Unit 5
Part I: Listen and Learn 2
Click on the speaker icon of the
following sentences and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters
are in big5 format.
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Q
ngw
n,
n sh
bu sh M
igu
r
n? [May I ask, are you
American? 請問﹐你是美國人嗎﹖]
-
Shde, w
sh Migu
rn. W
sh cng
San Francisco l
i de. [Yes,
I am American. I came from San Francisco. 是的﹐我是美國人。我是從 San
Francisco 來的。]
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N sh
Ji
Zh
u
rn ma? [Are you Californian?
你是加州人嗎﹖]
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B
sh,
w sh
B
n Zhu
rn. [No, I am Pennsylvanian.]
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N t
itai
y sh
Migu
rn ma? [Is your wife also
American? 你太太也是美國人嗎﹖]
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Bsh,
t sh
F
gu
rn. [No, she is French.
不是﹐她是法國人。]
Notes:
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'sh
bu sh' is another question
form. This pattern is as same as 'sh
...ma?' In general, we call this pattern 'V Not V' pattern. The verb 'yu'
(to have) has the form: 'yu
mi yu'
rather than 'yu bu yu'.
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'Ji
Zhu' is a short form for
'Jilfn
y
Zhu' - the state of California.
-
'Bn
Zhu' is a short form for
'Pennsylvania'.
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