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ID: 0762 Advanced
你喜欢看视频吗？youtube上的视频你看过吗？夸张的、搞笑的、发人深思的视频都成千上万，且有很高的浏览率，已成为人们另一种休闲、娱乐和传播、交流的“草根”文化。一起学习今天的课程，并来中文播客分享你的经历吧。
Tue Jan 15 2008 | Jenny, Connie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
视频 shìpín video
小儿科 xiǎoérkē childish
小巫见大巫 xiǎowū jiàn dàwū obvious who the winner and loser are
绣花枕头一包草 xiùhuā zhěntou yī bāo cǎo beautiful in appearance but no substance
什么绕地球转？
shénme rào dìqiú zhuàn ？
What goes around the world?
月亮啊。你是不是也看了youtube上的视频？
yuèliàng a 。nǐ shì bu shì yě kàn le youtube shang de shìpín ？
The moon, of course. Have you seen the video on youtube, too?
是啊，太经典了！这么小儿科的问题，不仅那个参赛者答不出，底下的观众一半以上居然说是太阳！真丢法国人的脸！
shì a ，tài jīngdiǎn le ！zhème xiǎoérkē de wèntí ，bùjǐn nàge cānsàizhě dá bu chū ，dǐxià de guānzhòng yībàn yǐshàng jūrán shuō shì tàiyáng ！zhēn diū Fǎguó rén de liǎn ！
Yeah, it's such a classic. Such a simple question, but not only was that participant unable to respond, but more than half of the people in the audience also somehow thought it was the sun! How humiliating for the French!
怎么连这点常识都没有！不过我最近看了好多更傻的人的视频。跟他们比，法国人可是小巫见大巫。
zěnme lián zhèdiǎn chángshí dōu méiyǒu ！bùguò wǒ zuìjìn kàn le hǎo duō gèng shǎ de rén de shìpín 。gēn tāmen bǐ ，fǎguórén kěshì xiǎowū jiàn dàwū 。
How can someone be lacking even this bit of common sense? But lately I've seen a lot of videos of even stupider people. Compared to them, the French are pupils in the presence of a master.
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