Day 89 - Being American and/or Chinese (Cont.)
We’ll continue our talk about what it means to be Chinese and/or American today. We’ll also talk about a couple differences between American and Chinese cultures.
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Chinese: 直接
English: Direct
Pinyin: Zhíjiē
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Chinese: 间接
English: Indirect
Pinyin: Jiànjiē
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Chinese: 乡，县，市，省，中央
English : Village, county, city, province, center state.
Pinyin: Xiāng, xiàn, shì, shěng, zhōngyāng
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Chinese: 作为中国人，最突出的是哪些？
COE: As Chinese, most outstanding is what?
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Chinese: 很长的历史，尊老爱幼，神圣的传统仪式，勤劳。
COE: Very long history, respect the elders and take care of the youngers, sacred traditional ceremony, industrious.
Pinyin: Hěn cháng de lìshǐ, zūnlǎoàiyòu, shénshèng de chuántǒng yíshì, qínláo.
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Examples:
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作为美国人，你有自由，享受不同的文化，接触不同的人种和选举。（Zuòwéi Měiguórén, nǐ yǒu zìyóu, xiǎngshòu bùtóng de wénhuà, jiēchù bùtóng de rénzhǒng hé xuǎnjǔ.）
[As an American, you have freedom, enjoy different cultures, have contact different races, and vote.]
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A: 有问题吗？（Yǒu wèntí ma?）
[Do you have any questions?]
B: 有问题。（Yǒu wèntí.）
[Yes.]
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在中国不是直接选举，是间接选举? (Zài Zhōngguó búshì zhíjiē xuǎnjǔ, shì jiànjiē xuǎnjǔ?）
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作为一个中国人，他/她意味着什么？（Zuòwéi yíge Zhōngguórén, tā yìwèi zhe shénme?）
[What does it mean to be a Chinese?]
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中国人很勤劳。(Zhōngguórén hěn qínláo.)
[Chinese people are very industrious.]
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中国人很尊老爱幼。(Zhōngguórén hěn zūnlǎoàiyòu.)
[Chinese people respect their elders and take care of the youngsters.]
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作为中国人，最突出的是哪些呢？（Zuòwéi Zhōngguórén, zuì tūchū de shì náxiē ne?）
[What is the most outstanding feature of being Chinese?]
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中国有很长的历史，中国人很勤劳，中国人尊老爱幼，中国人以和为贵。（Zhōngguó yǒu hěn cháng de lìshǐ, Zhōngguórén hěn qínláo, Zhōngguórén zūn lǎoàiyòu, Zhōngguórén yǐhéwéiguì.）
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明天多讲一些。（Míngtiān duō jiǎng yìxiē.）
[Tomorrow I will talk more.]
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A: 谢谢你们！（Xièxie nǐmen!）
[Thank you, bye!]
B: 再见！（Zàijiàn）
[Bye.]
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Posted by stephen on December 14th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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