Intermediate - Monkey Show
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 04:48 AM posted in Transcripts with TalLesson here.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 11:39 PM
12:07
John: There probably are some good ones too. I imagine for some reason that they're more in the north. I just get that impression.
Dilu: 我也不知道。但是如果我们的poddy你知道的话呢，欢迎到ChinesePod，给我们分享你的故事。
John: Give us some info on where you've seen these performances, what you think about them, and share it all with us at ChinesePod.com.
Dilu: 好。那我们就下次再见吧。
John: 再见。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 11:34 PM
11:37
Dilu: 对对对。我也看到过，就是带了一只猴子，然后［？？］要钱，是吗？
John: Right.
Dilu: 那种人我不太会给钱，我觉得他会让这个猴子偷盗我身上去。抢钱。
John: Plus I don't like to give money to people that have animals like that.
Dilu: 但是如果你真的［有］看到耍猴表演，那应该还是比较精彩的。因为猴子会翻跟头啊，表演武术，还会有一些其他的，比较滑稽的表演吧。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 11:16 PM
11:04
John: So there's lots of types of street performance in China. These are all types of 表演。So today's 表演 is called ...
Dilu: 耍猴表演。
John: I want to ask you - do you see this in 上海？
Dilu: 我在上海很少看到耍猴表演。但是在一些小城市，好象还挺多的。你看到过吗John?
John: I remember when I lived in 杭州，I saw it once or twice. Even in 上海，I've seen a guy with a monkey on the street a couple of times. But it seems like they're not [only?] performing, he's just having the monkey beg for money.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:50 AM
9:32
Dilu: I think so. 但是我觉得会有很多人给一些什么十块，二是块，这种钱。
John: OK.
Dilu: 如果他说：十块不嫌少，一百不嫌多，好像最少你只要给十块的感觉。
John: So it makes you feel like you should give a little more.
Dilu: 对。
John: When they start asking for money, what do we call this?
Dilu: 收钱。收钱。
John: 1st tone, 2nd tone.
Dilu: 对。
John: That means 'collecting money'.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:43 AM
John: 1 块 is not too little. And the next part ...
Dilu: 一百不嫌多。一百不嫌多。
John: And we won't regard 100 as too much. Don't feel bad about giving us 100 RMB and not asking for change.
Dilu: 对的，对的。你要给一百块钱有没有关系。
John: Can we hear that one more time.
Dilu: 一百不嫌多。一百不嫌多。
John: And the whole thing together ...
Dilu: 一块不嫌少，一百不嫌多。
John: Does this line work? Do people start throwing in 100 块 bills?
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:35 AM
8:34
Dilu: 对。就是看不起，或者是不满意的意思。
John: Let's break this down into two halves. What is the first half?
Dilu: 一块不嫌少。一块不嫌少。
John: One RMB we won't look down on as too little.
Dilu: 对。我们不会觉得一块钱太少。所以你有一块钱，就给我们吧。
John: Got it. So that again is ...
Dilu: 一块不嫌少。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:30 AM
8:02
John: So come to our show and support us.
Dilu: 对。
John: So here's where he starts collecting money too, and what does he say?
Dilu: 我觉得他很聪明。他说：一块不嫌少，一百不嫌多。
John: This line I've heard before. Its used pretty often with street performers.
Dilu: 对。我们看哟看这边的一个动词。嫌。第二声。
John: 嫌。This doesn't mean 'salty'. Its a verb which means 'to dislike', 'to mind', to look down on as not being good.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:24 AM
7:32
Dilu: 他说：谢谢大伙儿捧场。谢谢大伙儿捧场。
John: First of all, what is 大伙儿？
Dilu: 大伙儿就是大家的意思。可能你在北方，你会听到，他们经常说大伙儿。
John: So in 上海 we don't hear this too much.
Dilu: 我比较习惯说＇大家＇。
John: 谢谢大伙儿 ... what?
Dilu: 捧场。捧场。两个第三声。
John: What is 捧场？
Dilu: 就是大家都这里看我们的表演，就是捧场。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:12 AM
7:02
Dilu: 就是一个stick吧。
John: Like a club.
Dilu: 对。就是让猴子拿着大刀或者是棍子表演武术。
John: When I first saw this dialog, I thought they were going to have monkeys actually fighting each other, I was a little ...
Dilu: Monkey fight.
John: I was a little horrified, but no its actually just doing some movements ...
Dilu: 对。
John: ... like you see at a kung fu performance.
Dilu: 只是就是一个monkey dance。
John: With this prop.
Dilu: 对的。
John: So the crowd watches this, then at the end what does the trainer say?
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 08:05 AM
6:33
John: So here we have 表演 as a verb - we're going to perform - and perform what?
Dilu: 武术。第三声和第四声。就是中国的特色。
John: So 武术 means 'martial arts', 'kung fu', whatever.
Dilu: 对。
John: And then he asks the crowd what?
Dilu: 大家说，给猴子大刀还是棍子？
John: 大刀 literally means 'big knife', kind of like a machete looking sword thing.
Dilu: 对。很大的那种长的刀。
John: And then 棍子, what's that?
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:59 AM
6:04
Dilu: 对。就是它这个表情和动作，［？］让你看着觉得就想笑。
John: So there's no cleverness to it. Its just funny like a clown.
