{"id":10818,"date":"2019-11-19T18:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-137-in-the-office-1\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T18:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:49:44","slug":"lesson-137-in-the-office-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/lesson-137-in-the-office-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 137 In the Office (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Cam: It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in o<em><\/em>nly five minutes a day &ndash; welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI.&nbsp; Wo shi Cam. <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; And wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; Cam, you can be really disorganized sometimes.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp;  I know&hellip; I need to start putting things in filing cabinets and keeping  track of my appointments.&nbsp; And I might get some help with that this week  on Chinese Studio.<br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Right. We are going to look at work, and staying organized.<br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s Check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <br \/>  <\/strong>office.\u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4)  computer. \u7535\u8111\u3002(dian4nao3) desk. \u529e\u516c\u684c(ban4gong1zhuo1)\u3002pen\u7b14 (bi3). pencil.  \u94c5\u7b14(qian1bi3)\u3002paper. \u7eb8 (zhi3) My computer isn&rsquo;t working. \u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002(wo3 de  dian4nao3 huai4 le.) All in today&rsquo;s Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: The first word I want to learn is how to say office in Chinese.<br \/>  YJ: Ok. It&rsquo;s\u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4)<br \/>  Cam: \u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4)<br \/>  YJ: \u529e\u516c(ban4gong1) means to work <br \/>  Cam: \u529e\u516c(ban4gong1)<br \/>  YJ: \u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4), office.<br \/>  Cam: \u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4)<br \/>  YJ:  Now let&rsquo;s get to the appliances in \u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002(ban4gong1shi4). I have to say  the most commo<em><\/em>nly used one is computer. In Chinese you can  say\u7535\u8111\u3002(dian4nao3)<br \/>  Cam: \u7535\u8111\u3002(dian4nao3),<br \/>  YJ: which literally means &ldquo;electro<em><\/em>nic brain&rdquo;. \u7535\u8111\u3002(dian4nao3)<br \/>  Cam: that&rsquo;s interesting to know. \u7535\u8111\u3002(dian4nao3) Yajie, how do the Chinese say desk?&nbsp; <br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s \u529e\u516c\u684c(ban4gong1zhuo1)\u3002<br \/>  Cam: \u529e\u516c\u684c(ban4gong1zhuo1)\u3002<br \/>  YJ:  \u684c(zhuo1) alone means desk. But since here we are talking a<em><\/em>bout the  office, so we put \u529e\u516c(ban4gong1) in front. \u529e\u516c\u684c(ban4gong1zhuo1)\u3002<br \/>  Cam: I see. \u529e\u516c\u684c(ban4gong1zhuo1), desk.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<br \/>  \uff081\uff09&nbsp;A\uff1a\u8fd9\u662f\u6211\u7684\u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u3002<br \/>  B\uff1a\u55ef, \u633a\u4e0d\u9519\u7684\uff01<br \/>  \uff082\uff09&nbsp;A\uff1a\u7535\u8111\u653e\u54ea\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u5c31\u653e\u5728\u90a3\u5f20\u529e\u516c\u684c\u4e0a\u5427\u3002 <br \/>  \uff083\uff09&nbsp;A\uff1a\u4f60\u7684\u624b\u63d0\u7535\u8111\u5728\u54ea\u5462\uff1f<br \/>  B\uff1a\u54ce\u5440<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sogou.com\/sogoupedia?query=%B0%A5%D1%BD\" style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: underline\"><\/a>\uff0c\u6211\u5fd8\u5728\u529e\u516c\u5ba4\u4e86\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Sometimes I can&rsquo;t find my pen, and need to borrow one from my  fellow colleagues. Could you please tell me how to say that in Chinese? <br \/>  YJ: you can just say \u7b14 (bi3), the third tone, it&rsquo;s also a generic name.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: That&rsquo;s easy, \u7b14 (bi3). Then what if I need to borrow a pencil?<br \/>  YJ: it&rsquo;s \u94c5\u7b14(qian1bi3), \u94c5 \uff08qian1\uff09means lead in Chinese. I guess because it used to be made of lead. <br \/>  Cam: could be. \u94c5\u7b14(qian1bi3), pencil. And also I need to borrow some &ldquo;paper&rdquo;&hellip;hehe? <br \/>  YJ: Cam, it&rsquo;s \u7eb8 (zhi3), z-h-i, the third tone. <br \/>  Cam: \u7eb8 (zhi3). Easy.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<br \/>  (1) A: \u4f60\u597d\uff0c\u80fd\u501f\u4e00\u652f\u94c5\u7b14\u548c\u4e00\u5f20\u7eb8\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6ca1\u95ee\u9898\u3002\u7ed9\u4f60\u3002<br \/>  A\uff1a\u8c22\u8c22\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, unfortunately my computer isn&rsquo;t working. And I need help  from the technical guys. But first I need to tell them that in Chinese. <br \/>  YJ: ok, you can say\u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.)<br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.)<br \/>  YJ: \u6211\u7684(wo3 de), my. <br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u7684(wo3 de<br \/>  YJ: \u7535\u8111(dian4nao3), as we mentio<em><\/em>ned just now, it means computer. <br \/>  Cam: \u7535\u8111(dian4nao3), &ldquo;electro<em><\/em>nic brain&rdquo;, I remember. <br \/>  YJ: hehe, \u574f\u4e86(huai4 le) here it means the machine can&rsquo;t work. <br \/>  Cam: \u574f\u4e86(huai4 le)<br \/>  YJ: \u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.) <br \/>  Cam: \u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002(wo3 de dian4nao3 huai4 le.) My computer isn&rsquo;t working.<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<br \/>  \uff081\uff09A: \u6211\u7684\u7535\u8111\u574f\u4e86\u3002\u80fd\u5e2e\u6211\u4fee\u4e00\u4e0b\u5417\uff1f<br \/>  B: \u6ca1\u95ee\u9898\u3002<\/p>\n<p>  Cam:&nbsp; Well Yajie, this was a good starter lesson.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m looking forward to learning more a<em><\/em>bout working in an office. <br \/>  YJ: Good. And we have our lucky listener for this week, he is&hellip; <br \/>  Cam: Mr. Jo?o Mc Loures from Brazil! Congrats!<br \/>  YJ: Congratulations, Mr. Mc Loures! You are going to have a special prize from us.<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-3365439350\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam: It&rsquo;s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day &ndash; welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI.&nbsp; Wo shi Cam.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; And wo shi Yajie.&nbsp; Cam, you can be really disorganized sometimes.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp;  I know&hellip; I need to start putting things in filing cabinets and keeping  track of my appointments.&nbsp; And I might get some help with that this week  on Chinese Studio.<br \/>\n  YJ:&nbsp; Right. We are going to look at work, and staying organized.<br \/>\n  Cam:&nbsp; Let&rsquo;s Check Key Words of the Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2853],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-10818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":162,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}