My New MP3 Player
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ID: 0524
Intermediate
So you've decided to get with the cool kids and buy an MP3 player so you can rock the ChinesePod, shake your body. But how are you going to brag about it if you don't know all this techno-lingo? Don't fear--just put those earbuds in your ear, press play, and listen to this podcast with a Mandarin Chinese lesson about MP3 players. With ChinesePod playing in your ears, you'll never be uncool again!
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | MPsān | MP3 player | |
| 蛮 | mán | quite | |
| 容量 | róngliàng | capacity | |
| 存 | cún | to save |
你买新的3了挺好看的嘛
nǐ 你mǎi 买xīn 新de 的sān 3le 了tǐng 挺hǎokàn 好看de 的ma 嘛
Did you buy a new MP3 player? It's pretty nice looking!
昨天刚买的好像还蛮好用的
zuótiān 昨天gāng 刚mǎi 买de 的hǎoxiàng 好像hái 还mán 蛮hǎoyòng 好用de 的
I just bought it yesterday. It seems like it's pretty easy to use.
真的容量多大啊
zhēnde 真的róngliàng 容量duō 多dà 大a 啊
Really? What's the capacity?
3听说可以存好几百首歌也可以当移动硬盘用
sān 3tīngshuō 听说kěyǐ 可以cún 存hǎo jǐ bǎi 好几百shǒu 首gē 歌yě 也kěyǐ 可以dāng 当yídòng yìngpán 移动硬盘yòng 用
3 gigs. I was told that it can hold several hundred songs. It can also be used as a portable hard drive.
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