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WeChat Moments - 朋友圈

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ID: 2881 Upper Intermediate
In today's lesson we discuss WeChat's Moments (朋友圈). This is similar to the facebook feed where you can post status updates, photos, and comment on other people's feeds. Tune in to learn about this feature, including how some people feel it has got overly commercialized and is no longer simply just a friend feed. Photo from Big 5 News
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
纯粹 chúncuì purely
交流 jiāoliú to interact
净土 jìngtǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss
无数 wúshù countless
最近微信朋友圈怎么都没见你更新了呀
zuìjìn 最近wēixìn 微信péngyou quān 朋友圈zěnme 怎么dōu 都méi 没jiàn 见nǐ 你gēngxīn 更新le 了ya 呀
Why haven't I seen you posting any updates on WeChat Moments recently?
哎我已经不玩朋友圈很久了那里已经不再是一个纯粹给朋友交流感情的净土了
āi 哎wǒ 我yǐjīng 已经bù 不wán 玩péngyou quān 朋友圈hěnjiǔ 很久le 了nàlǐ 那里yǐjīng 已经bùzài 不再shì 是yī 一gè 个chúncuì 纯粹gěi 给péngyou 朋友jiāoliú 交流feelings 感情de 的jìngtǔ 净土le 了
Ugh, I haven't used Moments for ages already. It's not a safe haven to simply exchange feelings with friends anymore.
怎么这么说呀我觉得朋友圈还是很有意思的呢
zěnme 怎么zhème 这么shuō 说ya 呀wǒ 我juéde 觉得péngyou quān 朋友圈háishì 还是hěnyǒuyìsī 很有意思de 的ne 呢
Why do you say that? I think that Moments is still really cool.
我不知道你的朋友圈怎么样反正我的朋友圈已经被无数微商刷屏了
wǒ 我bù 不zhīdào 知道nǐ 你de 的péngyou quān 朋友圈zěnmeyàng 怎么样fǎnzhèng 反正wǒ de 我的péngyou quān 朋友圈yǐjīng 已经bèi 被wúshù 无数wēishāng 微商shuāpíng 刷屏le 了
I don't know what your Moments is like, but my Moments has already been flooded with posts from WeChat merchants.
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