Intermediate - Matchmaking in the park - Poddies collaboration
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:01 AM posted in Transcripts with Tal
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00:00
John: Hi, this is an intermediate lesson on Chinesepod. I’m John.
Jenny: 大家好我是Jenny
John: And so today we have a very Chinese situation here.
Jenny: 嗯，我们要去相亲，相亲
John: 相亲?
Jenny: 对
John: So, that’s just like, um, matchmaking activity?
Jenny: 嗯，相亲就是结婚是你的目的，然后呢你想要结婚所以采取相亲就是去认识一个男人或者女人
00:32
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:16 AM00:30-01:00
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John: So, it’s the social activity, kind of like a dating thing, but it’s serious dating.
Jenny: 啊，对的，就是不是fun不是【那种】好玩儿的【中】吗, 所以你。。。
John: Marriage is the goal.
Jenny: 对，如果你是commitment phobic你千万不要去相亲
John: OK, 相亲, two first tones, right?
Jenny: 没错
John: Alright, but this one is in a park
Jenny: 对啊，我们要到公园相亲，然后最奇怪的事儿，这个participants, 啊我觉得大家应该先听一听【然后】才知道他有多奇怪
John: OK, let’s listen
01:04
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:20 AM01:00-02:30
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01:04
对话
02:15
Jenny: 啊，原来去相亲的人都是父母都是爸爸妈妈
John: So, it’s the actual young peoples’ agents, eh?
Jenny: 对
John: Their parents are representing them in the park
Jenny: 没错
John: So this is an actual real thing, right?
02:31
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:26 AM02:30-03:00
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02:31
Jenny: 对，我们这个对话里面提到人民公园，那么在上海真的有人民公园，然后哪里每个周末都会有很多爸爸妈妈帮自己的孩子去相亲
John: So, these parents are trying to find mates for their children in the park all weekend long?
Jenny: 嗯，但我告诉你这个现在有很多骗子
John: So, there’s like con-artists?
Jenny: 诶有的，我们等一会儿再说吧
John: OK, so anyway, in the beginning we have a guy, ah, he seems to be a foreigner and he kind of wanders into the park, eh?
03:03
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:30 AM03:00-03:30
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03:03
Jenny: 对，那他看到这个公园里有很多人，他就问今天有什么活动吗？今天有什么活动吗？
John: Yeah and we want to point this out because it ends in a 吗
Jenny: 嗯，那一般大家都知道我们一个句子里面只要有一个question word
John: Right, so there’s a 什么
Jenny: 嗯
John: And then a 吗
Jenny: 为什么有两个question word呢
John: So, if it’s a 吗 question it’s a yes/no question
03:29
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:36 AM03:30-04:00
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03:29
Jenny: 对，所以今天有什么活动吗，意思就是活动yes or no
John: Yes, so is there some activity today?
Jenny: 对
John: He’s not sure if there is an activity
Jenny: 嗯，今天有没有活动
John: Now, if he was sure there was an activity and he wanted to know what activity it was, he could ask…
Jenny: 今天有什么活动？今天有什么活动？
John: Right, but he’s not sure there’s an activity, so he adds a 吗，is there some activity today.
Jenny: 对，当然你也可以说今天有活动吗？那就是一个很简单的yes or no question
04:05
chris
December 22, 2011, 06:11 AM04:00-04:30
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04:05
John: Right, OK
Jenny: 嗯，好，那今天有一个相亲的活动，都是爸爸妈妈帮子女来相亲的，帮子女来相亲
John: So, 帮子女
Jenny: 嗯
John: What is 子女
Jenny: 就是儿子和女儿
John: OK, so their kids
Jenny: 嗯，对
John: 来相亲的
Jenny: 是的，那这里就是是帮子女来相亲的，是。。。的结构
04:33
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December 22, 2011, 06:17 AM04:30-05:00
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04:33
John: OK, so they’re helping their kids to come 相亲. So this 相亲 means finding mates for them
Jenny: 嗯
John: Is that right?
Jenny: 对，就是finding potential marriage material
John: OK, got it.
Jenny: 嗯，那为什么父母要帮子女相亲呢。因为这些子女工作很忙没时间交朋友，没时间交朋友
04:59
chris
December 22, 2011, 06:24 AM05:00-05:30
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04:59
John: OK, so the kids are too busy, they don’t have time to make friends?
Jenny: 啊，这个交朋友大家要注意啊，它有可能是一个trap
John: What? What do you mean?
Jenny: 就是这里的交朋友那其实是说交男朋友或者女朋友
John: So, 交朋友，can mean to make friends, just regular friends
Jenny: 嗯
John: But here in this circumstance it’s pretty clear that they mean boyfriend and girlfriend.
Jenny: 对，所以如果有人问你“你有朋友吗”你要想一下这个context
05:33
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December 22, 2011, 06:29 AM05:30-06:00
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05:33
John: So they might be asking do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend
Jenny: 对
John: OK, yeah that’s true. This 朋友 can be a little bit, uh, confusing. You’ve got to look at the context.
Jenny: 嗯，好，那么在这种公园相亲啊而且爸爸妈妈帮子女相亲呢他们一般都很重视学历，学历
John: OK, so they’re really concerned with 学历
Jenny: 嗯
John: So, 学，that’s like “study”, right?
06:00
chris
December 22, 2011, 03:06 AM00:00-00:30