One-Way Street Scuffle

flibberdie

November 09, 2010, 06:11 PM posted in Transcripts with Tal

Hello, again. Here's my work on the recent Intermediate Level lesson, One-Way Street Scuffle

I'll paste the content of the transcript as a reply to this post; I'm still trying to find my way around in zoho, but I've hopefully got the document up there as well.  Look for it at

http://writer.zoho.com/public/flibberdie/chinesepod--one-way-street-scuffle1

 

Any and all suggestions or corrections are most welcome. I do think it is harder to do the proofreading end of this exercise; the transcribing isn't as daunting.

Patti

Here, hopefully, is an rtf version of the transcript with corrections. (If it shows up, Paul gets credit for helping me figure out how to post it.)

One-Way Street Scuffle

Corrections by paulinurus on 11/7/10 appear in blue

Questionable transcriptions appear in red

A： 你们两个怎么回事？

B：他乱开车，差点儿撞死我!

C：我没装到你。

B：当时吓死我了!有车就了不起吗？开车不长眼睛!

C：你说话怎么那么难听呢？你过马路怎么不走斑马线？

B：你差点儿撞死人，你还有理了？ 

A：你们别吵!  一个一个说，我要做记录。

B：这是单行道，他从这边就开过来了

C：又不是我一个人这么开。

A：好了，好了，过马路要走斑马线。

B：哦，知道了。

A：这条单行道上只能从东往西开。驾照拿出来!

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JZ：大家好，这里是Chinesepod. I'm Jenny.

JP：Hey, guys, I'm John and this is an Intermediate Lesson.

JZ：对，那今天呢，我们在马路上，在街上。

JP：Alright, so we're on the street, and we're talking about a one way street scuffle here.

JZ：哦，对。那你刚刚说的“one way street”； 中文叫做“单行道，单行道。”

JP：Okay, so that's almost a word for character translation, isn't it？

JZ：对，啊。单就是一个。

JP：single...

0：32JZ：对。然后行，就是走过来走过去，或者(((车子))))，对吧。

JP：Yeah, like to move, to proceed. Okay, and then...

JZ：这个“道”，就是一条路。道路。

JP：Okay, so it's the street. So, one-way street is...

JZ：单行道。

JP：Alright, first, second, fourth tone, right?

JZ：对。

JP：And today a lot of the dialogue is not about the one-way street itself, but about what happened on the one-way street.

JZ：是的。那我们等一下会听到一些骂人的话。

JP：Yeah, so people are getting kind of angry at each other and saying some not nice things.

JZ： 对。

JP：Alright, here we go. Dialogue coming up.

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DIALOGUE 1:09 to 1:53

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JP：So, Jenny, when we first start we hear someone inquiring into the situation, right?

JZ：对。其实他是一个警察。

JP：Okay, so police.

JZ：对。然后他看到两个人在吵架。他就问“你们两个怎么回事？你们两个怎么回事？”

JP：Okay, so he sees two people are arguing, 吵架，right?

JZ：对。

JP：And he asks them....

JZ：你们两个怎么回事？怎么回事？

JP：Okay, now this phrase, 怎么回事，um, the words seem pretty simple, like 'how' , 'return', 'thing' or 'affair';  how do we understand this phrase?

JZ：嗯，啊，“怎么回事”的意思就是发现了什么事。

JP：Okay, so 'what happened'?

JZ：对。

JP：Now, I might expect the police to ask, "怎么了", like "what happened", "what's wrong?"

JZ：那“怎么了”和 “怎么回事”比一起来，呢，“怎么回事”更加强调到底发现了什么事。

JP：Okay, so if you compare the two, "怎么回事" emphasizes what happened.

JZ：对。那如果你说，“你们两个怎么了？”，然后这两个人可能就说“我很生气!我要吵架!”他(((不？吧？)))可能不会告诉你发现了什么事。

JP：So asking "怎么了" is more like "what's the matter", explaining how you feel, you're own view point..

JZ：对对对。

JP：Ok, I see. So "怎么回事", "what's the situation", "what's the deal", "what's going on".

JZ：怎么回事，呢，那这件事情就是有一个开车的人，他乱开车。差点儿撞死我，乱开车。

JP：Okay, so he's driving, but he's not just driving, he's ...

