I’m not interested in American politics. Quite frankly, I’m with Stanley Bing at Fortune China. Stanley wrote a piece in Chinese entitled 乔已经够多了 (I’ve had enough of Joe).
Me, too.
On a bad day, I’d be less polite and 叫阿祖食屎!
But, like it not, the US is having an election and the rest of the world has little choice but to watch - if not react.
So, how to turn all this into a positive learning experience?
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This is Unit 6 of the Money Module in our Mandarin Chinese Video Lessons Series.
DIALOGUE 1
1. A: 请问，你们这里可以换美金吗？
Qĭngwèn, nĭmen zhèli kéyi huàn Měijīn ma?
Excuse me, can I change U.S. dollars here?
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DIALOGUE 1
A: 麻烦你，我这儿有一张十块的。
máfán nǐ, wǒ zhèr yǒu yīzhāng shíkuài de.
Sorry to bother you, I have a ten here.
请你给我换换
qǐng nǐ gěi wǒ huànhuan.
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This video is Unit 4 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese. This video is placed in the public domain.
Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation
DIALOGUE 1
A: Nĭ jiālide dōngxi dōu dào le ma?
你家里的东西都到了吗？
Have all your household things arrived?
B: Yŏude dào le, yŏude hái méi dào.
有的到了，有的还没到。
Some have arrived, and some haven’t arrived yet.
DIALOGUE 2
A: Zhèxie zázhì nĭ kàn le ma?
这些杂志，你看了吗？
Have you read these magazines?
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DIALOGUE 1
A: Qĭng nǐ gĕi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. 请你给我看看那个花瓶。 Please give me that vase to look at.
B: Nĕige? Zhèige lánde, háishi zhèige hóngde?
哪个？这个蓝的，还是这个红的？Which one? This blue one or this red one?
A: Nèi liăngge dōu gĕi wŏ kànkan, hăo ma?
那两个给我看看，好吗？Give me both of them to look at. All right?
B: Hăo. 好 Certainly.
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Comments rss TrackbackThis is Unit 2 of the Money Module of our Recycled Hanyu Series.
DIALOGUE 1
A: Wŏ xiăng măi diănr diănxīn.
我想买一点儿点心。
I’m going to buy some pastries.
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Comments rss TrackbackThis is Unit 1 of the Money Module of our Recycled Hanyu Series.
Recycled Hanyu is a series of materials for learning Mandarin Chinese based on public domain sources, such as the US Foreign Service Institute etc. Free video lessons will be available on the Hanyu.com website, as well as YouTube.com. Accompanying textbooks published by Hanyu Press, will be sold in online bookstores. Lessons in .pdf format will also be available for purchase online.
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一 yī
二 èr
三 sān
四 sì
五 wǔ
六 liù
七 qī
八 bā
九 jiǔ
十 shí
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jì piān dì yī
1.孫子曰兵者國之大事
sūnzi yuē bīng zhě guó zhī dàshì
Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
2. 死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也
sǐ shēng zhī dì ， cún wáng zhī dào ， bùkě bù chá yě
It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
3. 故經之以五，校之以計，而索其情：
gù jīng zhī yǐ wǔ，xiào zhī yǐ jì，ér suǒ qí qíng
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.
4.一曰道，二曰天，三曰地，四曰將，五曰法。
yī yuē dào，èr yuē tiān，sān yuē dì，sì yuē jiāng，wǔ yuē fǎ。
These are:
(1) The Moral Law;
(2) Heaven;
(3) Earth;
(4) The Commander;
(5) Method and discipline.
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