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2007
You will find this transcript helpful if: 1. You are a visual learner. 2. Learning to read Chinese is just as important to you as learning to speak it. 3. You dont want to rely on pinyin. 4. You prefer a syllable-for-syllable transcript of what youre hearing. This transcript includes the English narrator (12pt Times New Roman) and all of the spoken Chinese in simplified text (18pt Sim-Sun). I used 18 point for the Chinese text because as a beginner I often had difficulty distinguishing different characters apart. If youre smart and print out the pages double-sided, youll notice that the page numbers and lesson numbers are printed on the bottom outside corners and times for the lessons are in 3-minute intervals on the outside margin next to the corresponding line of dialogue. Enjoy!
LESSON TWENTY-THREE This is unit twenty-three of Pimsleurs Mandarin Chinese One.
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In this conversation you heard, two older people meaning two adults
Please answer this question, in Mandarin. Airplane, ? How do you say? airplane ? airport ?
, Were going to go to the airport.
Were going to take a plane.
Did you say, take a plane to go? , We would like to take a plane to Hong Kong.
Ask how much it costs.
thousand ?
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, two thousand Renminbi.
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, family.
Ask me how many people are in my family.
, There are five people in our family.
, How many people?
, How many people are their in your family? Use the plural.
, two older people meaning, two adults.
, three children, or literally, three young children.
, We have two young daughters.
, We have one older son.
, The son is very grown up.
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, Where are the children?
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, Where are they?
, The daughters are in America.
, The son is with me.
, There are a lot of people in our family.
Ask where the bathroom is.
Answer, Over there.
, My wife is in Hong Kong.
, Im going to take a plane.
, Really?
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, Are you going to take a plane to Hong Kong?
Answer, Yes.
I have two thousand Renminbi.
Ask if its enough.
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, Its not enough.
Two thousand, three hundred Renminbi.
Using a falling-rising tone say, hundred.
, Two thousand four hundred.
, My family is with me, ?
, Where is your family?
Wait one moment, ?
Ask me where I am going to go.
, I have two thousand, four hundred Renminbi.
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Im going to go to Hong Kong, ?
, Tomorrow, Im going to go to Hong Kong.
Do you remember how to ask how long a trip will take? , Its going to be how many hours?
Its very far.
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The word meaning far or Its far, is pronounced with a falling-rising tone. , Its far.
, Hong Kong is not very far.
Sixty, ?
Sixty eight.
, Is Hong Kong very far?
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, Is it very expensive?
Whats the Chinese number, seven?
, seventy.
The tones are high-level and rising. , seventy.
, seventeen.
, seventy-two.
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, seventy-five.
, seven hundred.
, two thousand seven hundred.
Sixty-four.
, seventy-four.
It isnt very far.
, Its too far.
, I would like to take a plane.
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Which flight?
Heres how to say, flight. .
Thats two high-level tones. , flight.
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Now the word, which.
Thats pronounced with a falling-rising tone.
Which flight?
is the measure word used with flight. Its pronounced with a falling tone. , Which flight?
, Which flight goes to Hong Kong?
, Which flight goes to Hong Kong?
, Is Hong Kong very far?
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, Hong Kong? It isnt very far.
, Its going to be how many hours?
Please answer, three hours.
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, Where is the airport?
Go straight ahead. First, the word, go.
This word is pronounced with a falling-rising tone.
Heres how to say, straight ahead.
The tones are high-level, rising, falling-rising, and rising. , straight ahead.
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, Go straight ahead. Literally, Straight ahead, go.
And how would you say, I would like to go to Hong Kong?
Use, to say, go to. , Go straight ahead.
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Use, to describe an ongoing motion. Its like saying, going. , Wait one moment.
, Which flight goes to Hong Kong?
Now listen and repeat, this flight.
The word this is pronounced with a falling tone. Say, this flight.
, This flight goes to Hong Kong.
, Which flight?
Please answer, This flight.
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, This flight goes to Hong Kong.
, Really?
, Yes. Go straight ahead.
, Is it very expensive?
, Its not very expensive.
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, It isnt very far.
, Wait one moment, .
, Which flight goes to Hong Kong?
, Does this flight go to Hong Kong?
, Yes. Go straight ahead.
This is the end of unit twenty-three.
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