Upper Intermediate - Extreme weather and pollution - Poddies collaboration
chris
January 03, 2012, 08:25 AM posted in Transcripts with Tal
chris
00:00
John: Hi, you're listening to an Upper Intermediate lesson. This is Chinesepod and I'm John.
Dilu: 你好欢迎收听中文博客中高级课程我是Dilu
John: And today we're talking about extreme weather and pollution, right?
Dilu: 嗯，最近那这个现象非常的普遍啊而且大家也比交关注这种现象就是空气污染
John: 对，还有特别奇怪的天气，是吧
Dilu: 嗯，因为污染很严重所以天气就比较奇怪
John: 好，那我们听听对话吧
Dilu: 好
00:30
chris
Chris' translation attempt (no claims to accuracy!):-
00:00
John: Hi, you're listening to an Upper Intermediate lesson. This is Chinesepod and I'm John.
Dilu: Hello and welcome to Chinesepod's Upper Intermediate course. I'm Dilu.
John: And today we're talking about extreme weather and pollution, right?
Dilu: Yes. Recently, this phenomenon is very widespread. Furthermore, everybody is relatively concerned about this kind of phenomenon, and that is air pollution.
John: Yeah. Also, particularly strange weather.
Dilu: Uh huh, because the pollution is very serious, so the weather is comparatively strange.
John: OK, let's listen to the dialogue.
Dilu: OK.
00:30
chris
January 03, 2012, 09:09 AM02:28-03:00
chris
02:28
Dilu: 那来看一下这个鬼天气吧
John: 对，这个鬼天气是说奇怪的天气还是。。。
Dilu: 啊，不是，不是，鬼天气就是天气很糟糕，啊，很不好
John: 啊，那鬼东西都是不好了，是吗
Dilu: 对，对，对，啊什么鬼工作我不要做了，啊这个是什么鬼东西啊，看不懂
John: 那鬼女朋友，怎么样？
Dilu: 啊，不可以，哈哈哈，你要说没有【身名】的东西
John: 啊，就是东西不是人
Dilu: 诶，对的
John: 好
Dilu: 那这个鬼天气一会儿是十六度一会儿是二十五度一会儿又是七度。。。
03:01
chris
Chris' translation attempt:-
02:28
Dilu: Now, let's take a look at this "鬼天气"
John: OK, this 鬼天气 is saying "strange weather" or...
Dilu: Ah, it's not, it's not. 鬼天气 just means terrible weather, really bad weather.
John: Oh, "鬼something" always means that the something is not good?
Dilu: Yes, I don't want to do such terrible/bad work, this is such a terrible thing, I don't understand
John: 鬼 girlfriend, does that work?
Dilu: Ah, no, hahaha. You can only use for a non-living thing.
John: Ah, only things and not people.
Dilu: Yes
John: OK
Dilu: Now, this terrible weather one minute is 16 degrees, the next minute is 25 degrees and then 7 degrees...
03:01
chris
Agree mate. I knew she was referring to living things, but having only picked-up 'shen' instead of 'sheng', I convinced myself it must be 身 as in body/life.
chris
January 03, 2012, 09:22 AM03:00-03:30
chris
January 03, 2012, 09:23 AM03:30-04:00
chris
January 03, 2012, 09:35 AM04:00-04:30
iaing
January 03, 2012, 01:23 PM04:30-05:00
iaing
DL:极端天气来得越来越频繁了
JP: 极端是…
DL: 极端天气指的是要么很冷的天气要么很热的天气
JP: 这个极端就是 “extreme”
DL: 没错
JP: OK, something你刚说越来越频繁了是吗?
DL: 对. 频繁表示频率很高很经常
JP: 频繁就是”frequent”
DL: 是的
JP: 好的然后你刚说的那个频率就是”frequency”
DL: 对
iaing
Rough, quick translation -- a discussion of "extreme" and "extreme weather", and then clarification on usage of "frequent" and "frequency".
DL: “Extreme weather comes more and more frequently”
JP: “极端”(extreme) means..?
DL: Extreme weather means (is indicated by) either very cold or very hot weather.
JP: (So) this “极端” is “extreme”
DL: Right
JP: Ok, so you just said “more and more 频繁(frequent)” , is that right?
DL: Correct, “频繁(frequent)” means the frequency (频率) is very high, very often
JP: (So) 频繁 is “frequent”
DL: Yes
JP: Ok, so that word you just said “频率” is “frequency”
DL: Correct
chris
January 03, 2012, 08:26 AM00:00-00:30