BOOK TWELVE,
LESSON TWELVE
N: This is Lesson Twelve.
dei si zi la sen tao fu
带噻是啦森托奥夫,
Listen to part of the conversation
le sen de pa de de akng wo sei shen.
来森的帕达的康我噻神,
during and after a broadcast at WEFL.
jiao ying an de an fu zhe er a ba kan si de da bu you yi fu ao ya.
叫英俺的俺赴这儿不啊开思的大部要以哎夫奥啊。
First, you'll hear Jake finishing his news report.
fe si te, you hai er zhai ke,fai nai shen ying hai si niu si wei bo te.
分斯的有还而这可非内神英斯牛斯为薄的。
Then you'll hear Steven and Jake
hen you xie er si di wen an zhai ke.
扥有写斯地问安这可。
talking about the report
tao ken ye bao de rui bo de.
叨肯也包的为薄得。
and the good things that will happen because of it.
an de gu de sen wo si gou han ben bi kao si de de.
俺的个的分斯达够哈本比考思达的。
Do they use more active-voice verbs
du de you si me er an ke de wo yi si we be si.
读的有死么而安客地我亦斯我薄斯。
or more passive-voice verbs?
wa me pan si wo yi si we bo si.
哇默盼斯我一丝薄个斯。
Listen.
le sen.
了森。
JAKE: . . . and so it was decided earlier today.
an sou ei wa si di sai die de er li yai zhi dei.
俺扫呀ide哇斯者瑟地的哎哩呀i吃得。
No apartment buildings will be built on the land at the Nature Center.
nao a pa er men bie you ding si wu bie biao de ang de lan da de nai zhe san zhe er,
闹啊帕克的分比有定死五笔表的昂的兰的大的乃车三者儿。
Thomas Ames's project was not approved.
tang mu sen mu sai si pu ra zhe ke te wa zi na de a pu ou fu de.
查姆森字儿斯普哇这可特我字那的啊普奥。
And that's our news for tonight.
an ran se er niu si fe chi nai de.
俺然瑟啊牛斯分吃乃的。
I'm Jake Seltzer . . .
ai mu zhe ke sai zei.
哎姆这可笑则哦。
STEVEN: Great job.
gu rei zha be.
固瑞炸吧。
JAKE: Yeah, it feels good.
ye ai, fei you si ge di.
也哎非又死格的。
Once in a while you get to do a story that means something.
wan sen na wa yao yi gai te du wa si dao ei min sang fen.
完此那哇要以该图度我我斯到瑞的敏嗓分。
Because of our story,
bi ka si wan er si dao rei.
比咔斯完而死到瑞。
the water and land at the Nature Center won't be polluted.
de wa zhe wen lan de da nai che san zhe wnag bi po lou zhe de.
的哇的文兰达的乃车三者网比颇喽摘的。
The animals at the farm won't be killed . . .
di an na mao sai de fa er wang bi kei yao de.
地俺那貌噻的法儿网比尅有的。
STEVEN: And the station wasn't sabotaged again.
an de si dei shen wa sen sa bo tai er si ti gan.
俺的斯嘚神哇森萨薄他吃的根呀。
N: Well, did they use more active-. voice verbs or more passive-voice verbs?
wo ao, die de you si me er an ke te wo yi si we bo si, wang me pa si wao yi si we bo si.
外奥叠的有死默而安客的斯我比斯按有盘斯我一丝我把斯。
If you said "passive-voice verbs," you were right.
ye di you sai de pan si wao yi si wo bo si you wa wai te.
亦夫有噻盘斯我一丝我被斯有瓦外他。
Now listen and repeat.
nao le sen an wei bei te.
闹啦说你安为被他。