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ID: 0803 Intermediate
Stand out historical moments in the history of Londontown: The Great Fire of 1665, The Great Plague of 1666, but greatest of them all, surely, The Great ChinesePod London Meet-up of 2006. Now, the next history-making London event--this podcast. Dive into this lesson like you would a good Dickens novel and learn all about "The Big Smoke" in Mandarin.
Jenny, John
London
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
伦敦 Lúndūn London
古老 gǔlǎo ancient
现代 xiàndài modern
一般 yībān average
伦敦好玩吗
Lúndūn 伦敦hǎowán 好玩ma 吗
Is London fun?
太棒了又古老又现代是我去过的最好的城市
tài 太bàng 棒le 了yòu 又gǔlǎo 古老yòu 又xiàndài 现代shì 是wǒ 我qù 去guo 过de 的zuì 最hǎo 好de 的chéngshì 城市
It's so great! It's both ancient and modern. It's the best city I've ever been to.
我觉得一般看来看去都是差不多的东西
wǒ 我juéde 觉得yībān 一般kànláikànqù 看来看去dōu 都shì 是chàbuduō 差不多de 的dōngxi 东西
I think it's just average. Wherever you look everything is more or less the same.
不会啊白金汉宫大本钟泰晤士河还有好多博物馆我看都看不过来一定要再去一次
bùhuì 不会a 啊Báijīnhàngōng 白金汉宫Dàběnzhōng 大本钟Tàiwùshìhé 泰晤士河háiyǒu 还有hǎo 好duō 多bówùguǎn 博物馆wǒ 我kàn 看dōu 都kàn bu guòlái 看不过来yīdìng yào 一定要zài 再qù 去yī 一cì 次
No way. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Thames River... plus there are lots of museums. There's no way to see it all. I have to go back again.
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