Intermediate - Betting on the Boss
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 05:47 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
Right-Wingnut
February 23, 2013 at 12:25 AM
13:33
John: Really? So 八卦 can be 'gossip', but it can also be 'gossipy'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: So 老板很八卦。
Dilu: 对。可以是一个形容词说这个人很八卦。也可以说 - 是一个动作。他们在八卦。
John: Now in English, 'gossip' can be a person - 'he's a gossip'. Can you say in Chinese 他是个八卦 ?
Dilu: 他是个八卦 - 不行。不行。你必须要说：他很八卦。
John: Got it. That's all we've got for today. If you have any questions, come to ChinesePod.com.
Dilu: 好。今天的课先到这边。下次再见。
John: 再见。
Right-Wingnut
February 23, 2013 at 12:17 AM
12:58
Dilu: 好像不是很common，因为你难道要去问老板说为什么你不开心拉。所以有的时候你只是猜一猜，只是随便猜。
John: But 聊八卦, that's pretty normal [???????]
Dilu: 对对对。撂八卦是非常非常common的事情。我们也很喜欢聊一下同事的八卦，老板的八卦。而且我觉得现在有很多的外国朋友也越来越八卦。我的外国老板就很八卦。
John: Really?
Dilu: 他就很想要知道所有人工是不是结婚了［也没有］在谈朋友。
Right-Wingnut
February 23, 2013 at 12:08 AM
12:43
John: Dilu, I want to ask you a few things. You worked in [?????????] Chinese offices, right?
Dilu: 差不多吧。
John: So this type of 打赌 situation, is this common? Betting on the boss's mood?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:43 AM
10:59
Dilu: 反正他们就是觉得这个人做的事情不对。说他赖皮。
John: 赖皮.
Dilu: 对。
John: 4th tone, 2nd tone, what is that?
Dilu: 赖皮就是你这个人骗人。你是一个骗子。
John: So you're some kind of cheater.
Dilu: 对。
John: In the dictionary it says 'rascally', 'shameless'. You get the idea - someone who's not following the rules.
Dilu: 好。那这个就是我们今天的对话。我们再来听一遍。你可以注意一下这个＇切＇，＇赖皮＇，那一段。
John: Alright, let's listen.
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:32 AM
10:32
John: 切.
Dilu: 但是如果你真的是听到别人说的话，可能是tch, tch，或者是tcheah。
John: Tcheah-heah.
Dilu: 反正就是觉得...
John: I think we have an English word that's kind of outdated but very similar in meaning which is [??]. You're scoffing at them. If you look up [??] in the dictionary, it says it expresses impatience, contempt or disbelief. And that's what 切 expresses basically.
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:24 AM
John: 轮胎 - 2nd tone, 1st tone - is a tyre.
Dilu: 是的。
John: Is that a car tyre, or a bike tyre.
Dilu: 老板嘛，那应该是car吧。
John: OK, and then what happened to the tyre?
Dilu: 轮胎爆掉了。爆掉了。
John: So it exploded, it blew out.
Dilu: 对。爆，第四声。爆掉了。
John: So the other coworkers aren't happy that he actually knew what was going on, and then got them all to bet. So what did they say to him?
Dilu: 还有［？］他们，they made a sound：切。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:14 AM
9:33
Dilu: 因为早上，他跟老板是同一部电梯上去的。
John: Hang on, so they're talking about the elevator in the office.
Dilu: 对。
John: So how did you say 'the same elevator'?
Dilu: 同一部电梯。同一部电梯。
John: 'The same elevator', and 部 is the measure word for an elevator.
Dilu: 是的。
John: And in the elevator, what did the boss say?
Dilu: 这个老板就说：路上轮胎爆掉了。轮胎爆掉了。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:08 AM
9:05
Dilu: 你可以说：我早就毕业了。
John: 'I graduated quite a while ago'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: Or maybe if you're talking about an old friend and you want to know how she's doing, did she ever find a boyfriend, or whatever, you might hear ...
