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ID: 0432 Intermediate
Not to say that version of “Ben-Hur” picturing Jack Black isn’t of reputable quality, but the DVD talk is bound to happen. Real vs. fake, subtitles, and more. We’d like you to be able to join said conversations in Mandarin Chinese, but that means you’ll need to listen to this podcast.
Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
张 zhāng [measure word]
碟 dié DVD
越狱 yuèyù prison break
正 zhèng currently
你想看哪张碟
nǐ 你xiǎng 想kàn 看nǎ 哪zhāng 张Dié 碟
Which DVD would you like to watch?
看越狱吧
kàn 看yuèyù 越狱ba 吧
Let’s watch “Prison Break.”
好的我也正想看这部呢上次买了张盗版碟画面太模糊了害得我实在看不下去
hǎo de 好的wǒ 我yě 也zhèng 正xiǎng 想kàn 看zhè 这bù 部ne 呢shàngcì 上次mǎi le 买了zhāng 张dàobǎn dié 盗版碟huàmiàn 画面tài 太móhu 模糊le 了hài 害de 得wǒ 我shízài 实在kàn 看bù 不xiàqu 下去
OK. I was just thinking I’d like to watch that too. Last time I bought a pirated DVD the picture was too fuzzy. It was so bad that I couldn’t even watch it.
那这次你买的不会也是盗版的吧
nà 那zhècì 这次nǐ 你mǎi 买de 的bùhuì 不会 yě 也shì 是dàobǎn 盗版de 的ba 吧
So, the one you bought this time isn’t also a pirated one then, is it?
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