{"id":5737,"date":"2019-11-12T12:43:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-151-i-like-internet\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T12:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T12:43:41","slug":"lesson-151-i-like-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/lesson-151-i-like-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 151 I Like Internet."},"content":{"rendered":"
M: Dàji\u0101h\u01ceo! hu\u0101nyíng sh\u014dut\u012bng Xiànzài xué hàny\u01d4, w\u01d2shì ML.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. ML, j\u012bnti\u0101n w\u01d2men xué shénme?<\/p>\n

M: Shall we co<\/em>ntinue learning more words related to computers and the Internet, hùliánw\u01ceng, the Internet?<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 bùf\u01cenduì. No objection! \u6211\u4e0d\u53cd\u5bf9\u3002<\/p>\n

M: Stuart, do you like the Internet? N\u01d0 x\u01d0hu\u0101n hùliánw\u01ceng ma? \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u4e92\u8054\u7f51\u5417\uff1f<\/p>\n

S: Of course! I also like sending emails. \u6211\u4e5f\u559c\u6b22\u53d1\u7535\u5b50\u90ae\u4ef6\u3002W\u01d2y\u011b x\u01d0hu\u0101n f\u0101 diànz\u01d0 yóujiàn. It’s both fast and convenient. \u5b83\u53c8\u5feb\u53c8\u65b9\u4fbfT\u0101 yòukuài yòuf\u0101ngbian. I don’t like chatting on the net. \u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u5728\u7f51\u4e0a\u804a\u5929 W\u01d2 bù x\u01d0hu\u0101n zài w\u01cengshàng liáoti\u0101n.<\/p>\n

M: Why?<\/p>\n

S: Because, my typing speed is too slow. \u6211\u7684\u6253\u5b57\u901f\u5ea6\u592a\u6162\u4e86 W\u01d2de d\u01cezì sùdù tàimànle.<\/p>\n

M: Now let’s look at the new stuff. I asked Stuart, \u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u4e92\u8054\u7f51\u5417\uff1fHùliánw\u01ceng, HU LIAN WANG, fourth tone, second tone, and third tone, \u4e92\u8054\u7f51\uff0cmeans the Internet. Hù here means mutual, and lián means to connect. So together, ‘mutual co<\/em>nnected net’, the Internet.<\/p>\n

S: W\u01d2 x\u01d0hu\u0101n hùliánw\u01ceng. \u6211\u559c\u6b22\u4e92\u8054\u7f51\u3002W\u01d2y\u011b x\u01d0hu\u0101n f\u0101 diánz\u01d0 yóujiàn. T\u0101 yòukuài yòuf\u0101ngbian. It’s both fast and convenient. \u5b83\u53c8\u5feb\u53c8\u65b9\u4fbf\u3002<\/p>\n

M: T\u0101 yòukuài yòuf\u0101ngbian. Kuài, fast; and f\u0101ngbian, FANG BIAN, \u65b9\u4fbf\uff0cconvenient. Notice the ‘\u53c8…\u53c8…’ structure here? It is similar to the ‘both…and…’ structure in English.<\/p>\n

S: More examples. If a dinner is both delicious and cheap, we can simply say, w\u01cenc\u0101n yòuh\u01ceoch\u012b yòupiányi. \u665a\u9910\u53c8\u597d\u5403\u53c8\u4fbf\u5b9c\u3002Cheap, \u4fbf\u5b9c\uff0cPIAN YI, piányi.<\/p>\n

M: And you can say, ‘my friend is both clever and pretty.’ W\u01d2de péngyou yòuc\u014dngming yòupiàoliang. \u6211\u7684\u670b\u53cb\u53c8\u806a\u660e\u53c8\u6f02\u4eae\u3002Piàoliang, PIAO LIANG, \u6f02\u4eae\uff0cpretty.<\/p>\n

M: Now let’s co<\/em>ntinue with our text.<\/p>\n

S: I said, I don’t like chatting on the net. W\u01d2bù x\u01d0hu\u0101n zài w\u01cengshàng liáoti\u0101n. \u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u5728\u7f51\u4e0a\u804a\u5929\u3002<\/p>\n

M: Still remember the phrase zài zhu\u014dzi shang? Duìle, it means ‘on the table’. Zài zhu\u014dzi shang. So, on the net, zài w\u01cengshang, \u5728\u7f51\u4e0a\u3002Stuart \u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u5728\u7f51\u4e0a\u804a\u5929 T\u0101 bù x\u01d0hu\u0101n zài w\u01cengshàng liáoti\u0101n.<\/p>\n

S: That’s because my typing speed is too slow. Nàshì y\u012bnwéi w\u01d2de d\u01cezì sùdù tàimànle. \u90a3\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u6211\u7684\u6253\u5b57\u901f\u5ea6\u592a\u6162\u4e86\u3002
M: D\u01cezì, to type letters, \u6253\u5b57, DA ZI, third tone fourth tone. And sùdù, SU DU, both in fourth tone, \u901f\u5ea6\uff0cmeans speed. So the whole sentence is –<\/p>\n

S: \u6211\u7684\u6253\u5b57\u901f\u5ea6\u592a\u6162\u4e86, w\u01d2de d\u01cezì sùdù tàimànle.<\/p>\n

M: With that we finish today’s lesson. See you next time!<\/p>\n

S: Zàijiàn!
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