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fēijī qǐfēi shí yīnggāi dǎkāi zhēguāngbǎn ma ，zhè shì jīběn chángshí hǎobuhǎo ？háiyǒu nǐ zhè zuòyǐ kàobèi yě děi gěi tiáo zhí le ，shǒujī háiyǒu píngbǎn diànnǎo dōu děi guān qilai ，hái bùnéng yòng fēixíng móshì de 。

When the airplane is taking off you have to open the shade. Isn’t that basic common sense? And you have to adjust the seatback so it is upright, as well as turning off your mobile phone and tablet computer. You can’t yet use airplane mode.

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听好了，啤酒最基本的四个元素是麦芽、酵母、啤酒花、水，而精酿啤酒通常还会加入水果、咖啡、巧克力等各式各样的风味。

tīng hǎo le ，píjiǔ zuì jīběn de sì ge yuánsù shì màiyá 、jiàomǔ 、píjiǔhuā 、shuǐ ，ér jīngniàngpíjiǔ tōngcháng hái huì jiārù shuǐguǒ 、kāfēi 、qiǎokèlì děng gèshìgèyàng de fēngwèi 。

Listen carefully, the basic four components of beer are malt, yeast, hops and water, and with craft beer they normally also add all kinds of different flavours, such as fruit, coffee and chocolate.

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传统绍兴黄酒的酿造基本遵循"天有时，地有气，材有美，工有巧"的规律。以精白糯米、上等小麦和鉴湖原水为材料，每逢农历七月制酒药、八月做麦麴、九月糟酒酿，等到立冬便投料开酿，用老绍兴独特的复式发酵工艺发酵九十余天。来年立冬开始压榨、煎酒，然后泥封贮藏，经过数年乃至数十年的存贮，才会有如花雕女儿红、善酿等酒中佳品。

chuántǒng Shàoxīng huángjiǔ de niàngzào jīběn zūnxún "tiān yǒu shí ，dì yǒu qì ，cái yǒu měi ，gōng yǒu qiǎo "de guīlǜ 。yǐ jīngbái nuòmǐ 、shàngděng xiǎomài hé Jiànhú yuánshuǐ wèi cáiliào ，měiféng nónglì qīyuè zhì jiǔyào 、bāyuè zuò màiqū 、jiǔyuè zāo jiǔniàng ，děngdào lìdōng biàn tóu liào kāi niàng ，yòng lǎo Shàoxīng dútè de fùshì fāxiào gōngyì fāxiào jiǔshí yú tiān 。láinián lìdōng kāishǐ yāzhà 、jiānjiǔ ，ránhòu nífēng zhǔcáng ，jīngguò shǔ nián nǎizhì shǔ shí nián de cúnzhǔ ，cái huì yǒu rú huādiāo Nǚérhóng 、shànniàng děng jiǔ zhōng jiā pǐn 。

The brewing of traditional Shaoxing huangjiu essentially respects the rules governing "the difference in the seasons and in the local environment, the quality of material and the level of skill in any craft," as referred to in the Book of Rites. They use pure white glutinous rice, top-grade wheat and unpurified water from Jian Lake as raw ingredients. In the seventh month of the lunar year they make the brewer's yeast. Then in the eighth month of the lunar year they make the wheat yeast or "qu". And in the ninth month they ferment the glutinous rice wine, and it is not until the start of winter that they put in the grain to start the brewing process, using the traditional Shaoxing compound fermentation craft for over ninety days. At the start of winter in the following year, they start to press it, then heat the alcohol, then they seal it in jars with clay and store it away. Only after several years, or even several decades of aging, do you get a high-quality alcohol like the Huadiao, Nuerhong or Shanniang varieties of huangjiu.

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要说意见嘛，基本的人品，有份像样的工资收入，踏实负责就好了，总不要我女儿跟着他吃苦了。

yào shuō yìjiàn ma ，jīběn de rénpǐn ，yǒu fèn xiàngyàng de gōngzī shōurù ，tāshi fùzé jiùhǎole ，zǒng bù yào wǒ nǚér gēn zhe tā chīkǔ le 。

If I had to give an opinion. I think it would be good enough if they have a basic moral standing, a decent income and be steady and responsible. Most importantly, I wouldn't want my daughter to suffer hardship with this person.

