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ID: 2385 Elementary
Oh no, a light bulb has gone out in the house! It's a problem sure to get the whole family involved. How will they resolve it? Find out in this lesson!
Tom,Vera
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
台灯 táidēng desk lamp
亮 liàng shining
灯泡 dēngpào light bulb
坏 huài broken
老爸我台灯不亮了
lǎobà 老爸wǒ 我táidēng 台灯bù 不liàng 亮le 了
Dad, there's no light coming from my desk lamp.
灯泡坏了吧我看看买个新的吧
dēngpào 灯泡huài 坏le 了ba 吧wǒ 我kànkan 看看mǎi 买gè 个xīnde 新的ba 吧
The light bulb is probably broken. I'll take a look. We should buy a new one.
我去吧下午我要去超市
wǒ 我qù 去ba 吧xiàwǔ 下午wǒ 我yào 要qù 去chāoshì 超市
I'll go. I'm going to the supermarket this afternoon.
好要12瓦的节能灯泡
hǎo 好yào 要shíèr 12wǎ 瓦de 的jiénéng 节能dēngpào 灯泡
Okay. We need a 12-watt energy-saving light bulb.
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