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That's Not Literature!

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ID: 2660 Upper Intermediate
Users veronique21 and si1teng2 asked for a lesson all about different genres of books, so here it is. In this lesson we hear two shop assistants discussing the shopping habits of their hipster clientele in this famous 24 hour bookstore.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
That's Not Literature!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
打烊 dǎyáng to close for the day (of a shop)
独一无二 dúyīwú èr unique
当初 dāngchū at the start
应征 yīngzhēng to respond to a job advert
别的书店十点就打烊了全市只有我们到半夜十二点还在忙
biéde 别的shūdiàn 书店shí diǎn 十点jiù 就dǎyáng 打烊le 了quánshì 全市zhǐyǒu 只有wǒmen 我们dào 到bànyè 半夜shí èr diǎn 十二点háizài 还在máng 忙
Other bookstores close at 10, in the whole city only ours is still busy at 12 at night.
我们是唯一的二十四小时书店这是独一无二的特色呢
wǒmen 我们shì 是wéiyī 唯一de 的èrshísì 二十四xiǎoshí 小时shūdiàn 书店zhè 这shì 是dúyīwú èr 独一无二de 的tèsè 特色ne 呢
We are the only twenty-four bookstore, that's a unique edge.
当初我也是觉得很酷才来应征的但是仔细想想书店开二十四小时有什么意义谁半夜来看书啊
dāngchū 当初wǒ 我yě shì 也是juéde 觉得hěn 很kù 酷cái 才lái 来yīngzhēng 应征de 的dànshì 但是zǐxì 仔细xiǎngxiang 想想shūdiàn 书店kāi 开èrshísì 二十四xiǎoshí 小时yǒu shénme 有什么yìyì 意义shéi 谁bànyè 半夜lái 来kàn 看shū 书ā 啊
I thought it was cool and that's one of the reasons I first applied, but thinking about it, what's the point of having a bookstore open twenty-four hours? Who comes to read in the middle of the night.
你眼前不就一堆人告诉你我们这儿还是有名的约会书店呢小情侣吃了晚饭看了电影还不想回家就跑来摆摆文艺青年的样子别抱怨了来帮我把这些书上架
nǐ 你yǎnqián 眼前bù 不jiù 就yīduīrén 一堆人gàosu 告诉nǐ 你wǒmen 我们zhèr 这儿háishì 还是yǒumíng 有名de 的yuēhuì 约会shūdiàn 书店ne 呢xiǎoqínglǚ 小情侣chī 吃le 了wǎnfàn 晚饭kàn 看le 了diànyǐng 电影hái 还bù 不xiǎng 想huíjiā 回家jiù 就pǎo 跑lái 来bǎi bai 摆摆wényì 文艺qīngnián 青年de 的yàngzi 样子bié 别bàoyuàn 抱怨le 了lái 来bāng 帮wǒ 我bǎ 把zhèxiē 这些shū 书shàng 上jià 架
Aren't there lots of people here right now? I'm telling you, this is a famous bookstore for dating! After couples have had dinner and gone to see a movie but they don't want to go home yet, they like to come here to keep up their hipster image. Stop complaining, help me put these books on the shelf.
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