Exotic Animals
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ID: 0244
Upper Intermediate
No trip to China would be complete without a look at the (sleeps for 23.7 hours a day) panda and the (will take your mobile phone) golden-haired monkey. In this podcast, we take a trip to the erm, “exotic zoo” (Google that if you’re bored), where you will learn about some interesting animals in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 收藏 | shōucáng | to collect | |
| 捕杀 | bǔshā | to capture and kill | |
| 憨厚 | hānhòu | simple and honest | |
| 只羡鸳鸯不羡仙 | zhǐ xiàn yuānyang bù xiàn xiān | a pair of mandarin ducks is more enviable than an immortal |
我有位朋友曾说比起钻戒她更宁愿要恐龙蛋化石就算孵不出小恐龙放在家里看看也挺酷的
wǒ 我yǒu 有wèi 位péngyou 朋友céng 曾shuō 说bǐqǐ 比起zuànjiè 钻戒tā 她gèng 更nìngyuàn 宁愿yào 要kǒnglóng 恐龙dàn 蛋huàshí 化石jiù suàn 就算fū bù chū 孵不出xiǎo 小kǒnglóng 恐龙fàng 放zài 在jiā li 家里kànkan 看看yě 也tǐng 挺kù 酷de 的
A friend of mine once said that she would prefer having a dinosaur egg fossil over a diamond ring, because the egg would be cool to admire, even if it could never hatch a baby dinosaur.
哈哈她挺聪明的恐龙蛋可比钻戒值钱多了不过世上要是真的还有恐龙存在估计她就不会那么想要收藏恐龙蛋了吧
hāhā 哈哈tā 她tǐng 挺cōngming 聪明de 的kǒnglóng 恐龙dàn 蛋kě 可bǐ 比zuànjiè 钻戒zhíqián 值钱duō 多le 了bùguò 不过shìshàng 世上yàoshì 要是zhēnde 真的hái 还yǒu 有kǒnglóng 恐龙cúnzài 存在gūjì 估计tā 她jiù 就bùhuì 不会nàme 那么xiǎng yào 想要shōucáng 收藏kǒnglóng 恐龙dàn 蛋le 了ba 吧
Ha ha, she's pretty smart. A dinosaur egg is worth a whole lot more than a diamond ring. But if there really were dinosaurs still living on earth, she probably would rethink keeping a dinosaur egg.
是呀我想大多数人对稀有动物都是又爱又怕
shì 是yā 呀wǒ 我xiǎng 想dàduōshù rén 大多数人duì 对xīyǒu 稀有dòngwù 动物dōu 都shì 是yòu 又ài 爱yòu 又pà 怕
That's true. I think most people who profess affection for rare and exotic species both love and fear them at the same time.
其实也还好呀像中国的国宝大熊猫挺可爱的嘛又憨厚又温顺可爱极了
qíshí 其实yě 也hái hǎo 还好yā 呀xiàng 像Zhōngguó 中国de 的guóbǎo 国宝dàxióngmāo 大熊猫tǐng 挺kěài 可爱de 的ma 嘛yòu 又hānhòu 憨厚yòu 又wēnshùn 温顺kěài 可爱jí le 极了
Actually, it's not always that bad. Take pandas for example, our ``national treasure". Aren't they adorable? They're both cuddly and docile, as well as extremely cute.
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