Intermediate - Sent by the Company
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March 14, 2013, 07:28 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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John: Hey everybody, you're listening to ChinesePod, this is an Intermediate lesson and I'm John.
迪璐: 大家好，我是迪璐。
John: And today we've got a fairly simple lesson. Its for all you people who have been sent to China by your company.
迪璐: 而且呢，今天我们在一个派对上面。
John: 派对. So we're talking about a party.
迪璐: 是的。
John: That's two 4th tones. And the strange thing is that this word 'party' is kind of related to being sent to China, even if you're not sent to party.
迪璐: You may not understand John for now，但是我们先来听一下对话吧。
John: Alright let's listen. We'll go over everything. Here we go.
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March 14, 2013, 07:31 AM0:30-1:00
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0:33 - Dialog
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March 14, 2013, 07:32 AM1:00-1:30
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Dialog
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John: So the connection between 派对 and being sent to China may not be totally apparent, but we're going to cover it. In the first line of the dialog we hear 派对.
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March 14, 2013, 07:33 AM1:30-2:00
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迪璐: 对。欢迎你来参加派对。欢迎你来参加派对。
John: 参加派对。参加 is two 1st tones.
迪璐: 是的。两个第一声。参加。
John: And then 派对 is ...
迪璐: 两个第四声。派对。参加派对。
John: 'To take part in a party'. In English we often say just 'go to a party', but in Chinese its usually 参加.
迪璐: ［??］你当然也可以说：去派对。但是参加派对会比较formal一些。
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March 14, 2013, 07:39 AM2:00-2:30
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John: OK. So 派对 is a noun, 'a party'.
迪璐: 是的。是一个名词。
John: In English we often say 'I'm going to go party'.
迪璐: 中文里面不把＇派对＇当动词用。
John: So 派对 is not a verb, its just a noun.
迪璐: 是的。
John: Got it. So when this guy turns up at a party, the girl who's welcoming him, she calls him a 帅哥.
迪璐: 对的。
John: And then she asks him a question.
迪璐: 你来中国多久了？你来中国多久了？
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March 14, 2013, 07:45 AM2:30-3:00
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John: So hopefully you're getting good at answering this question. The 了 on the end indicates that its up until now.
迪璐: 对。到现在为止。
John: So when you give an answer, your answer in going to include a 了 also, because you're still in China.
迪璐: And here we have 一年多了。一年多了。
John: And then she starts asking questions about the past. And you'll notice when Chinese people ask questions about the past, they frequently use the 是...的 pattern.
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March 14, 2013, 07:50 AM3:00-3:30
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迪璐: 对。是来中国工作的吗？是来中国工作的吗？
John: So she's asking for the reason you came to China, and she's saying 'was it for work'?
迪璐: 对。然后他的回答也是一样的pattern。是公司派我来的。是公司派我来的。
John: Let's look at that part. So 公司派我来.
迪璐: 这个派呢就是send的意思。
John: So when a company sends someone somewhere for whatever purposes, the verb is ...
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March 14, 2013, 07:55 AM3:30-4:00
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迪璐: 派。派。就是派对的派。
John: So the same character actually. 派, 4th tone. Its not actually related, but it is the same character.
迪璐: 是的。是公司派我来的。
John: So 'the company sent me here'. And like I mentioned, 是...的 is often used for clarifying details about the past. Why it was that he came.
迪璐: 没错。
John: And then he says that he's studying Chinese. Where is he studying?
迪璐: 在一个语言学校。一个语言学校。
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March 14, 2013, 08:00 AM4:00-4:30
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John: So 'a language school'. What are the tones on 'language'?
迪璐: 语言。第三声和第二声。
John: And of course 'school' is ...
迪璐: 学校。学校。第二声和第四声。
John: 语言学校.
迪璐: 对。没错。
John: This guy has a pretty generous company. They're actually helping to pay for his Chinese education.
迪璐: 这个很棒，对。他说：我们公司有学中文的补贴。我们公司有学中文的补贴。
John: The central word here for subsidy or stipend or some kind of allowance provided by a company is ...
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March 14, 2013, 08:06 AM4:30-5:00
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迪璐: 补贴。补贴。第三声和第一声。
John: 3rd, 1st. 补贴. And then if you want to specify what type of allowance, you put something before it like a housing allowance.
迪璐: 对。比如说：租房补贴。
John: 'Rent apartment'.
迪璐: 还有：交通补贴。
John: 'Transportation allowance', stipend, whatever. But in this case it was ...
迪璐: 学中文的补贴。
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March 14, 2013, 07:24 AM0:00-0:30