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ID: 2734 Upper Intermediate
Does erotica become less erotic as time goes on. Listen to two friends talk about a famous Kun Opera based on a rather risque Ming dynasty story.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老实说 lǎoshi shuō to be frank
还好 hái hǎo luckily
明朝 Míngcháo Ming dynasty (A.D.1368–1644)
色情小说 sèqíng xiǎoshuō erotic fiction
我昨晚去看了昆曲游园惊梦
wǒ 我zuówǎn 昨晚qù 去kàn 看le 了kūnqǔ 昆曲yóuyuánjīngmèng 游园惊梦
Last night I went to see a Kun opera called The Peony Pavilion!
真的呀我不知道你对昆曲有兴趣
zhēnde 真的ya 呀wǒ 我bù 不zhīdào 知道nǐ 你duì 对kūnqǔ 昆曲yǒu xìngqù 有兴趣
Really? I didn't know you liked Kun operas.
老实说台上的人在唱什么我一个字也听不懂不过还好我读过牡丹亭
lǎoshi shuō 老实说tái shàng 台上de 的rén 人zài 在chàng 唱shénme 什么wǒ 我yí 一ge 个zì 字yě 也tīng 听bù dǒng 不懂búguò 不过hái hǎo 还好wǒ 我dú 读guò 过mǔdāntíng 牡丹亭
To be honest, I couldn't understand a word they sang on stage. But luckily I have read The Peony Pavilion before.
哦我知道牡丹亭就是明朝的色情小说嘛
ò 哦wǒ 我zhīdào 知道mǔdāntíng 牡丹亭jiùshì 就是Míngcháo 明朝de 的sèqíng xiǎoshuō 色情小说ma 嘛
Oh! I know the Peony Pavilion! The erotic novel from the Ming dynasty.
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