JZ：乱driving.

JP：Okay, 乱，fourth tone. Now this word 乱by itself can mean "messy", "chaotic", right?

JZ：对。

JP：It can be an adjective.

3：47JZ：那么这个“乱”当它和动词放在一起用的时候，呢，意思就是你“ignore rules”。

JP：Alright, so you put it before a verb, it means you're doing something without regard for the rules, maybe without regard for safety, or other people.  The dictionary might say "indiscriminately doing something."

JZ：直比较“reckless”，“不小心”。

JP：Okay, so "reckless driving" is “乱开车”。And what is the result of this kind of driving?

JZ：“差点儿撞死我。”

JP：Alright, let's look at the end of the sentence first. It is...

JZ：撞死我，撞死我。

JP：So, hit and kill me.

4：24JZ：对，那“撞死”就是很清楚的告诉你这个结果。这个结果有可能是把人别人撞死了， 对吧，造成他们死亡。

JP：Okay, so we have the verb, 撞，which is fourth tone, followed by the result which is 死，so 撞死  means to hit someone and kill them.

JZ：对的。那么“差点儿撞死我，差点儿”，其实是"fortunately" , 对吧。你刚刚很有可能差一点儿就撞死我。

JP：Yeah, 差一点儿literally means 'lacking a little bit.'

JZ：对。

JP：Like you were just short of hitting me and killing me.  So, in English we would  normally say "You almost hit and killed me."

JZ：嗯，对，那中文，呢， 这个“almost”就是“差点儿”，“你差点儿撞死我”。

JP：Now the question is, is it "you almost hit me" or "you almost hit me (that) which led to my death"?

JZ：嗯，那上面我们可以听听开车的人，他怎么说。他说，“我没撞到你，我没撞到你。”

JP：Okay, so "I didn't hit you".  Now here we have another result indicated by...

JZ：撞到。我没撞到你  。

JP：Okay, so 撞到  means successfully hit, or hit to completion.

JZ：对，是的。这个“到”其实就是说你有没有碰到，有没有come into contact.

JP：Okay, so 撞到means a hit, made contact.

JZ：对。

JP：Not just almost hit, tried to hit, but hit and made contact.  So, in this case...

JZ：“我没撞到你”意思就是说“我开得车根本没有碰到你，我没有碰到你这个人，我没有碰到你的身体。”

JP：Okay, so "I didn't hit you".  Notice he didn't deny driving like a maniac.

JZ：是的。

JP：But I didn't hit you.  Now, can you just say "我没撞你”。

JZ：那“我没撞你”呢就不像“我没撞到你”那么清楚。

JP：It's not as clear?

JZ：对，因为“撞”其实就是一个动作，是一个“attempt”。那“撞到”，呢，就是，是一个结果。

JP：So it's almost like he's admitting he "almost" hit him, but he didn't touch him.

JZ：是的。

JP：Got it.

6：34JZ：“我没撞到你”。那么 碰到 这样的事情另外一个人，她肯定是很害怕了，她说“当时吓死我了，当时吓死我了”

JP：Okay, so “吓死我了”，scared me to death?

JZ：嗯，然后是“当时”就是那个时候。

JP：So it's a time.  So this "当时”， that "当” refers to "that", like "at that time".

JZ：对对对。那“当时吓死我了”就是说“那个车要撞到我了时候，吓死我了。”

JP：Okay, so "at the time, you almost scared me to death."

JZ：对。然后，呢，她有说了一句话，加“有车就了不起吗，有车就了不起吗？”

JP：So, to have a car, just wonderful?

JZ：这个“了不起”就是你觉得你自己是“big deal, big shot”。

JP：So, the translation in natural English would be something like, "You think you're so great just because you have a car?"

JZ：对，“有车就了不起吗？” 那这个我们北美，特别是北美的，听众听起来可能觉得很好笑，啊，有一个车有什么了不起，但是在中国有很多人没有车，那有车可能是代表你比较有钱。

JP：Okay, so in China, as opposed to North America, having a car is kind of a status symbol. A lot of people don't have cars.

JZ：对对对。

JP：So, someone without a car could accuse someone with a car of thinking they're hot stuff because they have a car.

