Show notes:
- Here is a link to my conversation with Mischa Wilmers on his I'm Learning Mandarin podcast.
- Taipei Shorts, an annual theater event that showcases multilingual theater written, directed, and performed by local artists in Taipei.
Lesson Outline:
- [00:21] Intro / updates / announcements
- [03:53] Magic Phrase: 櫃台負責配合客人
- [05:56] A ramble on tones, context, and imitation
- [11:52] Dialogue
- [14:43] Translation
Magic Phrase (4-2)
This phrase is composed entirely of words that use the 4-2 tone pair. We use it to practice identifying and then pronouncing the tones, hearing how they interact with each other in context.
櫃台負責配合客人
Guìtái fùzé pèihé kèrén
櫃台 / guìtái / reception, front desk
負責 / fùzé / to be responsible for, to take responsibility for
配合 / pèihé / to cooperate with
客人 / kèrén / customers, guests
Transcript of the dialogue (Chinese characters only)
L:嘿,教授,你叫我過來?
P:小李,你進來。我要談談你的論文。
L:我的論文內容,你看完了嗎?
P:我看完了,你的論文主題很… 特別:「地球鳳梨種植的範圍跟價格」…
L:我知道,我知道,你好奇我的調查是怎麼進行的。
P:其實… 這麼說不如說…
L:我去年去印尼做調查,我發現印尼竟然沒有任何鳳梨!
P:不過,真正的問題更大…
L:我知道了!是數學的問題,例如鳳梨在不同季節的價格不正常。
P:不是這個…
L:這些數學問題確實很複雜,而且你知道我不太擅長數學。
P:所以我…
L:但我認為這是一個過程。我一定會克服!我會練習數學…
P:好了!夠了!問題不是數學,問題是… 鳳梨。
L:問題是鳳梨?
P:對,鳳梨這個話題,不適合作為論文題目!
L:不適合?
P:對!所以,很抱歉,我只能拒絕你目前的論文。
L:不會吧!
P:很遺憾。
L:不如…. 我就換個主題重寫!
P:你有時間嗎?怕時間不足,你的論文快到期了。
L:我可以的!我證明給你看!
P:好,那你要換什麼主題?
L:我來寫… 酪梨!「酪梨的價格地圖」… 你覺得怎麼樣?
Transcript of the dialogue (w/ pinyin and translation)
Use this as a visual listening guide, or if you want to check your tone comprehension. Tones are indicated by marks above the letters in the pinyin transliteration, as follows: (1) ā (2) á (3) ǎ (4) à
- L:嘿,教授,你叫我過來?
- Hēi, jiàoshòu, nǐ jiào wǒ guòlái?
- Hey, professor, you called me over?
- P:小李,你進來。我要談談你的論文。
- Xiǎo lǐ, nǐ jìnlái. Wǒ yào tán tán nǐ dì lùnwén.
- Xiao Li, come in. I want to discuss your thesis.
- L:我的論文內容,你看完了嗎?
- Wǒ dì lùnwén nèiróng, nǐ kàn wán le ma?
- The contents of my thesis, you finished reading it?
- P:我看完了。你的論文主題很… 特別:「地球鳳梨種植的範圍跟價格」
- Wǒ kàn wán le, nǐ dì lùnwén zhǔtí hěn… tèbié: 「Dìqiú fènglí zhòngzhí de fànwéi gēn jiàgé」
- I finished reading it. The topic of your thesis is very… spec
Information
- Show
- FrequencySeries
- Published24 June 2024 at 13:20 UTC
- Length26 min
- Season3
- RatingClean