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A Magazine Subscription

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ID: 1461 Intermediate
In this age of web portals, blogs, and apps, you don't hear a lot of talk about the class printed-on-paper magazine. Not only are magazines popular in China, but there are also not-so-obvious ways to subscribe to them. In this lesson, learn how to subscribe to a magazine in Mandarin Chinese (and maybe even give a gift subscription).
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
发呆 fādāi to space out
sòng to give as a gift
项链 xiàngliàn necklace
耳环 ěrhuán earring
小刚,发什么呆呢?
Xiǎogāng ,fā shénme dāi ne ?
Xiao Gang, what are you spacing out about?
女朋友快过生日了,我在想送她什么比较好。
nǚpéngyou kuài guò shēngrì le ,wǒ zài xiǎng sòng tā shénme bǐjiào hǎo 。
It's almost my girlfriend's birthday. I'm thinking about what would be a good gift to get her.
项链、耳环、香水、化妆品都行啊。
xiàngliàn 、ěrhuán 、xiāngshuǐ 、huàzhuāngpǐn dōu xíng a 。
A necklace, earrings, perfume, make up; those are all OK.
每次都是这些,多俗啊!
měicì dōu shì zhèxiē ,duō sú a !
I get her those things every time. They're co cliché!
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