{"id":10820,"date":"2019-11-19T21:15:56","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/spoken-chinese\/lesson-139-in-the-office-3\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T21:15:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:15:56","slug":"lesson-139-in-the-office-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/lesson-139-in-the-office-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 139 In the Office (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"left\">Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International.&nbsp; Dajia hao, wo shi Yajie.<br \/>  Cam: And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; I am already becoming a little more organized this week Yajie, thanks to these lessons.<br \/>  Yajie:&nbsp; That is good news, Cam. Shall we co<em><\/em>ntinue more with Key Words of the Day?<br \/>  Cam: Sounds good!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Words of the Day <br \/>  <\/strong>schedule, \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2  biao3\uff09appointment. \u7ea6\u4f1a(yue1hui4).&nbsp; telephone.\u7535\u8bdd(dian4hua4)&nbsp; fax machine.  \u4f20\u771f\u673a (chuan2zhen1ji1) photocopier. \u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1)&nbsp; All in today&rsquo;s  Chinese Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, what&rsquo;s the Chinese for schedule? Because when I make an appointment with others, I need to check it first.<br \/>  YJ: Schedule in Chinese is, \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2 biao3\uff09<br \/>  Cam: \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2 biao3\uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u65e5\u7a0b\uff08ri4 cheng2 \uff09 means a program of planned events or appointments. <br \/>  Cam:&nbsp; \u65e5\u7a0b\uff08ri4 cheng2 \uff09<br \/>  YJ: \u8868 (biao3) here it means list.<br \/>  Cam: \u8868 (biao3).<br \/>  YJ: \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2 biao3\uff09schedule. <br \/>  Cam: \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2 biao3\uff09Then how do you say appointment in Chinese? <br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s\u7ea6\u4f1a(yue1hui4).<br \/>  Cam: \u7ea6\u4f1a(yue1hui4).<br \/>  YJ: But it also means date in Chinese, although I know appointment is just for boring business events.<br \/>  Cam: haha, I see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conversation1:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, I remember that we have learned the Chinese for  telephone. But I don&rsquo;t know how to say it now. Could you please remind  me of that again?<br \/>  YJ: Sure. It&rsquo;s\u7535\u8bdd(dian4hua4)<br \/>  Cam: \u7535\u8bdd(dian4hua4),  all in the fourth tone. Got it. Then what&rsquo;s the Chinese for fax machine?  You know fax machine can also be used as a telephone. <br \/>  YJ:&nbsp; Right. it&rsquo;s \u4f20\u771f\u673a (chuan2zhen1ji1)<br \/>  Cam: \u4f20\u771f\u673a (chuan2zhen1ji1)<br \/>  YJ: \u4f20\u771f(chuan2zhen1), fax. <br \/>  Cam: \u4f20\u771f(chuan2zhen1)<br \/>  YJ: \u673a(ji1), j-i, the first tone, which means machine. <br \/>  Cam: \u673a(ji1)<br \/>  YJ: So Fax machine is \u4f20\u771f\u673a (chuan2zhen1ji1)<br \/>  Cam: \u4f20\u771f\u673a (chuan2zhen1ji1)<\/p>\n<p>Conversation2:<\/p>\n<p>Cam: Yajie, It&rsquo;s much more efficient to photocopy some files than  printing them out one by one. How do you say photocopier in Chinese? <br \/>  YJ: It&rsquo;s\u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1)<br \/>  Cam: \u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1)<br \/>  YJ: Right. \u590d\u5370(fu4yin4) means photocopy, all in the fourth tone.&nbsp; <br \/>  Cam: \u590d\u5370(fu4yin4)<br \/>  YJ: \u673a(ji1) means machine.<br \/>  Cam: \u673a(ji1)<br \/>  YJ: \u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1)<br \/>  Cam: \u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1), photocopier. How do you say &ldquo;can I use the photocopier&rdquo; in Chinese?<br \/>  YJ: You can say\u80fd\u7528\u4e00\u4e0b\u590d\u5370\u673a\u5417\uff1f(neng2 yong4 yi2 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?)<br \/>  Cam: \u80fd\u7528\u4e00\u4e0b\u590d\u5370\u673a\u5417\uff1f(neng2 yong4 yi2 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?)<br \/>  YJ: \u80fd(neng2), can. <br \/>  Cam: \u80fd(neng2)<br \/>  YJ: \u7528(yong4), to use.<br \/>  Cam: \u7528(yong4)<br \/>  YJ: \u4e00\u4e0b(yi2 xia4) is used after a verb, and indicates the attempt.<br \/>  Cam: \u4e00\u4e0b(yi2 xia4)<br \/>  YJ: \u590d\u5370\u673a (fu4yin4ji1), photocopier. <br \/>  Cam: \u590d\u5370\u673a (fu4yin4ji1)<br \/>  YJ: \u80fd\u7528\u4e00\u4e0b\u590d\u5370\u673a\u5417\uff1f(neng2 yong4 yi2 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?)<br \/>  Cam: \u80fd\u7528\u4e00\u4e0b\u590d\u5370\u673a\u5417\uff1f(neng2 yong4 yi2 xia4 fu4yin4ji1 ma?) Can I use the photocopier?<\/p>\n<p>Conversation3:<\/p>\n<p>Key Words Reminder <br \/>  schedule, \u65e5\u7a0b\u8868 \uff08ri4 cheng2 biao3\uff09appointment.  \u7ea6\u4f1a(yue1hui4).&nbsp; telephone.\u7535\u8bdd(dian4hua4)&nbsp; fax machine. \u4f20\u771f\u673a  (chuan2zhen1ji1) photocopier. \u590d\u5370\u673a(fu4yin4ji1)&nbsp; All in today&rsquo;s Chinese  Studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-90322182\"><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>Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International.&nbsp; Dajia hao, wo shi Yajie.<br \/>\n  Cam: And wo shi Cam.&nbsp; I am already becoming a little more organized this week Yajie, thanks to these lessons.<br \/>\n  Yajie:&nbsp; That is good news, Cam. Shall we continue more with Key Words of the Day?<br \/>\n  Cam: Sounds good!<\/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":[370,98],"class_list":["post-10820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-chinese","tag-chinese-for","tag-chinese-studio"],"views":191,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}