Dilu: 她早就离婚了。
John: She got divorced quite a while ago. She got married and then divorced.
Dilu: 对啊。
John: You get the idea. Let's keep going, we're almost done with the dialog. How did the guy know what happened to the boss?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 08:03 AM
John: That's a pretty useful pattern when you talk about 'you did something long ago' or 'you knew something long ago'.
Dilu: 对。这个词：早就。早就。第三声和第四声。就是you have done something a long time ago。
John: Can we have one or two other examples of that 早就 something 了.
Dilu: John，那是你的新手机吗？
John: Yeah, my new cell phone.
Dilu: 你可以说：我早就买了。
John: So its not new. I think one example I've heard a couple of times is: someone asks another person who looks pretty young 'have you graduated yet?'
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:55 AM
8:07
John: 考试 is 'exam'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: 没及格 means 'didn't pass'.
Dilu: 就是fail。考试没及格。
John: 及格, two 2nd tones.
Dilu: 是的。两个第二声。
John: To pass a test. Then what happens?
Dilu: 那个说要打赌的人，他说所有的人都输了，因为他早就知道了为什么老板不开心。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:49 AM
John: So she's betting that the couple is arguing.
Dilu: 这个夫妻指的就是老板和老板娘两个人。
John: 夫妻 is a married couple?
Dilu: 是的。
John: Two first tones.
Dilu: 对。两个第一声。夫妻。
John: And what's one of the other coworkers betting?
Dilu: 他前面又说过他赌生意没谈成。生意没谈成。
John: That's the business deal falling through.
Dilu: 还有一个男同事他赌这个老板的儿子考试没及格。考试没及格。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:41 AM
John: So here, judging by the answer, its 'what's the bet'.
Dilu: 对。因为有上下文，就是如果你输了的话，你要做些什么。你赢的话你可以做些什么。
John: So that's the bet, and then the other girl wants in too. What does she say for 'I want in'?
Dilu: 她说：我也参加。我也参加。
John: 'I'll also participate in the event'.
Dilu: 对。你可以说：参加打赌。其中一个人他就说：我赌他们夫妻吵架。所以老板不开心。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:29 AM
John: 'Why not do that'.
Dilu: 对。不如我们出去吃饭吧。
John: 'Why not go out and eat?' Then the other coworker says that's a good idea, but the one guy wants to know what their betting on. How does he ask that?
Dilu: 赌什么？赌什么？
John: Does that mean 'what are we betting on' or 'whats the bet', or what does that mean exactly?
Dilu: 这句话的翻译其实就是：What's the bet?
John: So 'what are we betting on', 'what do you get if you win'.
Dilu: 其实两种都可以。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:23 AM
6:03
John: There's that word 打赌, 'make a bet'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: So he's saying 'let's make a bet'.
Dilu: 但是呢，他这个suggestion［试］用开始的。不如。
John: So he starts off the suggestion with 不如. Doesn't that mean 'it would be better to ...'?
Dilu: 对。Literally。
John: It's like 'why not' do this.
Dilu: 对。如果说你想要给到别人一个建议，你可以用这个：不如。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:15 AM
5:32
Dilu: 不聊八卦聊什么啊？不聊八卦聊什么啊？
John: 'If we're not going to chat about gossip, what are we going to chat about?' And what's the word for gossip?
Dilu: 八卦。八卦。第一声和第四声。
John: 八卦, a very common word these days.
Dilu: 八卦就是gossip。
John: And that's when the guy gets the bright idea of making a bet.
Dilu: 他说：不如我们来打赌吧。不如我们来打赌吧。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:10 AM
Dilu: 对。就是没有事情做吗？在这里瞎猜。
John: 瞎猜. That means 'wildly guessing', 'blindly guessing', literally.
Dilu: 在这里还有一个很好用的一个phrase。就是：吃饱了没事干。吃饱了没事干。
John: So they've eaten their fill, and they have nothing to do.
