Old School Toys
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ID: 0604
Upper Intermediate
Though transformers are the flavor of the month, some of us puritans yearn for the simpler days of 'Mother May I' and 'Red Rover.' In this podcast, take a step back in time in China and find out what the kids were up to over here while you were busy playing with your cabbage patch kids and hot wheels. Learn in Mandarin Chinese about what toys the kids from the other side of the block fancied back in the day.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 玩具 | wánjù | toy | |
| 腻 | nì | to tire of | |
| 积木 | jīmù | wooden block | |
| 打弹子 | dǎ dànzǐ | to play marbles |
现在的玩具虽然做得好不过绝对没有我小时候的好玩
xiànzài 现在de 的wánjù 玩具suīrán 虽然zuò 做de 得hǎo 好bùguò 不过juéduì 绝对méiyǒu 没有wǒ 我xiǎoshíhou 小时候de 的hǎowán 好玩
Toys these days may be well made, but they're definitely not as fun as the ones from my childhood.
怎么可能你那时候没什么玩具吧
zěnme 怎么kěnéng 可能nǐ 你nàshíhou 那时候méi 没shénme 什么wánjù 玩具ba 吧
How's that possible? You didn't have any toys back then, right?
这你就不懂了我小时候的玩具虽然简单但怎么也玩不腻比如积木弹子沙袋还有毽子一放学就和一大堆同学围在一起玩哎可惜了现在这些都成老古董了没人玩了
zhè 这nǐ 你jiù 就bù 不dǒng 懂le 了wǒ 我xiǎoshíhou 小时候de 的wánjù 玩具suīrán 虽然jiǎndān 简单dàn 但zěnme 怎么yě 也wán 玩bù 不nì 腻bǐrú 比如jīmù 积木dànzǐ 弹子shādài 沙袋háiyǒu 还有jiànzi 毽子yī 一fàngxué 放学jiù 就hé 和yīdàduī 一大堆tóngxué 同学wéi 围zài 在yīqǐ 一起wán 玩āi 哎kěxī 可惜le 了xiànzài 现在zhèxiē 这些dōu 都chéng 成lǎogǔdǒng 老古董le 了méirén 没人wán 玩le 了
Ah, you don't understand. The toys from my childhood were simple, but we never got tired of them. For example, wooden blocks, marbles, bean bags, and ``foot shuttlecocks." As soon as I got out of school, I'd get together with a big group of classmates to play. Ah, what a shame... these are all so outdated now, no one plays with them.
你说的都是男孩子的玩具吧那时候女孩子都玩些什么
nǐ 你shuō 说de 的dōu 都shì 是nánháizi 男孩子de 的wánjù 玩具ba 吧nàshíhou 那时候nǚháizi 女孩子dōu 都wán 玩xiē 些shénme 什么
The ones you mentioned were all toys for boys. What did the girls play with back then?
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