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ID: 0395 Intermediate
Quick! Name another great thing about ChinesePod. That’s right! You can listen anywhere – taxi, home, or even the gym! What’s that, you say? You’d love nothing more than a lesson on “working out?” Well, we love nothing more than you, so consider it done. In this podcast, learn to talk about weight training, yoga and much more, all in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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健身 jiànshēn to work out
剧烈 jùliè strenuous
修饰 xiūshì to modify
体形 tǐxíng body shape
真巧能在这里碰上你你常来这个健身房吗
zhēn 真qiǎo 巧néng 能zài 在zhèlǐ 这里pèngshàng 碰上nǐ 你nǐ 你cháng 常lái 来zhège 这个jiànshēnfáng 健身房ma 吗
What a coincidence, running into you here! Do you often come to this gym?
是啊我几乎每天都来夏天常来游泳现在主要来做力量和耐力运动像举重和跑步什么的你好像刚开始健身吧
shì 是ā 啊wǒ 我jīhū 几乎měitiān 每天dōu 都lái 来xiàtiān 夏天cháng 常lái 来yóuyǒng 游泳xiànzài 现在zhǔyào 主要lái 来zuò 做lìliang 力量hé 和nàilì 耐力yùndòng 运动xiàng 像jǔzhòng 举重hé 和pǎobù 跑步shénme de 什么的nǐ 你hǎoxiàng 好像gāng 刚kāishǐ 开始jiànshēn 健身ba 吧
Yeah, I come here almost every day. In the summer I often come here to swim. Now I mainly do strength and endurance exercises like weightlifting and jogging, etc. It seems like you’ve just started working out, is that right?
对啊我以前太懒了不是坐在办公室里就是坐在家里看电视前些时候我朋友硬要拉我来练瑜伽说效果特别好而且运动也不太剧烈
duìā 对啊wǒ 我yǐqián 以前tài 太lǎn 懒le 了bùshì 不是zuò 坐zài 在bàngōngshì 办公室lǐ 里jiùshì 就是zuò 坐zài 在jiālǐ 家里kàn 看diànshì 电视qián 前xiē 些shíhou 时候wǒ 我péngyou 朋友yìngyāo 硬要lā 拉wǒ 我lái 来liàn 练yújiā 瑜伽shuō 说xiàoguǒ 效果tèbié 特别hǎo 好érqiě 而且yùndòng 运动yě 也bùtài 不太jùliè 剧烈
That’s right. Before, I was too lazy. If I wasn’t sitting in the office, I was sitting at home watching TV. A little while ago, my friend insisted on dragging me to a yoga class. She said the results were especially good, and the exercises weren’t too strenuous.
你早就应该来了女孩子很适合练瑜伽既能修饰体形又放松心情对了练了之后你觉得效果有没有想象中的那么好
nǐ 你zǎojiù 早就yīnggāi 应该lái le 来了nǚháizǐ 女孩子hěn 很shìhé 适合liàn 练yújiā 瑜伽jì 既néng 能xiūshì 修饰tǐxíng 体形yòu 又fàngsōng 放松xīnqíng 心情duìle 对了liàn le 练了zhīhòu 之后nǐ 你juéde 觉得xiàoguǒ 效果yǒu méiyǒu 有没有xiǎngxiàng 想象zhōng 中de 的nàme 那么hǎo 好
You should have come earlier! Doing yoga is especially good for girls. It both shapes your figure, as well as relaxes your mood. After doing yoga, have the results been as good as you had imagined they would be?
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