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Lesson 5 - 回头再说 (Huítóu Zàishuō)

We will talk about it later

Audio: 05-1, 05-2, 05-3

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课文 (Kèwén) - Text

中文

我刚到北京时，听过一个相声，说北京人的口头语是"吃了吗"。后来我发现，其实，北京人最爱说的一句话是"回头再说"。

我在香港坐上中国民航的飞机，邻座的一个人用地道的英语问我："是去北京工作吗？""不，去留学！"我回答。他是个中国人。我们就这样愉快地聊了一路。临下飞机，他还给了我一张名片，邀请我有空儿到他家去玩儿。

到北京后的第二个周末，我给飞机上认识的这位先生打电话。他在电话里热情地说："有时间来家里玩儿吧。"我马上高兴起来，说："太好了！我什么时候去？"他停了一会儿说："这一段工作太忙，回头再说吧。"可是，几乎每次打电话，他都说欢迎我去他家，同时又带上一句"回头再说"。

我开始想，不是说有空儿就让我去吗？怎么会这样不实在？

在三次"回头再说"之后，我终于去了他家。他和太太都十分热情，买菜做饭，准备了满满一桌的酒菜让我吃了个够。临了，他还送我好多书。我粗粗一看价钱，要五百多块钱呢，就说："你给我这么贵的书，我一定要付钱。"他平淡地说："这些书都是你用得着的，至于钱，回头再说吧。"之后我多次提起给他书钱的事，他都说："回头再说吧。"

在北京的日子里，我经常听到"回头再说"这句话。它让我感到的不只是客气的推辞，更多的是温暖的等待。

那天，我在建国门上了地铁。这是我来中国后第一次坐地铁，以前从来没有坐过中国的地铁。车上人很多，下了地铁，上到地面时，我才发现那不是我要去的地方，因为没有找到熟悉的375路汽车站。正在我左顾右盼的时候，身后有两个小伙子主动跟我打招呼，我没有理他们。过了一会儿，他们看我还站在那里，就问我要去哪儿。我向他们打听去375路车站怎么走。他们说，375路车站在西直门那儿，而这儿是复兴门，离西直门还远着呢。当他们知道我要回学校时，就说："上车吧，我们正好要去颐和园方向，可以带你一段。"我犹豫了一下才上了他们的车。一路上我没有说话，因为我不想跟不认识的人打交道。到了学校门口我下了车，掏出钱来要给他们的时候，两个小伙子笑着说："我们又不是出租车，只是顺路送送你，怎么能要钱呢？"听了他们的话，我心里一热，忙向他们表示感谢，问他们叫什么名字，住在哪儿，可是他们已经把车发动起来，对我招招手说："没准儿以后我们还会见面呢，回头再说吧。"说着就把车开走了。我愣在那里不知道说什么好。至今我也没有再见过这两个热情友好的小伙子。

我还要在北京学习和生活很久，和中国人打交道的日子还长着呢，可能还会遇到更多有意思的事，咱们也"回头再说"吧。

（根据《北京晚报》高子的文章改写）

Pinyin

Wǒ gāng dào Běijīng shí, tīng guò yí ge xiàngsheng, shuō Běijīngrén de kǒutóuyǔ shì "chī le ma". Hòulái wǒ fāxiàn, qíshí, Běijīngrén zuì ài shuō de yí jù huà shì "huítóu zàishuō".

Wǒ zài Xiānggǎng zuò shàng Zhōngguó Mínháng de fēijī, línzuò de yí ge rén yòng dìdào de Yīngyǔ wèn wǒ: "Shì qù Běijīng gōngzuò ma?" "Bù, qù liúxué!" wǒ huídá. Tā shì ge Zhōngguórén. Wǒmen jiù zhèyàng yúkuài de liáo le yí lù. Lín xià fēijī, tā hái gěi le wǒ yì zhāng míngpiàn, yāoqǐng wǒ yǒu kòngr dào tā jiā qù wánr.

