139 New & Old (i)

Ni Hao! This is Mark. Welcome to English World!

Hello, 親愛的聽友，Cheung Yun和馬可歡迎你來到放眼天下的英語世界！

Cheung Yun how come it’s you sitting next to me? Where is Cathy?

Don’t you remember? Cathy has decided to go back to her hometown to teach. Cathy同事決定回故鄉教書去了。

Oh, that’s right!

You are stuck with me from now on. Well, I am new, but you are an old hand at doing this show. 你是老手，我是新手。

Don’t you worry. We will have fun teaching English and our listeners will

have fun learning.

Sounds great! Let’s begin.

 

Vocabulary 123 生詞點滴

old 老舊 new 新的

old man 老人   new baby 新生嬰孩

old hand 老手 new apprentice 新學徒

old fashioned 過時的 new style 新款式

old standard老標準  new record 新紀錄

 

Mark, talking about new and old, I guess we are like old friends. 我們是老朋友了。

Cheung Yun not that old though. I have known you for only three years.

Are you saying, I am kind of like a new friend to you?

Yes. But we do have a saying: “Make new friends and keep the old…”

I know this saying. I can even sing it. “Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver, and the other gold.”

Where did you learn that? you are right with the saying:

Make new friends 結交新朋友

and Keep the old, 也不忘記老朋友

One is silver, 一個是銀子

and the other gold. 另一個是金子。

Both old and new friends are precious.

老朋友，新朋友同樣寶貴。So, Mark, please tell me, am I silver or gold to you?

 

Now is Fun with Idioms 趣味成語

 

old friends and new acquaintances 新知舊雨

new wine in an old bottle 舊瓶放新酒

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. 老狗學不來新把戲

Out with the old, in with the new. 撇棄舊的，迎來新的

老店新開 a store reopened after being closed

新舊交替 the transition from the old to the new

 

Mark, do you know that right now in China, a lot of neighborhoods are going through new transition? 中國許多社區都面臨轉變。

Out with the old, in with the new.

That’s right. out with the old homes, old buildings and one-story houses.

老舊房子拆了。

In with the new and tall buldings and skyscrapers.

對，摩天大樓建起來了。Also, out with the old public bath places.

公共澡堂不見了。

In with the new public shower rooms? You must be kidding.

Well, not everybody likes new things., and everyone still has old habits.

不是每個人都喜歡新的事物，每人總有舊習慣。

True. I like to go to bed early, and wake up early.

你喜歡早睡早起， I like to stay up late and sleep late. 我喜歡晚睡晚起

Now, let’s listen to the following dialogue between two friends John and Joani.

我們首先來聽聽底下兩位朋友John 和Joanie之間的對話。

 

Dialogue

J: Notice anything new about me?

Jo: Hmmm, same old eyes, same old nose, same old face. No, looks like the same old you.

J: You didn’t notice my new cell-phone? It’s really cool.

Jo: I don’t like cell-phones.

J: You’re just old-fashioned. Why don’t you get one?

Jo: When I was a child, there was a crazy man who used to walk in the street talking to himself. Now everyone walks in the street talking to themselves.

J: I think you’re just afraid of new things.

Jo: No, I just prefer old things. That’s why I like you.

 

 

Cheung Yun it sounds like these two people have known each other for some time.

對，這兩個人看來是老朋友。也許一段時間沒碰面了。

In the very beginning of their conversation, John asked Joani a question.

 

J: Notice anything new about me?

你注意到我什麼地方不一樣嗎？

Jo: Hmmm, same old eyes, same old nose, same old face. No, looks like the same old you.

嗯，一樣的眼睛，一樣的鼻子，一樣的臉孔，你看來還是老樣子嘛！

J: You didn’t notice my new cell-phone? It’s really cool.

你沒有注意到我新買的大哥大嗎？是現今最”酷”的。

Jo: I don’t like cell-phones.

我不喜歡大哥大。

 

Now, Cheung Yun Did I heard you say “Da-Ge-Da”? What’s that?

喔，Da-Ge-Da. It’s what we call “cell-phone”. The name comes from the fact that it used to be only the big and mean gangsters who used cell-phones. Who would have thought that nowadays almost everyone will have one? 馬可大哥，你有大哥大嗎？

Yes, but It wasn’t until recently that I started to use a cell-phone. I bought it for my daughter who is in college, so that she can call me anytime she wants.

喔，你是為了在大學的女兒才買了大哥大。You are a wonderful dad.

Going back to the dialogue, What is Joani’s attitude towards the cell-phone? Let’s listen again.

 

Jo: I don’t like cell-phones.

