Unit 5
Part I: Listen and Learn 3
Click on the speaker icon of the
following sentences and listen to the recording. The Chinese characters
are in big5 format.
-
Xi
l
osh
,
n
h
o.
[Hello, Prof. Xie. 謝老師﹐你好。]
-
John, n
h
o.
[Hello, John. John, 你好。]
-
Xi
l
osh
,
n
sh
n
l
r
n? [Prof. Xie , where
are you from? 謝老師﹐你是那裡人﹖]
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W
sh
Sh
ngh
i
r
n. [I am from Shanghai.
我是上海人。]
W
sh
c
ng Sh
ngh
i
l
i de. [I came from Shanghai.
我是從上海來的。]
-
N
t
itai
y
sh
Sh
ngh
i
r
n ba? [Is your wife also
from Shanghai , (I guess)? 你太太也是上海人吧﹖]
-
Sh
de, t
y
sh
Sh
ngh
i
r
n. [Yes, she is also
from Shanghai. 是 的﹐她也是上海人。]
John, n
sh
n
l
r
n? [John, where are you
from? John, 你是哪裡人﹖]
-
W
sh
Ji
Zh
u
r
n. [I am Californian.
我是加州人。]
W
sh
z
i Los Angeles ch
sh
ng
de. [I was born in Los Angeles. 我是在 Los Angeles 出生的。]
Xi
l
osh
,
xi
xie ni. [Prof. Xie,
thank you. 謝老師﹐謝謝你。]
-
B
k
qi.
[You're welcome. 不客氣。]
Notes:
-
'ba' is a question marker too, but carries
a different meaning as in 'ma' question. 'ba' is a suggestive, something
the speaker guesses or assumes.
-
When 'n
l
r
n' is asked, it usually
refers to which part of a country the person is from. This is similar to
'...sh
z
i
... ch
sh
ng
de' (...to be born in ...')
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