Dào Běijīng hòu de dì-èr ge zhōumò, wǒ gěi fēijī shàng rènshi de zhè wèi xiānsheng dǎ diànhuà. Tā zài diànhuà lǐ rèqíng de shuō: "Yǒu shíjiān lái jiā lǐ wánr ba." Wǒ mǎshàng gāoxìng qǐlai, shuō: "Tài hǎo le! Wǒ shénme shíhou qù?" Tā tíng le yíhuìr shuō: "Zhè yí duàn gōngzuò tài máng, huítóu zàishuō ba." Kěshì, jīhū měi cì dǎ diànhuà, tā dōu shuō huānyíng wǒ qù tā jiā, tóngshí yòu dài shàng yí jù "huítóu zàishuō".

Wǒ kāishǐ xiǎng, bú shì shuō yǒu kòngr jiù ràng wǒ qù ma? Zěnme huì zhèyàng bù shízài?

Zài sān cì "huítóu zàishuō" zhīhòu, wǒ zhōngyú qù le tā jiā. Tā hé tàitai dōu shífēn rèqíng, mǎi cài zuò fàn, zhǔnbèi le mǎnmǎn yì zhuō de jiǔcài ràng wǒ chī le ge gòu. Línliǎo, tā hái sòng wǒ hǎoduō shū. Wǒ cūcū yí kàn jiàqián, yào wǔbǎi duō kuài qián ne, jiù shuō: "Nǐ gěi wǒ zhème guì de shū, wǒ yídìng yào fù qián." Tā píngdàn de shuō: "Zhèxiē shū dōu shì nǐ yòng de zháo de, zhìyú qián, huítóu zàishuō ba." Zhīhòu wǒ duō cì tíqǐ gěi tā shū qián de shì, tā dōu shuō: "Huítóu zàishuō ba."

Zài Běijīng de rìzi lǐ, wǒ jīngcháng tīng dào "huítóu zàishuō" zhè jù huà. Tā ràng wǒ gǎndào de bù zhǐ shì kèqi de tuīcí, gèng duō de shì wēnnuǎn de děngdài.

Nà tiān, wǒ zài Jiànguó Mén shàng le dìtiě. Zhè shì wǒ lái Zhōngguó hòu dì-yī cì zuò dìtiě, yǐqián cónglái méiyǒu zuò guò Zhōngguó de dìtiě. Chē shàng rén hěn duō, xià le dìtiě, shàng dào dìmiàn shí, wǒ cái fāxiàn nà bú shì wǒ yào qù de dìfang, yīnwèi méiyǒu zhǎo dào shúxī de 375 lù qìchē zhàn. Zhèng zài wǒ zuǒgù-yòupàn de shíhou, shēnhòu yǒu liǎng ge xiǎohuǒzi zhǔdòng gēn wǒ dǎ zhāohu, wǒ méiyǒu lǐ tāmen. Guò le yíhuìr, tāmen kàn wǒ hái zhàn zài nàlǐ, jiù wèn wǒ yào qù nǎr. Wǒ xiàng tāmen dǎting qù 375 lù chē zhàn zěnme zǒu. Tāmen shuō, 375 lù chē zhàn zài Xīzhí Mén nàr, ér zhèr shì Fùxīng Mén, lí Xīzhí Mén hái yuǎn zhe ne. Dāng tāmen zhīdào wǒ yào huí xuéxiào shí, jiù shuō: "Shàng chē ba, wǒmen zhènghǎo yào qù Yíhéyuán fāngxiàng, kěyǐ dài nǐ yí duàn." Wǒ yóuyù le yíxià cái shàng le tāmen de chē. Yí lù shàng wǒ méiyǒu shuōhuà, yīnwèi wǒ bù xiǎng gēn bù rènshi de rén dǎ jiāodào. Dào le xuéxiào ménkǒu wǒ xià le chē, tāo chū qián lái yào gěi tāmen de shíhou, liǎng ge xiǎohuǒzi xiào zhe shuō: "Wǒmen yòu bú shì chūzū chē, zhǐshì shùnlù sòng song nǐ, zěnme néng yào qián ne?" Tīng le tāmen de huà, wǒ xīnli yì rè, máng xiàng tāmen biǎoshì gǎnxiè, wèn tāmen jiào shénme míngzi, zhù zài nǎr, kěshì tāmen yǐjīng bǎ chē fādòng qǐlai, duì wǒ zhāozhao shǒu shuō: "Méizhǔnr yǐhòu wǒmen hái huì jiàn miàn ne, huítóu zàishuō ba." Shuō zhe jiù bǎ chē kāi zǒu le. Wǒ lèng zài nàlǐ bù zhīdào shuō shénme hǎo. Zhìjīn wǒ yě méiyǒu zài jiàn guò zhè liǎng ge rèqíng yǒuhǎo de xiǎohuǒzi.

