Intermediate - Upgrading software - Poddies collaboration
chris
January 26, 2013, 06:07 AM posted in Transcripts with Tal
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John: Intermediate listeners this is chinesepod, I'm John.
Dilu: 大家好我是Dilu
John: And today we have a lesson for all you people out there that use software that sometimes needs to be upgraded
Dilu: 嗯，对，我们今天要说软件升级，软件升级
John: So 软件 of course is software, 3rd tone, 4th tone
Dilu: 对，第三声和第四声，软件
John: And then upgrading, upgrade, what is that again?
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:35 AM05:00-05:30
chris
January 26, 2013, 06:04 AM01:30-02:00
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01:30
对话
01:43
John: So right away we find out what type of software it is, right?
Dilu: 嗯，是一个防毒软件，防毒软件
John: Right, notice Dilu said 一个, in Chinese you can say 'a software', in English you can't. OK, but in this case the software is 防毒, that's two 2nd tones
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:05 AM02:00-02:30
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Dilu: 是的，两个第二声，防毒软件
John: And literally these two characters mean prevent virus, right?
Dilu: 是的
John: So it's anti-virus, virus prevention software
Dilu: 这个防毒软件要到期了，要到期了
John: OK, so 到期，4th tone, 1st tone, that means to expire
Dilu: 对
John: To come to the end of the term, you know, that it's valid for
Dilu: 嗯，但是是要到期了
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:04 AM00:30-01:00
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00:29
Dilu: 升级，升级，第一声和第二声
John: OK, 1st tone, 2nd tone. So we're going to hear those words in this lesson coming up. We will hear the Chinese take on the whole thing, so let's listen.
Dilu: 好，先听一下对话
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对话
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:19 AM03:00-03:30
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John: Run a program
Dilu: 嗯，运行很快
John: It's not one of those big, slow, bloated pieces of software
Dilu: 嗯，所以她的同事就跟她说啊那你就续费吧，你就续费吧
John: OK, so just go ahead and 续费。So what is 续费?
Dilu: 续费就是继续付费
John: So continue to pay, in other words 're-up'
Dilu: 对
John: Pay to have it continue
Dilu: 对，续费，两个第四声
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:20 AM03:30-04:00
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John: So that's "xu", 续, right?
Dilu: 对
John: 续费 continue with it, pay for it and to do that you need to click here, right?
Dilu: 嗯，点这里
John: So 点 is click. And then when she clicks, what happens?
Dilu: 她点这里时候呢出来了一个东西
John: So 出来 come out, in other words popped-up, right?
Dilu: 对
John: So she clicked on something and then...
Dilu: 出来了
John: This box, this window popped up allowing her to 升级, right?
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:33 AM04:00-04:30
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Dilu: 对，出来了升级
John: So some kind of option
Dilu: 对
John: And this is the word we mentioned before 升级，1st tone, 2nd tone, means to upgrade
Dilu: 升级软件还有一种说法叫给软件升级，给软件升级
John: So give the software an upgrade, huh? So 升级软件 you can also say that, upgrade software
Dilu: 嗯，两种都可以
John: OK, so two ways to say it and if you want to upgrade then of course you have to pay, so what's the price?
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:34 AM04:30-05:00
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January 26, 2013, 06:18 AM02:30-03:00
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John: So if something is 要 verb 了, it means it is about to verb, so it's about to expire
Dilu: 嗯，马上要到期了，怎么办呢？
John: Well to decide whether or not you want to pay for it, you need to evaluate if you like it, right? And what's her evaluation?
Dilu: 她觉得这个不错运行很快，运行很快
John: So 运行 4th tone, 2nd tone, this is a verb we frequently see when you're talking about computer programs, right?
Dilu: 对，在英文里面就是run
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chris
January 26, 2013, 06:03 AM00:00-00:30