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Saved by the Gong: Math class

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ID: 0839 Upper Intermediate
You thought the abacus was some sort of Chinese percussion instrument and that the guy in the market sign-languaging you number signals was challenging you to a game of rock, scissors, paper. You didn't take math in China, and you're gonna keep getting outnumbered till you can keep up. In this podcast, get back to remedial class and accomplish the feat of relearning all those math formulas you can't even remember in English.
Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
抄 chāo to copy
几何 jǐhé geometry
代数 dàishù algebra
三角形 sānjiǎoxíng triangle
陈磊让我抄一下数学作业吧老师待会儿要检查我一道题都没做
Chén Lěi 陈磊ràng 让wǒ 我chāo 抄yīxià 一下shùxué 数学zuòyè 作业ba 吧lǎoshī 老师dāi 待huìr5 会儿yào 要jiǎnchá 检查wǒ 我yī 一dào 道tí 题dōu 都méi 没zuò 做
Chen Lei, let me copy your math homework, OK? In a little while the teacher is going to check it, and I haven't finished even one of the questions.
不行老师会发现的
bù xíng 不行lǎoshī 老师huì 会fāxiàn 发现de 的
No way. The teacher will find out.
我一看到几何代数就头晕好哥儿们你就帮帮我嘛
wǒ 我yī 一kàndào 看到jǐhé 几何dàishù 代数jiù 就tóuyūn 头晕hǎogēr5men 好哥儿们nǐ 你jiù 就bāng bang 帮帮wǒ 我ma 嘛
The second I see geometry and algebra I get dizzy. Buddy, help me out, will you?
这样吧你有不懂的地方我可以教你
zhèyàng 这样ba 吧nǐ 你yǒu 有bù 不dǒng 懂de 的dìfang 地方wǒ 我kěyǐ 可以jiāo 教nǐ 你
How about this--the parts you don't understand, I can teach you.
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