Wǒ hái yào zài Běijīng xuéxí hé shēnghuó hěn jiǔ, hé Zhōngguórén dǎ jiāodào de rìzi hái cháng zhe ne, kěnéng hái huì yù dào gèng duō yǒu yìsi de shì, zánmen yě "huítóu zàishuō" ba.

(Gēnjù 《Běijīng Wǎnbào》 Gāo Zǐ de wénzhāng gǎixiě)

Translation

When I first arrived in Beijing, I heard a cross-talk show that said Beijing people's pet phrase is "Have you eaten?" Later I discovered that actually, the phrase Beijing people love to say most is "We'll talk about it later."

I boarded a CAAC flight in Hong Kong. The person sitting next to me asked me in perfect English: "Are you going to Beijing for work?" "No, to study!" I answered. He was Chinese. We chatted happily all the way like this. Before getting off the plane, he also gave me a business card and invited me to visit his home when I had time.

The second weekend after arriving in Beijing, I called this gentleman I had met on the plane. He said enthusiastically on the phone: "Come to my home when you have time." I immediately became happy and said: "Great! When should I come?" He paused for a moment and said: "Work has been too busy lately, we'll talk about it later." However, almost every time I called, he would say he welcomed me to his home, while at the same time adding the phrase "we'll talk about it later."

I started thinking, didn't he say I could come when I had time? How could he be so insincere?

After three times of "we'll talk about it later," I finally went to his home. Both he and his wife were very warm, buying groceries and cooking, preparing a full table of food and drink that let me eat my fill. In the end, he also gave me many books. I glanced roughly at the price - over 500 yuan - and said: "You're giving me such expensive books, I must pay you." He said calmly: "These books are all useful to you. As for the money, we'll talk about it later." After that, I mentioned paying him for the books many times, and he always said: "We'll talk about it later."

During my days in Beijing, I often heard the phrase "we'll talk about it later." It made me feel not just polite refusal, but more a warm sense of waiting.

That day, I got on the subway at Jianguomen. This was my first time taking the subway since coming to China; I had never taken the Chinese subway before. There were many people on the train. After getting off the subway and coming up to ground level, I discovered that wasn't where I wanted to go, because I couldn't find the familiar Bus 375 stop. Just as I was looking around, two young men behind me took the initiative to greet me, but I didn't acknowledge them. After a while, they saw I was still standing there and asked me where I wanted to go. I asked them how to get to the Bus 375 stop. They said the Bus 375 stop was at Xizhimen, and here was Fuxingmen - still far from Xizhimen. When they learned I wanted to go back to school, they said: "Get in the car, we happen to be going toward the Summer Palace, we can take you part of the way." I hesitated for a moment before getting in their car. I didn't speak the whole way because I didn't want to deal with people I didn't know. When I got out at the school gate and took out money to give them, the two young men said with a smile: "We're not a taxi, we're just giving you a ride on our way, how could we take money?" Hearing their words, my heart warmed, and I hurriedly expressed my thanks, asking them their names and where they lived. But they had already started the car and waved at me saying: "Who knows, maybe we'll meet again in the future, we'll talk about it later." With that, they drove away. I stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to say. To this day, I haven't seen those two warm and friendly young men again.

I still have a long time to study and live in Beijing. The days of dealing with Chinese people are still long, and I may encounter many more interesting things. Let's also say "we'll talk about it later."

(Adapted from an article by Gao Zi in Beijing Evening News)

