Dinosaurs
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ID: 1232
Upper Intermediate
In today's terrifying Chinese lesson, you'll learn about a timely topic: dinosaurs! These fearsome lizards make a great topic of conversation in Chinese. In today's podcast, learn how to use Mandarin to talk about the great beasts who ruled the earth for millennia.
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 时光穿梭机 | shíguāng chuānsuōjī | time machine | |
| 侏罗纪时期 | Zhūluójì shíqī | Jurassic Period | |
| 恐龙 | kǒnglóng | dinosaur | |
| 参观 | cānguān | to visit; to take a tour of |
丰教授我们的时光穿梭机成功了
Fēng 丰jiàoshòu 教授wǒmen 我们de 的shíguāng chuānsuōjī 时光穿梭机chénggōng 成功le 了
Professor Feng, our time machine is a success!
是啊小夏我们来到了侏罗纪时期我们能亲眼看见恐龙了
shì a 是啊Xiǎoxià 小夏wǒmen 我们láidào 来到le 了zhūluójì shíqī 侏罗纪时期wǒmen 我们néng 能qīnyǎn 亲眼kànjian 看见kǒnglóng 恐龙le 了
Yes, Xiao Xia, we’ve arrived in the Jurassic era. We can see dinosaurs with our own eyes!
可是丰教授这儿好像没有恐龙
kěshì 可是Fēng 丰jiàoshòu 教授zhèr 这儿hǎoxiàng 好像méiyǒu 没有kǒnglóng 恐龙
But there don’t seem to be any dinosaurs here, Professor Feng.
你以为这是动物园啊随便让你参观我们要去恐龙出没的地方才行走吧
nǐ 你yǐwéi 以为zhè 这shì 是dòngwùyuán 动物园a 啊suíbiàn 随便ràng 让nǐ 你cānguān 参观wǒmen 我们yào 要qù 去kǒnglóng 恐龙chūmò 出没de 的dìfang 地方cái 才xíng 行zǒu 走ba 吧
Did you think this was a zoo, where you could just casually visit and observe? We need to go to the places where dinosaurs hang around. Come on!
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