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ID: 0983
Intermediate
Many a little ditty has been written about the land of beach bunnies, surfer dudes, movie stars, Kobe Bryant and The Lakers. After a day of treating yourself to a new Armani on Rodeo Drive and finishing your Skinny triple French Vanilla Half Caf on Melrose, put the top down on your Beamer and take a drive East on the 10 to the San Gabriel Valley. Grab some authentic Hunan Fish Head and practice your Mandarin with a cute fuwuyuan! Welcome to our ChinesePod tour of The City of Angels, in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny , John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 好莱坞 | Hǎoláiwū | Hollywood | |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck | |
| 电影 | diànyǐng | film | |
| 熟 | shú | familiar |
今天我们去好莱坞
jīntiān 今天wǒmen 我们qù 去Hǎoláiwū 好莱坞
Let's go to Hollywood today.
能看到明星吗
néng 能kàndào 看到míngxīng 明星ma 吗
Will we be able to see some stars?
看运气我只看到过小明星对了我有个做电影的朋友他比较熟待会儿让他带我们去
kàn 看yùnqi 运气wǒ 我zhǐ 只kàndào 看到guo 过xiǎo 小míngxīng 明星duì le 对了wǒ 我yǒu 有ge 个zuò 做diànyǐng 电影de 的péngyou 朋友tā 他bǐjiào 比较shú 熟dāi 待huǐr 会儿ràng 让tā 他dài 带wǒmen 我们qù 去
That depends on our luck. I've only seen some B-list stars. Oh, right--I have a friend that is a filmmaker. He's a little bit more in on things. I'll get him to take us in a while.
Tony你好这是我朋友来洛杉矶玩儿
Tony Tonynǐhǎo 你好zhè 这shì 是wǒ 我péngyou 朋友lái 来Luòshānjī 洛杉矶wánr 玩儿
Tony, hello! This is my friend, she came to have some fun in Los Angeles.
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