A Promotion
go_manly
July 08, 2010 at 12:02 PM posted in Transcripts with TalI am working on a transcript of the Intermediate lesson 'A Promotion'. It is based on a transcript by someone called Adam Curtis 4 years ago.
It is one of Ken's lessons. Having to do this transcript really reinforced how bad Ken was. He continually talks and mumbles over Jenny's lines, and can barely string an English sentence together, let alone a Chinese one.
Here is the link to the lesson:
http://chinesepod.com/lessons/a-promotion
go_manly
July 09, 2010 at 06:47 AM
I have some questions from the podcast, if anyone is interested in listening to it. Any help would be appreciated.
1. (5:51)
Jenny: 对。那升的意思呢就是-上面有一个词上升。这是往上面走的意思，对吧。To rise – to raise. 都是上升。***意思。好。那这里还有一个比较重要的词就是准备。(Duì. Nà shēng de yìsi ne jiùshì - shàngmian yŏu yīgè cí - shàngshēng. Zhè shì wăng shàngmian zŏu de yìsi, duì ba. To rise – to raise. Dōu shì shàngshēng, *** yìsi. Hăo. Nà zhèlĭ háiyŏu yīge bĭjiào zhòngyào de cí jiùshì zhŭnbèi.)
2. (6:55)Jenny: Finance. 对。很多很多。好呢。**要做市场部经理。经理是一个蛮高的职 位啊。(Finance. Duì. Hěnduō hěnduō. Hăo ne. ** yào zuò shìchăng bù jīnglĭ. Jīnglĭ shì yīge mán gāo de zhíwèi a.)
3. (9:11)Jenny: 因为你是个老板。你最游戏*就是激发。Motivate. 你员工*这个好的表现和态度。 (Yīnwèi nĭ shì ge lăobăn. Nĭ zuì yóuxì qu jiùshì jīfā. Motivate. Nĭ yuángōng * zhèige hăo de biăoxiàn hé tàidu.)
4. (9:21)Ken: So 态度跟表现*非常*重要，对吗？ (So tàidu gēn biăoxiàn * fēicháng * zhòngyào, duì ma?)
5. (10:05)Jenny: 特色，对。特色，那还有什么呢。我觉得你的中文比我的还好。我都没有想到特色，这个词。 (Tèsè, duì. Nà háiyŏu shénme ne. Wŏ juéde nĭde Zhōngwén bĭ wŏde háihăo. Wŏ dōu méiyŏu xiăngdào tèsè, zhèige cí.)
6. (11:52)Ken: 我希望*********** (Wŏ xīwàng ***************.)
Maybe we should listen to that dialog one more time.
[Good luck with this one.]
7. (13:00)Jenny: 不过我还是觉得生活中有很多东西，比以前要重要，对吗，你刚刚说的。可能你的一个事业的这种轨道啊。有了时候，可能比你加了多少钱，更加的重要，对吗。就是你做一件事情，我们说成就感。Sense of achievement。Búguò wŏ háishì juéde shēnghuó zhōng yŏu hĕnduō dōngxi, bĭ yĭqián yào zhòngyào, duì ma, jiùxiàng nĭ gānggang shuō de. Kĕnéng nĭde yīge shìyè de zhèizhŏng guĭdào a. Career path. (Yŏu le shíhou, kĕnéng bĭ nĭ jiā le duōshao qián, gèngjiā de zhòngyào, duì ma. Jiùshì nĭ zuò yí jiàn shìqing, wŏmen shuō chéngjiùgăn. Sense of achievement.)
[No particular question here - its long, and I'm sure to have made mistakes]
8. (13:45)Jenny: 但是，明天我们会回来。谢谢大家。再见。 (Dànshì, míngtiān wŏmen huì huílái. Xièxie dàjiā. Zàijiàn.)
zhenlijiang
July 08, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Bob I'm not understanding why you're having to do this transcript. Why not choose a lesson you like?
go_manly
July 10, 2010 at 02:41 AM
But my files are Word files - I use Word so that I can get the formatting right, and can easily convert to PDF.
And 'attach file' would be great if it were available for every comment, and not just for new posts.
catherinem
July 09, 2010 at 06:45 AM
You can also copy from notepad (if you use Windows) which will prevent any weird formatting issues. We've also got an "attach file" option now, which will allow you to upload a file of your choosing to a user post (like this one). If you're having trouble using it let me know and I'll be happy to help.
go_manly
July 08, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I didn't say I didn't like the lesson. All lessons have value from the point of view of what Jenny has to say, and the dialog itself. I just think Ken is dreadful. I'm doing this lesson simply because its been half done before - I thought I'd tidy up these ones before I started a new one for myself.
Anyway, I'm not sure what to do now. My transcript is in Word, and CPod in its wisdom have removed the Paste From Word button. So I don't know how to post my questions.
go_manly
July 09, 2010 at 07:37 AMAnd another one.
9. (1:21)