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paulinurus

November 08, 2010, 03:40 AM posted in Transcripts with Tal

4.46

Jenny: 没错 John[？？]收拾一下

John: OK, so they need to 收拾 the whole kitchen

Jenny:嗯，对，但是呢号像没什么东西好收拾因为没什么厨具和餐具，厨具和餐具。

John: Alright, so there’s the 具 right?

5.02

Jenny: 嗯，[？？？？]厨房里很有很多工具，也没有厨具和餐具。

John: OK, so two different types of tools, the first type is

Jenny: 厨具，厨房的厨。。

John: Ah, 厨房的厨 and we know 房 is room, so 厨房 basically means “kitchen” a?

Jenny: 对，这儿 厨具 就是。。你在厨房的做菜，做菜的时候就到用的一些工具。

John: Cooking tools, cooking utensils, they are both..

Jenny: 厨具

John: chu2 second tone, ju4 forth tone, and then what other kinds of tools?

Jenny: 餐具，餐具

John: can1, this is like can1ting1

Jenny: 嗯，对，或者早餐 对巴breakfast

John: OK, referring to eating, so eating tools!

Jenny: 嗯，那么就是在西方，刀，叉 fork and knife 然后在东方餐具就是筷子，碗啦，这些东西。

John：So, in China can1ju4 is not only knife and fork, but also chopsticks and bowls, and plates?

Jenny: 对的，对的，盘子就是餐具。

John：So you might say tableware or something like that.

6.18

Jenny: [？？]吃饭的时候要用的工具

John：OK got it!

Jenny: 好，那么我们后来找]到了一个厨具，是一个锅，一个锅

John：They found one cooking utensil and it is the wok, correct?

Jenny：guo 第一声

John: First tone, so of course what do you do with a wok

Jenny: 要朝菜可用锅,炒菜

John: Chao3 refers to stir fry right?

6.50

Jenny: 对的，那么这个几个菜不[？]是素菜，不[？]是 vegetables [？？？？]

John: Any dishes or food

Jenny: 对

John: OK, and what is missing from the kitchen

Jenny: 没有菜刀，没有菜刀

John: So 菜刀 is like a vegetable knife, or a food knife?

7.20

Jenny: A food knife, 那在中国呢如果你说菜刀， 一般我们决会想象一种大的刀[？？？？] [？？？]可怜公布可能

John：Yeah, it’s true the typical Chinese kitchen knife is kind of scary. It looks like a cleaver

Jenny:[???]大大的 [？？]metal 很大的

John：It’s big, it’s a lot bigger than what we normally think of needing in the West

Jenny:但是 这种大的菜刀在中国呢很[？？]一般我们切素菜啊，切肉啊，都会用这个大的菜刀。

John：So this is very common in a Chinese kitchen， we call a Chinese kitchen knife 菜刀 and it is a lot bigger than you might expect.

John: Alright, then what else is missing from the kitchen?

Jenny: 还有铲子和勺子，铲子和勺子，

John：chan3zi, third tone and neutral, does that mean shovel?

8.05

Jenny: 阿是的，它可以是一个shovel [？？] 铲雪对巴。在这里厨房的铲子就是少太用的

John: So, it’s a cooking shovel, otherwise it is known as a spatula

Jenny: 一把铲子，那后面还有一个勺子，勺子。

John：OK, the smaller ones are for eating soup, but they can be bigger?

Jenny:可以的，就是我们盛汤的时候用的

John: Ah, for dishing out soup would be a ladle

8.38

p.s. It didn't take the total transcript, so I had to post it in two parts.