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Hey! It's Not Your Birthday

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ID: 2956 Intermediate
Today's lesson is all about making birthday party plans, although it seems like the person is more interested in what they want to do rather than what the birthday girl wants. Photo by www.bluewaikiki.com
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
帮 bāng to help
庆祝 qìngzhù to celebrate
日本料理 Rìběn liàolǐ Japanese cuisine
赞成 zànchéng to approve
这星期三就是小宝生日了我们应该怎么帮他庆祝
zhè 这xīngqīsān 星期三jiùshì 就是Xiǎo Bǎo 小宝shēngrì 生日le 了wǒmen 我们yīnggāi 应该zěnme 怎么bāng 帮tā 他qìngzhù 庆祝
This Wednesday is Xiaobao's birthday, how should we celebrate it with him?
他说过想吃日本菜我们带他去日本餐厅吧
tā 他shuō 说guò 过xiǎng 想chī 吃Rìběn cài 日本菜wǒmen 我们dài 带tā 他qù 去Rìběn 日本cāntīng 餐厅ba 吧
He said before that he wanted to eat Japanese food, let's bring him to a Japanese restaurant.
日本料理赞成我超爱吃寿司跟生鱼片我还要点烧烤
Rìběn 日本liàolǐ 料理zànchéng 赞成wǒ 我chāo 超ài 爱chī 吃shòusī 寿司gēn 跟shēngyúpiàn 生鱼片wǒ 我hái 还yào 要diǎnr 点shāokǎo 烧烤
Japanese food, great! I really like eating sushi and sashimi and I also want to order barbecue...
喂又不是你的生日派对你喜欢吃啥不重要
wéi 喂yòu 又bù 不shì 是nǐ de 你的shēngrì 生日pàiduì 派对nǐ 你xǐhuan 喜欢chī 吃shá 啥bù zhòngyào 不重要
Hey! It's not your birthday party, it's not important what you want to eat.
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