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其实奉养父母体现的是一种懂得饮水思源、知恩图报的基本德行，这是为什么“不孝”在中国社会被视为一种无德而遭受批判，但孝行必须发自内心，否则意义不大。除此之外，孝道还有更深一层的意义，就是不使父母蒙羞。

qíshí fèngyǎng fùmǔ tǐxiàn de shì yīzhǒng dǒngde yǐnshuǐsīyuán 、zhīēntúbal4 de jīběn déxing ，zhè shì wèishénme “bù xiào ”zài Zhōngguó shèhuì bèi shì wèi yīzhǒng wú dé ér zāoshòu pīpàn ，dàn xiàoxíng bìxū fāzì nèixīn ，fǒuzé yìyì bùdà 。chú cǐ zhīwài ，xiàodào háiyǒu gèng shēn yī céng de yìyì ，jiùshì bù shǐ fùmǔ méngxiū 。

Actually looking after your parents embodies the virtues of knowing which side your bread is buttered on and to repaying kindnesses done to you. This is why being "unfilial" is a criticism suffered by those that are seen to be without virtue, but filial behavior should come from the heart, otherwise it doesn't mean much. Apart from this, filial piety has a deeper level of significance, which is to not let your parents shame.

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原来孝道并不是只有奉养父母那么简单，既要考虑基本的道德原则，又必须在不同的情况下做出正确的判断。

yuánlái xiàodào bìngbùshì zhǐyǒu fèngyǎng fùmǔ nàme jiǎndān ，jì yào kǎolǜ jīběn de dàodé yuánzé ，yòu bìxū zài bùtóng de qíngkuàng xià zuòchū zhèngquè de pànduàn 。

I never knew that filial piety was not just as simple as looking after your parents, in that you have to consider basic moral principles, and that you have to make the correct judgment in different situations.

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不过话说回来，“书到用时方恨少”，如今在报社工作，我还是很感谢当年拼命阅读背诵打下的扎实基本功的。教育制度的改变并非一朝一夕，不过和其他制度一样，总会与时俱进的。

bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，“shū dào yòng shí fāng hèn shǎo ”，rújīn zài bàoshè gōngzuò ，wǒ háishì hěn gǎnxiè dāngnián pīnmìng yuèdú bèisòng dǎxià de zhāshi jīběngōng de 。jiāoyùzhìdù de gǎibiàn bìngfēi yīcháoyīxī ，bùguò hé qítā zhìdù yīyàng ，zǒng huì yǔshíjūjìn de 。

That said, it's only when you make use of your knowledge that you wish you'd learned more. Now I'm working for a newspaper, I'm really grateful for all that reading and learning off by heart I did back in the day to give myself a good basic knowledge. Changing the education system doesn't happen overnight, but rather, like other systems, it progresses over time.

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其实老一辈的中国恐怖电影还是很有特色的，但现在内地拍出来的恐怖片就基本没有那个味道了。

qíshí lǎo yī bèi de Zhōngguó kǒngbù diànyǐng háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de ，dàn xiànzài nèidì pāichūlai de kǒngbùpiānr jiù jīběn méiyǒu nàge wèidao le 。

Actually some of the older Chinese horror films have very unique features, but now the films shot on the mainland are basically bland.

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是呀，现在我都基本不用现金了，到哪里都是移动支付。

shì ya ，xiànzài wǒ dōu jīběn bùyòng xiànjīn le ，dào nǎlǐ dōu shì yídòngzhīfù 。

That’s right, I use mobile payments for everything now that I basically don’t pay with cash anymore.

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你了解这家公司的基本情况吗？

nǐ liǎojiě zhè jiā gōngsī de jīběn qíngkuàng ma ？

Do you understand the basic situation of this company?

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