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@ 51475 南北差異
A: 各位觀眾晚上好！今天《天下一家》欄目有幸請到了鄭教授做我們的嘉賓。鄭教授，您好！
gèwèi guānzhòng wǎnshang hǎo! jīntiān《 tiānxià yī jiā》 lánmù yǒuxìng qǐngdào le Zhèng jiàoshòu zuò wǒmen de jiābīn. Zhèng jiàoshòu, nínhǎo!
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! On today's "One Big Family" program we have the fortune of being joined by a special guest, Professor Zheng. Hello, Professor Zheng.
B: 大家好！
dàjiā hǎo!
Hi, everybody!
A: 鄭教授呢，是典型的北方人在南方。今天，他要跟我們談一談中國的南北差異。
Zhèng jiàoshòu ne, shì diǎnxíng de běifāngrén zài nánfāng. jīntiān, tā yào gēn wǒmen tán yi tán Zhōngguó de nánběi chāyì.
Professor Zheng is the typical northerner in the south. Today he's going to talk to us about the differences between China's north and south.
B: 南北差異要細說的話，恐怕三天三夜也說不完。
nánběi chāyì yào xìshuō dehuà, kǒngpà sāntiānsānyè yě shuōbùwán.
If you want to go into detail about the differences, I'm afraid that even in three days and nights we couldn't cover them all.
A: 那咱們就簡單點兒說說。
nà zánmen jiù jiǎndān diǎnr shuō shuo.
Then let's just cover some general topics.
B: 大家都知道，北方人吃麵食比較多。我剛來南方的時候跟朋友說：我不喜歡吃米，我愛吃麵。結果被嘲笑了一頓。
dàjiā dōu zhīdào, běifāngrén chī miànshí bǐjiào duō. wǒ gāng lái nánfāng de shíhou gēn péngyou shuō： wǒ bù xǐhuan chī mǐ, wǒ ài chī miàn. jiéguǒ bèi cháoxiào le yīdùn.
Everyone knows that northerners eat a lot of wheat products. When I had just arrived in the south I said to some friends, I don't like eating rice grains. I like to eat noodles. And then I was made fun of.
A: 呵呵，米是生的，飯才是熟的。生米煮成熟飯嘛！
hēhē, mǐ shì shēng de, fàn cái shì shú de. shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn ma!
Heh heh. Rice grains are uncooked. Rice is cooked. [The saying is,] "uncooked rice grains are boiled and become rice," no?
B: 是啊。說“吃米”，別人會笑話的。不能說“吃米”，要說吃米飯，或者吃飯。
shì a. shuō" chī mǐ”, biérén huì xiàohuà de. bùnéng shuō" chī mǐ”, yào shuō chī mǐfàn, huòzhě chīfàn.
Right. If you say "eat rice grains" you'll get made fun of. You can't say, "eat rice grains;" you have to say "eat rice" or "eat some rice."
A: 挺有意思的。還有什麼不同呢？
tǐng yǒu yìsi de. hái yǒu shénme bùtóng ne?
Pretty interesting. What else is different?
B: 還有啊，南方人把包子也叫做饅頭。菜包就叫“菜饅頭”，肉包就叫“肉饅頭”。沒餡兒的叫“實心饅頭”。我剛聽到的時候覺得特別奇怪。
háiyǒu a, nánfāngrén bǎ bāozi yě jiàozuò mántou. càibāo jiù jiào" cài mántou”, ròubāo jiù jiào" ròu mántou”. méi xiànr de jiào" shíxīn mántou”. wǒ gāng tīngdào de shíhou juéde tèbié qíguài.
And then southerns like to call stuffed buns [plain] steamed buns. So a stuffed bun with vegetables in it is a "vegetable bun," and one stuffed with meat is called a "meat bun." If it has no filling it's called a "solid bun." When I first heard it I thought it was really weird.
A: 哦，這是叫法的不同。
ò, zhè shì jiàofǎ de bùtóng.
OK, so a difference in names for things.
B: 嗯。再說天氣。北方人都以為南方的冬天不冷。其實不是的。
ng4. zài shuō tiānqì. běifāngrén dōu yǐwèi nánfāng de dōngtiān bù lěng. qíshí bùshì de.
Right. And then there's weather. Northerns all think winter in the south isn't cold. But actually that's not true.
A: 哦？
ò?
Oh?
B: 冬天氣溫倒是不低，不過南方是溼冷，多穿衣服都沒用。什麼都是潮溼的，像吸了水似的。再加上沒暖氣，冷起來真要命。一到冬天我就特別懷念北方的火爐或者暖氣。
dōngtiān qìwēn dàoshì bù dī, bùguò nánfāng shì shīlěng, duō chuān yīfu dōu méiyòng. shénme dōu shì cháoshī de, xiàng xī le shuǐ shìde. zài jiāshang méi nuǎnqì, lěng qǐlái zhēn yàomìng. yī dào dōngtiān wǒ jiù tèbié huáiniàn běifāng de huǒlú huòzhě nuǎnqì.
