Intermediate - Roommate Hunting
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July 05, 2013, 08:19 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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Dilu: 大家好，我是 Dilu。欢迎收听中文播客，中级课程。
John: Hey guys, this is an Intermediate lesson on Chinese Pod, I'm John.
Dilu: 今天我们的课文里呢，会有两个女孩儿。她们是大学的室友。
John: So we're going to hear two girls, and they are college roommates.
Dilu: 没错。而且呢，她们马上要毕业了，所以要去找房子。
John: They're about to graduate, so they have to find a place to live after school.
Dilu: 那当然找房子就会有很多的问题啦。
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July 05, 2013, 08:21 AM0:30-1:00
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0:31
John: What was the room for 'roommate' again?
Dilu: 室友。室友。
John: 4th tone, 3rd tone.
Dilu: 没错。第四声和第三声。
John: So we're going to hear that, and a bunch of other words. Let's listen now.
Dilu: 好。先听一下对话。
0:45 - Dialog
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July 05, 2013, 08:23 AM1:00-1:30
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Dialog
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July 05, 2013, 08:24 AM1:30-2:00
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1:47
John: In the beginning of the lesson we hear this question. 'Do you plan to live alone or to rent with somebody?'. How is that question asked?
Dilu: 你打算一个人住还是跟人合租啊？
John: 'Do you plan to live alone', 一个人住。
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July 05, 2013, 08:27 AM2:00-2:30
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2:01
Dilu: 一个人住。还是跟人合租。跟人合租。
John: 'With people rent together'.
Dilu: 对。With people。
John: 跟人，like [?] with monsters or something.
Dilu: 这里指的是跟别人。With other people.
John: But 合租 means 'together rent', share rent with somebody.
Dilu: 是的。跟人合租。
John: And what are the tones on 合租？
Dilu: 合租。第二声和第一声。
John: And 租 is a verb meaning 'to rent'.
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July 05, 2013, 08:33 AM2:30-3:00
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2:32
Dilu: 是的。就是租房子的租。
John: Can you just say 合租 instead of 跟人合租？
Dilu: 这个也可以啊。
John: OK. but the friend asking the question thinks that 合租 is a little risky.
Dilu: 他说：万一碰上很变态的室友，怎么办？
John: First of all we have this 万一 question. And you'll notice that when you start with 万一 you often end with 怎么办。
Dilu: 怎么办。对。
John: 万一 is kind of like 'what if?'.
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July 05, 2013, 08:38 AM3:00-3:30
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Dilu: 是的。万一...什么什么...怎么办？比如说：别偷我的手机。万一弄坏了，怎么办？
John: What if you break it, then what? You can't break my cellphone.
Dilu: 或者是：We're going to give him a surprise party. 万一他不来，怎么办？
John: OK. So 'what if?'. Do you have to have the 怎么办 at the end?
Dilu: 也不一定。但是经常会有。
John: So its often there at the end. In this case, what if what？
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July 05, 2013, 08:44 AM3:30-4:00
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Dilu: 碰上很变态的室友。碰上很变态的室友。
John: 碰上。This is like 'run into'. Is this like 碰到？
Dilu: 其实就是碰到的意思。
John: OK. So its like you 'just run into', you 'happen to get' ... what kind of roommate?
Dilu: 很变态的室友。变态的室友。
John: 变态，two 4th tones, this online is abbreviated to BT sometimes.
Dilu: 但是这里指的不是说真的有什么 mental problem。可能就是这个人不太正常。比如说：他非常脏，不［外］洗澡啊，或者 ...
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July 05, 2013, 08:52 AM4:00-4:30
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4:06
John: ［Such a］dirty roommate could be a 变态室友。
Dilu: 对。有的时候你会夸张［呢去］说，会的。还有可能说，有一些人会比较喜欢养宠物，养很多很多猫。
John: Like a cat-lady roommate, that would be bad. So this 变态，it doesn't necessarily mean totally perverted, sexually perverse, it could just be ...
Dilu: 没有没有。
John: ... weird.
Dilu: 对。有点奇怪。
John: OK.
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July 13, 2013, 06:28 AM4:30-5:00
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Dilu: 那他说：我也想一个人住，可是租不起。
John: Here's this verb 租 again. And then we have a complement 不起。
Dilu: 是的。租不起。
John: This should bring to mind 买不起。
Dilu: 对。跟＇买不起＇是一样的结构。
John: So 买不起 means 'can't afford to buy'.
Dilu: 对。那＇租不起＇就是 can't afford to rent。
John: Got it. So she can't afford it because ...
Dilu: 我一个月工资才三千，付房租都不够。
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July 05, 2013, 08:14 AM0:00-0:30