Upper-Intermediate - Star Trek

A:

(D1244)

` ong, zu`hou
` de qianxi
an,
` zhe` sh` J`nquh
` de y c` hang
taik
ao
` wu nian
nei
` de renwu
`
`
` eng

xng. ta zai
sh` tansu
o mosh
de
` xunzh
xn de shengm`

sh`jie,
ao
ng he xn de wenm
ng, qian

` tansu
`
wang renmen
congw
ei
o guo de d`fang.
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the
starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to seek out new
worlds, new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no
one has gone before.

B:

` nar
` zuo
` Xngj`mhang

meng
`
n y`ou zai
de bair`
la.
There you are, day-dreaming about Star Trek again!

A:

o,
n jiu` gen
` qu` canji
wo ykuair
a Xngm juhu`
laop
` ba!
Dear, how about coming to the Star Trek convention with
me?

B:

bian
` le, zhezh
` ong

n shuo guo duosh

ao
wo gen
b`u qie` shj`
x`ngqu.
le, ganm
`

de dongxi,
wo mei
a fei y`ao
` n z`j qu` hao

la zhe wo?

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How many times have I told you Im not interested in this

kind of unrealistic stuff. Go by yourself. Why do you have to
drag me along?

A:

`
`
n zh bu zhdao
`
na` n guang
jie ganm
a fei y`ao la zhe wo?
kan
` wan Xngj`mhang

` ng xiaoshu

wo dangni
an
diany
o,
` Kek`e chuanzh

e, na`
d` y c` zhdao le J`nquh
ang,
Sbok`
ao,
` xngf`en a!
jiao
zhen
Well, why do you always have to take me along when you go
window-shopping? Do you know how excited I was back in
the days when I saw the Star Trek movies and read the novels, when I first learned about the Enterprise, and Captain
Kirk and Spock?

B:

`
qian,
n hai
xiao,
wo key ljie.
kesh`
na` sh` ersh
duo nian
` ai
` dou
`
` naxi
` e dongxi

name

n xianz
da` le, kan
b`u juede
y`ou` naxi
` e

`
Xngj`mhang
zh` a? n b zhe wo kan
diansh`
ju,
`
` de taik
` ongchuan,
nhongd

yshan
de, tai
`

suli
eng
yshan
` ao
` le. zhen

gaobud
guosh
ong
n m ta shenme?

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That was more than twenty years ago, and you were still
young. I can understand that. But youre grown up now
dont you think its childish to read and watch that stuff? You
make me watch those episodes of Star Trek, with their plastic space ships and neon lights flashing. Theyre too oldfashioned. I really dont know what about them fascinates
you much!

A:

a, zhe` n jiu` b`u dong

ay
le. Xngj`mhang
de jngsu b`u` changmi

` ersh`

ta shezh`
`
ong
sh` kehuan
an,
kuanr
he ljie.
` wutu
` ai
sh`jie,
` J`nquh
` y`ao tansu
`
ang
sh` de weil
zai
o yn ao
ob
, xunzh
xn de sh`jie,
` xn de wenm

` o hep
ng
hex`
ao
ng, sanb

yu ljie.
Aw, you just dont understand. The essence of Star Trek
isnt the sci-fi setting, its tolerance and understanding. Its
set in a utopian future, where the Enterprise has to explore
the Milky Way galaxy, looking for new worlds and new civilizations, spreading peace and understanding.

B:

`
zhe` duo b`u xiansh
a?
How unrealistic is that?

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A:

` shang
`

dou
an. J`nquh

n tng wo shuow
de chuanyu
an
ao

en,
heir
Y`azhou
Suli

en,
ren,
sh` shenme
ren?
you bair
an
tamen

jiush`

ren,
bensh
en
u rongh
e de xiangzh
eng!
` zhongz
ou, diansh`
`
`
en
he heir
jiew

en
en
haiy
sh shang
d` y c` bair
`

jiush`
Xngj`mhang
l!
` zai
Let me finish. What kind of people do they have on the
Enterprise? There are whites, blacks, Asians, Russians
theyre inherently a symbol of racial blending. And plus, the
first televised kiss between a white and a black was on Star
Trek!

B:

e ba?
o, zhende
a? b`uhu` sh` Sbok`
Really? It wasnt Spock, was it?

A:

` cai
cai.
b`ush`! n zai
Nope! Guess again!

B:

na` yd`ng sh` Kek`e chuanzh

ang.
Well, it had to be Captain Kirk!

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A:

`
` ba? laop
o,

Wuhul
langm
du`, jiush`
ungu
an
an
` ta he tongx
`
a.
wo qu` Xngm juhu`
n jiu` pei
` ba. jiu` y c`!
Yes, it was him and Communications Officer Uhura. Romantic, huh? Just go with me to the Star Trek convention,
dear. Just one time!

B:

hao
hao.

hao
Fine, fine.

A:

` shang
` Wuhul
` mei

na` n huan
a de zh`fu sh`shi! wo zongsuan
mai.

bai
Then try on Uhuras uniform for me! Turns out, I didnt buy
it in vain!

B:

n!
Oh, you!

Key Vocabulary

an
`
qianxi

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front line; frontier

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`
J`nquh
ao

Starship Enterprise

hangx
ng

voyage

`
tansu
o

exploration

wenm
ng

civilization

Xngj`mhang

Star Trek

meng
`
zuo` bair`

daydream

Xngm

Trekkie

b`u qie` shj`

unrealistic

Kek`e

zhang

e
Sbok`

Spock

` ongchuan

taik

space ships

nhongd
eng

neon lights

`
guosh

obsolete

jngsu

quintessence

`
kehuan

sci-fi

chuan-

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Captain Kirk

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ong
kuanr

tolerance

`
shezh`

to be set in (of movies,

stories,etc.

ang

wutu
ob

Utopia

ynhex`

Milky Way system

` o
sanb

to spread

zhongz
u

race

rongh
e

to converge

eng
xiangzh

to symbolize

tongx
ungu
an
`

communications
cer

Wuhul
a

Uhura (a name)

zh`fu

uniform

offi-

Supplementary Vocabulary

`
`
tansu
o pndao

Discovery Channel

`
Xngqiud
a`
zhan

Star Wars

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` e
qieh

to correspond to

yaoyan

rumors

ynhe

Milky Way

` angx`
taiy

the Solar System

e`
Shkaot

Scott

kek`e

harsh, strict

Q`kefu

Chekov

` aoy

Maik

McCoy

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