language learning center · C2 · Lesson 7
Mediating high-stakes disagreement
Practice this topic in Chinese: Mediating high-stakes disagreement.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
小雨
双方立场看似不相容，是因为它们保护的是不同的价值。
The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.
马克
一方担心眼前伤害，另一方担心不可逆转的长期损失。
One side fears immediate harm; the other, an irreversible long-term loss.
小雨
我建议先承认两种风险，再讨论哪一种更优先。
I suggest acknowledging both risks before discussing their priority.
马克
我们可以先就双方都不愿突破的保障底线达成一致。
We could first agree on the safeguards that neither side wants to breach.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
双方立场看似不相容，是因为它们保护的是不同的价值。
The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.
双方立场看似不相容，是因为它们保护的是不同的价值。
一方担心眼前伤害，另一方担心不可逆转的长期损失。
One side fears immediate harm; the other, an irreversible long-term loss.
一方担心眼前伤害，另一方担心不可逆转的长期损失。
我建议先承认两种风险，再讨论哪一种更优先。
I suggest acknowledging both risks before discussing their priority.
我建议先承认两种风险，再讨论哪一种更优先。
我们可以先就双方都不愿突破的保障底线达成一致。
We could first agree on the safeguards that neither side wants to breach.
我们可以先就双方都不愿突破的保障底线达成一致。
这不会消除分歧，但能让分歧变得可以协商。
That does not eliminate the disagreement, but it makes it negotiable.
这不会消除分歧，但能让分歧变得可以协商。
Notice, try, and speak
Which Chinese sentence has this meaning: “The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.”
Make it yours
Say the five Chinese turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Chinese in a real conversation
- 1. 双方立场看似不相容，是因为它们保护的是不同的价值。
- 2. 一方担心眼前伤害，另一方担心不可逆转的长期损失。
- 3. 我建议先承认两种风险，再讨论哪一种更优先。
- 4. 我们可以先就双方都不愿突破的保障底线达成一致。
- 5. 这不会消除分歧，但能让分歧变得可以协商。