{"id":5788,"date":"2019-11-14T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/business-chinese\/lesson-093-ride-to-the-summer-palace\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:11:00","slug":"lesson-093-ride-to-the-summer-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/lesson-093-ride-to-the-summer-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 093 Ride to the Summer Palace."},"content":{"rendered":"
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M: Dàji\u01011 h\u01ceo. Hu\u0101n1yíng n\u01d0men dào Xiànzài Xué Hàny\u01d4. W\u01d2 shì ML.
S: W\u01d2 shì Stuart. ML, \u4eca\u5929\u6211\u4eec\u5b66\u4ec0\u4e48 j\u012bnti\u0101n w\u01d2men xué shénme?<\/p>\n

M. Well, I think it’s time we learnt to ride a bike.<\/p>\n

S. H\u01ceo zhúyi. W\u01d2men k\u0101ish\u01d0. ML, \u4eca\u5929\u4f60\u60f3\u53bb\u54ea\u513f j\u012bnti\u0101n, n\u01d0 xi\u01ceng qù n\u01cer?<\/p>\n

M. The Summer Palace. \u9890\u548c\u56ed. \u6211\u60f3\u53bb\u9890\u548c\u56edw\u01d2 xi\u01ceng qù Yíhéyuán.<\/p>\n

S. How far? \u9890\u548c\u56ed\u79bb\u8fd9\u513f\u591a\u8fdc Yíhéyuán lí zhèr du\u014d yu\u01cen?<\/p>\n

M. \u516d\u516c\u91ccliù g\u014dngl\u01d0.<\/p>\n

S. That’s not far\u516d\u516c\u91cc,\u90a3\u4e0d\u8fdc liù g\u014dngl\u01d0, nà bù yu\u01cen.<\/p>\n

M. Do you have a bike? \u4f60\u6709\u81ea\u884c\u8f66\u5417 n\u01d0 y\u01d2u zìxíngch\u0113 ma?<\/p>\n

S. \u6211\u6709\u81ea\u884c\u8f66 w\u01d2 y\u01d2u zìxíngch\u0113.<\/p>\n

M. \u6211\u4e5f\u6709\u81ea\u884c\u8f66w\u01d2 y\u011b y\u01d2u zìxíngch\u0113.<\/p>\n

S. \u6211\u4eec\u9a91\u8f66\u53bb, \u597d\u4e0d\u597d? w\u01d2men qí ch\u0113 qù, h\u01ceo bù h\u01ceo?<\/p>\n

M. qí ch\u0113 qù, qí ch\u0113 qù? H\u01ceo!<\/p>\n

S. Now the new stuff. \u4eca\u5929,\u4f60\u60f3\u53bb\u54ea\u513f. That’s easy: wher do you want to go today? j\u012bnti\u0101n, ní xi\u01ceng qù n\u01cer?<\/p>\n

M. The Summer Palace. \u9890\u548c\u56ed. \u6211\u60f3\u53bb\u9890\u548c\u56ed. Now say, ‘they want to go to the Summer Palace. Duì le. \u4ed6\u4eec\u60f3\u53bb\u9890\u548c\u56edt\u0101men xi\u01ceng qù Yíhéyuán.<\/p>\n

S. \u9890\u548c\u56ed from here, how far?\u79bb\u8fd9\u513f\u591a\u8fdc?<\/p>\n

M. lí zhèr du\u014d yu\u01cen? \u79bbLI lí, here means ‘distance from’ lí. \u591a DUO du\u014d, the same duo as in du\u014dsh\u01ceoqián ‘how much money?’ \u8fdc YUAN yu\u01cen, means ‘far’ or ‘distant’. Du\u014d yu\u01cen, ‘how far?’ Lí zhèr du\u014d yu\u01cen how far from here? Say it, lí zhèr du\u014d yu\u01cen?<\/p>\n

S. \u516d\u516c\u91ccliù g\u014dngl\u01d0.<\/p>\n

M.\u516d\u516c\u91cc,\u90a3\u4e0d\u8fdc liù g\u014dngl\u01d0, nà bù yu\u01cen. What does bù yu\u01cen mean? Duì le, ‘not far’, bù yu\u01cen.<\/p>\n

S. \u4f60\u6709\u81ea\u884c\u8f66\u5417?<\/p>\n

M. n\u01d0 y\u01d2u zìxíngch\u0113 ma? \u81ea ZI zì, means ‘self’, zì. \u884c XING xíng, here means ‘move’ xíng\u8f66 CHE ch\u0113, ‘vehicle’, the same ch\u0113 as in motor car, qích\u0113. So guess what a ‘self move vehicle’ zìxíngch\u0113 is. Méi cuò, a bicycle, zìxíngch\u0113.<\/p>\n

S. And, \u9a91\u81ea\u884c\u8f66 QI qí, to ‘ride’. Qí zìxíngch\u0113, to ‘ride a bike’ qí zìxíngch\u0113. But we often shorten it to \u9a91\u8f66 qích\u0113.<\/p>\n

M. \u6211\u4e5f\u6709 I also have \u6211\u4e5f\u6709\u81ea\u884c\u8f66 w\u01d2 y\u011b y\u01d2u zìxíngch\u0113.<\/p>\n

S. \u597d, \u6211\u4eec\u9a91\u8f66\u53bb we ride bike go, w\u01d2men qí ch\u0113 qù.<\/p>\n

M. qí ch\u0113 qù, qí ch\u0113 qù? H\u01ceo.<\/p>\n

S: Catch all the dialogue? F\u0113icháng h\u01ceo. Now we can xiàkè. Zàijiàn.
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