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Letter in characters •
"''tllili :
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f:J:,fjf ! Gongzub
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;t"!!B!' Wltftl'.fnOJjW1;'¥ ' iiJQft!!fni!l.Tii· '¥'1'B'J**fnt!l In this unit, you will learn about :
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• past and present regarding the job situation
Wfn - !'l 'l'ill liJ1!1l!fFl ' llJlltI*¥tIl!ir* i!li Y:'ni!i1Ii ' l'l*JtJj',
fO Wl}dliJ '¥' 'I' :z IItl)' mB'J IlIl bi fn -Ill ii 1f. • • describing one's job
• expressions for job-hunting
",ilIi\tIIllJT ' lJl!fl'fIl±W",il!tII~ I
• passive voice introduced by IE (you)
;J;;1111 • conditional sentence introduced by flO •... !¥.Ii! (ruguo .. .
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Letter in pinyin •
U [aoshi: Text 1 ~ ICD2; 6)
Nin hao!
til; I f~ Zhao gongzub
Sha ng d gei nfn xie xin shf, wb hai zai Beijing xue Zhongwen. Looking for jobs
Jinnian jiu yue, yl ge Zhongguo pengyou jieshao wb lai Taiyuan
de yi suo xiiio xue jiao Yingwen. WO yijing ziti zher gongzuo Ie D.A+1f.ft. ' 'I'OOB'J:i::.1'~ffi~BnIW· • • • • ~B
san ge yue Ie. He Beijing bi qilai, Tiiiyuan de shenghuo tiaoj ian nIf'!' ' t!lTiiJ;~' jjj;1''i'illL1'fI'JIf'l'lliI~EIl¥ti17tIft!B'J' ;!;r& '
cha deduo, dongtian ye leng de d uo. Buguo, zher de haizi tebie ¥ti1B'J.&t!lE.1'AB'J.m · ill.BB~.~~~A~.
yonggong. Mei tian zaoshiing ba dian shang ke, xiiiwu wu dian ca. i .B'J·ffi~ ' .1'" • • *&ft • • B'J~EIl , t!l&ftft~m.
x ia kC. DiibMen xuesheng hui jia chi zhongwu. fiin . Haizimen ba r . , IW • • • • • mR~-WT·:i::.'i'illLB.~Bn
wo jiao 'hioshi', wo bu tiii xfguan. Wb riing tamen jiiio wb mfngzl, IW·SW - *_lli.Tm.r. , .illL.M ' A;tm.5"
keshl tamen shuo bu xing. Xuesheng de jiazhangmen ye feichang
I"IIItt!1lli. T .I'I'**B'JIJlWi •
rexin, zhoumo change hang qrng wo qu tamen iii! chi fan. wo
zhende hen xihuan wode gongzuo.
Women Yiyuc zhongxun fang han jiii, dao shfhou wo zhunbei Text 1 in pinyin •
q u Xi'an li~you, zai qu Beijing he wb congqian xue Zhongwen shl
rcnshi de pengyoumen yiqi guo nian. Zhfdiio bashf niandai dr, Zhongguo de dii xuesheng btl yi'l1g 1111
Shengdan Jie kuai dolo Ie, zhu nin he quan jia Shengdiin kU<li lc zhao gongzuo. Jibian ni xiang zlji zhao gongzuo, ye h ~' 1 \.;'·lIl·II): .
Meige biye sheng de gongzuo dou shi you xuexiilO "'111'<'1 .II'.
Sushiin Diingran, xuexiao de lingdao ye zhengq iu geren ell- y·lIl.ll1, .1.111,111
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unit 8: GO-IgzuO , 1:.>:1
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1m
IIA
ylllan
l u6ding
bieren
view; opinion
decision
others
a* genWn absolutely
I II xuanz6 choice
zly6u f,eedom
II '" to invite applications for a job
zhaopln
II" advertisement
r ft guanggao
interview
' iii mianshi
11"-* zhe yang yT lai this way: by doing so
then; therefore
II bian
IIl Il! chOxi an to appear; to occur
I '" Jiuye employment
11116 wangzhan internet site
Al>tmli renclil shichSng iob market (lit" talents market)
Iiii'"
"'" dallal
finnao
to bring about
hassle; worri es
.'"
