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Yoga

Yoga
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ID: 0867 Upper Intermediate
Reasons to do yoga: 1) leisure suits are so fashionable these days; 2) get to wear said leisure suit and lay around on mats listening to relaxing waterfall music; 3) body flexibility lends dexterity for crowded line 1 subway transfer maneuvers. So many reasons to learn! So slip on your Lululemon, stretch out your mouth, and hit the Mandarin yoga studio in this podcast.
Jenny , John
Yoga
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
练 liàn to practice; to train
瑜伽 yújiā yoga
专利 zhuānlì monopoly
大师 dàshī master
我们一起去练瑜伽吧我几个朋友练了效果可好了
wǒmen 我们yīqǐ 一起qù 去liàn 练yújiā 瑜伽ba 吧wǒ 我jǐ 几ge 个péngyou 朋友liàn 练le 了xiàoguǒ 效果kě 可hǎo 好le 了
Let's go do Yoga together. I have many friends who do it, and the results are fabulous!
女孩子练练是不错我一个大男人怎么能练这个
nǚháizi 女孩子liàn 练lian 练shì 是bùcuò 不错wǒ 我yī 一ge 个dà 大nánrén 男人zěnme 怎么néng 能liàn 练zhège 这个
It's fine for a woman to do it, but I'm a big guy. How could I possibly do it?
瑜伽又不是女人的专利大师基本上都是男的哎那天我拿了一张广告你看
yújiā 瑜伽yòu 又bù 不shì 是nǚrén 女人de 的zhuānlì 专利dàshī 大师jīběn shang 基本上dōu 都shì 是nán 男de 的āi 哎nàtiān 那天wǒ 我ná 拿le 了yī 一zhāng 张guǎnggào 广告nǐ 你kàn 看
Yoga is most definitely not only for women--most of the masters are men. The other day I grabbed this pamphlet, take a look.
哇这个人扭成这样盘腿手掌支撑全身不难受啊
wā 哇zhège 这个rén 人niǔ 扭chéng 成zhèyàng 这样pántuǐ 盘腿shǒuzhǎng 手掌zhīchēng 支撑quánshēn 全身bù 不nánshòu 难受a 啊
Wow, look how twisted up that person is. Their legs are crossed, and their whole body is propped up on their hands. Doesn't that hurt?
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