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mài kè: |
sī jī, qù bĕi jīng fàn diàn ma? |
| 麦克： | 司机，去北京饭店吗？ |
| Mike: | Driver! To Beijing Hotel? |
| sī jī: | qù, qĭng shàng chē. |
| 司机： | 去，请上车。 |
| Driver: | Yes. Get in, please. |
| mài kè: | wŏ yŏu jí shì, nín kĕ yĭ kuài yī diănr ma? |
| 麦克： | 我有急事，您可以快一点儿吗？ |
| Mike: | I have something urgent. Could you drive a little faster? |
| sī jī: | bié zhāo jí, yī dìng zhŭn shí găn dào. |
| 司机： | 别着急，一定准时赶到。 |
| Driver: | Don’t worry. We’ll get there on time. |
| mài kè: | chē fèi zĕn me suàn? |
| 麦克： | 车费怎么算？ |
| Mike: | How do I pay for fare? |
| sī jī: | yī gōng lĭ yī kuài èr. |
| 司机： | 一公里一块二。 |
| Driver: | One yuan and twenty fen per km. |
| mài kè: | wŏ huái yào găn huí lái, nín néng bù néng dĕng yī huìr? |
| 麦克： | 我还要赶回来，您能不能等一会儿？ |
| Mike: | I’ll be back. Can you wait a moment? |
| sī jī: | kĕ yĭ. |
| 司机： | 可以。 |
| Driver: | Of course. |
| mài kè: | dĕng hòu fèi zĕn me suàn? |
| 麦克： | 等候费怎么算？ |
| Mike: | How is the waiting fee determined? |
| sī jī: | wǔ fēn zhōng yī kuài èr. |
| 司机： | 五分钟一块二。 |
| Driver: | One yuan and twenty fen five minutes.
(Source: china.org.cn) |
Archive for September 5th, 2009
Cir – Lesson 437
Saturday, September 5th, 2009China Travel – Monument to Martyrs in the Movement to Protect Railway Projects
Saturday, September 5th, 2009The Monument to Martyrs in the Movement to Protect Railway Projects in the Autumn of 1911 stands in the northwest corner of the People’s Park in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.
In May 1911 (during the reign of Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911), the Qing government, having declared the Railway State-owed Policy, sold the construction rights of the Guangdong-Han and Sichuan-Han railways which promised to allot private ownership to imperialist financial groups in Britain, France, Germany and America. In a vigorous act of rebellion, the people of Hunan, Guangdong, Hubei and Sichuan Province organized the Protecting Railway Comrade League to initiate the Movement to Protect Railway Projects, conduct strikes and resist handing over grain and paying taxes. The Movement to Protect Railway Projects in Sichuan, where participants totaled several hundred thousand, was the largest. On September 7 that year, the Sichuan governor-general arrested leaders of the Protecting the Railway Comrade League and killed hundreds of petitioners, which produced the Chengdu Murder Case and aggravated even more people. In response, the Chinese Revolutionary League organized the Protecting Railway Comrade Army and initiated an armed uprising all over Sichuan Province, which sparked the Revolution of 1911.
The Monument to Martyrs in the Movement to Protect Railway Projects in the Autumn of 1911 was erected in 1913, facing south. The monument comprises a base, stand, tablet and top shaped like a square cone. The brick and stone structure is 31.85 meters high and has a cylindrical base. The square stand is divided into four layers with relief sculptures representing locomotives, tracks, etc. The tablet is also shaped like a square cone and is inlaid with a long fray stone engraved with four calligraphy styles that read: The Monument to Martyrs in the Movement to Protect Railway Projects in the Autumn of 1911. Each word is about one square meter and was written by calligraphers Zhao Xi, Yan Kai, Wu Baijie and Zhan Kuijie during the transitional phase between the fall of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the formation of the Republic of China (1912-1949).
(Source: chinaculture.org)
Beijing Olympic – Russia’s Isinbayeva sets new WR to win gold
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Elena Isinbaeva competes. (Photo credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
(BEIJING, August 18) — Russia‘s Elena Isinbaeva successfully defended her Olympic title in the Women’s Pole Vault at the National Stadium on Monday, August 18.
Two-time world champion Isinbaeva set a world record, her third of the year, when she cleared 5.05m on her third and final attempt.
Jennifer Stuczynski of the United States took silver with 4.80m, while Athens 2004 silver medalist Svetlana Feofanova of Russia took the bronze at 4.75m.
Isinbaeva entered the competition at 4.70m, a height she cleared with ease.
Her rivals could not keep up after the bar was raised to 4.80m. Feofanova failed at 4.80m, while Stuczynski cleared 4.80m on her first attempt, passed at 4.85m and then was unable to clear 4.90m, giving Isinbaeva the victory at 4.85m.
Yulia Golubchikova of Russia confirmed Russia’s dominance in the event by vaulting 4.75m to place fourth.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
