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ID: 2633 Upper Intermediate
With the advent of Kickstarter and Indiegogo, startups seem to be popping up all over the place these days. In this dialogue we hear a brother and sister discuss his dreams to open up a book store. His sister is rather more cynical and dashed his hopes rather too quickly.
Ariel,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
干脆 gāncuì you might as well
建立 jiànlì to establish
当 dāng to be; to do (for a living)
图书馆员 túshūguǎnyuán librarian
姊我想自己开间书店你觉得怎么样
jiě 姊wǒ 我xiǎng 想zìjǐ 自己kāi 开jiān 间shūdiàn 书店nǐ 你juéde 觉得zěnmeyàng 怎么样
Hey sis, I want to open up my own book shop, what do you think?
书店现在还有人看书吗
shūdiàn 书店xiànzài 现在háiyǒu 还有rén 人kàn 看shū 书ma 吗
A book shop? Do people still read books?
怎么没有我就很爱啊所以我想我干脆建立一间自己的书店
zěnme 怎么méiyǒu 没有wǒ 我jiù 就hěn 很ài 爱ā 啊suǒyǐ 所以wǒ 我xiǎng 想wǒ 我gāncuì 干脆jiànlì 建立yì 一jiān 间zìjǐ de 自己的shūdiàn 书店
Of course they do. I love reading, so I thought why don't I just establish my own book shop.
这是赔钱的生意吧你还不如去当图书馆员
zhè 这shì 是péi 赔qián 钱de 的shēngyì 生意ba 吧nǐ 你hái 还bùrú 不如qù 去dāng 当túshūguǎnyuán 图书馆员
Isn't that a loss making industry? You'd be better off as a librarian.
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