Intermediate - Getting an Appliance Fixed
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April 22, 2013, 01:06 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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Dilu: 大家好，欢迎收听中文播客，中级课程，我是 Dilu。
John: Hi guys, I'm John, this is an Intermediate lesson on ChinesePod.
Dilu: 今天我们要讲维修。维修。
John: 维修 - 2nd tone, 1st tone - this refers to some kind of repair.
Dilu: 是的。And most of the time you'll hear 修 instead of 维修，因为维修听上去比较正式。
John: So 维修 is a somewhat more formal form of just 修 which means to fix something.
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April 22, 2013, 01:17 AM0:30-1:00
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Dilu: 对。如果你家里有东西坏掉了，你就可以打电话去维修。
John: So that's whats happening in this dialog. Someone has some home appliance that broke, and they're making a call, so let's listen to what happens.
Dilu: 好，先听一下对话。
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April 22, 2013, 01:21 AM1:00-1:30
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Dialog
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April 22, 2013, 01:22 AM1:30-2:00
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John: So right in the beginning we hear this customer service representative, and they give us this little earful of formal talk. What do they say?
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April 22, 2013, 01:23 AM2:00-2:30
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Dilu: 欢迎致电海尔维修热线。
John: So first of all, 致电, what is that?
Dilu: 致电就是打电话给谁。但是这个也是非常正式的用法。一般性会用在公司。
John: So its formal, it means to call like a company.
Dilu: 是的。
John: In this case, 'welcome to call'. Its like 'we're glad you called us'.
Dilu: 对。欢迎致电 ChinesePod。
John: OK, got it. And the company in this case is ...
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April 22, 2013, 01:30 AM2:30-3:00
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Dilu: 海尔。海尔。
John: Two 3rd tones. This is a famous Chinese company, and they make all kinds of home appliances.
Dilu: 对。而且这个是维修热线。维修热线。
John: That's the repair hotline.
Dilu: 没错。
John: In Chinese, 'hotline' is literally 'hot line'.
Dilu: 没错。那你们也有 hotline, 什么是 hot line。
John: Well its not always so direct, but in this case 热线 is very direct. Two 4th tones.
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April 22, 2013, 01:39 AM3:00-3:30
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Dilu: 对。欢迎致电海尔维修热线，请问有什么可以帮您的吗？
John: So 'what can we help you with'. And in this case the problem is ...
Dilu: 我家的洗衣机坏了。洗衣机坏了。
John: So 'wash-clothes machine' is a 'washing machine'.
Dilu: 是的。洗衣机。
John: And the question is ...
Dilu: 能派人来修吗？能派人来修吗？
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April 22, 2013, 01:42 AM3:30-4:00
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John: So do what to somebody?
Dilu: 派人来修。
John: So 派, 4th tone, that means to 'send' someone'.
Dilu: 对。
John: It typically is send them on a mission to do something.
Dilu: 没错。派人来修。派人来修这个洗衣机。
John: 修, 1st tone again, that's 'fix'. You'll notice that the customer service rep used 维修, and then the actual person making the call uses 修 - they're being less formal.
Dilu: 是的。
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April 22, 2013, 01:48 AM4:00-4:30
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John: Then we have another question from the customer service rep.
Dilu: 对。他说：请问出现了什么问题？出现了什么问题？
John: 出现 - 1st tone, 4th tone - this means 'to emerge', 'to appear'. So 'what problem has appeared in your life?'.
Dilu: 对。那这里也是一个比较正式的用法。
John: So its kind of formal. To be less formal you could say: 有什么问题？
Dilu: 没错。如果你的东西坏了，然后你是去一个 street vendor [???] 说，那他就会问你：你有什么问题？
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April 22, 2013, 01:56 AM4:30-5:00
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John: OK,informal. So what is the problem?
Dilu: 最近总是发出很奇怪的声音。
John: So the washing machine is making all kinds of strange noises.
Dilu: 发出很奇怪的声音。
John: So when you say 'make a noise', you use the verb ...
Dilu: 发出。发出声音。
John: Some kind of noise. And the next question for the guy is?
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