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生词 (Shēngcí) - New Words

#	汉字	拼音	词性	英文
1	回头	huítóu	副	after a while; soon
2	再说	zàishuō	动	to talk about sth. later; not to deal with sth. till sometime later
3	口头语	kǒutóuyǔ	名	pet phrase
4	后来	hòulái	名	later; afterwards
5	其实	qíshí	副	actually; in fact
6	民航	mínháng	名	civil aviation
7	邻	lín		adjacent; neighbor
8	地道	dìdào	形	pure; real; up to standard
9	回答	huídá	动	to answer; to reply
10	名片	míngpiàn	名	name card
11	几乎	jīhū	副	all but; almost; close to
12	同时	tóngshí	名	at the same time; meanwhile
13	实在	shízài	形、副	sincere; really
14	之后	zhīhòu	名	after that; afterwards
15	太太	tàitai	名	wife
16	临了(儿)	línliǎo	副	finally; in the end
17	粗	cū	形	rough
18	价钱	jiàqián	名	price
19	付	fù	动	to pay
20	平淡	píngdàn	形	flat; insipid
21	至于	zhìyú	介	as for; as to
22	日子	rìzi	名	day; date
23	推辞	tuīcí	动	to refuse; to turn down; to decline
24	温暖	wēnnuǎn	形	warm
25	等待	děngdài	动	to wait; to expect
26	地面	dìmiàn	名	ground
27	熟悉	shúxī	形	familiar
28	路	lù	名	line; route
29	左顾右盼	zuǒgù-yòupàn	动	to look around; to glance right and left
30	主动	zhǔdòng	形	on one's own initiative; voluntary
31	打招呼	dǎ zhāohu		to greet sb.; to say hello
32	理	lǐ	动	(usually used in the negative) to pay attention to; to speak to
33	方向	fāngxiàng	名	direction
34	犹豫	yóuyù	形	hesitant
35	打交道	dǎ jiāodào		to come into (or make) contact with; to have dealings with
36	顺路	shùnlù	副、形	passingly; on the way
37	发动	fādòng	动	to start; to launch
38	招手	zhāo shǒu	动	to wave one's hand
39	没准儿	méi zhǔnr	动	who knows; probably
40	见面	jiàn miàn	动	to meet; to see
41	愣	lèng	动	to be dumbfounded; to be stunned
42	至今	zhìjīn	副	up to now; to this day

专名 (Zhuānmíng) - Proper Nouns

汉字	拼音	英文
中国民航	Zhōngguó Mínháng	CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China)
建国门	Jiànguó Mén	Jianguomen, a place in Beijing
西直门	Xīzhí Mén	Xizhimen, a place in Beijing
复兴门	Fùxīng Mén	Fuxingmen, a place in Beijing

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注释 (Zhùshì) - Notes

1. 临了儿，他还送我好多书

Línliǎor, tā hái sòng wǒ hǎoduō shū

"了"读作 liǎo，"结束"的意思。"临了儿"表将要结束的时候。

"Liǎo" dú zuò liǎo, "jiéshù" de yìsi. "Línliǎor" biǎo jiāngyào jiéshù de shíhou.

"了" is pronounced as "liǎo", meaning "to end". "临了儿" means "finally" or "before something finally ends".

2. 之后我多次提起给他书钱的事

Zhīhòu wǒ duō cì tíqǐ gěi tā shū qián de shì

"提起"是"谈到""说到"的意思。例如：一提起这件事我就生气。

"Tíqǐ" shì "tándào" "shuōdào" de yìsi. Lìrú: Yì tíqǐ zhè jiàn shì wǒ jiù shēngqì.

"提起" means "to mention". Example: Every time this matter is mentioned, I get angry. (Yì tíqǐ zhè jiàn shì wǒ jiù shēngqì.)

3. 正在我左顾右盼的时候

Zhèngzài wǒ zuǒgù-yòupàn de shíhou

"左顾右盼"：向左右或周围看。

"Zuǒgù-yòupàn": xiàng zuǒyòu huò zhōuwéi kàn.

"左顾右盼": to look around; to glance right and left

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词语用法 (Cíyǔ Yòngfǎ) - Usage

1. 其实 (qíshí) - actually; in fact

表示所说的情况是真实的，有更正上文的作用。常用在主语前边。

Biǎoshì suǒ shuō de qíngkuàng shì zhēnshí de, yǒu gèngzhèng shàngwén de zuòyòng. Cháng yòng zài zhǔyǔ qiánbian.

It indicates that what is being said is true, with the function of correcting what was said before. Usually used before the subject.

例句 (Lìjù) - Example sentences:

• 其实，北京人最爱说的一句话是"回头再说"。

  • Qíshí, Běijīngrén zuì ài shuō de yí jù huà shì "huítóu zàishuō".
  • Actually, the phrase Beijing people love to say most is "we'll talk about it later."

