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ID: 2200 Upper Intermediate
Facebook is blocked in China, so it's not used by most Chinese for socializing and organizing events. For organizing events, especially for the young Chinese artsy crowd, the place to go is Douban. Here you can find information on events as well as book reviews, movie reviews and more. In this lesson, one friend tells another all about it.
Fri May 31 2013 | John, Vera
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乐队 yuèduì music band
演出 yǎnchū to perform
捧场 pěngchǎng to cheer on, support
链接 liànjiē link
这个星期六我朋友的乐队在上海演出，你们都来捧捧场吧。
zhè ge xīngqīliù wǒ péngyou de yuèduì zài Shànghǎi yǎnchū ，nǐmen dōu lái pěngpeng chǎng ba 。
This Saturday my friend's band is playing in Shanghai. You all should come to cheer them on.
时间、地点、内容。
shíjiān 、dìdiǎn 、nèiróng 。
Time, place and info.
我给你个链接，“豆瓣同城”上有。
wǒ gěi nǐ gè liànjiē ，“dòubàn tóngchéng ”shàng yǒu 。
I'll give you a link. It's on ”Douban Tongcheng“.
豆瓣”不是专门分享阅读、影评的地方么？怎么还有活动？
dòubàn ”bùshì zhuānmén fēnxiǎng yuèdú 、yǐngpíng de dìfang ma ？zěnme háiyǒu huódòng ？
Isn't “Douban” a dedicated place for sharing movie and book reviews? Why does it also have events?
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