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My Imaginary Boyfriend's Taken

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ID: 2755 Upper Intermediate
I'm sure we all have imaginary celebrity boyfriends or girlfriends. Well, at least I do... and you can't help but be a little low when you realise that they are taken. Tune in to a heart broken fan when they find out their celebrity crush has a new girlfriend.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
艺人 yìrén celebrity; artist
chuán to broadcast
经纪公司 jīngjì gōngsī agency (for models, actors etc)
澄清 chéngqīng to clarify
前几天我最爱的男艺人传出绯闻我以为我失恋了
qiánjǐtiān 前几天wǒ 我zuìài 最爱de 的nán 男yìrén 艺人chuánchū 传出fěiwén 绯闻wǒ 我yǐwéi 以为wǒ 我shīliàn 失恋le 了
Rumors of romantic triste surrounding my favorite celebrity surfaced a few days ago, I felt like I'd fallen out of love.
我好像看到了那则新闻是真的吗
wǒ 我hǎoxiàng 好像kàndào 看到le 了nà 那zé 则xīnwén 新闻shì 是zhēn de ma 真的吗
I think I saw that on the news, did it really happen?
后来经纪公司出来澄清是假的真是吓死一票粉丝
hòulái 后来jīngjì gōngsī 经纪公司chūlái 出来chéngqīng 澄清shì 是jiǎde 假的zhēn 真shì 是hèsǐ 吓死yī 一piào 票fěnsī 粉丝
Later his agency clarified that it was false. It was a real scare for his fans.
是吗说不定他们真的有一腿只是经纪公司说谎反正荧光幕前真真假假谁知道
shìma 是吗shuōbudìng 说不定tāmen 他们zhēnde 真的yǒuyītuǐ 有一腿zhǐshì 只是jīngjì gōngsī 经纪公司shuōhuǎng 说谎fǎnzhèng 反正yíngguāngmù 荧光幕qián 前zhēnzhēnjiǎjiǎ 真真假假shéizhīdào 谁知道
Really? Maybe they really did have sex, but the agency is lying about it, as when it comes to television no one really knows what is true and what is false.
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