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ID: 1045 Advanced
“苦不苦，想想长征二万五；累不累，想想革命老前辈。”爬雪山、过草地、吃树皮……红色岁月里，前辈以坚定的信念支撑他们走过那漫漫长征路，走向最终的胜利。和平年代的我们也许很难想象那样的条件和激情，但提起“长征”，那种精神还是令人肃然起敬。红军长征究竟有怎样的意义？让我们一起来收听今天的高级中文吧！
Jenny , Connie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
嫌 xián to dislike for
红色岁月 hóngsè suìyuè red times
共产主义 gòngchǎnzhǔyì communism
乃至 nǎizhì even go so far as to
爸国庆长假你报名的红色长征路线游不会也是二万五千里的吧换了我一辈子走一次都嫌太多了
bà 爸guóqìng chángjià 国庆长假nǐ 你bàomíng 报名de 的hóngsè 红色chángzhēng 长征lùxiàn 路线yóu 游bùhuì 不会yě shì 也是000 miles] 二万五千里de 的ba 吧huànle 换了wǒ 我yībèizi 一辈子zǒu 走yī 一cì 次dōu 都xián 嫌tài duō le 太多了
Dad, that ''Long March Walk" during the National Day Week that you signed up for-- it couldn't be 8,000 miles (12,874 km), could it? If it were me, it would be too much to walk that route even once in my life!
我一直想完整地走一遍体会一下你爷爷当年吃过的苦你爷爷以前常跟我说他和战友们一起爬雪山过草地吃树皮的故事那种艰苦我们是难以想象得到的
wǒ 我yīzhí 一直xiǎng 想wánzhěng 完整de 地zǒu 走yī biàn 一遍tǐhuì 体会yīxià 一下nǐ 你yéye 爷爷dāngnián 当年chī 吃guò 过de 的kǔ 苦nǐ 你yéye 爷爷yǐqián 以前cháng 常gēn 跟wǒ 我shuō 说tā 他hé 和zhànyǒu 战友men 们yīqǐ 一起pá 爬xuěshān 雪山guò 过cǎodì 草地chī 吃shùpí 树皮de 的gùshi 故事nà zhǒng 那种jiānkù 艰苦wǒmen 我们shì 是nányǐ 难以xiǎngxiàng de dào 想象得到de 的
I've always wanted to walk it all the way, and experience the bitterness that your Grandfather tasted during those years. Your grandfather often used to tell me about climbing snowy mountains, crossing grassy fields, and eating bark with his war-time buddies. It's hard for us to imagine that kind of bitter struggle.
当时爷爷参加长征难道不觉得这是个不可能的任务吗
dāngshí 当时yéye 爷爷cānjiā 参加chángzhēng 长征nándào 难道bù juéde 不觉得zhè 这shì 是ge 个bù kěnéng 不可能de 的rènwu 任务ma 吗
When Grandpa did the Long March back then, didn't he think it was ''Mission: Impossible"?
和平年代的人像你们是感受不到那段红色岁月里大家为了一个共产主义理想是可以不懈奋斗乃至献出生命的
hépíng 和平niándài 年代de 的rén 人xiàng 像nǐmen 你们shì 是gǎnshòu bùdào 感受不到nà duàn 那段hóngsè 红色suìyuè 岁月lǐ 里dàjiā 大家wéile 为了yī 一ge 个gòngchǎnzhǔyì 共产主义lǐxiǎng 理想shì 是kěyǐ 可以bùxiè 不懈fèndòu 奋斗nǎizhì 乃至xiànchū 献出shēngmìng 生命de 的
People like you, from an age of peace, can't get a sense of those revolutionary times. People were willing to struggle, even to the point giving their own lives, for the ideal of Communism!
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