Intermediate - Noisy Eater - Poddies collaboration

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August 05, 2012, 07:16 AM

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Dilu: 你好,这里是中文博客中级课程我是Dilu

John: Hey guys, I’m John, this is an Intermediate lesson on Chinesepod

Dilu: 今天呢我们是在一个restaurant里面

John: And so we have a couple that are eating, but there is a problem, right?

Dilu: 啊,because there are people, 啊,因为他们旁边有一个人在吃面

John: OK, so someone next to them is eating noodles, what’s the problem?

Dilu: 而且声音很大

John: Ah, so the noise is really loud

Dilu: 哈哈

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August 05, 2012, 07:21 AM

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August 05, 2012, 07:17 AM

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August 05, 2012, 07:18 AM

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John: OK, so uh how do we kick-off this dialogue, what does the guy say?

Dilu: 怎么不吃了,怎么不吃了

John: OK, now this 怎么 is not “how”, right?

Dilu: 嗯,是问她为什么,why

John: Yeah, how come you’re not eating

Dilu: 对

John: OK, so 不吃,not eat, but then why is there a 了 on the end?

Dilu: 啊因为刚才在吃现在不吃

John: So she was eating, now she’s not eating, so there has been a change of state

Dilu: That’s right

John: So this 不吃了 is almost like stop eating

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August 05, 2012, 07:18 AM

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Dilu: 嗯

John: Like not eating any more, right?

Dilu: 对举一个例子你可以说,诶你怎么不说了,怎么不说了

John: So, why aren’t you talking any more

Dilu: 对

John: Like why did you suddenly get quiet, that kind of thing?

Dilu: 对,还有你可能会听到小贝贝他说,我不玩了

John: So, I’m not playing any more, I’m not playing with you any more, that kind of thing?

Dilu: 嗯,对,我不玩了

John: I see. Alright, so it’s a change of state with 了. And then the girl says what now?

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August 05, 2012, 07:18 AM

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Dilu: 我吃不下,我吃不下

John: OK, so in 吃不下 this 不下 is a complement that tells us something extra about 吃, so in this case what’s going on exactly with the 吃

Dilu: Well most of the time when people say 我吃不下了 means, like, I’m full 我吃饱了,我不可以再吃了

John: OK, so I can’t eat any more

Dilu: 嗯,但是在这里呢啊是不要吃,不想吃

John: Right, she just can’t bring herself to eat any more

Dilu: 是的

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August 05, 2012, 07:16 AM

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John: So the eating noodles noise

Dilu: 啊是的是的是的,然后这个女孩子就有点不开心了

John: Alright, let’s listen in to the conversation

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August 05, 2012, 07:19 AM

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August 05, 2012, 07:20 AM

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August 05, 2012, 07:20 AM

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August 05, 2012, 07:21 AM

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John: Right, so anyway you can’t eat any more you can say 吃不下,right?

Dilu: 对,我吃不下,吃不下

John: OK, and the reason is?

Dilu: 旁边那个人吃面条声音太大了,旁边那个人吃面条声音太大了

John: So the sound of him eating noodles is too loud. Um, but at the beginning of the sentence we have 旁边那个人,so next to us that person

Dilu: 就是旁边那个人the person next to us

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