Overseas Chinese.pdf

Upper-Intermediate-OverseasChinese (D0863)

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nˇıdeM ˇ eigu ´ obi ˇ aod`ız ˇ enmey ` ang?

HowisyourAmericancousin?

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t ` ebi ´ ey ˇ ouy`ısidey¯ıger ´ en,ji`ush`ım ´ eib ` anf ˇ ag¯out¯ong.

Heisaveryinterestingindividual,butthereisnowayof

communicating.

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t¯ab`uhu`ıshu¯oZh¯ongw´en?

Hedoesn’tspeakChinese?

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hu`ısh`ıhu`ıy¯ıdi ˇ an,d ¯ oush`ıxi ¯ ebˇıji ` aoji ˇ and ¯ andej`uzi.t ¯ az ` ai

Zh¯ıji¯ag¯ech¯ush¯eng,y¯ızh´ıd¯oum´eihu´ılaiguo.zh`esh`ıt¯ad`ı

y¯ıc`ıhu´ıgu´o.ji`and`aon`amedu¯oq¯ınqi,r´end¯ouy¯unle.

Hecanalittlebit–alljustrelativelybasicphrases.Hewas

borninChicago,andhadnevercomehere.Thisishisrst

timetoChina.He’smetsomanyrelatives,itwasover-

whelmingforhim.

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sh`ıa,gu¯angn`axi¯eq¯ıd`ag¯ub¯ad`ay´ıji`uy`aoj`ıhˇaoy¯ızh`en.t¯amen

ji¯ahˇenzˇaoji`uq`uMˇeigu´oleba?

Yeah,justlearningthetermsforalltherelativestakesquite

awhile.DidtheymovetoAmericaalongtimeago?

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du`ı,y ´ eyen ` ab ` eiji`uq`ule,sh`ıl ˇ aohu ´ aqi ´ ao.w ˇ oj`ıdeg¯ang

gˇaig´ek¯aif`ang,t¯aji`uxiˇex`ıngˇeiwˇomen,wˇomend¯ouxi`aley¯ı

ti`ao.

Yes.ItwasinhisGrandfather’sgenerationthattheyleft

andbecameoverseasChinese.IrecallthatjustafterChina

openeduptotheoutsideworld,hewroteusallaletter.We

wereallsosurprised.

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n`ash´ıhouzh¯enb`ıs`e,xi`anz`aij`ınch¯ugu´om´enjiˇanzh´ısh`ıji¯a-

ch´angbi`anf`an.hˇaodu¯ox ¯ ıny´ım´ınd¯oush`ıliˇangbi¯anpˇao.

Atthattimeitwasveryclosedoff,andnowgoinginandout

ofChinaisverycommonplace.Manynewimmigrantsnow

gobackandforth.

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xi`anz`aiZh¯onggu´oji`uqu¯ezh`exi¯edˇongb`ut´ongyˇuy´anw´en-

hu`ader´en,suˇoyˇıhu´ay`ıt`ebi´eyˇouy¯oush`ı.wˇobiˇaod`ızh`ec`ı

ji`ush`ıxiˇangk`ankanyˇoush´enmej ¯ ıhu`ı.kˇex ¯ ıt¯ayˇuy´anb`u

gu ` ogu ¯ an,f ˇ ouz ´ em ˇ ash ` angji`un ´ engzh ˇ aod ` aoh ˇ aog ¯ ongzu ` o.

RightnowChinaislackingpeoplewithunderstandingofdif-

ferentlanguagesandcultures,sooverseasChinesehavea

greatadvantage.Mycousinisherethistimelookingfor

someopportunities.It’stoobadhislanguageisnotupto

par–ifitwere,hewouldndagoodjobveryquickly.

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¯ ai,r´ugu ˇ oc ´ ongxi ˇ aok ¯ aishˇıxu ´ eZh ¯ ongw ´ enji`uh ˇ aole.

Man,itwouldhavebeengoodifhehadlearnedfroman

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bi´eshu¯ot¯ale.´erqiˇehˇaodu¯or´eng¯angch¯uq`udesh´ıhoup`a

h´aiziyˇuy´ang¯enbush`ang,ji`ugˇul`ıt¯amendu¯oshu¯oy¯ıngyˇu.

zh`ey`angn´anmiˇany`aoh¯ul¨u`eZh¯ongw´en,yˇem´eib`anfˇa.

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He’sathirdgenerationimmigrant,evenhisparentscannot

speakChinesethatwell,soobviouslyhecan’teither.On

topofthat,whenmanypeopleleavehere,theyarescared

thattheirchildrenwontbeabletokeepupwiththenew

language,sotheyurgethemtospeakEnglish.Sowhen

thishappensit’seasyfortheirChinesetogetneglected–

there’snowayaroundit.

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yˇesh`ı.nˇıbiˇaod`ıdexiˇangfˇabˇıji`aoxi`angMˇeigu´or´enh´aishi

Zh¯onggu´or´en?

You’reright.So,isyourcousin’sthinkingmoreAmericanor

Chinese?

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b`un´engzh`emef¯enba.wˇow`enguot¯a,t¯ashu¯oz`ıjˇısh`ıMˇei-

gu´or´en,hˇaodu¯oxiˇangfˇayˇebˇıji`aox ¯ ıhu`a.d`ansh`ıt¯ayˇer`en-

t ´ ongZh ¯ onggu ´ odey¯ıxi ¯ echu ´ ant ˇ ongji ` azh´ı,y¯ınw ` eit ¯ ash`ıhu ´ a-

r´en.

It’shardtodistinguish.Ihaveaskedhim,andhesayshe

isanAmerican,andthatalotofhisviewpointsarevery

western.However,hedoesidentifywithsometraditional

ChinesevaluesasheisofChinesedecent.

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oy¯o,shu¯angch´ongsh¯enf`enzh¯enb`ur´ongy`ı.yˇouj¯ıhu`ıji`aot¯a

y¯ıku`airch¯ulaiw´anrba.

Wow,adualidentitycantbeeasy.Ifthechancecomesup,

invitehimtocomeoutwithus.

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h ˇ aoa,t ¯ azh ` engxi ˇ angdu ¯ oji ¯ aoxi ¯ ep ´ engyoune.

Sure.Hereallywantstomakesomefriends.

KeyVocabulary

h biˇaod`ı youngermalecousin

g¯out¯ong tocommunicate

å Zh¯ıji¯ag¯e Chicago

² q¯ınqi relatives

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q¯ıd`ag¯ub¯ad`ay´ı generaltermofad-

dressforvariousrela-

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hu´aqi´ao overseasChinese

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b`ıs`e closedoff

¶8¿m ji¯ach´angbi`anf`an commonoccurrence

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