我不喜歡大哥大。

J: You’re just old-fashioned. Why don’t you get one?

你已經過時了。為什麼你不買個試試？

Jo: When I was a child, there was a crazy man who used to walk in the street talking to himself.

當我還是孩子時，曾見過一個瘋子常常在街上走來走去，自言自語。

Now everyone walks in the street talking to themselves.

現在大家不也是如此，走在街上，自言自語。

J: I think you’re just afraid of new things.

我看你是害怕嘗試新事物。

Jo: No, I just prefer old things. That’s why I like you.

才不是，我只是偏好舊的事物。這也是為什麼我喜歡你阿。

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Mark, Joani doesn’t like cell-phone. Why is that ?

I think she probably was brought up in the big city. That explains why she had seen the crazy man talking to himself.

喔，Joani可能因為在大城市長大，才會見到過瘋子自言自語。

And I think she really misses the old times when people got to talk face to face with each other.

是阿，誰不懷念以往大家能面對面講話的時光。

On the other hand, John must enjoy the convenience of the Da-Ge-Da.

He likes up-to-date things, for sure. John一定覺得有了大哥大好方便又好酷。What about you, Mark?

I enjoy talking with my daughter when she calls, but I don’t like people talking so loud on the cell-phone in the buses or public places. It seems like they want to share with the whole world their conversations.

I agree with you totally. 的確，許多人在公眾場所用手提大聲說話，實在很煩人。

OK，Let’s listen to the dialogue once again with the normal speed.

我們以正常速度重新聽一回以上的對話。

 

J: Notice anything new about me?

Jo: Hmmm, same old eyes, same old nose, same old face. No, looks like the same old you.

J: You didn’t notice my new cell-phone? It’s really cool.

Jo: I don’t like cell-phones.

J: You’re just old-fashioned. Why don’t you get one?

Jo: When I was a child, there was a crazy man who used to walk in the street talking to himself. Now everyone walks in the street talking to themselves.

J: I think you’re just afraid of new things.

Jo: No, I just prefer old things. That’s why I like you.

 

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Cheung Yun today we talked a lot about new and old. Would you say in this new year, you are going to try some new things?

Definitely. 新年本來就應該有一些新嘗試。 How about you, Mark? Are you going to try sushi and fish head? 要不要試試吃魚頭和Sushi?

No, thank you. I prefer old and familiar things. But that doesn’t mean I can’t be changed. In fact, I am being renewed inside everyday.

你是指每天你的心靈都被更新？ Your mind and heart are being changed everyday?

Yes, by reading God’s Words and drawing near to God, Jesus is changing me day by day.

你是指，藉著讀聖經和禱告，耶穌天天改變你的生命。

That’s right. Like Paul had said: “Although outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

正如聖經裡保羅的體驗：”外體雖然毀壞，但我們內心卻一天新似一天。”

Indeed. And this surpassing power is from God, not from us.

的確，這個更新是靠著神的能力，而不是靠我們自己。 Mark, With this power inside us, everything is possible, wouldn’t you say?

Yes, and here is…

 

Verse of the Week. 每週金句

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;

 若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，

the old has gone, the new has come !

舊事已過，都變成新的了。

From II Corinthians 5:17 經文出自林後5：17

        (English again)

 

Cheung Yun this verse talked about Christ turning someone into a new person. I can think of many people whose lives were changed because of Jesus’s dying on the cross.

Yes, including you and me. 正因為耶穌在十架上捨命，我們的生命能被改變。

Whoever received Jesus Christ in faith, will have this new life, becoming a new creation.

無論何人若以信心接受耶穌基督，就有新生命，是新造的人。

Out with the old, in with the new. Today God is still doing his work in our lives.

That’s for sure. 神今天還在我們身上繼續祂自己的工作呢。

 

 

It’s time to wrap up. Mark, thank you for being so kind to your new partner.

Cheung Yun I enjoy doing this with you. I am sure our listeners enjoy our program today.

親愛的聽友，如果你有任何英文學習方面的問題，歡迎你隨時來信。我們一定盡量幫助你。

Also, you can go to our website chinese-goodnews.org to listen our programs.

你也可以上網聆聽並閱讀英語世界的課程。網址是：chinese-goodnews.org

We hope to meet with you again next week.

下回同時間，老地方，馬可老師和我在這兒等候你的相會。

Until next time. Zai-Jian.

下回見。

 

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Now, Mark, are you sure you don’t want to try sushi and fish heads? It’s delicious.

Don’t mention it again. I don’t understand how can you eat something like that. I can’t stand two fish eyes starring at me when I eat…