JZ：是的。

JP：Alright, so we're omitting "you think that"...

JZ：就是“你以为你有车就了不起吗？”

JP：Okay, just because you have a car, 就 emphasizes the result: you're so amazing, you're so great.

JZ：嗯，是的。好，那她很生气，啊，继续骂人，说，“你开车不长眼睛，开车不长眼睛。”

JP：So, 开车, like, when you're driving, and then when you're driving, what?

JZ：不长眼睛，不长眼睛。

JP：So you don't grow eyes.

8：42JZ：啊，就是你开车的时候你不看嘛，你不看路上，你不看走路的人，起自行车的人嘛。

JP：Okay, so this one it's best not to look at too literally; it's more like in English, when you're driving you're not looking where you're going.

JZ：哎，是的。就这个意思。

JP：So, you can't translate "not looking where you're going" literally into Chinese. You have to translate it as...

JZ：开车不长眼睛。不长眼睛。但是其实 John 你刚刚说那个英文“not looking where you're driving"; 这个听起来就是还是比较  neutral, 对吧，不是很  offensive，应该不是骂 人的话。

JP：It's not offensive in English but I would say it is pretty accusatory, like "you're in the wrong."

JZ：哦，在中文里面这个“不长眼睛”，呢，就是比较  offensive; 有一点骂人。所以说开车的人觉得，哦，你说话怎么这么难听，呢，然后他就说，这个走路的人， 

他 说“你过马路怎么不走斑马线？走斑马线。”

JP：Okay, so we're walking on some kind of a line, right?

JZ：对，zebra lines.

JP：The zebra lines!

JZ：斑马线，斑马就是那个动物  zebra.

JP：first tone, third tone, and then 线 is fourth tone, so of course we're talking about a crosswalk. So, to use the crosswalk we say...

JZ：走斑马线，走斑马线。

JP：So, walk on the crosswalk. Can I say 用斑马线？

JZ：嗯，不能。很奇怪。然后也不能说“过”，比如过马路，当我们不能说“过斑马线”。

JP：Okay, so you have to say, "Walk on the zebra lines."

JZ：对，“走斑马线。” 很重要，啊，要注意安全，走斑马线。

JP：Okay, but we're still in an argument here.

JZ：对，这个走路的人说，“是你差点撞死我，对吧，你还有理了？你还有理了？

JP：Okay, 有理 ， what is that?

10:29JZ： 你有没有听过一个说法叫“有道理”

JP：Ah, okay, 道理 meaning reason...

JZ：对。然后“有理”，“ 有道理”，意思就是你是对的。

JP：Okay, we have the word "真理” as well, right?  A truth...

JZ：啊。对对对。

JP：So,  理, third tone.. So, 有理，you have your reasons and you're in the right.

JZ：没错。但是这里它的语气是“你还有理了，你还有理了。”

JP：So, what is the tone of voice here, can you tell us?

JZ： 就是在指责他，在说其实你没有理。

JP：So, accusing him, saying "you almost hit me and yet you still think you're in the right?"

JZ：对，其实这里也省略了一个“你觉得”， “你还觉得自己有理了”。

JP；Yeah, I added that in there for you.  So, 还 meaning 'still', "even in this kind of situation you still think you're in the right."

JZ：是的。

JP：Okay, but there's one part you haven't explained which is why is there a little 了 on the end?

11：43JZ：啊，这个‘了’，呢，其实就是语气， 因为这句话你上说的就是“你一点都没有理， 但是你还觉得自己有理。”  那你想  突出你试这种有点“rhetoric question”，对吧，反问他。

JP：So, it's an accusatory, rhetorical question. You'll notice when people are upset and they're arguing, the '了's get dropped in here and there and it's hard to explain exactly why it's there but , um, study these patterns and it'll start to feel more natural.

JZ：对，啊，差一点撞死人，你还有理了。好，那么警察现在要开始说话了：“你们别吵，一个一个说。”

JP：Okay,  吵，so that's what we said before, 吵架，right? To argue?

JZ：嗯，对。

JP：Alright, so that's third tone...

JZ：你们别吵，一个一个说。然后我要做记录。

JP：Okay, so "make a record", is that right?

