你需要点儿什么？

What would you like?

啤酒。

Beer.

一扎还是一瓶儿?

A draft or a bottle?

一瓶儿。

A bottle.

去天津的车票还有吗？

Are there any tickets to Tianjin left?

最后两张。

The last two.

软座还是硬座？

Soft or hard seater?

没坐儿。站票要不要?

No seats left. Standing tickets only. Want them?

啊。

Ah....

不要后面的。

If you don't want them... next!

要，要，要！

Yes, I want them.

这是什么？

What is this?

这个？

This one?

不是，那个！

No, that one!

不知道。

I don't know.

你是汤姆克鲁斯？

Are you Tom Cruise?

不是。

No.

你是谁？

Who are you?

我不说....

I won't say....

是！是！你是汤姆克鲁斯！

You are! You are! You are Tom Cruise!

1. Which of the following words is negative?

a) 是

b) 说

c) 不

d) 谁

2. Which of the following sentences is the correct translation of “who is he”?

a) 我是谁

b) 他是谁

c) 她是谁

d) 你是谁

3. Which of the following sentences is in the right word order?

a) 谁汤姆克鲁斯

b) 我是不汤姆克鲁斯

c) 我不是汤姆克鲁斯

d) 谁汤姆克鲁斯吗

4. Which of the following sentences is incorrect?

a) 你是汤姆克鲁斯吗？

b) 你是不是汤姆克鲁斯？

c) 你是不是汤姆克鲁斯吗？

d) 你是汤姆克鲁斯？

5. If you don't want to answer someone's question, what should you say?

a) 我不说

b) 我知道

c) 你是谁

d) 没关系

Answers: 1-c, 2-b, 3-c, 4-c, 5-a.

南锣鼓巷 nánluógǔxiàng Nanluoguxiang

小松糕 xiǎosōnggāo muffin

巷 xiàng lane

杀手游戏 shāshǒuyóuxì killer game

陆陆续续 lùlùxùxù in a steady stream

这里 zhèlǐ here

过客 guòkè Pass By ar

吉他吧 jítaba Guitar Bar

沙漏 shālòu Sandglass

三棵树 sānkèshù Three Trees

假沙漏 jiǎ shālòu (fake) Sandglass

闹鬼 nàoguǐ to haunt, to stir up trouble

平房 píngfáng single-story house

你好。

Hello.

你好吗？

How are you?

我很好，谢谢。

I'm fine, thank you.

再见！

Goodbye!

山前有四十四棵死涩柿子树，山后有四十四只石狮子，山前的四十四棵死涩柿子树，涩死了山后的四十四只石狮子，山后的四十四只石狮子， 咬死了山前的四十四棵死涩柿子树，也不知是山前的四十四棵死涩柿子树涩死了山后的四十四只石狮子，还是山后的四十四只石狮子咬死了山前的四十四棵死涩柿子树。

吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。

白石塔，白石搭，白石搭白塔，白塔白石搭，搭好白石塔，白塔白又大。

打南边来了个喇嘛，手里提拉着五斤鳎目，打北边来了个哑巴，腰里别着个喇叭，提拉着鳎目的喇嘛要拿鳎目换哑巴腰里别着的喇叭，别着喇叭的哑巴不愿意拿喇叭换提拉着鳎目的喇嘛的鳎目，拿着鳎目的喇嘛急了，拿手里的鳎目打了别着喇叭的哑巴一鳎目，别着喇叭的哑巴也急了，拿喇叭打了提拉着鳎目的喇嘛一喇叭，也不知是提拉着鳎目的喇嘛打了别着喇叭的哑巴一鳎目，还是别着喇叭的哑巴拿喇叭打了提拉着鳎目的喇嘛一喇叭，气得喇嘛回家炖鳎目，急得哑巴回家嘀嘀哒哒吹喇叭。

哎，你看，前头又堵车了。

Oh, look. It's jammed again up ahead.

前边路口这交警都开始交通管制了。

There's a traffic cop who's started directing traffic at the intersection up ahead.

是出什么事故了吗？

Has there been an accident?

前边路口好像两辆车发生了刮蹭。

Looks as if two cars sideswiped each other at the intersection up ahead.

唉，这单行线上......你看这车，队伍排得那么 长，要不然咱们插个队抄小道？

Yes, on this one-way street.... look at all these cars, the line just stretches on. Why don't we get ahead of it by taking the small path there?

我看行，这一时半会儿也出不去。

Fine by me, if we keep going we won't be able to get out.

嗯。

Oh.

你说吧刘，这堵车，还是咱们这两轮儿的车好。

You said it. In a traffic jam, our two-wheeled vehicles are better.

没错，出发！

You got that right, let's go!

走！

Go!

我们这份工作呢，主要要求就只有两点。第一是，瘦。

Now our job has two important requirements. The first is: you need to be thin.