• 你以为他回国了，其实他去云南旅行了。

  • Nǐ yǐwéi tā huíguó le, qíshí tā qù Yúnnán lǚxíng le.
  • You thought he returned to his country, but actually he went traveling in Yunnan.

• 看她的样子只有三十多岁，其实她都四十多了。

  • Kàn tā de yàngzi zhǐyǒu sānshí duō suì, qíshí tā dōu sìshí duō le.
  • She looks like she's only in her thirties, but actually she's already over forty.

• 其实早上你不用叫他，他自己能醒。

  • Qíshí zǎoshang nǐ bùyòng jiào tā, tā zìjǐ néng xǐng.
  • Actually, you don't need to wake him in the morning, he can wake up by himself.

2. 再说 (zàishuō) - to talk it over (later)

表示等到有时间、有条件、有机会时再考虑或办理。有时表示对他人的要求委婉地拒绝或推托。

Biǎoshì děng dào yǒu shíjiān, yǒu tiáojiàn, yǒu jīhuì shí zài kǎolǜ huò bànlǐ. Yǒushí biǎoshì duì tārén de yāoqiú wěiwǎn de jùjué huò tuītuō.

It indicates putting off consideration or handling until there is time, conditions, or opportunity. Sometimes it expresses a polite refusal or postponement of others' requests.

例句 (Lìjù) - Example sentences:

• 其实，北京人最爱说的一句话是"回头再说"。

  • Qíshí, Běijīngrén zuì ài shuō de yí jù huà shì "huítóu zàishuō".
  • Actually, the phrase Beijing people love to say most is "we'll talk about it later."

• 这件事以后再说吧。

  • Zhè jiàn shì yǐhòu zàishuō ba.
  • Let's talk about this matter later.

• A：你不是想买一本《现代汉语词典》吗? B：我今天没有带钱，以后再说吧。

  • A: Nǐ bú shì xiǎng mǎi yì běn 《Xiàndài Hànyǔ Cídiǎn》 ma? B: Wǒ jīntiān méiyǒu dài qián, yǐhòu zàishuō ba.
  • A: Don't you want to buy a Modern Chinese Dictionary? B: I didn't bring money today, let's talk about it later.

• A：我们明天去颐和园吧。B：明天我还有别的事，以后有空儿再说吧。

  • A: Wǒmen míngtiān qù Yíhéyuán ba. B: Míngtiān wǒ hái yǒu bié de shì, yǐhòu yǒu kòngr zàishuō ba.
  • A: Let's go to the Summer Palace tomorrow. B: I have other things tomorrow, let's talk about it later when I have time.

3. 实在 (shízài) - sincere; honest; really; indeed

1) 形容词，诚实；不虚假 (Xíngróngcí, chéngshí; bù xūjiǎ) Adjective: sincere; honest; not false

• 我开始想，不是说有空儿就让我去吗？怎么会这样不实在?

  • Wǒ kāishǐ xiǎng, bú shì shuō yǒu kòngr jiù ràng wǒ qù ma? Zěnme huì zhèyàng bù shízài?
  • I started thinking, didn't he say I could come when I had time? How could he be so insincere?

• 跟这个小伙子没交谈几句，就觉得他挺实在。

  • Gēn zhège xiǎohuǒzi méi jiāotán jǐ jù, jiù juéde tā tǐng shízài.
  • After just a few words with this young man, I felt he was quite honest.

• 如果没有实实在在的本领，你就很难在比赛中取胜。

  • Rúguǒ méiyǒu shíshízàizài de běnlǐng, nǐ jiù hěn nán zài bǐsài zhōng qǔshèng.
  • If you don't have real skills, it's very hard to win in competition.

2) 副词，的确；真的 (Fùcí, díquè; zhēn de) Adverb: really; truly; indeed

• 要把汉语说得跟中国人一样好，实在不容易。

  • Yào bǎ Hànyǔ shuō de gēn Zhōngguórén yíyàng hǎo, shízài bù róngyì.
  • To speak Chinese as well as Chinese people, it's really not easy.

• 这件事你去问她自己吧，我实在不知道。

  • Zhè jiàn shì nǐ qù wèn tā zìjǐ ba, wǒ shízài bù zhīdào.
  • You should ask her about this yourself, I really don't know.

