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A Parody of Pigs

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ID: 2174 Intermediate
Recently there's been a lot of news about pigs in the Huangpu River, Shanghai's main waterway. And to cope with the news of copious amounts of pork in their river, many of Shanghai's residents have resorted to jokes. Join in the joking around in this lesson.
Thu Apr 25 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
洗澡水 xǐzǎoshuǐ bathwater
专家 zhuānjiā expert
黄浦江 Huángpǔ Jiāng Huangpu River
冻 dòng frozen
渴死了，我先喝杯水。
kě sǐle ，wǒ xiān hē bēi shuǐ 。
I'm so thirsty. I've got to drink a glass of water.
少喝点儿吧，现在的水都是死猪的洗澡水。
shǎo hē diǎnr ba ，xiànzài de shuǐ dōu shì sǐ zhū de xǐzǎo shuǐ 。
Don't drink so much! The water these days is bathwater for dead pigs.
没事儿，专家说了，黄浦江里的猪是冻死的。
méishìr ，zhuānjiā shuō le ，Huángpǔ Jiāng lǐ de zhū shì dòng sǐ de 。
Don't worry about it. Experts have said that the pigs in the Huangpu River all froze to death.
好吧！是冻死的，不是病死的。放心喝吧。
hǎoba ！shì dòng sǐ de ，bùshì bìng sǐ de 。fàngxīn hē ba 。
Okay. They froze to death. They didn't die from disease. Relax and drink!
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