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Not So Silent Night

Not So Silent Night
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ID: 1059 Intermediate
The age-old dilemma: On Christmas Eve, should we go to church, or to a bar? In today's podcast you'll learn how to talk it over in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny , John
Not So Silent Night
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
平安夜 píng ān yè Christmas Eve
教堂 jiàotáng church
酒吧 jiǔbā bar
节目 jiémù program
宝贝平安夜想去哪儿玩儿
bǎobèir 宝贝píng ān yè 平安夜xiǎng 想qù 去nǎr 哪儿wánr 玩儿
Where do you want to go on Christmas Eve, babe?
去教堂吧
qù 去jiàotáng 教堂ba 吧
Let's go to church!
教堂不好玩儿我们去酒吧吧
jiàotáng 教堂bù 不hǎowánr 好玩儿wǒmen 我们qù 去jiǔbā 酒吧ba 吧
Church is no fun. Let's go to a bar!
教堂有圣诞节目唱歌表演什么都有
jiàotáng 教堂yǒu 有shèngdàn 圣诞jiémù 节目chànggē 唱歌biǎoyǎn 表演shénme 什么dōu 都yǒu 有
There's a Christmas program at the church. There's singing, performances-- they've got it all.
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