• S3 ~ 06 ~ The subway is leaking! 地鐵漏水!

  • Sep 12 2023
  • Length: 30 mins
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S3 ~ 06 ~ The subway is leaking! 地鐵漏水!

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  • The long-awaited episode 06 is finally here! This lesson's dialogue is longer than usual, so let's get right to it. Lesson Outline:[00:21] Introduction[04:21] Magic Phrase: 下午下雨,地鐵漏水![07:22] Dialogue[11:00] Translation[25:09] Dialogue, slowed downMagic Phrase (4-3)This phrase is composed entirely of words that use the 4-3 tone pair. We use it to practice identifying and then pronouncing the tones, hearing how they interact with each other in context. 下午下雨,地鐵漏水Xiàwǔ xiàyǔ, dìtiě lòushuǐ下午 / xiàwǔ / afternoon下雨 / xiàyǔ / to rain地鐵 / dìtiě / subway, subway system漏水 / lòushuǐ / to leak waterTranscript of the dialogue (Chinese characters only)小李:好,我們開始。可以錄影嗎?麗麗:可以。小李:謝謝。阿明,你準備好了嗎?阿明:可以了!小李:好。可以先講一下你的背景嗎?你小時候喜歡做什麼?麗麗:我從小就很愛看電影。我的夢想是寫電影的劇本。小李:很酷的夢想!麗麗:對啊。但我媽媽禁止我念電影系,她說太冒險。小李:所以你念了什麼系?麗麗:我念電腦科學。畢業後我在大公司上班。我們買賣進口的電腦系統。小李:聽起來很有趣!麗麗:很無聊!我賺了很多錢,但每天都覺得很痛苦。不知道到底活著是為了什麼。而且身體還出了一些狀況。因為沒有胃口,所以變得很瘦。小李:好可憐!麗麗:當時我很後悔放棄自己的夢想,但我也沒有勇氣改變。小李:那然後呢?麗麗:後來我發現了,害怕失敗只是一個藉口。或許寫劇本只是一個幻想啊,但至少要試試看才知道。小李:沒錯!麗麗:我現在的看法是,不管怎麼樣,自己的人生要自己負責。小李:有道理。麗麗:所以我離職了。小李:哇!那你媽媽有支持你了嗎?麗麗:沒有。她很憤怒,她說我會後悔,還說最好不要再看到我了。小李:你一定很難過。麗麗:讓媽媽生氣是不可避免的啊!重點是,我現在的工作是寫劇本。我成功了!小李:恭喜!那你媽媽呢?麗麗:她早就忘記了。康太太:哈囉,你們在說我的壞話嗎?小李:呃,沒有,我們在,呃,採訪…阿明:麗麗在跟我們說她現在的工作。康太太:哦!對,我女兒很厲害!她寫電影的劇本!很厲害吧!小李:真的。真的很厲害。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小李:好,我們開始。可以錄影嗎?Ok, let’s start. Can we take a video?Hǎo, wǒmen kāishǐ. Kěyǐ lùyǐng ma?麗麗:可以。Sure.Kěyǐ.小李:謝謝。阿明,你準備好了嗎?Thanks. A-Ming, are you ready?Xièxie. Ā míng, nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎole ma?阿明:可以了!Ready!Kěyǐle!小李:好。可以先講一下你的背景嗎?你小時候喜歡做什麼?Ok. Can you first talk a little about your background? What did you like to do when you were a kid?Hǎo. Kěyǐ xiān jiǎng yīxià nǐ de bèijǐng ma? Nǐ xiǎoshíhòu xǐhuān zuò shénme?麗麗:我從小就很愛看電影。我的夢想是寫電影的劇本。I’ve loved watching movies since I was small. My dream was to write screenplays.Wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù hěn ài kàn diànyǐng. Wǒ de mèngxiǎng shì xiě diànyǐng de jùběn.小李:很酷的夢想!That’s a really cool dream!Hěn kù de mèngxiǎng!麗麗:對啊。但我媽媽禁止我念電影系,她說太冒險。Yeah. But my mom forbade me from studying film. She said it was too risky.Duì a. Dàn wǒ māmā jìnzhǐ wǒ niàn diànyǐng xì, tā shuō tài màoxiǎn.小李:所以你念了什麼系?So what did you major in?Suǒyǐ nǐ niànle shénme xì?麗麗:我念電腦科學。畢業後我在大公司上班。我們買賣進口的電腦系統。I majored in computer science. After graduating, I worked at a big company. We were buying and selling imported computer systems.Wǒ niàn diànnǎo kēxué. Bìyè hòu wǒ zài dà gōngsī shàngbān. Wǒmen mǎimài jìnkǒu de diànnǎo xìtǒng.小李:聽起來很有趣!That sounds really interesting!Tīng qǐlái hěn yǒuqù!麗麗:很無聊!我賺了很多錢,但每天都覺得很痛苦。不知道到底活著是為了什麼。而且身體還出了一些狀況。因為沒有胃口,所以變得很瘦。It was so boring! I made a lot of money, but every day was suffering. I didn’t know what I was even living for. And my body even started having problems. Because I didn’t have any appetite, I became really thin.Hěn wúliáo! Wǒ zhuànle hěnduō qián, dàn měitiān dū juédé hěn tòngkǔ. Bù zhīdào dàodǐ huózhe shì wèile shénme. ...
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