I!)LI.lUil
guzhu
you'er jiaoshT
employer
nursery teacher
Vocabulary
• ri~
IA
changzhang
gOngren
factory manager
worker
IItI~ zhao gongzuo to look lor jobs !/<Ji shTye unemployment; be unemployed
I f! zhidao until 1'1'l xiagsng be laid orf
11111 jfbian even if
:;r-iiTlt bu kllneng be impossible
$Ji!£ blya s hAng graduate students
Language pOints •
'"
itllt
yOu
fenpel
by
to assign
8. 1 epiJ! ... 1!!. (jibian ... ye. .. )
3>1 lingdio leader; management
iUt zh6ngqlu to ask 101'; to COflSU1t Literally, this mean s ' even if"" ., still/already" . .- , ;1 ll1lt >lI):11 \ '""
1'A garen individual often it is simply translated as 'eve n if " " .'. t!1. (ye ) 11111'[ hi" 11,,", 1 III
124 I Unit 8: Work Unlt8. GonYl uU t t:",
the second half o f the sentence, and it is placed before the verb. Fur'
exam ple:
8 ..1 Use of *-* (genben, 'absolutely not')
When this phrase is used as an adverb, it is usually used in negative sen·
trm:es to emphasise that something is not at all possible. For examplt::
~llfil! /~''Fi1rifffJIia/'f !ll . ~IJA 1!!~i1rifffJIfl'J.
Jibian ni bu gaosu wo zhe ji3n shi, bieren ye hui g30SU wo de.
Even if you don't tell me about it, others (still ) will.
ft!!ll! *'1'
OJ IltliE *fJlfl'J~ m•
Ti genben bu keneng zhengqiu w6de yij ian.
~llfil!/!J;~ect~ I /'F . 1!!'Fiilllt· It was completely out of the question that he wou ld ask for my
Jibi an ni xiiing ziji zhao gongzuo, ye bu keneng. views.
Even if you wanted to look for a job by yourself, it was impossi ble. j'Ml! *'F~tf $ •
Ta genbcn bu hui kiiche.
8.2 The passive voice She couldn' t drive at all ,
In C hinese, (he passive voice is not used as extensively as in English.
When it is used, th ere is no single unified form like the English 8.4 Posi[ion of iii! (bian , 'then ')
pattern 'to be verb + ed by .. .'. Let us look at o ne pattern which Th is adverb can be used to indicate the consequence of an action ,
conveys a pa ssive voice: and hence it occurs in (he second half of the sentence and it is alwa ys
placed before t he verb . For exa mple:
subj ect + rh (you ) + agent of the verb + verb
For example: DJi jJ1 j t)j( ~ jlU:fj lllll'lJ }i!i . ft!.fl! flJ:1dH-f!)I1l ·
lingshuo Beijing Wan Bao shang you zhiopin guinggao, ti bian
jJUJ'JIfr III
mashang qu mai Ie yi fen baa.
Upon hea ring that there were job advertisements in the Beiiing
Wode gongzuQ yo" xuexiao lingdao (enpei.
Evening News, he immediately went out and bought a copy.
su bject pa ssive marker agent of verb verb
lit. my job by university management assign
8.5 More on the use of ~ (de ) before a noun or
My job is going to be assigned by the university management.
noun phrase
In the text above, t he :t£ ... (('J (sh'i . , . de ) struCtu re was used In La nguage point 7 .4 of Unit 7, I'l\I (de) lin ks a verba l phrase to
to indicate the past tense: modify a noun o r noun phrase. Let us see more examples here when'
the noun or noun phrase function s either as a sub ject o r an obie~t:
Iii'''ill!!U'JI f'F\IIIJildl '1'1';(,) /CIIJ •
Meige biye sheng de gongzuo dou shi you xuexiao (enpei dc, fJlfl'Jfr) L!IlfJIlll'* fl'Jtk Of< Ji!",~ft'l •
The job o f every graduate was ass igned by the university. Wade nlVCr ~ei wi) dailai de kuaiie shi wuqiong de.
subject
When the ;Q: .. . {fJ (shi .. , de ) structure is used to indicate th e past, lit. m y dallghter to me brollght happiness is endless
the passive marker EIJ (you) is o ften om itted. For example: M y daughter has brought me end less happiness.
