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ID: 2730
Upper Intermediate
Listen to a teacher accuse a student of cheating during a test. Do you think the teacher is fair to berate the student like this?
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 认错 | rèncuò | to admit wrongdoing | |
| 承认 | chéngrèn | to acknowledge; to admit | |
| 亲眼 | qīnyǎn | with one's own eyes | |
| 遍 | biàn | (measure word) a time |
李大伟你到底认不认错
Lǐ Dàwěi 李大伟nǐ 你dàodǐ 到底rèn 认bù 不rèncuò 认错
A: Li Dawei, are you owning up to your mistake or not?
我没做的事情我为什么要承认
wǒ 我méi 没zuò 做de 的shìqing 事情wǒ 我wèishénme 为什么yào 要chéngrèn 承认
B: Why should I own up to something I haven't done?
我亲眼看到你往旁边看别人的答案了还不承认
wǒ 我qīnyǎn 亲眼kàn 看dào 到nǐ 你wǎng 往pángbiān 旁边kàn 看biérén 别人de 的dá àn 答案le 了hái 还bù 不chéngrèn 承认
A: I saw you looking at other people's answers with my own eyes! You're still denying it?
我已经说了好几遍了是因为坐我旁边的人笔掉了我帮他捡起来而已
wǒ 我yǐjīng 已经shuōle 说了hǎojǐ 好几biàn 遍le 了shì 是yīnwèi 因为zuò 坐wǒ 我pángbiān 旁边de 的rén 人bǐ 笔diào 掉le 了wǒ 我bāng 帮tā 他jiǎn qǐlai 捡起来éryǐ 而已
B: I already said several times that it was because the person next to me dropped their pen, I just helped him pick it up for him!
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