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An Old Photo 老照片
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ID: 10007Pre-Intermediate
In this lesson, hear a daughter and her dad page through an old family photo, and learn how to name family members with 奶奶, 哥哥 and 妹妹, react with 很/非常 + adjective, and compare two people with A 比 B + 大/高/瘦.
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SIMPLIFIED
PINYIN
ENGLISH
照片
zhàopiàn
photo
奶奶
nǎinai
grandma
漂亮
piàoliang
pretty, or beautiful
高个子
gāo gèzi
tall person
爸爸你看这一张照片这是谁
Bàba, nǐ kàn zhè yì zhāng zhàopiàn! Zhè shì shéi?
Dad, look at this photo! Who's this?
哦这是你奶奶的老照片
Ó! Zhè shì nǐ nǎinai de lǎo zhàopiàn.
Oh! That's an old photo of your grandma.
这是奶奶她很漂亮啊
Zhè shì nǎinai?! Tā hěn piàoliang a!
This is grandma?! She's so pretty!
对吧她那时才十八岁
Duì ba? Tā nà shí cái shíbā suì.
Right? She was only eighteen back then.
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