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ID: 1242 Advanced
你看过《红楼梦》吗？你喜欢里面的哪个人物？是整天生活在美女堆里的贾宝玉？是柔弱的黛玉？是善解人意的宝钗？还是女强人王熙凤呢？快来说说你对这部小说的看法吧！
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大观园 dàguānyuán Prospect Garden
曹雪芹 Cáo Xuěqín Cao Xueqin, reputed author of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" ("DRC")
封建社会 fēngjiàn shèhuì feudal society
大户人家 dàhù rénjiā large family
哇这就是传说中的大观园过来我帮你拍张照片
wā 哇zhè 这jiùshì 就是chuánshuō 传说zhōng 中de 的dàguānyuán 大观园guòlai 过来wǒ 我bāng 帮nǐ 你pāi 拍zhāng 张zhàopiàn 照片
Wow, this is the legendary Prospect Garden. Come on over and I'll take your picture.
不拍不拍我们先看吧曹雪芹真是神了一本书里吃的用的住的都写得那么精致这个大观园就是人们根据书里的描写建的
bù 不pāi 拍bù 不pāi 拍wǒmen 我们xiān 先kàn 看ba 吧Cáo Xuěqín 曹雪芹zhēnshì 真是shén 神le 了yī 一běn 本shū 书lǐ 里chī de 吃的yòng de 用的zhù de 住的dōu 都xiě 写de 得nàme 那么jīngzhì 精致zhè ge 这个dàguānyuán 大观园jiùshì 就是rénmen 人们gēnjù 根据shū 书lǐ 里de 的miáoxiě 描写jiàn 建de 的
Let's not take pictures. Let's look around first. Cao Xueqin was just amazing. In a single book he wrote so exquisitely about things for eating, using and living in. This Prospect Garden was built according to his description in the book.
可能他真的是封建社会大户人家的少爷吧要不他怎么会知道这么多
to be able to 可能tā 他zhēnde 真的shì 是fēngjiàn shèhuì 封建社会dàhù rénjiā 大户人家de 的shàoye 少爷ba 吧yàobu 要不tā 他zénme huì 怎么会zhīdào 知道zhème 这么duō 多
Maybe he really was a young scion of a powerful family in feudal society. Otherwise, how would he know so much?
也许吧哎这么大这么漂亮我们从哪边走呢
yěxǔ 也许ba 吧āi 哎zhème 这么dà 大zhème 这么piàoliang 漂亮wǒmen 我们cóng 从nǎbiān 哪边zǒu 走ne 呢
Maybe...Oh, it's so big, and so beautiful! Where should we start from?
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