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Sichuan Women

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ID: 3063 Upper Intermediate
In today's lesson, a Taiwanese man finds out his classmate is from Sichuan Province, and then starts chatting her up with lots of idiotic and stereotypical questions about Sichuan and its people. Don't be that person.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
傻憨 shǎhān foolish
亮相 liàngxiàng to appear
闲不住 xián bùzhù to be busy; refuse to be idle
实不相瞒 shíbùxiāngmán truth be told
欸跟你一起上了几个礼拜的课都不知道你是哪里人
èi 欸gēn 跟nǐ 你yīqǐ 一起shàng 上le 了jǐ ge 几个lǐbài 礼拜de 的kè 课dōu bù 都不zhīdào 知道nǐ 你shì 是nǎlǐ 哪里rén 人
Ah, I've been taking classes with you for several weeks now and I don't even know where you're from.
我是四川人就是川菜的四川
wǒ 我shì 是Sìchuān rén 四川人jiùshì 就是Chuāncài 川菜de 的Sìchuān 四川
I'm from Sichuan, where all the good Sichuanese food comes from.
是吗我早就想到四川旅游了你们那儿一定有很多傻憨的熊猫吧前阵子二十几只熊猫亮相的影片你看过了吗
shìma 是吗wǒ 我zǎo jiù 早就xiǎngdào 想到Sìchuān 四川lǚyóu 旅游le 了nǐmen 你们nàr 那儿yīdìng 一定yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多shǎhān 傻憨de 的xióngmāo 熊猫ba 吧qiánzhènzi 前阵子èrshí 二十jǐ 几zhī 只xióngmāo 熊猫liàngxiàng 亮相de 的yǐngpiàn 影片nǐ 你kàn 看guò 过le 了ma 吗
Really? I've wanted to go traveling to Sichuan for ages! You must have so many dumb pandas where you live, yeah? Did you see that film that recently came out of over 20 pandas?
这群熊孩子就是闲不住实不相瞒我家那儿家家户户都养着熊猫那只摔进世界最佳照片的熊猫宝宝和我家的一样天然傻白甜
zhè 这qún 群xióngháizi 熊孩子jiùshì 就是xián bùzhù 闲不住shíbùxiāngmán 实不相瞒wǒjiā 我家nàr 那儿jiājiāhùhù 家家户户dōu 都yǎng 养zhe 着xióngmāo 熊猫nà 那zhī 只shuāi 摔jìn 进shìjiè 世界zuìjiā 最佳zhàopiàn 照片de 的xióngmāo 熊猫bǎobao 宝宝hé 和wǒjiā 我家de 的yīyàng 一样tiānrán 天然shǎ 傻bái 白tián 甜
These little brats are really quite busy, to be honest, every household around where I'm from has a panda as a pet. That panda cub that "fell" into the world's best photograph is the same as the ones at my house, naturally naive and sweet.
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