Intermediate - Roommate Hunting
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:19 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:49 AM
10:35
John: Do you have friends who have done that?
Dilu: 有啊，太多了。所以我还是觉得自己很 lucky。
John: OK.
Dilu: 但你现在不是也有合租的人吗？就是你老婆。
John: She let's me pay the rent, so maybe that's not 合租。 So if you give your parents rent money, does that count as 合租?
Dilu: 不会吧。他们不会要我的钱呢。
John: OK, so nice.
Dilu: 他们还帮我洗衣服。
John: You've got it good.
Dilu: I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Of course that's not true.
John: OK, we're done with the lesson for today. If you have any questions, please come to ChinesePod.com and ask us.
Dilu: 好。记得给我们留言。下次再见。
John: 再见。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:40 AM
10:08
John: I think there are both types in the States. Some people aren't comfortable living with someone of the opposite sex they don't really know. Some people don't care. So in China what's the situation?
Dilu: 因为现在房租越来越贵了嘛，所以有的时候你也要找那些离市中心［近］一点的房子。还有想便宜点的房子，有的时候没有办法你要跟不认识的很变态的室友合租。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:33 AM
John: 我的室友 ... actually they were two friends of mine. I can't really say they're too 变态。
Dilu: 你真实很幸运啊。但是你的室友都是你的朋友，是吗？
John: 对。
Dilu: 好像现在很多人都会说，跟不认识的人一起合租。
John: That's pretty common too.
Dilu: 在美国也很常见，是吗？
John: Yeah, its pretty common.
Dilu: 另外，好像在中国以前，都是女孩子找女孩子合租，男孩子找男孩子合租。就比较少会有男生和女生不认识得一起住。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:23 AM
9:08
Dilu: 那因为我是上海人，所以我一直都是跟我的父母一起住的。我也没有找房子或者是租房子的经历。所以我要问你啊 John，你之前有没有租过房子啊？
John: 租过啊。
Dilu: 那你是跟别人合租呢，还是一个人住啊？
John: 跟别人合租。
Dilu: 那你的室友是不是很变态啊？
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:15 AM
7:31
John: Notice how she said 'if you live far away'.
Dilu: 住得远的话。住得远的话。
John: So this 的话 is the 'if'.
Dilu: 是的。
John: 如果住得远的话。
Dilu: 上下班要花好几个小时，时间全浪费在路上了。
John: So all of your time is wasted on the road. The word for 'waste' is ...
Dilu: 浪费。浪费。两个第四声。
John: Two 4th tones.So there are all some very real issues that you face when you're renting an apartment in 上海。Foreigners face these same issues. Let's listen to this one more time, and then we'll talk about some other things.
Dilu: 好的。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:07 AM
7:02
John: 'So you want to consider living a bit far away?'
Dilu: 要不要考虑住得远一点？
John: 住得远一点。We have the 得 there.
Dilu: 对。还要加：一点。
John: In other words, not in the city centre.
Dilu: 对。就是离市中心有一点远。
John: Could we also say 住得近点？
Dilu: 也可以。
John: So 'a little closer'.
Dilu: 但是啊，住得远的话，上下班要花好几个小时。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 07:01 AM
6:32
Dilu: 那这里的＇破＇就是说：这个房间比较旧，条件不够好。
John: So its probably a little old, its not especially nice. It doesn't actually mean that there are holes in the wall.
Dilu: 没有没有没有。
John: Its totally run down, its just not super nice.
Dilu: 是的。一个小破房间就要一千多。
John: But there's another way you can save 'money', which is ... location, location, location.
Dilu: 是的。所以你要问...所以你可以问：那你要不要考虑住得远一点？
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 06:53 AM
6:01
John: This is a useful phrase when you're saying 'yeah, that's true'. Its something you didn't think about, or its a point of view you hadn't fully considered.
Dilu: 对。是你之前没有想到的，然后你现在也是表示同意。
John: 'Yeah, that's true'. 这倒是。So its three 4th tones.
Dilu: 对。这倒是。然后他又说：上海的房租太贵了，一个小破房间就要一千多。
John: 'A small beat-up room' needs 1000 块 a month。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 06:48 AM
5:01
John: And then 房租 is 2nd and 1st.
Dilu: 没错。
John: 都不够，what is this 都 doing?
Dilu: 常常你会看到一个结构，就是：连...什么什么什么...都...怎么样。
John: So its not 'even' enough for paying the rent.
Dilu: 对。那我们前面 dropped ［？］这个＇连＇。
John: So there's no 连 here, but that's what it means, that's what the 都 is doing.
Dilu: 对。
John: Got it.
Dilu: 付房租都不够。
John: So her friend has to admit that this is true. What does she say?
Dilu: 这倒是。这倒是。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 06:40 AM
5:01
John: 工资，two 1st tones, that means 'pay'.
