SITUATIONS AND FUNCTIONS1942 You are interviewing four college seniors about their post-graduation plans.
Write up the interview in Mandarin.
a. You: Ask the students what they want to do after they graduate.
b. ⧁᱄ Wáng Míng says that he plans to go to China to look for a job.
c. ⧡⧨ Táng Méilíng says that she hopes to have the opportunity to
study for a Ph.D.
d. ઞ Zhdu Lì says that he needs to find a job. He says he prefers to
work in his own country [ള/ޝു guónèi] and that he is not willing
to work abroad [ളཌ/ുཌ guówài].
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3 You and a friend have gone to a restaurant for dinner. Complete your part of
the conversation in Mandarin according to the cues. Translate the server’s
responses into English.
a. You: Request seats in the non-smoking section.
b. ᵃࣗφሯу䎭θᡇԢ⋗ᴿᰖ✕ⲺᓝփȾ֖ᝅආ൞䛙䗯੍ϋ
ᵃएଗφቃу䎭θᡇه⋈ᴿ❗➏ⲺᓝփȾ֖于ᝅආ൞䛙䛀ఄϋ
Fúwùyuán: Duìbuqh, wimen méi yiu wúyan de zuòwèi. Nh yuànyi zuò
zài nàbian ma?
c. You: Say that you hope that the people in that area won’t smoke. Say that
you’d prefer to sit upstairs.
d. ᵃࣗφ⋗䰤从ȾᾲрᴿᓝփȾ
ᵃएଗφ⋈அ亂Ⱦ!?рᴿᓝփȾ
Fúwùyuán: Méi wèntí. Lóushàng yiu zuòwèi.
e. ᵃࣗφ֖Ԣ㾷ӶѾ㨒ϋ
ᵃएଗφه֖㾷⭐哳㨒ϋ
Fúwùyuán: Nhmen yào shénme cài?
f. Say that you would like two dishes and a soup. Say that you hope that they
don’t add too much m.s.g. [㋴ wèijcng monosodium glutamate, m.s.g.]
g. ᵃࣗφ֖Ԣ䘎䴶㾷ж⛯ӶѾϋ
ᵃएଗφه֖䚺䴶㾷ж唔⭐哳ϋ
Fúwùyuán: Nhmen hái xeyào ycdifn shénme?
h. You: Say that you also want a bottle of beer and that you don’t want
anything else.
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