Buying Goods from Abroad Online
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ID: 2008
Upper Intermediate
There's an endless number of reasons for purchasing goods from abroad online: trying to avoid jacked up prices on imported goods, distrust of products produced by local companies, or just really, really, really wanting that pair of shoes that is inexplicably absent from every Nike store in Shanghai. In this case, it's two mothers discussing the option of buying baby formula outside the country and shipping it in. Learn all about this phenomenon in today's upper intermediate lesson.
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 三天两头 | sāntiānliǎngtóu | almost every day | |
| 费劲儿 | fèijìnr | to expend effort | |
| 天下无难事，只怕有心人 | tiānxiàwúnánshì,zhǐpàyǒuxīnrén | 'nothing in this world can't be overcome with a little determination' | |
| 海关 | hǎiguān | customs |
杰克你下周回国是吧能不能帮我带点东西回来
jiékè 杰克nǐ 你xiàzhōu 下周huíguó 回国shì ba 是吧néngbùnéng 能不能bāng 帮wǒ 我dài 带diǎnr 点dōngxi 东西huílai 回来
Jack, you're going back to your home country next week, right? Could you bring some stuff back for me?
只要不是奶粉和尿布什么的就行我上次帮小徐带了两罐奶粉害得我行李都超重了
zhǐyào 只要bùshì 不是nǎifěn 奶粉hé 和niàobù 尿布shénme de 什么的jiù xíng 就行wǒ 我shàngcì 上次bāng 帮Xiǎo Xú 小徐dài 带le 了liǎng 两guàn 罐nǎifěn 奶粉hài 害de 得wǒ 我xíngli 行李dōu 都chāozhòng 超重le 了
I can as long as it's not powdered milk or diapers or something like that. The two jars of powdered milk I brought back for Xiao Xu last time made my luggage overweight.
啊我也想让你帮忙带些宝宝用的东西你也知道国内的产品三天两头地出现质量问题太让人不放心了
ǎ 啊wǒ 我yě 也xiǎng 想ràng 让nǐ 你bāngmáng 帮忙dài 带xiē 些bǎobao 宝宝yòng 用de 的dōngxi 东西nǐ 你yě 也zhīdào 知道guónèi 国内de 的chǎnpǐn 产品sāntiānliǎngtóu 三天两头de 地chūxiàn 出现zhìliàng 质量wèntí 问题tài 太ràngrén 让人bù 不fàngxīn 放心le 了
Huh? I wanted you to bring back some baby products, too. You know as well as I that quality issues with local products arise almost daily. It's really stressful.
爱丽丝你让人家带东西多麻烦啊还不如上网海淘呢
Àilìsī 爱丽丝nǐ 你ràng 让rénjiā 人家dài 带dōngxi 东西duō 多máfan 麻烦a 啊hái 还bùrú 不如shàngwǎng 上网hǎitáo 海淘ne 呢
Alice, it's a pain for other people to bring stuff back for you. Plus, it's not as good as just buying things from abroad online.
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