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Shanghai Disneyland

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ID: 3017 Intermediate
Shanghai's Disneyland officially opened in June of 2016. With 60,000 odd customers expected daily, the park has been quite the success, despite some growing pains. In today's lesson, two friends are debating whether or not to visit since it's right on their doorstep. John Pasden wrote a blog about his visit to Disneyland over on Sinosplice that you might like to read. Image from Pixabay
Fiona Tian,Gwilym James
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
终于 zhōngyú at last
激动 jīdòng excited
差不多 chàbuduō more or less the same
海盗船 hǎidào chuán pirate ship
终于不下雨了去哪儿嗨
zhōngyú 终于bù 不xiàyǔ 下雨le 了qù 去nǎr 哪儿hāi 嗨
It's finally stopped raining. Where should we go to have some fun?
让我想想有了去上海迪士尼乐园吧
ràng 让wǒ 我xiǎngxiang 想想yǒu 有le 了qù 去Shànghǎi 上海Díshìní lèyuán 迪士尼乐园ba 吧
Let me think. I've got it. Let's go to Shanghai Disneyland!
好啊就在家门口想想就激动和香港迪士尼乐园一样吗
hǎo a 好啊jiù 就zài 在jiā 家ménkǒu 门口xiǎngxiang 想想jiù 就jīdòng 激动hé 和Xiānggǎng 香港Díshìní lèyuán 迪士尼乐园yīyàng 一样ma 吗
OK! It's right on our doorstep. I'm excited just thinking about it. Is it the same as Hong Kong Disneyland?
迪士尼乐园都差不多吧都是主题乐园像米奇大街啦探险岛啦这样的
Díshìní lèyuán 迪士尼乐园dōu 都chàbuduō 差不多ba 吧dōu 都shì 是zhǔtílèyuán 主题乐园xiàng 像mǐqí 米奇dàjiē 大街la 啦tànxiǎn 探险dǎo 岛la 啦zhèyàng 这样de 的
All the Disneylands are pretty similar, no? They are all theme parks, with "Mickey Avenue", "Adventure Isle" and so on.
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