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Celebration Plans and New Year’s Resolutions

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ID: 0074 Upper Intermediate
How did you spend New Year’s last year? Can you even remember? What do you plan to do this year? And what do you plan to never do again? Listen in on this podcast and learn about making plans for a great New Year’s party, as well as some common New Year’s resolutions. Learn how to talk about all this and more, in ChinesePod’s last lesson of 2005.
Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
新年夜 xīnniányè New Year
仍然 réngrán still
决定 juédìng to decide
市中心 shì zhōngxīn city center
新年夜是下个星期四而我仍然没有决定怎么过
xīnniányè 新年夜shì 是xià ge 下个xīngqīsì 星期四ér 而wǒ 我réngrán 仍然méiyǒu 没有juédìng 决定zěnme 怎么guò 过
New Year’s Eve is next Thursday and I still haven’t decided how to spend it.
那你去年的新年夜是怎么过的
nà 那nǐ 你qùnián 去年de 的xīnniányè 新年夜shì 是zěnme 怎么guò 过de 的
What did you do last New Year’s Eve?
我和我的女朋友参加了一个市中心的聚会我们喝了很多并且跳了整个晚上的舞我们度过了一个美好的时光但是那也非常昂贵我没有钱再来一次了今年我想做一些不同的
wǒ 我hé 和wǒ de 我的nǚpéngyou 女朋友cānjiā le 参加了yī 一ge 个shì zhōngxīn 市中心de 的jùhuì 聚会wǒmen 我们hē le 喝了hěn 很duō 多bìngqiě 并且tiào le 跳了zhěngge 整个wǎnshang 晚上de 的wǔ 舞wǒmen 我们dùguò le 度过了yī 一ge 个měihǎo 美好de 的shíguāng 时光dànshì 但是nà 那yě 也fēicháng 非常ángguì 昂贵wǒ 我méiyǒu 没有qián 钱zài 再lái 来yīcì 一次le 了jīnnián 今年wǒ 我xiǎng 想zuò 做yīxiē 一些bùtóng 不同de 的
I went to a downtown party with my girlfriend. We had a lot to drink and danced all night. We had a great time. But it was very expensive. I can’t afford to do that again. This year I want to do something different.
为什么你不在你的公寓里举办一次聚会呢在你的公寓举办新年聚会很合适的你可以邀请你所有的朋友来度过美好的时光
wèishénme 为什么nǐ 你bù 不zài 在nǐ de 你的gōngyù 公寓lǐ 里jǔbàn 举办yīcì 一次jùhuì 聚会ne 呢zài 在nǐ de 你的gōngyù 公寓jǔbàn 举办xīnnián 新年jùhuì 聚会hěn 很héshì 合适de 的nǐ 你kěyǐ 可以yāoqǐng 邀请nǐ 你suǒyǒu 所有de 的péngyou 朋友lái 来dùguò 度过měihǎo 美好de 的shíguāng 时光
Why don’t you have a party in your apartment? Your apartment is perfect for a New Year’s party. You could invite all your friends and have a great time.
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