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ID: 1502 Upper Intermediate
Do you know all the work that goes into maintaining a rice paddy? And can you talk about it in Mandarin Chinese? In this lesson, a visitor to the countryside learns about both the hard labor and the simple pleasures to be found outside of China's urban areas.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
大伯 dàbó father's elder brother
黑乎乎 hēihūhū dark, dusky
割 gē to cut
稻子 dàozi rice
大伯天还是黑乎乎的割稻子的时候会不会把手给割破了
dàbó 大伯tiān 天háishì 还是hēihūhū 黑乎乎de 的gē 割dàozi 稻子de shíhou 的时候huì bu huì 会不会bǎ 把shǒu 手gěi 给gē 割pò 破le 了
Uncle, it's still pretty dark out. When you harvest the rice, won't you cut your hands?
不会的有月光看得到等下太阳出来热死了趁现在凉快多割点
bùhuì 不会de 的yǒu 有yuèguāng 月光kàn de dào 看得到děngxià 等下tàiyáng 太阳chūlái 出来rè sǐ le 热死了chèn 趁xiànzài 现在liángkuài 凉快duō 多gē 割diǎn 点
No, there's moonlight; we can still see. In a little while the sun will come up and it will be unbearably hot. We have to take advantage of this cool air and harvest more.
好的
hǎo de 好的
OK.
哎不对不对你怎么拔稻子啊割稻子是用镰刀割的像这样一只手抓住稻草另一只手抓住镰刀在根部上来一点的地方用力地割下去你看这样多快
āi 哎bù duì 不对bù duì 不对nǐ 你zěnme 怎么bá 拔dàozi 稻子a 啊gē 割dàozi 稻子shì 是yòng 用liándāo 镰刀gē 割de 的xiàng 像zhèyàng 这样yī 一zhī 只shǒu 手zhuāzhù 抓住dàocǎo 稻草lìng 另yī 一zhī 只shǒu 手zhuāzhù 抓住liándāo 镰刀zài 在gēnbù 根部shànglái 上来yīdiǎn 一点de 的dìfang 地方yònglì de 用力地gē 割xiàqu 下去nǐ 你kàn 看zhèyàng 这样duō 多kuài 快
Hey, that's not right! Why are you pulling up the rice? When we harvest, we use a sickle – like this: with one hand grab the rice straw, and with the other hand hold the sickle. Grab it a little bit above the root and cut it with force. See, this way it goes really quickly!
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