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ID: 1540 Advanced
A：苹果涨价了！油涨价了！方便面涨价了！......什么都涨价了！B：啊？不会吧？又涨价了？那我只能什么都不吃，减肥吧！C：哈哈，别担心！我有一个省钱的好方法。加入团购网吧！一起团购，一起省钱！
Thu Nov 11 2010 | Connie, David
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Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
鸿门宴 hóngményàn a meeting contrived as a trap
纯粹 chúncuì pure, unadulterated
叙旧 xùjiù to reminisce, to talk about the old days
铁公鸡 tiěgōngjī iron rooster, [fig. stingy person]
喂，燕子，周末有空吗？我请你吃泰国菜。
wéi ，Yànzi ，zhōumò yǒukòng ma ？wǒ qǐng nǐ chī Tàiguó cài 。
Hey, Yanzi, are you free this weekend? Let me take you out for Thai food.
泰国菜？很贵的。说吧，是不是又要叫我办什么事？鸿门宴我可不去啊。
Tàiguó cài ？hěn guì de 。shuō ba ，shì bu shì yòu yào jiào wǒ bàn shénme shì ？hóngményàn wǒ kě bù qù a 。
Thai food? That's expensive. What, do you want me to do something again? I'm not going to fall for your trap.
啥事都没有。就纯粹吃饭，叙叙旧。
shá shìr dōu méiyǒu 。jiù chúncuì chīfàn ，xù xu jiù 。
It's nothing. Just a meal - pure and simple. We can talk about the old days.
啧啧啧，史上最有名的铁公鸡要拔毛了，难得难得。
zé zé zé ，shǐ shàng zuì yǒumíng de tiěgōngjī yào bámáo le ，nándé nándé 。
Tsk, tsk, tsk. The stingiest woman in history is finally going to spend some money - so rare.
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