Intermediate - Snake on a Plane
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March 06, 2013, 05:11 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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John: Hey guys, you're listening to ChinesePod, my name is John Pasden, and this is an Intermediate lesson.
Dilu: 你好，我是Dilu。今天我们在飞机上。
John: Today we have a very unlikely story about an airplane and a snake of all things.
Dilu: A snake on the plane. 好，我们先说一下key word。
John: 好。
Dilu: 蛇。蛇。
John: 第二声，是吗？
Dilu: 对。第二声。
John: 蛇 is 'snake'.
Dilu: 还有＇飞机＇。
John: That one's easy, that's 'plane'.
Dilu: 好。那我们先来听一下对话。看一看发生了什么样的事情。
John: 好。
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March 06, 2013, 05:16 AM0:30-1:00
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0:34 - Dialog
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March 06, 2013, 05:17 AM1:00-1:30
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John: So at the very beginning we hear the typical plane announcement about take-off.
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March 06, 2013, 05:18 AM1:30-2:00
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Dilu: 没错。飞机马上就要起飞了，请大家系好安全带。
John: 'The plane is about to take off'. How do we say that?
Dilu: 飞机马上就要起飞了。飞机马上就要起飞了。
John: 马上就要起飞了. Do we need all those words in there to express this?
Dilu: 当然不是。其实有很多说法。你可以说：飞机要起飞了。飞机马上要起飞了。飞机就要起飞了。
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March 06, 2013, 07:12 AM2:00-2:30
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John: So you don't need every single one of those words, but putting them all together makes it really clear that the is about to take off.
Dilu: 没错。飞机马上就要起飞了。
John: The word for 'take-off' ...
Dilu: 起飞。第三声和第一声。
John: 3rd and 1st. Pick yourself up and fly, right? 起飞.
Dilu: 对。请大家系好安全带。
John: 安全带 means 'safety belt'.
Dilu: 对。安全带。第一声，第二声和第四声。
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March 06, 2013, 07:18 AM2:30-3:00
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John: 1, 2, 4. And the word for 'to fasten' is ...
Dilu: 系。系。
John: 系 is 4th tone, JI.
Dilu: 对。但是你要说：系好安全带。
John: That's what I wanted to ask you. Could you just say 系安全带 ?
Dilu: 这样听上去很奇怪。一般我们都会说：系好安全带，或者是：系上安全带。
John: So you usually don't just say 系, you have to add a 系好 or a 系上. Got it. That's just the way it is said. And then what happens next?
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March 06, 2013, 07:25 AM3:00-3:30
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Dilu: 然后有一个男人，他发现了有一个孩子坐在他的座位上。
John: 座位 means 'seat'.
Dilu: 对。座位。两个第四声。
John: Two 4th tones. So what did he say when he sees the kid in his seat?
Dilu: 对不起，靠窗的是我的座位。
John: 我的座位 means 'my seat'. So what is this 靠窗的?
Dilu: 这里说的是：靠窗的座位是我的座位。
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March 06, 2013, 07:32 AM3:30-4:00
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John: The seat on the window, the seat next to the window. 靠 means 'be right next to'.
Dilu: 对。
John: 4th tone. And the window, of course 窗, is 1st tone.
Dilu: 对。第一声。靠窗的。靠窗的。你可以不说座位。
John: So that was omitted. So 'the window one', 'the window seat'. So the kid's in his seat, and then what does the mother say?
Dilu: 不好意思，这是我儿子，可以让他坐靠窗的座位吗？
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March 06, 2013, 07:38 AM4:00-4:30
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John: So 'could you let him sit in the window seat?'
Dilu: 这边说的就是：坐靠窗的座位。
John: Sit in the window seat. Got it. So then he agrees to that, but the mother has even another request.
Dilu: 对。他们有一个包。然后这个妈妈就说：可以麻烦你帮我放到行李架上吗？
John: So she means 'put the bag onto the rack'. Its not really a rack - the overhead compartment.
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March 06, 2013, 07:42 AM4:30-5:00
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Dilu: 对。这个行李架。这个行李架。
John: 2nd, neutral, 4th.
Dilu: 是的。那把包放到行李架上。就是：从一个地方到另外一个地方。
John: Could you say 放在行李架上 ?
Dilu: 这个也是可以的。
John: But the 到 kind of emphasises its moving from one place to another.
Dilu: 对。放到行李架上。
John: He tries, but something goes wrong. What does he say?
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