzài, zài XlnJiāng Wéiwúěr
Zìzhìqūde xuéxiàoli háishi Jiao
Wéiwúěrwén."	"I know that the writing which the
Uygurs used to use was Middle Eastern.
Even now, they still teach the Uygur
language in the schools in the Xin-
jiang Uygur Autonomous Region."
"G: Name y3u duōshào Wéiwúér rén d3ng
Hànyǔ net"	"Then how many Uygurs understand
Chinese?"
L: Dàgài bú dàa bàifēnzhl èrshí.	Probably fewer than twenty percent.
"G: Ng, ben y8u yìsi, nàme zhèngfǔ.
zài zìzhìqūde zhèngcè he nèidì hen
bù tóng ma?"	"Hm, very interesting. Then is the
government’s policy in the autonomous
region very different from in the
interior?"
"L: Wéiwúěr rén dabùfen xiāngxìn Yī-
sīlén jiao. Zh5ngguó yě shi zōng-
Jiào zìyóude guojiā, suSyī zài
zhèngcèshang huì y8u yìxiē he nèi-
dì bù tóngde bànfà."	"Most Uygurs believe in Islam. China
is a country with freedom of religion,
too. So in the area of policy, some
ways of doing things are different
from in the interior."
"G: Ng, wJSmen zài huí dào wénzì wèn-
tíshang h&o bu h&o?"	"Mm. Could we go back to the ques-
tion of the writing?"
L: Hào a!	Sure!
"G:	Tlngshuō xiànzài Wéiwúěrwén ySule
xīn vénzì le."	"I understand that the Uygur language
now has a new orthography."
"L: Y8u, xīn wénzì shi YI Jiu qī wǔ
' niàn kǎishl yòngde. ZhèizhSng xīn
wénzì xiéqilai blJiao réngyi, céng
nèidì l£i Xlnjiāngde rén xuéqilai
ye rSngyide duo."	"Yes, the new orthography began to be
used in 1975. It’s easier to write,
and for people who come to Xinjiang
from the interior, it’s much easier to
learn."
"G: YSule xin wénzì yīhèu Wéiwúěrzú
rén Juéde zénmeyàng? Tāmen hén
gāoxìng mat"	"What do the Uygur people think now
that they have the new orthography?
Are they very happy?"
"L: Zhōngguó shi yíge duo mínzúde
shèhuìzhuyì dà Jiātíng, Wéiwúér
rénmín y? shi yào tSngyīde ma!
YSule xīn wénzì, Hànzú hé shàoshù
mínzúde wénhuà Jiāoliú y? réngyì-
duō le ma!"	"China is a socialist family of many
nations. The Uygurs want to be uni-
fied, too! With the new orthography,
cultural exchange between the Hans and
the minority nationalities has also
become much easier!"
"G:	NĪ ahuōde yStt dàolī. Duì le, nl
k? bu kéyl gìbsu w8 Xinjiang rén-
kSude qíngkuàng?"	"You are right. Oh yes-can you tell
me about the population of Xinjiang?"
"L: Xiànzài Xinjiang y8u JiubSivàn
rén zuíyòu, yīhèu huì gèng duo."	"Xinjiang now has approximately nine
million people, and there will be even
more in the future."
G: Shàoshù mínzú y8u duōshSo ne?	"How many of that number are minority
nationalities?"
"L:	Chàbuduō qībàiduō wàn, ércie zhèi"	Somewhere over seven million. And
	"qībāiduō wàn rénlī yōu shísānge
mínziu"	"among these seven million people there
are thirteen nationalities."
G:	"òu. . Xinjiang sh&oshù mínzú gēn
Hànzúde Jiāoliú yōu duō Jiǔ le?"	"Oh. How long has there been inter-
change between the minority nationali-
ties of Xīnjiāng and the Han people?"
L:	"Xinjiang dìqǔ he nèidìde JingJi
Jiāoliú yijīng yōu Jīqiānniánde
lìshi le, yòng wénzì xiěxiàláide
JingJi wénhuà Jiāoliú shi cóng
gōngyuán qián liùbāi nián zuō-
yòu kāishide. Gōngyuán qián liù-
shí nián Jīngguō Jīcì zhànzhēng yī-
hòu Xīnjiāng he nèidì tōngyī le,
wénhuà, yìshude Jiāoliú ye Jiu yuè
lái yuè duo le."	"Economic interchange between the
Xīnjiāng region and the interior has
been going on for several thousand
years. Economic and cultural inter-
change which was put down in writing
began around 600 B.C. In ÓO B.C.,
after several wars, Xīnjiāng was united
with the interior, and there began to
be more and more cultural and artistic
interchange."
G:	"Wō tīngshuō Jiěfàng yīhòu yōu
hen duō rén bān dao Xinjiāng lái
zhù le."	"I understand that many people have
moved to Xīnjiāng since liberation."
L:	"Yī Jiǔ wǔ ling nián, Xinjiāng hé-
píng Jiěfàng. Jiěfàngjūn dàole
zhèli yīhòu Jiù he zhèige dìfangde
nóngmín yìqi gāo JingJi Jiànshè.
Yī Jiǔ liù èr nián yihòu měinián
dōu yōu hen duō niánqing rén dào
zhèli lái, nèi shíhou biānjiāngde
shēnghuó bi nèidì chàde duō, xiàn-
zài Jiànshède bú cuò le."	"In 1950, Xīnjiāng was peacefully
liberated. After the PLA arrived here,
they carried on economic construction
with the peasants. Since 1962, every
year, a lot of young people have come
here. Back then, life in the border
region was much worse than in the
interior; but now, construction has
been pretty well carried out."