Winter temperatures aren't actually low, but in the south it's a wet cold, and wearing more layers doesn't help. Everything is humid, like you're breathing water in. Plus there's no central heating, so when it gets cold it's awful. When winter comes, I especially miss the stoves and central heat of the north.
A: 哦，南方雨多，潮溼。
ò, nánfāng yǔ duō, cháoshī.
Oh, lots of rainfall in the south, so it's humid.
B: 北方降雨少，乾旱。所以我想“春雨貴如油”之類的諺語應該是北方人總結出來的。不過人們常說：女人是水做的，南方溼潤的氣候對女性的皮膚倒是比較好。
běifāng jiàngyǔ shǎo, gānhàn. suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng" chūnyǔ guì rú yóu” zhīlèi de yànyǔ yīnggāi shì běifāngrén zǒngjié chūlái de. bùguò rénmen cháng shuō： nǚrén shì shuǐ zuò de, nánfāng shīrùn de qìhòu duì nǚxìng de pífū dàoshì bǐjiào hǎo.
In the north there's little rainfall, so it's dry. That's why I think "spring rain is as precious as oil" and similar sayings probably came out of the north. But people often say that women are made of water, and the moist climate of the south is better for a woman's skin.
A: 看來鄭教授是誇我們南方女子了。但從身高來說，好像北方人，尤其是北方男人更高大威猛一些。不是常說“山東大漢”嗎？
kànlai Zhèng jiàoshòu shì kuā wǒmen nánfāng nǚzǐ le. dàn cóng shēngāo láishuō, hǎoxiàng běifāngrén, yóuqí shì běifāng nánrén gèng gāodà wēiměng yīxiē. bùshì cháng shuō" shāndōng dàhàn” ma?
I think Professor Zheng is praising our southern females. But when it comes to height, it seems that northerners -- especially northern men -- are a bit taller and more intimidating. Don't we often say, "Shandong Strongmen?"
B: 通常北方人高大一些。不過也有特例，我就是山東人，呵呵。
tōngcháng běifāngrén gāodà yīxiē. bùguò yě yǒu tèlì, wǒ jiùshì Shāndōng rén, hēhē.
Northerners are usually a bit larger. But there are also special cases. I'm from Shandong! Heh heh.
A: 濃縮的才是精華嘛！對了，有人說在街上看到兩個人打架，十有八九是北方人，您覺得呢？
nóngsuō de cáishì jīnghuá ma! duìle, yǒu rén shuō zài jiēshang kàndào liǎng ge rén dǎjià, shíyǒubājiǔ shì běifāngrén, nín juéde ne?
Distilled down to the very essence, right? By the way, some people say that if you see two people fighting on the street, eight or nine times out of ten they're northerners. What do you think?
B: 這問題有點兒尖銳。不過比起南方人來，北方人的性格直爽豪放，火氣大一些。歷史上的猛將大都出自北方。
zhè wèntí yǒudiǎnr jiānruì. bùguò bǐqǐ nánfāngrén lái, běifāngrén de xìnggé zhíshuǎng háofàng, huǒqì dà yīxiē. lìshǐ shàng de měngjiàng dà dōu chūzì běifāng.
That question is a bit pointed. But compared with southerners, northerners' personalities are more straightforward and frank, with more of a temper. Most of our history's great generals came out of the north.
A: 講到性格就更復雜了。請大家不要走開，廣告之後，精彩繼續。
jiǎng dào xìnggé jiù gèng fùzá le. qǐng dàjiā bù yào zǒukāi, guǎnggào zhīhòu, jīngcǎi jìxù.
When you get into personality the situation becomes even more complex. Everyone, please don't go away. After these messages, we'll be right back with more.
Key Vocabulary
欄目 lánmù column
嘉賓 jiābīn honored guest
典型 diǎnxíng typical
細說 xìshuō to speak in detail
麵食 miànshí wheaten food products
嘲笑 cháoxiào to ridicule
生米煮成熟飯 shēngmǐ zhǔ chéng shúfàn what's done cannot be undone
實心 shíxīn solid
叫法 jiàofǎ way of calling something
倒是 dàoshì however
溼冷 shīlěng wet cold
懷念 huáiniàn to cherish the memory of
春雨貴如油 chūnyǔ guì rú yóu spring rains are as precious as oil
諺語 yànyǔ saying
女人是水做的 nǚrén shì shuǐ zuò de women are made of water
威猛 wēiměng brave and fierce
山東大漢 Shāndōng dàhàn Shandong strongman
特例 tèlì special case
濃縮的才是精華 nóngsuō de cáishì jīnghuá the concentrated form is the essence
十有八九 shíyǒubājiǔ most probably
尖銳 jiānruì sharp
直爽 zhíshuǎng candid
豪放 háofàng bold
火氣 huǒqì temper
猛將 měngjiàng brave general
Supplementary Vocabulary
調羹 tiáogēng spoon [southern]
勺子 sháozi ladle, spoon [northern]
拖把 tuōbǎ mop [southern]
墩布 dūnbù mop [northern]
拖地 tuōdì to mop [southern]
墩地 dūndì to mop [northern]
秦嶺 Qínlǐng Qinling Mountains
淮河 Huái Hé Huai River
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