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为“龙”正名

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ID: 0419 Advanced
你知道2008年北京奥运会的吉祥物吗？你喜欢他们吗？你心目中的龙是什么样的？是善良的？还是邪恶的？还有你有没有想过这样一个问题：中国人很喜欢龙，为什么不把龙作为奥运会的吉祥物呢？
Tue Feb 06 2007 | Jenny, 肖霞
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
吉祥物 jíxiángwù mascot
霸气 bàqì aggressive
粗壮 cūzhuàng big and burly
邪恶 xiéè evil
前几天我去买“福娃”时，突然想到一个问题，中国人这么喜欢龙，为什么2008年的北京奥运会没有选龙做吉祥物呢？
qiánjǐtiān wǒ qù mǎi “fúwá ”shí ，tūrán xiǎngdào yī ge wèntí ，zhōngguórén zhème xǐhuan lóng ，wèishénme èrlínglíngbā nián de Běijīng\'àoyùnhuì méiyǒu xuǎn lóng zuò jíxiángwù ne ？
A few days ago when I went to buy some ''Fuwas," I suddenly thought of a question. Chinese people like the dragon so much, why isn't the dragon the mascot of the 2008 Olympics?
大概是担心会产生误解吧。
dàgài shì dānxīn huì chǎnshēng wùjiě ba 。
Probably because they were afraid it would cause some misunderstandings.
什么误解？
shénme wùjiě ？
What misunderstandings?
我问你，“龙”英语怎么说？
wǒ wèn nǐ ，“lóng ”yīngyǔ zěnme shuō ？
Let me ask you: how do you say ''dragon" in English?
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