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Shanghai Home Stay

Shanghai Home Stay
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ID: 2397 Upper Intermediate
One of the best ways to engage in language immersion is to live abroad with a host family. However, adapting to a new culture on such an intimate level can sometimes be a difficult thing. In this lesson, we hear about some of the challenges that can come when living with a host family in China.
Greg,Vera
Shanghai Home Stay
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
好不容易 hǎobùróngyì not easy
撤 chè to withdraw, leave
浓厚 nónghòu deep, dense
体验 tǐyàn to personally experience
在忙什么呢都坐在电脑前一个上午了也不起来活动活动
zài 在máng 忙shénme 什么ne 呢dōu 都zuòzài 坐在diànnǎo 电脑qián 前yī 一gè 个shàngwǔ 上午le 了yě 也bù 不qǐlái 起来huódòng 活动huódòng 活动
What are you doing? You've been sitting in front of the computer all morning and haven't gotten up to move around.
唉我前段时间好不容易帮一个外国朋友在上海找了个寄宿家庭结果才住了半个月就想撤了
ài 唉wǒ 我qián 前duàn 段shíjiān 时间hǎobùróngyì 好不容易bāng 帮yī 一gè 个wàiguó 外国péngyou 朋友zài 在Shànghǎi 上海zhǎo 找le 了gè 个jìsù 寄宿jiātíng 家庭jiéguǒ 结果cái 才zhù 住le 了bàn 半gè 个yuè 月jiù 就xiǎng 想chè 撤le 了
Man! I had a tough time before helping my foreign friend find a host family in Shanghai. As a result, he stayed for half a month and then wanted to leave.
哦我以前只听说过中国人到国外去找外国寄宿家庭没想到也有老外想住在中国人家里啊
ó 哦wǒ 我yǐqián 以前zhī 只tīngshuō 听说guo 过Zhōngguórén 中国人dào 到guówài 国外qù 去zhǎo 找wàiguó 外国jìsù 寄宿jiātíng 家庭méixiǎngdào 没想到yě 也yǒu 有lǎowài 老外xiǎng 想zhùzài 住在Zhōngguórén 中国人jiālǐ 家里ā 啊
Huh? I only ever heard about Chinese people going abroad looking for a host family. I had no idea that foreigners also wanted to live in Chinese people's homes!
那当然这些老外一般都对中国语言和文化有浓厚的兴趣他们想真正体验中国人的日常生活了解中国最主要的是有语言环境可以快速提高中文水平提供寄宿的中国家庭不仅可以赚点儿费用还可以顺便练习英文何乐而不为呢
nà 那dāngrán 当然zhèxiē 这些lǎowài 老外yībān 一般dōu 都duì 对Zhōngguó 中国yǔyán 语言hé 和wénhuà 文化yǒu 有nónghòu 浓厚de 的xìngqù 兴趣tāmen 他们xiǎng 想zhēnzhèng 真正tǐyàn 体验Zhōngguórén 中国人de 的rìcháng 日常shēnghuó 生活liǎojiě 了解Zhōngguó 中国zuì 最zhǔyào 主要de 的shì 是yǒu 有yǔyán 语言huánjìng 环境kěyǐ 可以kuàisù 快速tígāo 提高Zhōngwén 中文shuǐpíng 水平tígōng 提供jìsù 寄宿de 的Zhōngguó 中国jiātíng 家庭bùjǐn 不仅kěyǐ 可以zhuàn 赚diǎnr 点儿fèiyòng 费用hái 还kěyǐ 可以shùnbiàn 顺便liànxí 练习Yīngwén 英文hélèérbùwéi 何乐而不为ne 呢
Of course! These foreigners usually have a deep interest in Chinese language and culture. They want to really experience Chinese people's everyday life and understand China. The most important thing is to have a language environment where they can quickly improve their level of Chinese. Chinese families providing lodging not only can make a bit of money, they can also easily practice a bit of English. So why not do it?
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