• 我实在爬不动了，这山太高了。

  • Wǒ shízài pá bu dòng le, zhè shān tài gāo le.
  • I really can't climb anymore, this mountain is too high.

4. 用得着 (yòng de zháo) - to find sth. useful

"需要、有用"的意思。否定式是"用不着"，表示"不需要、不用"。

"Xūyào, yǒuyòng" de yìsi. Fǒudìng shì shì "yòng bu zháo", biǎoshì "bù xūyào, bùyòng".

Means "to need, to be useful". The negative form is "用不着", meaning "not needed, don't need to".

例句 (Lìjù) - Example sentences:

• 他平淡地说："这些书都是你用得着的，至于钱，回头再说吧。"

  • Tā píngdàn de shuō: "Zhèxiē shū dōu shì nǐ yòng de zháo de, zhìyú qián, huítóu zàishuō ba."
  • He said calmly: "These books are all useful to you. As for the money, we'll talk about it later."

• 这台电脑我已经用不着了，如果你用得着的话就送给你吧。

  • Zhè tái diànnǎo wǒ yǐjīng yòng bu zháo le, rúguǒ nǐ yòng de zháo de huà jiù sòng gěi nǐ ba.
  • I don't need this computer anymore, if you can use it I'll give it to you.

• 家里太乱了，用不着的东西就卖了吧。

  • Jiā lǐ tài luàn le, yòng bu zháo de dōngxi jiù mài le ba.
  • The house is too messy, let's just sell the things we don't need.

• 有什么意见你就好好儿说，用不着生这么大气。

  • Yǒu shénme yìjiàn nǐ jiù hǎohāor shuō, yòng bu zháo shēng zhème dà qì.
  • If you have any opinions just say them nicely, there's no need to get so angry.

5. 至于 (zhìyú) - as for; as to

用在句子或分句开头，引进另一话题。"至于"后边的名词、动词等就是话题。

Yòng zài jùzi huò fēnjù kāitóu, yǐnjìn lìng yí huàtí. "Zhìyú" hòubian de míngcí, dòngcí děng jiù shì huàtí.

Used at the beginning of a sentence or clause to introduce another topic. The nouns, verbs, etc. after "至于" are the topic.

例句 (Lìjù) - Example sentences:

• 他平淡地说："这些书都是你用得着的，至于钱，回头再说吧。"

  • Tā píngdàn de shuō: "Zhèxiē shū dōu shì nǐ yòng de zháo de, zhìyú qián, huítóu zàishuō ba."
  • He said calmly: "These books are all useful to you. As for the money, we'll talk about it later."

• 我知道这是四川菜，至于怎么做的，我就不知道了。

  • Wǒ zhīdào zhè shì Sìchuān cài, zhìyú zěnme zuò de, wǒ jiù bù zhīdào le.
  • I know this is Sichuan cuisine, but as for how it's made, I don't know.

• 这只是我的一点儿意见，至于你们赞成不赞成，那我就不管了。

  • Zhè zhǐshì wǒ de yìdiǎnr yìjiàn, zhìyú nǐmen zànchéng bù zànchéng, nà wǒ jiù bù guǎn le.
  • This is just my opinion, as for whether you agree or not, that's not my concern.

• 听说山本病了，至于什么病，可能玛丽清楚，你去问问玛丽吧。

  • Tīngshuō Shānběn bìng le, zhìyú shénme bìng, kěnéng Mǎlì qīngchu, nǐ qù wènwen Mǎlì ba.
  • I heard Yamamoto is sick, as for what illness, Mary probably knows, you should ask Mary.

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练习 (Liànxí) - Exercises

语音 (Phonetics)

辨音辨调 (Distinguish the pronunciations and tones)

词组1	拼音	词组2	拼音
启事	qǐshì	其实	qíshí
迷航	míháng	民航	mínháng
招收	zhāoshōu	招手	zhāo shǒu
地道	dìdào	地道	didao
梳洗	shūxǐ	熟悉	shúxi
由于	yóuyú	犹豫	yóuyù
地面	dìmiàn	体面	tǐmiàn
打听	dǎting	大厅	dàtīng

朗读成语:

• 入乡随俗 (rùxiāng-suísú)
• 事在人为 (shìzàirénwéi)
• 熟能生巧 (shúnéngshēngqiǎo)
• 勤能补拙 (qínnéngbǔzhuō)
• 己所不欲，勿施于人。(Jǐsǒubúyù, wùshīyúrén.)

