Intermediate - Betting on the Boss
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February 22, 2013, 05:47 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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Dilu: 你好，我是Dilu。欢迎收听中文播客。
John: Hi guys I'm John. This is an Intermediate Podcast on ChinesePod.
Dilu: 今天我们的课文又是在一个办公室里面。
John: So we have an office situation, and what are they talking about?
Dilu: 这些同事，他们在打赌。打赌。
John: So they're making a bet.
Dilu: 对。
John: Two 3rd tones.
Dilu: 对。两个第三声。
John: So see if you can listen in and figure out what they're betting on.
Dilu: 好。我们先来听一下对话。
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February 22, 2013, 05:51 AM0:30-1:00
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February 22, 2013, 05:52 AM1:00-1:30
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February 22, 2013, 05:52 AM1:30-2:00
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John: So right at the beginning, we hear that the boss is not in a very good mood.
Dilu: 对。有一个同事说：今天老板好像很不开心嘛。好像很不开心嘛。
John: Not only not happy, but actually pretty unhappy.
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February 22, 2013, 05:55 AM2:00-2:30
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Dilu: 对。不开心。
John: And at the end we have this 嘛. This isn't the yes/no question 嘛, this is the 'stating the obvious' 嘛.
Dilu: 对。就是很明显。很不开心嘛。
John: Its obvious.
Dilu: 对。有一个女同事就猜：肯定是昨晚跟老板娘吵架了。
John: So just now you said 'one of the coworkers 猜'. That's 1st tone, and it means 'to guess'.
Dilu: 对。第一声。猜。
John: And her guess was that the boss did what?
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February 22, 2013, 06:02 AM2:30-3:00
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Dilu: 昨晚跟老板娘吵架了。跟老板娘吵架了。
John: 吵架 means 'to get in an argument'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: What are the tones there?
Dilu: 吵架。第三声和第四声。
John: So you 跟 somebody 吵架.
Dilu: 对。
John: In this case, the other person is ...
Dilu: 老板娘。老板娘。
John: So that's the boss's wife?
Dilu: 对。
John: It doesn't mean 'female boss'?
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February 22, 2013, 06:14 AM3:00-3:30
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Dilu: 其实也可以。在［些］小店里面，老板跟老板的老婆，两个人都是老板，所以我们也不知道到底这个female boss是这个owner呢，还是说她是这个boss的老婆。
John: I see. But in this case, we're talking about the boss's wife, and she's called ...
Dilu: 老板娘。老板娘。
John: But the other girl doesn't think that's it.
Dilu: 对。她说：他们俩那么好，不可能吵架。
John: So the two of them are so good together, they couldn't possibly be arguing. How did she say 'the two of them'?
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February 22, 2013, 06:21 AM3:30-4:00
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Dilu: 他们俩。他们俩。
John: Its not 两.
Dilu: 不是不是。一个不样的词。俩。LIA, 3rd tone。
John: And that means 两个人.
Dilu: 对。就是两个人。
John: So that girl guesses that, what?
Dilu: 她猜是生意没谈成。生意没谈成。
John: 生意 means 'business', but how do you explain this whole phrase?
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February 22, 2013, 06:49 AM4:00-4:30
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Dilu: 我们常常会说：谈生意。谈生意。
John: 'Talk business' or do some kind of business deal.
Dilu: 对。当然这个结果可以是成功，也可以是没有成功。
John: Could be successful or unsuccessful.
Dilu: 那么在课文里面就是这个生意没有谈成。生意没谈成。
John: 谈成 means ...
Dilu: 就是成功。
John: So 谈成功.
Dilu: 是的。
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February 22, 2013, 06:56 AM4:30-5:00
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John: So her guess is that some kind of business deal didn't succeed - it fell through or something.
Dilu: 那现在有另外一个同事，一个男同事，他说：哎哟，你们无不无聊啊？在这里瞎猜。
John: Is this guy saying that they're bored or boring?
Dilu: 这个说法是：无不无聊。你们无不无聊啊？就是说你们很无聊。
John: 'Are you guys bored or what? You must be really bored if you're [spending time] ...
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