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The Big Deal about Shenzhou 7

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ID: 1031 Upper Intermediate
Going to the moon is soooo passe. Not so! Listen to this podcast and learn more about China's grand plans for outer space. Want to study Mandarin in zero-G? Take your protein pills and put your earphones on! This lesson will teach you in Chinese all about China's plans to be the next ones to take a 'giant leap' for mankind.
Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
舱 cāng cabin
稀奇 xīqí unusual
混为一谈 hùnwéiyītán to confuse one thing for another
自豪 zìháo proud
来来来快来看电视翟志刚准备出舱了
lái lái lái 来来来kuài 快lái 来kàn 看diànshì 电视Zhái Zhìgāng 翟志刚zhǔnbèi 准备chūcāng 出舱le 了
Come here, look at the TV! Zhai Zhigang is getting ready to leave the spacecraft!
那个镜头有什么稀奇的不是美国俄罗斯早在几十年前就已经完成了吗
nàge 那个jìngtóu 镜头yǒu 有shénme 什么xīqí 稀奇de 的bù 不shì 是Měiguó 美国Éluósī 俄罗斯zǎo 早zài 在jǐshínián 几十年qián 前jiù 就yǐjīng 已经wánchéng 完成le 了ma 吗
What's so great about that? Didn't America and Russia do that decades ago?
这怎么能混为一谈呢这是中国的第一次你作为中国人难道不觉得自豪吗
zhè 这zěnme 怎么néng 能hùnwéiyītán 混为一谈ne 呢zhè 这shì 是Zhōngguó 中国de 的dì yī cì 第一次nǐ 你zuòwéi 作为Zhōngguó rén 中国人nándào 难道bù 不juédé 觉得zìháo 自豪ma 吗
How can you confuse the two things? This is China's first time. Do you mean to say that as a Chinese person you don't feel proud?
自豪当然是自豪但就是觉得像我一样的普通老百姓神州七号太空漫游和我也没什么直接关系啊
zìháo 自豪dāngrán 当然shì 是zìháo 自豪dàn 但jiùshì 就是juéde 觉得xiàng 像wǒ 我yíyàng 一样de 的pǔtōng 普通lǎobǎixìng 老百姓Shénzhōuqīhào 神州七号tàikōng 太空mànyóu 漫游hé 和wǒ 我yě 也méishénme 没什么zhíjiē 直接guānxì 关系a 啊
Of course I'm proud. But I feel like, as a common person, there's really no direct connection between me and Shenzhou VII's travels.
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