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Do You Buy Xmas Gifts?

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ID: 2816 Intermediate
Today we hear a Chinese and British colleague chat about Christmas and how they will celebrate this holiday period. Seems like the Chinese colleague might be going on a date with someone! Have a Merry Xmas everybody. Listen to the song Fiona was trying to sing. YouTube
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
西方人 xīfāngrén Westerners
过(节) guò to celebrate (a festival)
不同 bùtóng different
拆 chāi to rip (open)
欸你们西方人怎么过圣诞节是不是一定要跟家人在一起还得送每个人礼物
èi 欸nǐmen 你们xīfāngrén 西方人zěnme 怎么guò 过shèngdànjié 圣诞节shìbushì 是不是yīdìng yào 一定要gēn 跟jiārén 家人zàiyīqǐ 在一起hái 还děi 得sòng 送měi ge rén 每个人lǐwù 礼物
Ah! How do you Western people spend Christmas? Don't you have to spend it with your family and have to give gifts to everyone?
差不多是这样不过每个地方还是会有一点儿不同我们家是一定要回家的一起吃饭拆礼物
chàbuduō 差不多shì 是zhèyàng 这样bùguò 不过měige 每个dìfang 地方háishì 还是huì 会yǒu 有yīdiǎnr 一点儿bùtóng 不同wǒmen 我们jiā 家shì 是yīdìng yào 一定要huíjiā 回家de 的yīqǐ 一起chīfàn 吃饭chāi 拆lǐwù 礼物
More or less, but each place is still a little different. In our family we have to go home, to eat together and open presents.
听起来跟中国人过年很像一家团圆吃吃喝喝
tīng qǐlai 听起来gēn 跟Zhōngguórén 中国人guònián 过年hěn xiàng 很像yī jiā 一家tuányuán 团圆chīchī hēhē 吃吃喝喝
It sounds a lot like Chinese New Year for Chinese people, families getting together to eat and drink.
那你们圣诞节做什么呢听起来好像都要跟朋友或男女朋友出去玩
nà 那nǐmen 你们shèngdànjié 圣诞节zuò 做shénme 什么ne 呢tīng qǐlai 听起来hǎoxiàng 好像dōuyào 都要gēn 跟péngyou 朋友huò 或nánnǚpéngyou 男女朋友chūqù 出去wán 玩
What do you do on Christmas? It sounds like you go out with your friends or your girlfriend or boyfriend.
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