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Jizhou Mental Breakdown

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ID: 0738 Upper Intermediate
Mental breakdowns are never pretty, in any language. But would a Chinese language learning journey be complete without knowing how to have a mental breakdown in Mandarin... just in case? In today's podcast, the drama intensifies. Listen on the edge of your seat as the mystery unravels in Jizhou.
Sun Dec 23 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
到底 dàodǐ actually; in the end
拉钩 lāgōu to commit to a matter with a handshake
装糊涂 zhuāng hútu to play dumb
怪事 guàishì strange happenings
健明来过寂州？他杀过人？怎么可能呢？可是为什么佳燕和徐文涛都说他来过。我到底该相信谁？
Jiànmíng lái guo Jìzhōu ？tā shā guo rén ？ zěnme kěnéng ne ？kěshì wèishénme Jiāyàn hé Xú Wéntāo dōu shuō tā lái guo 。wǒ dàodǐ gāi xiāngxìn shéi ？
Jianming has been to Jizhou? He killed someone? How could it be possible? But why did Jia Yan and Xu Wentao both say he had been here before? Who am I supposed to believe?
阿姨。你怎么哭了？
āyí 。nǐ zěnme kū le ？
Auntie, why are you crying?
小朋友，是你啊。阿姨很害怕。
xiǎopéngyou ，shì nǐ a 。āyí hěn hàipà 。
Little friend, it's you. Auntie is very scared.
阿姨，你別怕。健明叔叔很安全，你放心。他是我们的好朋友，我们会保护他的。
āyí ，nǐ bié pà 。Jiànmíng shūshu hěn ānquán ，nǐ fàngxīn 。tā shì wǒmen de hǎopéngyou ，wǒmen huì bǎohù tā de 。
Auntie, don't be afraid. Uncle Jianming is safe, don't worry. He is our good friend, we will protect him.
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