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I've Never Put Up A Tent

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ID: 2759 Upper Intermediate
Wanna bring your Chinese friend camping? Tune in to this Upper-intermediate lesson where we hear a seasoned camping pro show two friends how it's done. Apart from some very handy camping terms, this lesson is packed full of useful "complements 补语“, such as X起来、X下去...
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
卸 xiè to unload
露营 lùyíng to go camping
帐篷 zhàngpéng tent
童军团 tóngjūntuán scout troop
我们到营地了先把行李卸下來然后把露营要用的东西拿到那边准备搭帐篷
wǒmen 我们dào 到yíngdì 营地le 了xiān 先bǎ 把xíngli 行李xiè 卸xiàlái 下來ránhòu 然后bǎ 把lùyíng 露营yào 要yòng 用de 的dōngxi 东西ná dào 拿到nàbiān 那边zhǔnbèi 准备dā 搭zhàngpéng 帐篷
We've arrived at the campsite! First let's unload the luggage, then we'll take the stuff we need to set up camp over there, to prepare to put up the tents.
你会搭帐篷吗我们两个都没露营过不知道怎么开始
nǐ 你huì 会dā 搭zhàngpéng 帐篷ma 吗wǒmen 我们liǎng 两gè 个dōu 都méi 没lùyíng 露营guò 过bù 不zhīdào 知道zěnme 怎么kāishǐ 开始
Can you put up a tent? The two of us have never been camping before, so we don't know where to start.
会啊我以前是童军团的我们先把帐篷的内帐摊开吧
huì 会ā 啊wǒ 我yǐqián 以前shì 是tóngjūntuán 童军团de 的wǒmen 我们xiān 先bǎ 把zhàngpéng 帐篷de 的nèizhàng 内帐tānkāi 摊开ba 吧
Yes, I used to be a scout. First let's move the inner layer of the tent out of the way.
然后呢只有我们三个人会不会搭不起来
ránhòu 然后ne 呢zhǐyǒu 只有wǒmen 我们sān 三gèrén 个人huì 会bùhuì 不会dā 搭bù 不qǐlái 起来
Then? With just the three of us do you think we might not be able to get it up?
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