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苏珊: What a beautiful cup! Is it porcelain?
这个杯子真漂亮!是瓷的吧?

林红: Yes, it is. You like porcelain?
对。是瓷的。你喜欢瓷器？

苏珊: Like? I love them! I have a lot of porcelain items back in home.
喜欢?我爱它们！我家里有好多瓷器呢。

林红: Really ? Then you must know a lot about porcelain.
真的吗?那你一定很了解瓷器。

大嘴: What is the typical entertaining places of Beijing ?
北京有什么好玩的地方？

脸盆: Numerous !Ranging from the Great Wall to the traditional single-story houses with rows of rooms aroud the 4 sides of a courtyard .
太多了！大到万里长城，小到四合院。

大嘴: What about the feature snacks?
有什么特色美食？

脸盆: Beijing roast duck and a fermented drink made from ground beans.
北京烤鸭，豆汁儿。

大嘴: Our country has many minorities,they have languages of their own .
中华民族有很多民族，而且都有各自不同的语言。

脸盆: Yeah ,but we use unified Putonghua.
是啊，但是我们现在统一使用普通话。

大嘴: Putonghua has actually resulted from the mergence of various ethnic groups and it was over a long period of time.
普通话是在历史长时间冶炼，多民族多方交融的结果。

脸盆: The mergence of various ethnic groups was so important to the formation and development of Putonghua .
民族交融对于普通话的形成发展至关重要。

Tracy: Chinese New Year will soon come round. Sigh.
春节就快到了(叹气)。

Ann: Why are you depressed?
为什么那么沮丧？

Tracy: I hate to book train tickets during the new year. It's really a tough job.
我讨厌在春节期间订火车票。真是份苦差事。

Ann: Have you ever failed to book the ticket?
你试过订不到票吗？

周清: How do you like the boiled beef in chili soup?
你觉得刚才的水煮牛肉怎么样?

山姆: I love the tender beef, but it's far too spicy. I can't feel my tongue.
牛肉很嫩.我很喜欢。但是这也太辣了.我舌头都麻了。

周清: No wonder you only had a little bit.
难怪你只吃了一点。

山姆: So Sichuan food in China is different from that in the US, right?
原来中国的川菜和我在美国吃的不一样啊，对吗?

苏珊: We have landscape painting,figure painting and flower and-bird painting.
我们有山水画、人物画和花鸟画。

凯西: I'd like a flower-and-bird painting.
我想要一幅花鸟画。

苏珊: How about this picture of cranes with pine trees?
您看这幅松鹤画如何?

凯西: It was painted by a famous Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty.
这是中国清代的一位著名画家画的。

李涛: Hello, Mike! You have been reading the newspaper for quite a while. What`s new?
嗨，迈克。你看报纸看了好一会儿了。.有什么新鲜事儿吗?

迈克: Oh, yes. I am reading the story on the Chinese porcelain found from wrecks deep under sea.
哦。是的。我在读有关深海里沉船中发现中国瓷器的报道。

李涛: Wow! They are sure to be cultural relics. How old are they?
哇!它们肯定都是文物.那些瓷器有多久远?

迈克: Well, actually there is a company, which has been doing the wrecking for 15 years. Lots of porcelain items were salvaged and they are from different times.
嗯。实际上是有一个公司在做打捞.已经15年了。所以有很多瓷器被打捞上来。它们属于不同的时代。

李涛: Mike, Have you ever seen a Peking Opera?
迈克.你看过京剧吗?

迈克: Of course. Peking Opera is kind of symbol of China. I suppose every foreigner would manage to see one.
当然看过。京剧是中国的一种象征。我想每个外国人都会设法去看看的。

李涛: Definitely. What do you think of Peking Opera?
的确.你认为京剧怎么样?

迈克: Well, it is an admirable art and at the same time a difficult abstract art.
嗯。它是一种令人赞叹的艺术.同时也是一种抽象的。理解起来有点困难的艺术。

苏珊: Hello, Hong! I`m looking for you!
林红。你好!我在找你呢!

林红: Hi, Susan! What`s up?
你好!苏珊。有什么事吗?

苏珊: Do you remember I told you that my grandma had a back pain?
你记得我告诉过你我姥姥背痛吗?

林红: Sure. Did you buy Chinese medicine for her? How is she now?
当然记得.你给她买中药了吗?她现在怎么样?

大嘴: China has been a united multi-ethnic country since ancient times.
中国自古以来就是一个统一的多民族国家。

脸盆: The 55 ethnic minorities except Han people take up fewer of the total population in the country, so they were called minorities.
由于汉族以外的５５个民族相对人口较少，习惯上被称为少数民族。

大嘴: South and North are distinctive .
南北方的民族各具特色。

脸盆: Every nations has their characteristics with perpetual history.
各民族的文化也很有特点，历史也悠久。

大嘴: How many wonders does our country boast?
知道我们国家有多少世界之最吗？

脸盆: Oh, it’s out of count.
啊，不计其数吧。

大嘴: There are incalculable wonders in every field.
我国在各领域都有数不清的世界之最。

脸盆: We have the most perpetual history.
我们有最悠久的文化。

李涛: Hello! Mike. Already back? What did you buy at the market?
迈克.你好!已经回来了?你从市场上都买了些什么呀?