Dilu: 对。Salary.
John: And then 才三千。That means 'is only'.
Dilu: 你可以说：只有三千。
John: Could you say 我一个月工资只是三千？
Dilu: 不可以，有些奇怪。
John: So 只有 or 才 三千。
Dilu: 我一个月工资才三千，付房租都不够。
John: 付房租 means 'pay the rent'.
Dilu: 对。＇付＇是第四声。＇付钱＇的付。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 06:33 AM
4:29
Dilu: 那他说：我也想一个人住，可是租不起。
John: Here's this verb 租 again. And then we have a complement 不起。
Dilu: 是的。租不起。
John: This should bring to mind 买不起。
Dilu: 对。跟＇买不起＇是一样的结构。
John: So 买不起 means 'can't afford to buy'.
Dilu: 对。那＇租不起＇就是 can't afford to rent。
John: Got it. So she can't afford it because ...
Dilu: 我一个月工资才三千，付房租都不够。
Right-Wingnut
July 13, 2013 at 06:27 AM
4:06
John: ［Such a］dirty roommate could be a 变态室友。
Dilu: 对。有的时候你会夸张［呢去］说，会的。还有可能说，有一些人会比较喜欢养宠物，养很多很多猫。
John: Like a cat-lady roommate, that would be bad. So this 变态，it doesn't necessarily mean totally perverted, sexually perverse, it could just be ...
Dilu: 没有没有。
John: ... weird.
Dilu: 对。有点奇怪。
John: OK.
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:51 AM
Dilu: 碰上很变态的室友。碰上很变态的室友。
John: 碰上。This is like 'run into'. Is this like 碰到？
Dilu: 其实就是碰到的意思。
John: OK. So its like you 'just run into', you 'happen to get' ... what kind of roommate?
Dilu: 很变态的室友。变态的室友。
John: 变态，two 4th tones, this online is abbreviated to BT sometimes.
Dilu: 但是这里指的不是说真的有什么 mental problem。可能就是这个人不太正常。比如说：他非常脏，不［外］洗澡啊，或者 ...
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:44 AM
Dilu: 是的。万一...什么什么...怎么办？比如说：别偷我的手机。万一弄坏了，怎么办？
John: What if you break it, then what? You can't break my cellphone.
Dilu: 或者是：We're going to give him a surprise party. 万一他不来，怎么办？
John: OK. So 'what if?'. Do you have to have the 怎么办 at the end?
Dilu: 也不一定。但是经常会有。
John: So its often there at the end. In this case, what if what？
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:38 AM
2:32
Dilu: 是的。就是租房子的租。
John: Can you just say 合租 instead of 跟人合租？
Dilu: 这个也可以啊。
John: OK. but the friend asking the question thinks that 合租 is a little risky.
Dilu: 他说：万一碰上很变态的室友，怎么办？
John: First of all we have this 万一 question. And you'll notice that when you start with 万一 you often end with 怎么办。
Dilu: 怎么办。对。
John: 万一 is kind of like 'what if?'.
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:33 AM
2:01
Dilu: 一个人住。还是跟人合租。跟人合租。
John: 'With people rent together'.
Dilu: 对。With people。
John: 跟人，like [?] with monsters or something.
Dilu: 这里指的是跟别人。With other people.
John: But 合租 means 'together rent', share rent with somebody.
Dilu: 是的。跟人合租。
John: And what are the tones on 合租？
Dilu: 合租。第二声和第一声。
John: And 租 is a verb meaning 'to rent'.
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:27 AM
1:47
John: In the beginning of the lesson we hear this question. 'Do you plan to live alone or to rent with somebody?'. How is that question asked?
Dilu: 你打算一个人住还是跟人合租啊？
John: 'Do you plan to live alone', 一个人住。
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:23 AM
0:31
John: What was the room for 'roommate' again?
Dilu: 室友。室友。
John: 4th tone, 3rd tone.
Dilu: 没错。第四声和第三声。
John: So we're going to hear that, and a bunch of other words. Let's listen now.
Dilu: 好。先听一下对话。
0:45 - Dialog
Right-Wingnut
July 05, 2013 at 08:20 AM
Dilu: 大家好，我是 Dilu。欢迎收听中文播客，中级课程。
John: Hey guys, this is an Intermediate lesson on Chinese Pod, I'm John.
Dilu: 今天我们的课文里呢，会有两个女孩儿。她们是大学的室友。
John: So we're going to hear two girls, and they are college roommates.
Dilu: 没错。而且呢，她们马上要毕业了，所以要去找房子。
John: They're about to graduate, so they have to find a place to live after school.
Dilu: 那当然找房子就会有很多的问题啦。
Right-Wingnut
December 29, 2013 at 10:18 PMPDF of transcript here.