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雾霾 A Smog Occupation

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ID: 2878 Advanced
雾霾不仅是国际会议桌上的一纸议案，而是与老百姓的生活息息相关的事，雾霾天还是得冒着吸入众多污染物的危险出门工作，市井小民也只能苦中作乐，期望有一天领导们能找出两全其美的好办法了。 Photo by LWYang
Fri Apr 22 2016 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
忽悠 hūyou to dupe
攻占 gōngzhàn to invade and occupy
雾霾 wùmái smog
红色预警 hóngsè yùjǐng red alert
宝贝该起床了，再不起来你上班要迟到了。
bǎobèir gāi qǐchuáng le ，zài bù qǐlái nǐ shàngbān yào chídào le 。
Darling, it's time to get up, if you don't get up now you'll be late for work.
现在窗外还是漆黑一片，估计都没到四点呢，你又想忽悠我。
xiànzài chuāngwài háishì qīhēi yīpiàn ，gūjì dōu méi dào sì diǎn ne ，nǐ yòu xiǎng hūyou wǒ 。
It's still pitch black outside, it can't be even 4am yet, are you messing with me again?
你自己看看手机吧，现在已经早上八点了。
nǐzìjǐ kàn kan shǒujī ba ，xiànzài yǐjīng zǎoshang bādiǎn le 。
Look at your phone yourself, it's already 8am.
喔，还真是八点了。今天这天是怎么了，还这么黑，外星人攻占地球了吗？
ō ，hái zhēn shì bādiǎn le 。jīntiān zhètiān shì zěnmele ，hái zhème hēi ，wàixīngrén gōng zhàn dìqiú le ma ？
Huh? It really is 8am. What's up with the sky today, why is it still so dark, have aliens invaded the earth?
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