迈克: A lot of stuffs. Chinese mountain-water paintings, clay figurines, seals, Weifang New Year pictures, and many papercuts!
很多东西.中国山水画.泥人.印章.潍坊年画和很多剪纸!

李涛: You seem to have bought the whole market!
你好象把整个市场都买回来了!

迈克: Yeah. I really wanted to do so. I love those handicrafts, especially the papercut.
是呀.我的确想那么做.我喜欢那些手工艺品.尤其是剪纸.

苏珊: We'd like to try some cantonese food. Could you make some recommendations?
我们想尝尝粤莱.你能否给我们推荐一下?

凯西: Sure. We have some typical cantonese food today: Roast Suckling Pig.the Battle between the Dragon and the Tiger.Fried Milk.Salt- Baked Chicken and Dog Meat Casserole.
当然。今天本店主理的粤菜有: 烤乳猪、龙虎斗、炸鲜奶、盐炯鸡、狗肉煲。

苏珊: I'm afraid I don't like snake dishes or dog meat. But I like chicken very much. Are there any other dishes you could recommend?
我不喜欢吃蛇或狗肉做的菜。不过我特别喜欢吃鸡。你还有什么菜可以推荐的?

凯西: Certainly.sir. We also serve Carmine Goose.Roast Goose.Soft- Boiled Chicken.Sliced Chicken with Chicken Liver and Ham.Steamed Grass Carp and Steamed Mandarin Fish,if you like fish.
有的.先生.我们还供应胭脂香鹅.烧鹅.白切鸡.广州文昌鸡.如你们喜欢鱼的话.我们还供应清蒸皖鱼和清蒸鲑鱼。

苏珊: This is gorgeous! What is it? Why do you paste it on the window?
真漂亮!这是什么?你为什么要把它巾在窗户上?

林红: This is a paper-cut. According to Chinese traditional custom, we like decorating home with paper-cuts on Spring Festival.
这是窗花.按照中国的传统.我们喜欢在春节用窗花来装饰家.

苏珊: Oh.I see. Where did you buy it?I want one too.
原来是这样啊.你从哪里买的?我也想买一个.

林红: An old lady living in the neighborhood gave me. She is said to be a master of paper cutting. I can ask for some more for you if you like.
邻居一个老太太给的.据说她是一位剪纸大师呢.如果你喜欢.我可以帮你向她再要一些.

徐阳: Where did you go this morning?
今天上午你去哪里了？

青青: I went to the library and read some interesting stories of your family name.
我去了图纸馆， 看到一些关于你的姓的有趣的故事。

徐阳: My family name? You mean Xu ?
我的姓 ？你说姓 徐 ？

青青: Yes. Do you know who is the oldest famous Xu in the history?
对， 你知道历史上最长寿的徐姓名人是谁吗 ？

苏珊: Do you know where I can find a good shop for Chinese tea?
你知道我在哪里可以找到卖中国茶的好商店吗?

凯西: Yes. There are lots of good places. What exactly do you want to buy?
是的。有很多卖茶的好地方。你想买什么样的茶?

苏珊: I'd like to get some green tea and some jasmine tea. And I'd also like to get a Chi-nese teapot.
我想买一些绿茶.还有一些茉莉花茶.我还想买一只中国茶壶.

凯西: Ok. I know one or two very good tea shops.
好的。我知道一两家好的茶叶店。

苏珊: I went to see Peking Opera last night. It's fantastic!
我昨晚去看京剧了.真精彩!

林红: Great. What repertoire did you see?
太棒了.你看的是什么剧目?

苏珊: Umm-- Beats me. I don't remember the name. But the story is about a defeated king whose concubine killed herself.
嗯--不知道。我不记得名字了。但故事是关于一个战败的国王，他的妃子自杀了。

林红: That must be"The King Says Farewell to His Concubine".
那肯定是“霸王别姬”。

Tracy: Do you know some famous prostitutes in ancient China?
你知道中国古代名妓吗？

Jack: Sure. Du Shiniang, Li Shishi, Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Rushi, Dong Xiaowan,GuanPanpan, Liang Hongyu.
当然！杜十娘、李师师、陈圆圆、柳如是、董小宛、关盼盼、梁红玉。

Tracy: I should say you really know much about them.
我想说你对她们确实很有研究。

Jack: Well, you know, I'm interested in Chinese ancient culture, and the prostitutes is part of it.
呃，你知道，我对中国古代文化很感兴趣，妓女是其中的一个部分。

大嘴: Are you interested in space activities ?
你对航天这方面很感兴趣吗？

脸盆: Yeah , the television scene of Shenzhou VII spaceship impressed me a lot.
不错啊，去年神七的精彩画面我很难忘。

大嘴: That was the 1st step of our astronauts.
那是中国航天员迈进太空的第一步。

脸盆: It marks a new beginning of Chinese space activities.
这标志着中国航天事业的又一个全新的开始。

苏珊: Hi Sue. Have you had a nice day?
嗨。你今天过得愉快吗?

凯西: Yes, thanks, Ping.
是的。谢谢你。

苏珊: What kind of food would you like to eat tonight?
你今晚想吃什么?

凯西: I don't know. What do you suggest?
我不知道。你有什么建议?