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A Romantic Proposal

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ID: 2494 Upper Intermediate
What happens when a guy wants to make a proposal out of the ordinary but is just short out of ideas? Where can he find help with his dilemma? This lesson is about one such lad. See whether the result is "To thee I wed" or something else...
Thu Jul 24 2014 | Jenny, David
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
无事不登三宝殿 wú shìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn to come with a reason, esp. to ask something of sb
蹦极 bèngjí bungee jumping
个性 gèxìng character, personality
简直 jiǎnzhí simply
李哥，你怎么来了！
Lǐgē ，nǐ zěnme lái le ！
Bro Li, why are you here?
我今天真是无事不登三宝殿，你快帮我出出主意。
wǒ jīntiān zhēn shì wú shìbùdēngsānbǎodiàn ，nǐ kuài bāng wǒ chū chū zhǔyi 。
I really came to ask something of you today. Quick and help me to come up with an idea.
什么事情，只要小弟能帮上的，大哥尽管说！
shénme shìqing ，zhǐyào xiǎodì néng bāng shàng de ，dàgē jǐnguǎn shuō ！
Whatever it is, if the little brother can help, the big brother shouldn't hesitate to speak!
是这样的，你还记得上回我们蹦极的时候遇见的那个女孩吗？
shì zhèyàng de ，nǐ hái jìde shànghuí wǒmen bèngjí de shíhou yùjiàn de nàge nǚhái ma ？
It's like this. Do you still remember the girl we met last time we went bungee jumping?
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