Dilu: 对。就像一个小丑一样，很滑稽。
John: So the guy says that some of the monkey's movements really resemble a person's.
Dilu: 猴子有些动作真像人。
John: 像人 - resemble a person, looks like a person.
Dilu: 对。
John: And then the trainer says what?
Dilu: 最后我们表演武术。表演武术。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:52 AM
5:34
Dilu: 表情。表情。
John: Facial expression.
Dilu: 对。
John: 3rd tone, 2nd tone. 表情。And then 'movement' is ...
Dilu: 动作。动作。两个第四声。
John: Two 4th tones. That also means 'action' or 'actions'.
Dilu: 对。表情和动作。我们可以用这个adjective叫滑稽。滑稽。
John: 2nd tone and neutral. Yet another word that means 'funny', but its kind of like 'comical', sort of like clowns and their slapstick, that kind of funny.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:46 AM
5:01
Dilu: 对。就是这个猴子很听这个主人的话。让它做什么，就做什么。
John: You don't just listen, but you actually do what they say. 听话。So its often for dogs, trained animals, but also children.
Dilu: 你可以说：这个小孩儿很听话。
John: Obedient. Then she comments on ... what else?
Dilu: 你看它那表情和动作，好滑稽。好滑稽。
John: So she's looking at his expressions and his movements. So 'expression' is ...
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:40 AM
4:33
Dilu: 对。就是让这个猴子可能跳起来，然后转圈。
John: That would be 'do a flip'. 翻跟头.
Dilu: 是的。
John: Or if its on the ground, it could also be 'do a somersault', which is also 翻跟头。
Dilu: 对。那地上的那个也叫翻跟头。这个女孩子说：这小猴子真听话。真听话。
John: 听话 looks like it means 'listen to what someone says'. And that is what it means in the sense of being 'obedient'.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:33 AM
4:01
Dilu: 对。两个第四声。立正。
John: And the next one?
Dilu: 坐下。坐下。
John: And the next one?
Dilu: 吃根香蕉，翻跟头。
John: That's 'eat a banana'.
Dilu: 对。这里是：吃一根香蕉。
John: 根, 1st tone, that's the measure word. And then the final one was ...
Dilu: 翻跟头。翻跟头。
John: Actually the verb here is 翻, 1st tone, and 跟头 - 1st tone, neutral tone - that means 'flip' or somersault.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:26 AM
3:28
John: Oh, so that's what all the fuss is about. 原来是这样。And then we here the guy commanding the monkey. What does he say?
Dilu: 第一个是：立正。立正。
John: 立正 literally means 'stand up straight'.
Dilu: 对。就是站直的意思。
John: But its also a military command, like when the drill sergeant says 'attention'. That's this 立正.
Dilu: 对对对。就是你听到立正，你就要站直，然后［shou fan hao]，站［了］很直。
John: So 立正, stand up straight, that's two 4th tones.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:12 AM
John: 原来, two 2nd tones, that means 'originally'. But this usage you can't translate as 'originally'. How would you describe how we use this?
Dilu: 就是你之前不知道［？］好热闹怎么会是，然后你一现在就看了一下，你现在知道了。
John: So you didn't know, then you find out, and 'now I know'. 'Oh that's why'. When you have this feeling, you begin the sentence with 原来。
Dilu: 对。原来是耍猴表演啊。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 07:06 AM
2:30
John: But in this case, what do they discover all the 热闹 is about?
Dilu: 原来是耍猴表演啊。原来是耍猴表演。
John: There's that word again for 'monkey show'. 耍猴表演。That's 3rd-2nd and then 3rd-3rd.
Dilu: 对。
John: But the whole sentence, what does it lead off with?
Dilu: 原来。原来是耍猴表演啊。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 05:06 AM
1:55
John: In the beginning this female character is attracted by something.
Dilu: 她应该［实有］听到声音，然后她说：那边好热闹，我们去看看吧。
John: 热闹 - 4th tone, neutral tone - there's lots of noise, people are talking, there's some hubbub, some commotion.
Dilu: 对。中国人就很喜欢热闹。热闹。
John: And when there's a crowd, people like to rush over and see what all the fuss is.
Dilu: 对。你经常会在马路上面看到有很多人［？］在一起很热闹。但是可能只是一个 - 不知道 - 妈妈在打小孩儿。我不知道。
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 04:54 AM
Dilu: 对。
John: Before that we had 耍猴. What is this 耍?
Dilu: 我们说耍猴，就是让猴子去表演。
John: Basically think of it as a chunk. Monkey show in Chinese is ...
Dilu: 耍猴表演。
John: Now you might not agree with this kind of thing, but its pretty common in China. So even if you hate this type of treatment of animals, you can study this lesson and talk about it.
Dilu: 好。那我们先来听一下对话。
0:55 - Dialog
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 04:49 AM
Dilu: 你好。欢迎收听中文播客。我是Dilu。
John: Hey guys, I'm John. This is an Intermediate lesson. Today its all about the monkey show.
Dilu: 今天我们要聊一聊：耍猴表演。耍猴表演。
John: 耍猴表演。First of all, 猴 refers to 猴子。
Dilu: 对。
John: So there's our monkey. And the word at the end is ...
Dilu: 表演。表演。两个第三声。
John: Two 3rd tones. That means 'to perform' or 'a performance'.
Right-Wingnut
September 13, 2013 at 11:35 PM12:00-end