Beauty Pageant: It's a Mess
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ID: 0881
Intermediate
When is a beauty pageant not a mess? All those bikinis, blow-dries, manicures, bleached teeth, body part enhancements. Ew. Our blogger finds out that the pageants of the computer world are no better. In this installment, join us as we see just how bad it can get. Life's tough when you're beautiful. Learn about it in this podcast, in Mandarin.
Jenny , John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 继续 | jìxù | to continue | |
| 比赛 | bǐsài | competition | |
| 相信 | xiāngxìn | to believe | |
| 难受 | nánshòu | troubled |
佳佳
Jiājia 佳佳
Jiajia, what's the matter?
我不想继续比赛了
wǒ 我bù 不xiǎng 想jìxù 继续bǐsài 比赛le 了
I don't want to continue with the competition.
记者都是乱写的没人会相信他们
jìzhě 记者dōu 都shì 是luàn xiě 乱写de 的méirén 没人huì 会xiāngxìn 相信tāmen 他们
These reporters are all writing made-up stuff. No one will believe them.
我心里很难受真后悔参加这个比赛
wǒ 我xīnlǐ 心里hěn 很nánshòu 难受zhēn 真hòuhuǐ 后悔cānjiā 参加zhège 这个bǐsài 比赛
I get so upset. I really regret entering this contest.
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