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Horseback Riding

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ID: 1435 Upper Intermediate
We're off to the stables today for a little exercise with some four-legged friends. Today's show focuses on a class with a riding instructor - you'll be learning all about taking commands from teachers and interacting with horses in Chinese!
John,Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
上马 shàngmǎ to mount a horse
霹雳 pīlì thunderbolt
指导 zhǐdǎo to instruct, instructor
侏儒 zhūrú pygmy, dwarf
吕晓乐今天是你第一次上马练习瞧这是你的马叫霹雳
Lǚ Xiǎolè 吕晓乐jīntiān 今天shì 是nǐ 你dì yī cì 第一次shàngmǎ 上马liànxí 练习qiáo 瞧zhè 这shì 是nǐ de 你的mǎ 马jiào 叫pīlì 霹雳
Lu Xiaole, today is your first time practicing on horseback. Look, this is your horse, he's called Thunderbolt.
啊陈指导不会吧叫霹雳它又小又矮叫侏儒还差不多
ǎ 啊Chén 陈zhǐdǎo 指导bùhuì 不会ba 吧jiào 叫pīlì 霹雳tā 它yòu 又xiǎo 小yòu 又ǎi 矮jiào 叫zhūrú 侏儒hái 还chàbuduō 差不多
Huh? Mr. Chen, no way. He's named Thunderbolt? He's both small and short. 'Pygmy' is more like it.
呵呵不要小看它你说什么它都听得懂关于上马的一些要点我再重复一遍
hēhē 呵呵bù yào 不要xiǎokàn 小看tā 它nǐ 你shuō 说shénme 什么tā 它dōu 都tīng de dǒng 听得懂guānyú 关于shàngmǎ 上马de 的yīxiē 一些yàodiǎn 要点wǒ 我zài 再chóngfù 重复yī biàn 一遍
Heh-heh. Don't underestimate him. He can understand what you're saying. Let me go over some of the essentials concerning mounting the horse one more time.
陈指导我都了解了不用重复了我摩托和毛驴都骑过上手很快的
Chén 陈zhǐdǎo 指导wǒ 我dōu 都liǎojiě 了解le 了bùyòng 不用chóngfù 重复le 了wǒ 我mótuō 摩托hé 和máolǘ 毛驴dōu 都qí 骑guo 过shàngshǒu 上手hěn 很kuài 快de 的
Mr. Chen, I completely understand. You don't have to go over it again. I've ridden a motorcycle and a donkey before. I got the hang of it right away.
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