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Your First Mooncake

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ID: 1504 Pre Intermediate
It's called a mooncake, and it's about the size and shape of a hockey puck. If you're in China during the autumn, you just may have the opportunity to partake in this quintessentially Chinese ritual. Learn not only the key vocabulary, but also some of the cultural features as well, such as what makes Taiwan's Mid-Autumn Moon Festival special.
Tue Sep 21 2010 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
在 zài currently
吃 chī to eat
月饼 yuèbǐng mooncake
它 tā it
你在吃什么？
nǐ zài chī shénme ？
What are you eating?
月饼。
yuèbǐng 。
Mooncake.
月饼？
yuèbǐng ？
Mooncake?
对啊！你看，它像不像今天的月亮？又大又圆。
duì a ！nǐ kàn ，tā xiàng bu xiàng jīntiān de yuèliàng ？yòu dà yòu yuán 。
Right. Look, doesn't it look like today's moon? Big and round.
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