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Planning a Trip Abroad

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ID: 4004 Upper Intermediate
Researching a trip abroad can be tiring work. In this lesson, they discuss the perks of visiting Asia VS going to Europe but eventually settle on going to Australia since it has both the Western aspect, but also the close proximity to Asia.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
等不及 děng bùjí to be unable to wait for
谁叫 shéijiào who said
老早 lǎozǎo long ago
别闹了 biénàole don’t start
夏天的旅游计划你昨晚研究得怎么样了我等不及要订机票订饭店了
xiàtiān 夏天de 的lǚyóu 旅游jìhuà 计划nǐ 你zuówǎn 昨晚yánjiū 研究de 得zěnmeyàng 怎么样le 了wǒ 我děng bùjí 等不及yào 要dìng 订jīpiào 机票dìng 订fàndiàn 饭店le 了
How did researching the summer travel plans go last night? I can't wait to book the plane tickets and the hotel!
我昨天晚上看着旅游书就睡着了谁叫你晚餐要吃火锅吃到那么晚我都没精神了
wǒ 我zuótiān wǎnshang 昨天晚上kàn 看zhe 着lǚyóu 旅游shū 书jiù 就shuìzháo 睡着le 了shéi 谁jiào 叫nǐ 你wǎncān 晚餐yào 要chī 吃huǒguō 火锅chīdào 吃到nàme 那么wǎn 晚wǒ 我dōu 都méi 没jīngshén 精神le 了
Last night I fell asleep while reading the travel guide. Who suggested going to eat hot pot for dinner? With eating until so late, I didn't have any energy left.
不要怪我要怪你自己老早就叫你找资料了
bù yào 不要guài 怪wǒ 我yào 要guài 怪nǐ 你zìjǐ 自己lǎozǎo 老早jiù 就jiào 叫nǐ 你zhǎo 找zīliào 资料le 了
Don't blame me, blame yourself. I told you to look up the information ages ago.
我工作忙到连吃饭的时间也没有哪来的时间找旅游资料啊
wǒ 我gōngzuò 工作máng dào 忙到lián 连chīfàn 吃饭de 的shíjiān 时间yěméiyǒu 也没有nǎ 哪lái 来de 的shíjiān 时间zhǎo 找lǚyóu 旅游zīliào 资料ā 啊
I'm so busy at work that I don't even have time to eat, when do I have time to look for travel information?
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