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Hot Spring Vacation

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ID: 2150 Upper Intermediate
For a wintertime getaway, bathing in a hot spring is a popular pastime for many Chinese, not only to relax but also for certain, often dubious, health benefits. Of course, that's not the only thing in doubt. How clean are these hot springs? And are they really hot springs or just glorified hot tubs? In this lesson, a group of coworkers plan an office getaway and reveal their doubts.
John,Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
闷 mēn stuffy
懒得 lǎnde to rather not do something
除非 chúfēi unless
热带 rèdài tropics
哎公司要组织旅游了你们想去哪里玩
āi 哎gōngsī 公司yào 要zǔzhī 组织lǚyóu 旅游le 了nǐmen 你们xiǎng 想qù 去nǎli 哪里wánr 玩
Hey, the company is organizing a trip. Where do you all want to go?
真的好久没出去玩了我都快闷出病来了
zhēnde 真的hǎo jiǔ 好久méi 没chūqù 出去wán 玩le 了wǒ 我dōu 都kuài 快mēn 闷chū 出bìng 病lái 来le 了
Really? I haven't gone traveling in a while. I've been cooped up so long I could be sick.
这么冷的天给我钱我都懒得出去除非是去热带海岛晒太阳
zhème 这么lěng 冷de 的tiān 天gěi 给wǒ 我qián 钱wǒ 我dōu 都lǎnde 懒得chūqù 出去chúfēi 除非shì 是qù 去rèdài 热带hǎidǎo 海岛shài tàiyáng 晒太阳
With such cold weather, even if you gave me money I still wouldn't want to go travelling, unless it was to a tropical island to lie in the sun.
去海岛不行太贵了超出预算了
qù 去hǎidǎo 海岛bùxíng 不行tài 太guì 贵le 了chāochū 超出yùsuàn 预算le 了
Going to an island is no good. It's too expensive and exceeds our budget.
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