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hāhā ，gàosu nǐ yī gè mìmì ，Mòyán céngjīng dào wǒmen xuéxiào zuò guò yǎnjiǎng 。xìngkuī nàshí tā hái méi dé Nuòbèiěr wénxué jiǎng ，bùrán jiù bùyīdìng qǐng de dào lo 。

Ha ha, I'll tell you a secret. Mo Yan once came to our school to make a speech. Luckily at that time he hadn't won the Nobel Prize, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get him to visit.

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唉，说到跳楼，你听说咱们号子孙太的儿子，那个刚念大学，满口APPLE的苹果铁粉呀，听说他辍了学也疯炒股，后来融资被断头了。有一晚想不开，真跳了楼了！幸亏命大，只摔断了腿。

ài ，shuōdào tiào lóu ，nǐ tīngshuō zánmen hàozi sūn tài de érzi ，nàge gāng niàn dàxué ，mǎnkǒu APPLE de píngguǒ tiě ya ，tīngshuō tā chuò le xué yě fēng chǎogǔ ，hòulái róngzī bèi duàntóu le 。yǒu yī wǎn xiǎngbùkāi ，zhēn tiào le lóu le ！xìngkuī mìngdà ，zhī shuāiduàn le tuǐ 。

Ah, speaking of jumping off buildings, did you hear that the son of Mrs Sun from our brokerage, the one who had just started at university and who is always going on about how great Apple is. Well, I hear that he quit his studies and started to speculate like crazy on the stock market. In the end he was forced into liquidation. One night, he couldn't cope with it all and jumped off a building! Lucky for him he only broke a leg.

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哇，外面下这么大的雨，幸亏我带了伞。

wā ，wàimian xià zhème dà de yǔ ，xìngkuī wǒ dài le sǎn 。

Whoa, it's raining so heavily outside. Fortunately I brought my umbrella.

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今天这么堵，幸亏我早点出发，要不然肯定赶不上飞机。

jīntiān zhème dǔ ，xìngkuī wǒ zǎodiǎn chūfā ，yàoburán kěndìng gǎnbushàng fēijī 。

It's so congested today. Fortunately I left a bit early, otherwise I definitely wouldn't be able to catch my plane.

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幸亏我上个月把股票卖了，这两天跌得很厉害。

xìngkuī wǒ shàng gè yuè bǎ gǔpiào mài le ，zhè liǎng tiān diē de hěn lìhai 。

Fortunately I sold my stocks last month. Stocks have been falling drastically recently.

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嗯，太谢谢你了。幸亏你提醒我，否则哪天我被人肉搜索了还蒙在鼓里呢。

ng4 ，tài xièxie nǐ le 。xìngkuī nǐ tíxǐng wǒ ，fǒuzé nǎtiān wǒ bèi rénròu sōusuǒ le hái méng zài gǔ lǐ ne 。

OK, thanks a ton. Luckily you reminded me. Otherwise, I might have been the subject of a 'human flesh search' someday and had no idea.

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她幸亏生活在唐朝，以肥为美。如果放到现在，估计也是剩女一名。而且，她还有狐臭。

tā xìngkuī shēnghuó zài Tángcháo ，yǐ féi wèi měi 。rúguǒ fàngdào xiànzài ，gūjì yě shì shèngnǚ yī míng 。érqiě ，tā háiyǒu húchòu 。

Fortunately she was born during the Tang dynasty when being fat was considered beautiful. If she was alive now, I think she'd probably be a "leftover woman." Additionally, she also had bad body odor.

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咱们接着讲，本来后羿还想把最后一个也射下来，幸亏旁边的群众提醒他，“快停住，别射了，这最后一个得留下，要不然以后就什么都看不见了。”

zánmen jiē zhe jiǎng ，běnlái Hòuyì hái xiǎng bǎ zuìhòu yī ge yě shè xiàlái ，xìngkuī pángbiān de qúnzhòng tíxǐng tā ，“kuài tíngzhù ，bié shè le ，zhè zuìhòu yī ge děi liúxià ，yàoburán yǐhòu jiù shénme dōu kànbujiàn le 。”

Let's continue the story. Houyi had planned to shoot down the final sun, but thankfully the people around him reminded him, "Stop shooting. We have to leave this last one behind. Otherwise we won't be able to see anything."

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是啊。不过幸亏他们这样花样百出，否则我们好多人的休闲生活就没有着落了。别说我们年轻人，就连我爸爸妈妈也喜欢整天坐在电脑前，玩联众游戏，跟人打麻将，打牌。我以前最疯狂的时候，因为上班不能打游戏，还雇了个人代我玩，赚积分。

shì ā 。bùguò xìngkuī tāmen zhèyàng huāyàngbǎichū ，fǒuzé wǒmen hǎoduō rén de xiūxián shēnghuó jiù méiyǒu zhuóluò le 。biéshuō wǒmen niánqīngrén ，jiù lián wǒ bàba māma yě xǐhuan zhěngtiān zuò zài diànnǎo qián ，wán liánzhòng yóuxì ，gēn rén dǎ májiàng ，dǎpái 。wǒ yǐqián zuì fēngkuáng de shíhou ，yīnwèi shàngbān bùnéng dǎ yóuxì ，hái gù le ge rén dài wǒ wán ，zhuàn jīfēn 。

That's for sure. But it's a good thing they do so many different things. Otherwise, a lot of us would have nothing to do in our spare time. Young people like us are one thing, but, then, even my mom and dad like to sit in front of the computer all day long playing multiplayer games. They play cards and mahjongg with other people. When I used to be really crazy about gaming, I even hired a person to help me win points, because I couldn't play games at work.

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哦，图二是唐山大地震。地震有哪些危害？这个我知道，房子都塌了，人都被压死了，太惨了！幸亏我没有出生在唐山。

ō ，tú èr shì Tángshān dà dìzhèn 。dìzhèn yǒu nǎxiē wēihài ？zhè ge wǒ zhīdào ，fángzi dōu tā le ，rén dōu bèi yā sǐ le ，tài cǎn le ！xìngkuī wǒ méiyǒu chūshēng zài Tángshān 。

Oh, the second chart shows the Tangshan large earthquake. What destruction did the earthquake cause? This I know. Houses collapsed, people were crushed. It was so tragic! Luckily, we weren't born in Tangshan.

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