G:	"Nàme zhèixiē Jiànshè biānjiāngde
niánqing rén dōu shi cóng nār lái-
de ne?"	"And where have all these young
people who are carrying on the con-
struction of the borderlands come
from?"
L:	"Duōbànr shi Tianjin, Béijīng,
Shànghāi, Zhéjiāngde qīngnián."	"Most of them are youth from Tiānjīn,
Beijing, Shànghāi, and Zhéjiāng."
G:	"Tāmen hái kéyi huí dà chéngshì
ma?"	"Can they still go back to the big
cities?"
L:	"Xiànsài Jiāotōng fāngbiàn, fàng-
Jiàde shihou tāmen kéyi huí lāojiā
kànkan. Duōbànrde niánqing rén
zài zhèli Jiēle hūn, yōule háizi
tāmen yijīng shi Xīnjiāng rén le!"	"Now, transportation is convenient,
so when they have vacation, they can
go back to visit their original home.
Most of the.young people have married
here and have children; they have
already become Xīnjiāng natives!"
G:	"Tāmen zài zhèli zuò shénme? Jiù
gāo nōngyè ma?"	What do they do here? Just farming?
L;	"Ò! BÙ dǒu shi gìo'nóngyè. Y?
ySude ahi gōngren, yě yòude gào
wénhuà Jiàoyu gōngzuù, hái ySude
gio xùmuyè."	"Ohj not all of then. Some are work-
ers, some do cultural and educational
work, and some do livestock farming."
G:	"Duì le, sulrán Xinjiang ySu h?n
dàde ahāmè, kěahi xùmuyè hái shi
hen fādáde."	"Oh, yes; although Xinjiang has a big
desert, livestock farming is still
very well developed."
L:	"NĪ Jiànguo Xlnjiǎngde dìtin
meiyou?"	Have you ever seen Xinjiang carpets?
G:	"Zài zhinlinhuìshang Jiànguo. Tz!
Zhen mei! Duú meide dìtàn!"	"At an exhibition. Gee! They’re
really beautiful! Such beautiful
carpets!"
L:	"Měinián Xinjiang dìqū Jiāo gěi
guójiā bù shio dìtin. Tāmende
shēngchin qíngkuàng bú cuò, shù-
liang bù shSo, zhlliàng yě hen
gio, wàiguo péngyou hèn xlhuan mil."	"Every year the Xinjiang region
hands over quite a few carpets to
the state. They are doing well in
production; they produce quite a
number of carpets, and the quality
is also very high. Foreign friends
love to buy them."
G:	"À! Wě zhldao le, nl shi dào
Xinjiang qu chūchāide ba!"	"Ah! Now I know: I bet you’re
going to Xinjiang on business!"
L:	"Duì le. Qù hé Jlge dìtinching
tiolùn míngniánde shēngchin Jìhua."	"Right. I'm going to discuss next
year's production plan with a few
carpet factories."
G:	"Zhèixiě dìtinching k? bu kéyi
cānguǎn na?"	Can one visit these carpet factories?
L:	"Zěnme bù kéyi? Huānyíng huān-
yíng! Nín hé LÙxíngshè tányitán,
tāmen huì ānpaide."	"Of course! You are very welcome
to visit! Talk to the Travel Ser-
vice about it, and they'll make the
arrangements."
G:	"Duìbuql, nlde biio xiànzài Jldiin
le? Wide biio hioxiàng kuài le ma."	"Excuse me—what time do you have?
My watch seems to be fast."
L:	ZhōngwS shfèrdiia.	Twelve noon.
G:	"W8 zfcme Juéde tian liàngle bù
Jiù a."	"How come I feel as if it's only
been light out for a little while?"
L:	"Nín bié wàng le, zhèrde shíjiin
hé Biijlng chà sìge zhōngtóu ne!"	"Don't forget, there's a four-hour
time difference between here and
Beijing!"
G:	Zěnme chà sìge zhǒngtúu?	How is that?
L:	"Zài Beijing qīdiān zhōng tiān Jiu
liàng le, zài zhèr Bíijīng shíjiān
shíyīdiln tian cíi liàng ne!"	"In Bíijīng it gets light at seven
o'clock. Here, it doesn't get light
until eleven o'clock Béijīng time!"
G:	"Duìle, duìle...6u, quánguó dōu
tóngyīde yòng Bíijīng shíjiān ma?
Zhèi he M?iguó bù yíyàng, Meiguó
y3u sìge shíjiān ne...."	"I see, I see...hm, Beijing time is
used throughout the country? That's
different from America. America has
four times...."
	"Xiànzài w3men yījīng zài huSchē-
ahang guòle qīshige zhōngtóu le!
Shénme shíhour kéyi dào Wūlumùqí
ya?"	"Nov ve've already spent seventy
hours on the train! What time vill
we get to Orumqi?"
L:	"Hèi y3u bāge zhōngtóu ne. HSo
le, zhànlèi le ba, w3 gāi huíqu
xiūxi yìhulr le. Hui tour Jiàn!"	"We still have another eight hours.
Well, you must be tired of standing
up. I should go back and rest a bit.
See you later!"
G:	Hui tóur Jiàn, Li Xiānsheng.	See you later, Mr. Li.