我挺瘦的。

I'm pretty thin.

嗯，这点你比较符合。

Hmmm, you're about up to par on this one.

嗯。

Hmmmm....

第二呢，是胆儿大。

Secondly, you need to be brave.

啊？胆儿大？？/ Huh? Brave???

对，蹦过极吗？我们这份工作呢让你每天都有蹦极的感觉。

Yes. Have you ever bunji-jumped? Our job will give you the sensation of bunji-jumping every single day.

啊？？？每天？

Huh??? Every day?

而且呢，给你配备的设备都是最先进的... 在十几年前。

And the equipment we'll outfit you with is the most modern there is... or at least was about ten years ago.

啊？？？十几年前？/ Huh??? More than ten years old?

嗯，没有出过任何问题。很...很少。你的工作呢,性质呢，就是...

We've never had a problem, or only a few at least. The special thing about your job is...

我到底做什么呀？

What on earth am I supposed to do?

清洗玻璃。

Window washing.

哦，我干过。

Oh, I've done that.

嗯，里边的玻璃呢，就不用你清洗了

Oh, there's no need for you to clean the glass on the inside.

啊？

Huh?

主要是清洁大楼外面的玻璃。

It's mostly cleaning the glass on the outside of the building.

啊？

Ahhh?

因为我们这个楼呢，高四十层。

Because our building is forty stories high.

这个有点儿危险吧。

Isn't this a little dangerous?

嗯,危险呢，那是因人而异了。当然比较重的人呢，就比较危险了。

Well, the degree of danger depends on the person. For anyone who's relatively fat,the job is sort of dangerous.

啊...啊？？

Huh? What?

像你这么瘦呢，肯定没有问题。

For someone thin like you, there's no way we'd have problems.

1. 这份工作给人什么样的感觉？

a) 跳楼

b) 蹦迪

c) 蹦极

d) 爬山

2. Which of the following words is an incorrect alternative to the word 胆儿大 as used in the dialogue:

a) 胆子大

b) 胆量大

c) 强壮

d) 勇敢

3. 这份工作对面试者有什么要求?

a) 苗条还有胆子大

b) 瘦而强壮

c) 对工作的安全性不在乎

d) 有工作经验

4. 配备的设备怎么样？

a) 全新的

b) 比较新的

c) 比这个男人还老

d) 比较旧

5. 性质 is used to refer to what aspects of a job?

a) basic duties

b) defining characteristics

c) gender requirements

d) work quality

6. 这份工作的安全性怎么样？

a) 很高，从没发生过事故

b) 一般，有时发生事故

c) 不高，经常发生事故

d) 不太清楚，但是发生过事故

7. 这份工作的真正职责是什么？

a) 清洗玻璃

b) 清洁大楼

c) 作“蜘蛛人”

d) 蹦极

8. 这个女孩以前有工作经验吗？

a) 有

b) 她假装有

c) 有一点儿

d) 没有

9. How should 因人而异 be translated in this dialogue?

a) from each according to his abilities

b) to each his own

c) it depends on the person

d) people make it strange

10. 这栋大楼有多高？

a) 我们不知道

b) 四十层

c) 十四层

d) 四十四层

Answers: 1- c, 2- c, 3- a, 4- d, 5- b, 6- d, 7- c, 8- d, 9- c, 10- b.

2008年11月28号晚上八点左右，你在哪儿？

Where were you around o'clock on the evening of November 28, 2008?

我已经说了，跟我朋友在一块儿。您还想知道什么 ？

I've already told you. I was together with friends. What else do you want to know?

那你怎么解释我们在犯罪现场发现的窗台上有你的 脚印儿?

So how can you explain the footprint of yours we found on the windowsill of the crime scene?

门被反锁了我当然只有从窗台进了。

Of course, I went in through the window. The door had been locked from the inside.

可是除了你进屋的痕迹以外我们没有发现别人的。

But except for the evidence of your entering the house, we didn't find evidence anyone else had.

能说明什么?

What does that prove?

在伤害你丈夫的凶器上只有你的指纹。

Yours were the only fingerprints on the weapon that killed your husband.

我家的东西有我的指纹，这一点都不奇怪。

My fingerprints are on the things in my house, that's not the least out of the ordinary.

指纹是你的，脚印是你的，而且在你的丈夫去世前 的一周 ，你恰好把他的保险单受益人的名字也改成 你的。你觉得这仅仅是巧合吗？

The fingerprints are yours. The footprints are yours. And as it happened the very week before your husband's death you made yourself the beneficiary on his insurance papers. Don't you feel that's a bit too coincidental?

我丈夫他是该死，可是我并没有杀他。假使真的是 我杀了他，你们也没有足够的证据来起诉我。

My husband deserved to die, but I didn't kill him. And even if I did, you don't have enough evidence to take me to court.