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ID: 0575 Upper Intermediate
There is a rage sweeping the number geeks of the nation, and it's called Sudoku. ChinesePod, confident that all Chinese-learners are mental gymnasts by nature, brings you enlightenment on this popular mind-puzzle. Now, for those amongst us who are not number-crunchers, think of this podcast as your one chance to learn how to talk about columns, grids, and rows with fluency in Mandarin. And for those amongst us that are number-crunchers, please come and do my taxes next year.
Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
数独 shùdú sudoku
动脑筋 dòng nǎojīn to put one's mind to something
推理 tuīlǐ reasoning
方格 fānggé grid
你又在玩数独这到底是什么东西让你这么着迷
nǐ 你yòu 又zài 在wán 玩shùdú 数独zhè 这dàodǐ 到底shì 是shénme 什么dōngxi 东西ràng 让nǐ 你zhème 这么zháomí 着迷
You're doing sudoku yet again. What exactly is it, anyway? It has you so entranced.
它是一种需要动脑筋的数字推理游戏在九乘九的方格里面有三乘三的小方格叫区在这些格子里填入一到九的数字每个数字在每一行每一列和每一区里都只能出现一次不可以重复所以叫数独
tā 它shì 是yī 一zhǒng 种xūyào 需要dòng nǎojīn 动脑筋de 的shùzì 数字tuīlǐ 推理yóuxì 游戏zài 在jiǔ 九chéng 乘jiǔ 九de 的fānggé 方格lǐmiàn 里面yǒu 有sān 三chéng 乘sān 三de 的xiǎo 小fānggé 方格jiào 叫qū 区zài 在zhèxiē 这些gézi 格子lǐ 里tiánrù 填入yī 一dào 到jiǔ 九de 的shùzì 数字měige 每个shùzì 数字zài 在měiyī 每一háng 行měiyī 每一liè 列hé 和měiyī 每一qū 区lǐ 里dōu 都zhǐnéng 只能chūxiàn 出现yīcì 一次bù 不kěyǐ 可以chóngfù 重复suǒyǐ 所以jiào 叫shùdú 数独
It's a kind of numerical reasoning game that requires mental effort. In a 9 by 9 grid there are 3 by 3 smaller grids called ``blocks." In these squares, you fill in the numbers 1 to 9. Each number can only appear once in each row, each column, and each block. You can't repeat them. That's why it's called ``sudoku" [``numerical solitude"].
这么复杂听说是日本人发明的
zhème 这么fùzá 复杂tīngshuō 听说shì 是Rìběnrén 日本人fāmíng 发明de 的
It's that complicated? I heard the Japanese that invented it.
据说发明这个游戏的是瑞士人不过一直都没有引起人们的注意八十年代日本杂志出版商把它引入日本增加了游戏难度当然也起了个日文名字就是数独后来这个游戏就在日本和美国走红了
jùshuō 据说fāmíng 发明zhège 这个yóuxì 游戏de 的shì 是Ruìshìrén 瑞士人bùguò 不过yīzhí 一直dōu 都méiyǒu 没有yǐnqǐ 引起rénmen 人们de 的zhùyì 注意bāshí niándài 八十年代Rìběn 日本zázhì 杂志chūbǎnshāng 出版商bǎ 把tā 它yǐnrù 引入Rìběn 日本zēngjiā 增加le 了yóuxì 游戏nándù 难度dāngrán 当然yě 也qǐ 起le 了ge 个rìwén 日文míngzi 名字jiùshì 就是shùdú 数独hòulái 后来zhège 这个yóuxì 游戏jiù 就zài 在Rìběn 日本hé 和Měiguó 美国zǒuhóng 走红le 了
They say it was a Swiss person that invented the game, but it never attracted any attention. In the 80's a Japanese magazine publisher imported it to Japan, increased the difficulty of the game, and of course gave it a Japanese name: ``sudoku." Later the game got popular in Japan and the United States.
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