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回答课文问题 (Huídá Kèwén Wèntí) - Answer Text Questions

中文

1. 作者是怎么认识第一个北京人的?
2. 这个北京人的口头语是什么?
3. 作者为什么打了三次电话才被邀请去这个北京人家?
4. 这个北京人送给了作者什么东西?
5. 作者第一次坐地铁的时候，他要在哪儿换车?
6. 作者坐车的时候为什么没说话?
7. 后来作者怎么到了要去的地方?
8. 说说你在中国遇到的愉快或不愉快的事。

Pinyin

1. Zuòzhě shì zěnme rènshi dì-yī ge Běijīngrén de?
2. Zhège Běijīngrén de kǒutóuyǔ shì shénme?
3. Zuòzhě wèishénme dǎ le sān cì diànhuà cái bèi yāoqǐng qù zhège Běijīngrén jiā?
4. Zhège Běijīngrén sòng gěi le zuòzhě shénme dōngxi?
5. Zuòzhě dì-yī cì zuò dìtiě de shíhou, tā yào zài nǎr huàn chē?
6. Zuòzhě zuò chē de shíhou wèishénme méi shuōhuà?
7. Hòulái zuòzhě zěnme dào le yào qù de dìfang?
8. Shuōshuo nǐ zài Zhōngguó yù dào de yúkuài huò bù yúkuài de shì.

Translation

1. How did the author meet the first Beijing person?
2. What is this Beijing person's pet phrase?
3. Why did the author have to call three times before being invited to this Beijing person's home?
4. What did this Beijing person give to the author?
5. When the author took the subway for the first time, where was he supposed to transfer?
6. Why didn't the author speak when riding in the car?
7. How did the author eventually get to where he wanted to go?
8. Tell about happy or unhappy things you've encountered in China.

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交际会话 (Jiāojì Huìhuà) - Communication

邀请 (Yāoqǐng) - Inviting

中文

A: 最近有时间吗?

B: 什么事儿?

A: 请你到我家去玩儿。我刚搬了新家，你去看看，顺便吃顿便饭。

B: 好啊。什么时候?

A: 这个星期六上午，行吗?

B: 行啊。

A: 如果你先生和孩子愿意的话，一块儿来吧。

B: 好，谢谢了！

A: 谢什么。

Pinyin

A: Zuìjìn yǒu shíjiān ma?

B: Shénme shìr?

A: Qǐng nǐ dào wǒ jiā qù wánr. Wǒ gāng bān le xīn jiā, nǐ qù kànkan, shùnbiàn chī dùn biànfàn.

B: Hǎo a. Shénme shíhou?

A: Zhège xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, xíng ma?

B: Xíng a.

A: Rúguǒ nǐ xiānsheng hé háizi yuànyì de huà, yíkuàir lái ba.

B: Hǎo, xièxie le!

A: Xiè shénme.

Translation

A: Do you have time recently?

B: What's up?

A: Please come to my home to visit. I just moved to a new place, come and see it, and have a simple meal while you're at it.

B: Great. When?

A: This Saturday morning, is that okay?

B: Yes, that's fine.

A: If your husband and children are willing, bring them along.

B: Okay, thank you!

A: No need to thank me.

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推辞 (Tuīcí) - Declining

中文

A: 你今晚有空儿吗?

B: 我今晚要参加一个晚会。有事儿吗?

A: 没什么重要事儿。咱们好久不见了，想请你来我家玩儿玩儿。

B: 真对不起，我今天实在没时间。

Pinyin

A: Nǐ jīnwǎn yǒu kòngr ma?

B: Wǒ jīnwǎn yào cānjiā yí ge wǎnhuì. Yǒu shìr ma?

A: Méi shénme zhòngyào shìr. Zánmen hǎojiǔ bú jiàn le, xiǎng qǐng nǐ lái wǒ jiā wánrwanr.

B: Zhēn duìbuqǐ, wǒ jīntiān shízài méi shíjiān.

Translation

A: Do you have time tonight?

B: I have to attend an evening party tonight. What's up?

A: Nothing important. We haven't seen each other in a long time, I wanted to invite you to visit my home.

B: I'm really sorry, I really don't have time today.