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University Nostalgia (Part 1)

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ID: 2170 Upper Intermediate
College days are the glory days for many of us. In this lesson, a group of Chinese coworkers reminisce about those bygone days.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
分享 fēnxiǎng to share
令 lìng to make, let (cf. 让)
抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
住校 zhùxiào to live at school
大学时代在每个人心里都是非常难忘的那今天我们就分享一下大学时代那些令你难忘的事吧高灵你先说说
dàxué 大学shídài 时代zài 在měige 每个rén 人xīnli 心里dōu 都shì 是fēicháng 非常nánwàng 难忘de 的nà 那jīntiān 今天wǒmen 我们jiù 就fēnxiǎng 分享yīxià 一下dàxué 大学shídài 时代nàxiē 那些lìng 令nǐ 你nánwàng 难忘de 的shì 事ba 吧Gāo Líng 高灵nǐ 你xiān 先shuō shuo 说说
College days are an unforgettable time in everyone's mind. So today let's share the unforgettable things from our college days. Gao Ling, you go first.
我啊首先就是我一上大学就得了抑郁症
wǒ 我a 啊shǒuxiān 首先jiùshì 就是wǒ 我yī 一shàng dàxué 上大学jiù 就dé 得le 了yìyùzhèng 抑郁症
Me? The first thing is that as soon as I started college I suffered from depression.
怎么会呢
zénme huì 怎么会ne 呢
Why?
我大学时候第一次住校嘛八个人一个宿舍各种的不习惯又想家然后就抑郁了
wǒ 我dàxué 大学shíhou 时候dì yī cì 第一次zhùxiào 住校ma 嘛bā 八gè 个rén 人yī 一gè 个sùshè 宿舍gèzhǒng 各种de 的bù 不xíguàn 习惯yòu 又xiǎngjiā 想家ránhòu 然后jiù 就yìyù 抑郁le 了
College was the first time I lived in a dorm. With eight people in one dormitory, there were all kinds of things I wasn't used to. I also missed home, so I got depressed.
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