City Series: Bali
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ID: 1246
Intermediate
ChinesePod's Jenny Zhu is a world traveler beyond compare. In today's Chinese podcast, she'll be discussing her recent trip to the lovely island of Bali. You'll learn lots of useful Mandarin for talking about your travels and adventures. You'll even learn about a very special Indonesian beverage...
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 巴厘岛 | Bālídǎo | Bali, an Indonesian island | |
| 可 | kě | really; to be able to | |
| 火山 | huǒshān | volcano | |
| 漂流 | piāoliú | whitewater rafting |
Jenny你刚从巴厘岛回来快跟我们说说那里好玩儿吗
Jenny Jennynǐ 你gāng 刚cóng 从Bālídǎo 巴厘岛huílai 回来kuài 快gēn 跟wǒmen 我们shuō shuo 说说nàlǐ 那里hǎowánr 好玩儿ma 吗
Jenny, you just got back from Bali. Tell us, was it fun?
可好玩儿了我看了火山试了漂流做了spa还喝了大便咖啡
kě 可hǎowánr 好玩儿le 了wǒ 我kàn 看le 了huǒshān 火山shì 试le 了piāoliú 漂流zuò 做le 了spa spahái 还hē 喝le 了dàbiàn 大便kāfēi 咖啡
Tons of fun. I saw a volcano, tried some rafting, went to the spa, and drank "crap coffee."
什么
shénme 什么
What?
当地有一种野猫吃咖啡豆然后拉出来
dāngdì 当地yǒu 有yī 一zhǒng 种yěmāo 野猫chī 吃kāfēidòu 咖啡豆ránhòu 然后lā 拉chūlái 出来
There's a kind of wildcat there that eats coffee beans, and then craps them out.
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