Intermediate - Receiving a Package For a Friend
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March 29, 2013, 04:24 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
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Jenny: 大家好，我是Jenny。
John: Hey guys, I'm John. This is an Intermediate lesson.
Jenny: 今天我们要收快递。收快递。
John: So we're going to receive a delivery.
Jenny: 对。收快递。收快递。
John: 收, 1st tone, meaning 'to accept', 'to receive'.
Jenny: Yes.
John: And then 快递, that means 'to courier'.
Jenny: Its both a verb and a noun.
John: So as a noun, its a delivery service.
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March 29, 2013, 04:25 AM0:30-1:00
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Jenny: And also, a physical package.
John: So its everything.
Jenny: 对。
John: And the tones for 快递 are ...
Jenny: 快递。是两个第四声，对吧。
John: 4-4.
Jenny: 快递。但是今天你要麻烦别人帮你收一下。
John: So you're going to get other people to go to the trouble of accepting your package.
Jenny: So be nice to them.
John: Let's find out what happens.
Jenny: 好。
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March 29, 2013, 04:29 AM1:00-1:30
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Dialog
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March 29, 2013, 04:30 AM1:30-2:00
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1:53
Jenny: 这个人好烦啊。
John: I'm not surprised something suddenly came up.
Jenny: 对。所以她的朋友不愿意帮她收快递，对不对。
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March 29, 2013, 04:34 AM2:00-2:30
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2:02
John: The friend's name is what?
Jenny: 小皮。小皮。
John: 皮. Is that a surname?
Jenny: 对。这是一个比较rare比较少见的姓。
John: 皮, 2nd tone.
Jenny: 对。小皮。小皮说：怎么了？怎么了？
John: You probably know 怎么了 as meaning 'what's the matter', 'what's wrong', but notice that it can also just mean 'what's up', 'what's going on'.
Jenny: 对。Less dramatic.
John: OK.
Jenny: 怎么了？怎么了？然后呢，这个朋友，很烦的朋友，就说：我有一个快递今天会送到。我有一个快递今天会送到。
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March 29, 2013, 04:42 AM2:30-3:00
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2:41
John: I have a package - this refers to a package.
Jenny: 对。快递。今天会送到。
John: And its going to arrive today.
Jenny: 送到。对。
John: 送 means 'to deliver', 'to send'. What's going on here?
Jenny: 这个＇到＇我们知道就是＇到达＇- arrive - 的意思。
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March 29, 2013, 04:46 AM3:00-3:30
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John: So 送 means 'to send', and means it has been sent and it has arrived.
Jenny: 对。所以＇送到＇就是一个完整的，一个completed动作。
John: What if we just said 到, would that be OK?
Jenny: 也可以。我有一个快递，今天会到。
John: Its just natural to use 送 with 快递.
Jenny: 没错。
John: So we use 送到.
Jenny: 好。但是呢，我今天有事回不去。所以想麻烦你帮我收一下。想麻烦你帮我收一下。
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March 29, 2013, 04:54 AM3:30-4:00
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3:32
John: Hold on a second. 有事回不去 means 'can't go back'.
Jenny: 对。
John: 回不去 is 回去 and then 回不去.
Jenny: 对。对。
John: Can't go back. OK. So I want to bother you to ...
Jenny: 帮我收一下。帮我收一下。
John: 'Help me to accept it'.
Jenny: 对的，to receive it, to sign it.
John: So in this case, receiving it also involves signing, which comes up later.
Jenny: 对的。
John: 帮我收一下。
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March 29, 2013, 05:01 AM4:00-4:30
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4:01
Jenny: 麻烦你帮我收一下。
John: Note that this 收 is 1st tone, its not that 4th tone one. Its 1st tone.
Jenny: 对对对。这个是第一声。收。
John: When you talk about receiving objects, physical objects, you use the 1st tone 收.
Jenny: 收。好的。她们应该是roommates啊。
John: OK.
Jenny: 然后这个小皮就说：好的。然后the fun begins。
John: Here is where all the specific instructions start. What does the friend say?
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March 29, 2013, 05:07 AM4:30-5:00
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Jenny: 先看看外包装好不好。先看看外包装好不好。
John: So first take a look if the what is good or not?
Jenny: The 外包装。外包装。
John: Now 包装 is a word.
Jenny: 对。包装就是packaging的意思。
John: 包装, that's two 1st tones.
Jenny: 对。那前面还有一个字：外。外包装。
John: So 'outer packaging'.
Jenny: 你觉得Chinese很redundant，对吧。Packaging就是在外面的。
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March 29, 2013, 04:20 AM0:00-0:30