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A Magazine Subscription

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ID: 1461 Intermediate
In this age of web portals, blogs, and apps, you don't hear a lot of talk about the class printed-on-paper magazine. Not only are magazines popular in China, but there are also not-so-obvious ways to subscribe to them. In this lesson, learn how to subscribe to a magazine in Mandarin Chinese (and maybe even give a gift subscription).
John,Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
发呆 fādāi to space out
送 sòng to give as a gift
项链 xiàngliàn necklace
耳环 ěrhuán earring
小刚发什么呆呢
Xiǎogāng 小刚fā 发shénme 什么dāi 呆ne 呢
Xiao Gang, what are you spacing out about?
女朋友快过生日了我在想送她什么比较好
nǚpéngyou 女朋友kuài 快guò shēngrì 过生日le 了wǒ 我zài 在xiǎng 想sòng 送tā 她shénme 什么bǐjiào 比较hǎo 好
It's almost my girlfriend's birthday. I'm thinking about what would be a good gift to get her.
项链耳环香水化妆品都行啊
xiàngliàn 项链ěrhuán 耳环xiāngshuǐ 香水huàzhuāngpǐn 化妆品dōu 都xíng 行a 啊
A necklace, earrings, perfume, make up; those are all OK.
每次都是这些多俗啊
měicì 每次dōu 都shì 是zhèxiē 这些duō 多sú 俗a 啊
I get her those things every time. They're co cliché!
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