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Yeah. As well as admiring all the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns, places like Guizhou and Hunan also often have performances, such as dragon and lion dances, and the rowing of boats on dry land. It's really quite the lively spectacle!

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我也很想游泳，可惜我是旱鸭子。

wǒ yě hěn xiǎng yóuyǒng ，kěxī wǒ shì hànyāzi 。

I really want to swim too, it's just a pity I'm a landlubber.

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她会，我不会，我是个旱鸭子。

tā huì ，wǒ bùhuì ，wǒ shì gè hànyāzi 。

She can, I can't, I'm a non-swimmer.

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哈哈，那我这只旱鸭子可以去死海上游泳啦！

hāhā ，nà wǒ zhè zhī hànyāzi kěyǐ qù sǐhǎi shàng yóuyǒng la ！

Haha, then even someone like me who can't swim can go the Dead Sea and go swimming!

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北方降雨少，干旱。所以我想“春雨贵如油”之类的谚语应该是北方人总结出来的。不过人们常说：女人是水做的，南方湿润的气候对女性的皮肤倒是比较好。

běifāng jiàngyǔ shǎo ，gānhàn 。suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng “chūnyǔ guì rú yóu ”zhīlèi de yànyǔ yīnggāi shì běifāngrén zǒngjié chūlái de 。bùguò rénmen cháng shuō ：nǚrén shì shuǐ zuò de ，nánfāng shīrùn de qìhòu duì nǚxìng de pífū dàoshì bǐjiào hǎo 。

In the north there's little rainfall, so it's dry. That's why I think "spring rain is as precious as oil" and similar sayings probably came out of the north. But people often say that women are made of water, and the moist climate of the south is better for a woman's skin.

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旱鸭子

hànyāzi

dry duck

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我是一个旱鸭子。

wǒ shì yī ge hànyāzi 。

I’m a dry duck.

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专家指出，舟曲特殊的地质地貌，长期干旱，突降暴雨，都是这次地质灾害的成因。

zhuānjiā zhǐchū ，Zhōuqū tèshū de dìzhì dìmào ，chángqī gānhàn ，tū jiàng bàoyǔ ，dōu shì zhècì dìzhì zāihài de chéngyīn 。

The experts have pointed out that Zhouqu's special geological conditions and landforms, a long period of drought, and the sudden torrential rainfall were all contributing factors to this geological disaster.

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现在的自然环境越来越糟糕了。电视上天天都在报导西南地区的旱情，听说云南和贵州已经半年多没下雨了，人们连水都喝不上了。

xiànzài de zìrán huánjìng yuèláiyuè zāogāo le 。diànshì shàng tiāntiān dōu zài bàodǎo xīnán dìqū de hànqíng ，tīngshuō Yúnnán hé Guìzhōu yǐjīng bàn nián duō méi xiàyǔ le ，rénmen lián shuǐ dōu hēbushàng le 。

These days the natural environment is getting worse and worse. Every day there's a report on the TV about the drought situation in the Southwest. I heard it hasn't rained for more than a half a year in Yunnan and Guizhou. People don't even have enough water to drink.

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对，那是在跑旱船，这种表演在山西比较流行。

duì ，nà shì zài pǎohànchuán ，zhèzhǒng biǎoyǎn zài Shānxī bǐjiào liúxíng 。

Yeah. That's the 'running-on-land-boat' dance. This kind of performance is quite popular in Shanxi province.

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