Exercise 4
Exercises
Translate the fo llowing into Chinese:
Exercise 1 a Having found out the real reason behind this matter, I then sa id
to hi m: 'It wasn't your fault.'
Match the following ex pressions with an appropriate tra nslation: b Even if 1 have a lot of money, I wou ld not buy such a thing.
(" Children growing up in the countryside are genera ll y very
a ""., jueding employmenl website
hard-working.
b am yij Jan view, opinion d He had abso lurely no idea that she could speak Ch inese.
c Aotililii rI!ncai shichiing worries
d a>ll!l'!lO Jiuye wangzhAn job interview
• 111m I8nnao job market
I i~iiiit gongzuQ mianshl decision
Dialogue 1 ~ (CD 2; BI
1
ZHANG LAN .~".~ft. « ~.~m » ~.~-.I*".M yaoshlla.oba.n shi Meigu6ren, n1 tai qianxO dehua, la h",
"'ill· renwei nj mei y6u zlxlnxln.
J ANE Jt1til.IiP Nide jianyl tai b~ogui Ie. Ruguo w6 nadao mianshi, hai
ZHANG LAN - i;VII'ij;: a<J!Ii 00 ""." IWJ!: -;.; !HUIJll! lUllil • PIi fj ~I yao zai malan n1 bangzhu zhunbei.
"'iIIWR.~m~~ · .~ffl~ftnS-~fta<JM • •
Mei wenti. Zhu nl Moyun!
"'illff!Pll'
J >NE ;!liliAn:! · jOlI!1m!l!*7a<JiIi ' ft~.&tRjU~1m • • "
ZHANG LAN ~.7 · WR~.fta<J§~ · ~. ·
Illfm' tuijlan xin reference letter; reference Conditional sentences ca n a lso be int roduced by ~hl ... (1'./ i,11
B .., yl ng pin to apply for a vacancy (yaoshl .•. dehua), which is more colloq uial. Like the other p hra ~l·.
Ii!! gOngzi salary either ~:m: (yaoshl) or ffJiii (dehua) ca n be omitted. For exa mple:
If.1I1 nianxTn annual salary
!l!lli~;*lf.VJ - 'ff1ilil ' -)tllJft!iO{( n<;\1ii •
Yaoshi ni da nian chil: yi bu zhi ban, yiding dao WQ jia lai chi fan.
If you are not on duty o n Chinese New Year's Da y, you mu SI
Language pOints • come to our house fo r a mea l.
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fl 'oj': •
t Unit 8: Work
I.lllk ~'ac h pair of the sentences into o ne conditional sentence usi ng 4 1t!!!l! . ~If'i',faMiiiJ~Jt · 'f'if-ri.It!!1f1'-/f?
l·ltlwr '.'II ~ . .. ~il5 (ruguo ... dehua) or IUi!: ... I¥Jlt (yaos hi . • . Ta xianzai de gongzuo he congqian de hi, y{llI s h~; llIm· .1 11.1111: 1,"
d t:huil l: yiyang?
Ul I I Ifill tl Work
Script in pinyin •
**
!Ill!{
kalche
baozhi
to drive
newspaper
J AMES Xianzai de gOngzuQ he c6ngqian de bT, shl bu shi mang
Ylxie?
iilt1l sill driver
D RIVER Shide, bugu6, w6 keyT zijT juMing yi ti~m gOngzu6 duo shtto
~j!" linghu6 flexib le
g8 xiaoshf. BTjiao ziy6u.
JAMES NT yiban meitian gongzu6 duo sMa ge xiaoshl?
D RIVER CMb uduO shi ge xiaoshf.
Script in characters • JAMES 2M jia. gongsl yOu duO sMo g8 guyuan?
DRIVER WO ye bu tai qingchO. OaQai liushi duo g8 sTji.
J AMES fm*illlll**7~!< 7 ? JAMES Shi ma? Shi ge bu xiao de gongS!.
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