JZ:对，不是那个 music record.  这个记录就是警察要写一下来发现了什么事。

JP：Okay, 记录。Two fourth tones. We know this 记录 is a noun because we have 做记录。

JZ：做。没错。

JP；Alright. Got it. But 记录   can also be a verb sometimes.

JZ: 也可以的。

JP: Alright.

JZ: 好，那这两个人，呢，就开始 一个一个说。走路的人说“这是单行道，他从这边就开过来了，这个车从这边就开过来了。”

JP：Okay, so the word for one-way street again, is...

JZ：单行道，单行道。好，那么最后警察怎么说，呢，警察说，“这条单行道上只能从东往西开， 这条单行道上只能从东往西开”

JP：Okay, so on this one-way street we have a measure word for a street, right?

JZ：对，叫做“条”，“这条单行道。”

JP：Alright, that's second tone.  And you can only from what direction to what direction, how do you say that?

JZ：啊，只能从动往西开，从动往西。

JP：So, from east towards west, drive.

JZ:是的。

JP：Okay, and then he says..

JZ："驾照拿出来!  驾照拿出来!"

JP: Alright, so the first word is the word for driver's license, right?

JZ: 对，叫做“驾照”，两个第四声。

JP：Alright, two fourth tones, and note the initials here. 

JZ：驾照，驾照。

JP：So that's jia, fourth tone, zhao, fourth tone. If you confuse those, people aren't gonna understand you so make sure you get them right.

JZ: 驾照，驾照。

JP：Okay, so what about the driver's license?

JZ：拿出来，你要拿出来。

JP:  Alright, "pull it out", and this is a little bit gruff, right?

JZ：对，就是听起来是一个命令，一个command, 一个order.

JP：Alright, so the cop being a cop.  Alright, I think we're ready to listen to the dialogue one more time.

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DIALOGUE 14:30 to 15:17

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JP: So, Jenny, I've got a question for you.

JZ ，嗯，什么问题？

JP：This dialogue, like all of our dialogues, are written by Chinese people, right?

JZ：对，然后很真实。就是你到中国的马路上，啊，经常会看到这样的情况。

JP：So, 真实，realistic. So, can you tell me why, exactly, this dialogue is realistic?

JZ：啊，第一，中国，呢，马路上经常有汽车和走路的人或者汽车的人撞到。

JP：Okay, so people get hit a lot on the roads in China, whether they're walking or riding their bike.

JZ:对对对。有的时候可能不是很严重的， 啊。

JP：Alright, so sometimes it's a light tap.

JZ：对，就上今天对话里面。那，很多时候，呢，其实开车的人和走路的人，他们都错了，they're both in the wrong.

JP：Alright, so you think that's pretty common, that they're both in the wrong.

JZ：对，其实上我们对话里面就是的那个走路的人，呢，没有走斑马线， 对吧，然后开车的人，单行道，他方向开错了。两个人都错了。

JP：So, would you say the person crossing the street was 乱过马路？

JZ：啊，乱过马路。没有走斑马线。

JP：Okay, and the driver, of course, is...

JZ：她开得是一条单行道，但是他的方向错了。

JP：Okay, so the direction was wrong.

16：39JZ：嗯，所以这样的情况(((di xia)))，呢，警察一般就会看谁更wrong.  谁错的更严重，就是。

JP：So, who is more seriously wrong.  It's not a matter of who "有理", because no one is really totally in the right.

JZ: 对对对，所以警察就会看哪个错误更严重。然后经常就是说开车的人，我觉得，开车的人被会有一点被“discriminate against”。

JP：Okay, so the drivers are discriminated against by  the police? The police stick up for the little man?

JZ：对，我觉得经常是这样的。

JP：Oh, that's kind of good.

17：21JZ：嗯，也是。可能很多人觉得 ，“(((ze ma))) 有车，就了不起吗？”

JP：The cops also think this way, huh?  Alright, well anyway, if you have any questions about all this material, especially if you have any stories about traffic in China, please come to Chinesepod dot com, and ask us.

JZ：嗯，然后过马路的时候你一定要走斑马线。单行道要注意。

JP：Yeah, zebra lines, guys, zebra lines.  See you next time.

JZ：好，谢谢大家的收听，下次再见!

JP：再见。