Dilu: 就是说你这个人很无聊。没有什么重要的事情可以去做。
John: You've always got too much free time on your hands.
Dilu: 对。
John: 吃饱了没事干。Then she says what?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 07:01 AM
John: So her guess is that some kind of business deal didn't succeed - it fell through or something.
Dilu: 那现在有另外一个同事，一个男同事，他说：哎哟，你们无不无聊啊？在这里瞎猜。
John: Is this guy saying that they're bored or boring?
Dilu: 这个说法是：无不无聊。你们无不无聊啊？就是说你们很无聊。
John: 'Are you guys bored or what? You must be really bored if you're [spending time] ...
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 06:56 AM
4:31
Dilu: 我们常常会说：谈生意。谈生意。
John: 'Talk business' or do some kind of business deal.
Dilu: 对。当然这个结果可以是成功，也可以是没有成功。
John: Could be successful or unsuccessful.
Dilu: 那么在课文里面就是这个生意没有谈成。生意没谈成。
John: 谈成 means ...
Dilu: 就是成功。
John: So 谈成功.
Dilu: 是的。
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 06:49 AM
3:34
Dilu: 他们俩。他们俩。
John: Its not 两.
Dilu: 不是不是。一个不样的词。俩。LIA, 3rd tone。
John: And that means 两个人.
Dilu: 对。就是两个人。
John: So that girl guesses that, what?
Dilu: 她猜是生意没谈成。生意没谈成。
John: 生意 means 'business', but how do you explain this whole phrase?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 06:21 AM
2:59
Dilu: 其实也可以。在［些］小店里面，老板跟老板的老婆，两个人都是老板，所以我们也不知道到底这个female boss是这个owner呢，还是说她是这个boss的老婆。
John: I see. But in this case, we're talking about the boss's wife, and she's called ...
Dilu: 老板娘。老板娘。
John: But the other girl doesn't think that's it.
Dilu: 对。她说：他们俩那么好，不可能吵架。
John: So the two of them are so good together, they couldn't possibly be arguing. How did she say 'the two of them'?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 06:14 AM
2:32
Dilu: 昨晚跟老板娘吵架了。跟老板娘吵架了。
John: 吵架 means 'to get in an argument'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: What are the tones there?
Dilu: 吵架。第三声和第四声。
John: So you 跟 somebody 吵架.
Dilu: 对。
John: In this case, the other person is ...
Dilu: 老板娘。老板娘。
John: So that's the boss's wife?
Dilu: 对。
John: It doesn't mean 'female boss'?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 06:02 AM
Dilu: 对。不开心。
John: And at the end we have this 嘛. This isn't the yes/no question 嘛, this is the 'stating the obvious' 嘛.
Dilu: 对。就是很明显。很不开心嘛。
John: Its obvious.
Dilu: 对。有一个女同事就猜：肯定是昨晚跟老板娘吵架了。
John: So just now you said 'one of the coworkers 猜'. That's 1st tone, and it means 'to guess'.
Dilu: 对。第一声。猜。
John: And her guess was that the boss did what?
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 05:55 AM
1:44
John: So right at the beginning, we hear that the boss is not in a very good mood.
Dilu: 对。有一个同事说：今天老板好像很不开心嘛。好像很不开心嘛。
John: Not only not happy, but actually pretty unhappy.
Right-Wingnut
February 22, 2013 at 05:51 AM
Dilu: 你好，我是Dilu。欢迎收听中文播客。
John: Hi guys I'm John. This is an Intermediate Podcast on ChinesePod.
Dilu: 今天我们的课文又是在一个办公室里面。
John: So we have an office situation, and what are they talking about?
Dilu: 这些同事，他们在打赌。打赌。
John: So they're making a bet.
Dilu: 对。
John: Two 3rd tones.
Dilu: 对。两个第三声。
John: So see if you can listen in and figure out what they're betting on.
Dilu: 好。我们先来听一下对话。
Right-Wingnut
December 30, 2013 at 07:49 AMPDF of transcript here.