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hāhā ，zhēn xíngxiàng ，Sūn Wùkōng cái yǒu zīge dāng “qítiāndàshèng ”ya ，wǒ juéde zhè yě shì duì nǐmen supervisor de zànměi la ！shuōmíng tā hěn yōuxiù ā 。

Ha ha, what an image. Only Sun Wukong had the merit to be "the Great Sage the Equal of Heaven". I think it's a form of praise for your director! It's saying that she's brilliant.

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你紧张什么？我只是举例说明这个市场趋势。

nǐ jǐnzhāng shénme ？wǒ zhǐshì jǔlì shuōmíng zhè ge shìchǎng qūshì 。

What are you so tense about? I was just giving a few examples to explain this market trend.

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哈哈，最好是啦，有人爱上你也说明我眼光好啊，爱笑的女孩呢，运气都不会太差，但话说回来，如果运气不好她怎么笑得出来呢？

hāhā ，zuì hǎo shì la ，yǒurén àishàng nǐ yě shuōmíng wǒ yǎnguāng hǎo a ，ài xiào de nǚhái ne ，yùnqi dōu bù huì tài chà ，dàn huàshuōhuílai ，rúguǒ yùnqi bù hǎo tā zěnme xiào de chūlái ne ？

Ha ha, a likely story! If someone falls in love with you it means I've got a good eye. Smiley girls never have too much bad luck, but getting back to the matter at hand, if she had such bad luck why would she be smiling?

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哎呀，知道啦知道啦，怎么唠叨个没完，快说重点吧，什么样的征兆说明这对象不靠谱。

āiyā ，zhīdào la zhīdào la ，zěnme láodao gè méiwán ，kuài shuō focus ba ，shénmeyàng de zhēngzhào shuōmíng zhè duìxiàng bù kàopǔ 。

Ah! I know, I know. Don't keep going on and on, just get to the point. What signs suggest that the object of your affection is not reliable?

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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。

nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。

Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.

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那你各举一个例子给简单说明一下。

nà nǐ gè jǔ yī gè lìzi gěi jiǎndān shuōmíng yīxià 。

Then can you give examples of both and give a brief explanation of each.

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可以具体举例说明吗？在人群中，如果有人可以帮我解围，我都可以以身相许了。

kěyǐ jùtǐ jǔlì shuōmíng ma ？zài rénqún zhōng ，rúguǒ yǒurén kěyǐ bāng wǒ jiěwéi ，wǒ dōu kěyǐ yǐ shēn xiāngxǔ le 。

Can you give any concrete examples to explain? Amid crowds, I'd lay down my life for someone who could help me out.

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那么这个题目的范围非常之广，所涵盖的内容也非常之多，由于时间的关系，我将从以下三个方面向各位做论题之概述，一是外交辞令的历史渊源；二是我国当代外交中常见的基本外交辞令，我会简单举例说明；最后是中国国家领导人对一些著名的外交事件的应对。

nàme zhè ge tímù de fànwéi fēicháng zhī guǎng ，suǒ hángài de nèiróng yě fēicháng zhī duō ，yóuyú shíjiān de guānxi ，wǒ jiāng cóng yǐxià sān gè fāngmiàn xiàng gèwèi zuò lùntí zhī gàishù ，yī shì wàijiāo cílìng de lìshǐ yuānyuán ；èr shì wǒguó dāngdài wàijiāo zhōng chángjiàn de jīběn wàijiāo cílìng ，wǒ huì jiǎndān jǔlì shuōmíng ；zuìhòu shì Zhōngguó guójiā lǐngdǎorén duì yīxiē zhùmíng wàijiāo shìjiàn de yìngduì 。

This is a very broad-ranging topic, which contains a lot of things. Given the limited time, I'll give you an overview of the following three themes. The first is the origins of diplomatic rhetoric, the second is the basic commonly-used rhetoric nowadays in this country and a few simple examples; then finally I'll talk about how Chinese leaders dealt with some famous diplomatic incidents.

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