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ID: 0324 Upper Intermediate
Thanks to an “open door” policy, you can hear the neighbors’ “telly” in your own house. So why not possess the ability to stroll in, squeeze those feet into a tiny pair of their slippers and have a discussion about the new (somewhat annoying) commercials on TV these days? In this podcast, learn to discuss all you love and hate about TV commercials in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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创意 chuàngyì creativity
老套 lǎotào cliche
故意 gùyì purposely
另类 lìnglèi bizarre
现在的广告真是越来越看不懂了内容和产品简直没什么联系
xiànzài 现在de 的guǎnggào 广告zhēnshì 真是yuèláiyuè 越来越kàn 看bù 不dǒng le 懂了nèiróng 内容hé 和chǎnpǐn 产品jiǎnzhí 简直méi shénme 没什么liánxì 联系
More than ever, I just don’t understand commercials these days. There’s simply no connection between the content of the commercial and the product.
是吗我倒觉得好多广告都没什么创意比如洗衣粉广告永远都是一个小孩把弄得很脏然后妈妈微笑着用洗衣粉帮他洗干净了多老套
shì 是ma 吗wǒ 我dǎo 倒juéde 觉得hǎo 好duō 多guǎnggào 广告dōu 都méi 没shénme 什么chuàngyì 创意bǐrú 比如xǐyīfěn 洗衣粉guǎnggào 广告yǒngyuǎn 永远dōu 都shì 是yī 一ge 个xiǎohái 小孩bǎ 把nòng 弄de 得hěn 很zàng 脏ránhòu 然后māma 妈妈wēixiào 微笑zhe 着yòng 用xǐyīfěn 洗衣粉bāng 帮tā 他xǐ 洗gānjìng 干净le 了duō 多lǎotào 老套
Really? Actually, I feel like a lot of commercials don't have any creativity. For example, laundry detergent commercials are forever about a child who gets his clothes really dirty, and then the mother uses the laundry detergent to wash them clean, smiling the whole time. It's so cliche!
是啊而且一点也不真实如果我小时候把衣服弄得这么脏我妈妈一定骂我一顿不过这种广告倒是很容易明白我最怕看那种故意搞得很另类的广告根本看不懂
shì 是ā 啊érqiě 而且yīdiǎn 一点yě 也bù 不zhēnshí 真实rúguǒ 如果wǒ 我xiǎoshíhou 小时候bǎ 把yīfu 衣服nòng 弄de 得zhème 这么zàng 脏wǒ 我māma 妈妈yīdìng 一定mà 骂wǒ 我yī 一dùn 顿bùguò 不过zhèzhǒng 这种guǎnggào 广告dàoshì 倒是hěn 很róngyì 容易míngbai 明白wǒ 我zuì 最pà 怕kàn 看nàzhǒng 那种gùyì 故意gǎo 搞de 得hěn 很lìnglèi 另类de 的guǎnggào 广告gēnběn 根本kàn 看bù 不dǒng 懂
That's true. Plus, it's totally unrealistic. My mom would yell at me if I got my clothes that dirty when I was a child. But these type of commercials are actually very easy to understand. The ones I really hate watching are the bizarre ones that are totally incomprehensible.
还有更讨厌的呢就是那种夸大的广告好像用了一个小产品生活一下子就完美了你说多假
hái 还yǒu 有gèng 更tǎoyàn 讨厌de 的ne 呢jiùshì 就是nàzhǒng 那种kuādà 夸大de 的guǎnggào 广告hǎoxiàng 好像yòng le 用了yī 一ge 个xiǎo 小chǎnpǐn 产品shēnghuó 生活yíxiàzi 一下子jiù 就wánměi 完美le 了nǐ 你shuō 说duō 多jiǎ 假
Even worse though are the commercials that totally exaggerates, as if when you use one little product, your life will suddenly become perfect. It's just so fake!
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