Intermediate - Unlucky Day - Poddies Collaboration

waiguoren
July 03, 2011, 09:20 AM posted in Transcripts with Tal

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/unlucky-day

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waiguoren
July 03, 2011, 09:48 AM

00:00-00:30

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:43 PM

5:30-6:00

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CoolP
April 08, 2012, 04:13 AM

This transcript has not been finished. Any takers?

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chris

CoolP, good to see a new person in the Transcripts group, it's been a while since somebody new has come along. Welcome! In respect of your question above, how about you give it a go! The more people transcribing, the merrier :)

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 12:56 PM

对话 0:30 - 1:35

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 12:57 PM

1:35-2:00

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waiguoren

John: All-right, so the first line of this little story is what again?

Dilu: 我今天真倒霉,我今天真倒霉

John: So 倒霉 is kind of like a verb right?

Dilu: 对,倒霉呢就是说你的运气不好

John: OK, so your luck isn't good

Dilu: 恩

John: 倒霉。All-right, so what happened to this guy?

Dilu: 啊,昨晚邻居联系打鼓直到十二点半,我没有睡好

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 12:57 PM

2:00 - 2:30

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waiguoren

John: OK, 昨晚 that's another way of saying...

Dilu: 昨天晚上

John: OK, then he's talkin' about a person, who is this person?

Dilu: 恩,那是他的邻居,邻居

John: All-right, this is the word for neighbour, right?

Dilu: 没错,就是主在你旁边的人

John: OK, and the tones are...

Dilu: 第二声和第一声

John: OK, 邻居

Dilu: 恩,没错

John: L-I-N right?

Dilu: 对的

John: J-U. OK

Dilu: 那这个邻居晚上在练习打鼓

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waiguoren
July 03, 2011, 02:14 PM

John: Hi Intermediate learner's you're listening to ChinesePod, I'm John

Dilu: 你好我是 迪璐. 今天将什么呀?

John: Today we're talking about luck and not just any luck, but bad luck

Dilu: 嗯, 今天有一个人很倒霉

John: So somebody is unlucky, they're having an unlucky day and the word for unlucky here is...

Dilu: 倒霉, 倒霉

John: OK, third tone, second tone

Dilu: 嗯, 那为什么他很倒霉呢?

John: Yeah, so the story is comin' up, let's listen

00:30

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:07 PM

3:00-3:30

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waiguoren

Dilu: 感觉时间非常长

John: OK, so it's like a long time, like continuously playing the drums all the way until 12:30

Dilu: 对对对,当中也不会停啊,就一直都在打鼓

John: Yeah, without stopping

Dilu: 恩,那所以我没有睡好

John: OK, so he didn't sleep well and then...

Dilu: 恩,那因为没有睡好呢,所以早上心情很不好

John: OK, so here we have a pattern. These aren't hard words, but um, notice that in Chinese you kind of repeat them,where you don't have to in English...so these two words I'm talking about are...

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:07 PM

3:30-4:00

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waiguoren

Dilu: 你是说因为什么什么,所以什么什么嘛

John: Right, in English we say 'because something blah blah blah...' or something happened 'so'...

Dilu: 对对对

John: But in Chinese you use them both in the same sentence

Dilu: 恩,那在中文里面两个常常会一起说‘因为什么什么,所以什么什么’

John: Right, so you don't absolutely have to use them both in one sentence, but you frequently see it that way, right?

Dilu: 恩,没错

John: OK

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:08 PM

4:00-4:30

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waiguoren

John: So because he didn't sleep well 所以 what?

Dilu: 所以早上心情很不好

John: OK, so 心情 that's like a mood right?

Dilu: 啊,没错。第一声和第二声, 心情

John: So his mood was bad, he was in a bad mood

Dilu: 没错,心情很不好,而且呢路上掉了两百块钱

John: OK, so 掉了两百块钱 does that mean he dropped 200RMB or he lost 200RMB?

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:08 PM

4:30-5:00

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 02:43 PM

5:00-5:30

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waiguoren
April 12, 2013, 12:57 PM

2:30-3:00

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waiguoren

John: So practicing playing the drums

Dilu: 恩

John: So playing the drums in Chinese is...

Dilu: 打鼓, 打鼓。Literally it's 'beating the drum'

John: OK, two 3rd tones

Dilu: 艾,没错,打鼓

John: And then how long?

Dilu: 哦,打鼓直到十二点半,直到十二点半

John: OK, so 直到 is that different from just 到?Like until...

Dilu: 那直到呢,就是一直到