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Buying a House

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ID: 1171 Upper Intermediate
Buying a house in China is a big deal. You'll be better prepared after you listen to today's Mandarin podcast, which is all about real estate. Learn the cultural importance of home ownership in the world's most populous nation.
Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
首付 shǒufù down payment
光棍儿 guānggùnr single man
贪 tān to covet
踏实 tāshi feeling of security
小江你看首付二十万轻松入住地铁房
Xiǎo Jiāng 小江nǐ 你kàn 看shǒufù 首付èrshí wàn 二十万qīngsōng 轻松rùzhù 入住dìtiěfáng 地铁房
Look, Xiao Jiang, you pay two hundred thousand yuan as a down payment, and you can start living in your house near the subway!
广告都是骗人的这个地铁不知道什么时候才能造好呢而且我光棍儿一条不用考虑这个事情
guǎnggào 广告dōu 都shì 是piànrén 骗人de 的zhè ge 这个dìtiě 地铁bù 不zhīdào 知道shénme shíhou 什么时候cáinéng 才能zàohǎo 造好ne 呢érqiě 而且wǒ 我guānggùnr 光棍儿yī 一tiáo 条bùyòng 不用kǎolǜ 考虑zhè ge 这个shìqing 事情
Ads are just lies. Who knows when this metro line will be finished?! Anyway, I'm single. I don't need to think about this stuff.
你到时候再考虑就来不及了没房子谁肯嫁给你啊
nǐ 你dào shíhou 到时候zài 再kǎolǜ 考虑jiù 就láibují 来不及le 了méi 没fángzi 房子shéi 谁kěn 肯jiàgěi 嫁给nǐ 你a 啊
It'll be too late if you don't think about it now. Who'll want to marry you if you don't have a house?
那正好反正我也不急着结婚再说为了一套房子嫁给我的女孩儿我才不要呢
nà 那zhènghǎo 正好fǎnzhèng 反正wǒ 我yě 也bù 不jí zhe 急着jiéhūn 结婚zàishuō 再说wèile 为了yī 一tào 套fángzi 房子jiàgěi 嫁给wǒ 我de 的nǚháir 女孩儿wǒ 我cái 才bù yào 不要ne 呢
That works perfectly. I'm not in a hurry to get married, anyway. Plus, I don't want a girl who'd marry me just for my house.
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