Intermediate - Shut down by pimples - Poddies collaboration
chris
May 08, 2011, 07:25 AM posted in Transcripts with TalAnother one:
chinesepod.com/lessons/shut-down-by-pimples
chris
00:00
Jenny: 大家好，这里是chinesepod我是Jenny
John: Hey guys, I'm John. This is an intermediate lesson.
Jenny: 嗯，今天我们要说一下青春痘，青春痘
John: Ah, this is a topic we westerners love to discuss
Jenny: 我觉得universally大家都也不是说喜欢讲这个问题但是又说没办法
John: Yeah but I think the Chinese are especially at ease with it. Uh, OK, so that word again was
Jenny: 青春痘，青春痘
00:31
bababardwan
没问题
chris
May 09, 2011, 02:44 PM00:30-01:00
chris
00:31
John: And that means 'pimples'
Jenny: 对
John: Now, if we breakdown this word, what do we come up with, Jenny?
Jenny: ‘青春’这个就是很年轻的意思
John: Like 'youth'
Jenny: 对
John: OK, and that's two 1st tones
Jenny: 是，那么‘痘’第四声
John: That's 'bean'
Jenny: 这里那个痘不能吃市长在你身上或者脸上的
John: Alright, so it's a kind of bump
Jenny: 对
John: On your face or your body somewhere
Jenny: 嗯
John: OK, so anyway, this is a dialogue about pimples. Um, what's the context here Jenny?
01:02
bababardwan
这里『这』个痘不能吃『是』长在你身上或者脸上的
chris
Darn, letting Google pinyin do its thing again....of course it's 是!
bababardwan
don't worry mate..I knew they were just typos, but I had nothing else to correct and I didn't want you to think I wasn't paying attention, hehe :)
chris
May 09, 2011, 03:06 PM01:00-01:30
chris
01:02
Jenny: 啊，今天我们会听到三段电话
John: OK, so, how many different people are we talking about?
Jenny: 有四个人
John: OK, so one person gets called by three different people, is that right?
Jenny: 嗯，unfortunately都是关于她的青春痘
John: OK, three phone calls about pimples, here we go
对话
01:30
bababardwan
同意
chris
May 09, 2011, 03:17 PM02:00-02:30
chris
02:00
duihua
02:22
John: OK, so evidently the person they're calling is named....
Jenny: 萍萍，萍萍
John: OK, 2nd tone there
Jenny: 嗯
John: And, uh, what happens in the first call?
02:31
bababardwan
同意
chris
May 09, 2011, 03:21 PM02:30-03:00
watyamacallit
02:31
Jenny: 她的一个朋友约她去吃老北京火锅。去吃火锅。
John: So, old Peking hotpot. Old Beijing hotpot.
Jenny: 对。
John: Alright, and then what happens?
Jenny: 她不能去，因为我脸上长痘痘。不能吃上火的东西。我脸上长痘痘。
John: OK, so that first part, she's talking about something on her face.
Jenny: 对。脸上长痘痘。
03:00
chris
May 09, 2011, 03:27 PM03:00-03:30
watyamacallit
3:00
John: So what is 痘痘?
Jenny: 痘痘就是青春痘。
John: OK, so this is another word for pimples.
Jenny: 比较可爱的一个名字。
John: Its cute. So 痘 is 4th tone.
Jenny: 对。
John: And then the second 痘 is neutral tone.
Jenny: 是的。
John: But what is the verb you use for that?
Jenny: 长。长痘痘。长痘痘。
John: So 长, 3rd tone, is to grow.
Jenny: 对。那很多就是在我们身上或者脸上的东西呢，都用这个动词。长。
3:34
watyamacallit
May 14, 2011, 03:47 AM03:30 - 04:00
chris
May 08, 2011, 07:26 AM00:00-00:30