Phobias
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ID: 0271
Upper Intermediate
For Ken, it’s those tiny little sock hangers. For Jenny it’s losing that great head of hair. We all have phobias…ours is that you won’t learn enough Mandarin (ahem - on your terms) to talk about them. Let’s fix that. In this podcast, learn about some common, and some not-so-common phobias, in Mandarin Chinese. Now, we want you to focus on that object directly in front of you. Allow your entire body to melt into the chair. Now, sleeeeeeeepppppppp…..
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid of | |
| 恐惧 | kǒngjù | to fear | |
| 难免 | nánmiǎn | to be hard to avoid | |
| 恐高症 | kǒnggāozhèng | acrophobia |
我们周末去游泳吧
wǒmen 我们zhōumò 周末qù 去yóuyǒng 游泳ba 吧
Let’s go swimming this weekend!
我不会游泳老实说我有点怕水
wǒ 我bùhuì 不会yóuyǒng 游泳lǎoshí shuō 老实说wǒ 我yǒudiǎn 有点pà 怕shuǐ 水
I can’t swim. To tell the truth, I’m a little bit afraid of the water.
啊你这么大了居然怕水
á 啊nǐ 你zhème 这么dà 大le 了jūrán 居然pà 怕shuǐ 水
What? You’re this old, and scared of the water?
你别笑我我是真的对水恐惧每个人难免都有自己害怕的东西你肯定也有
nǐ 你bié 别xiào 笑wǒ 我wǒ 我shì 是zhēnde 真的duì 对shuǐ 水kǒngjù 恐惧měigerén 每个人nánmiǎn 难免dōu 都yǒu 有zìjǐ 自己hàipà 害怕de 的dōngxi 东西nǐ 你kěndìng 肯定yě 也yǒu 有
Don’t laugh at me. I really have a phobia of water. Everyone has a fear of something. You must be afraid of something too.
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