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Adventures of a Shopaholic

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ID: 2506 Upper Intermediate
Shopaholics live for shopping. So for them, a sale is absolutely heaven! Today's lesson relates the escapades of one shopaholic and her husband's opinion of her buying habits.
Mon Aug 11 2014 | Jenny, David
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
忽悠 hūyou to be duped
被动消费 bèidòngxiāofèi passive consumption
意愿 yìyuàn desire
闲置 xiánzhì unused
老公，我回来啦。
lǎogōng ，wǒ huílái la 。
Hubby, I came back.
这么多大包小包，你去购物啦。
zhème duō dàbāoxiǎobāo ，nǐ qù gòuwù la 。
You have so many big and small bags. You went shopping.
是啊，下班路上看见商场在搞特卖会，就去血拼了一把，老公，看我穿这件好不好看？
shì a ，xiàbān lùshang kànjiàn shāngchǎng zài to do tèmàihuì ，jiù qù xuèpīn le yī bǎ ，lǎogōng ，kàn wǒ chuān zhè jiàn hǎo bu hǎokàn ？
Yeah, on the way, after I finished work I saw that the shopping mall was having a special sale event and so I went on a shopping spree. Hubby, what do you think about what I am wearing?
好看，不过现在天气这么热，你买羽绒服干嘛？
hǎokàn ，bùguò xiànzài tiānqì zhème rè ，nǐ mǎi yǔróngfú gànmá ？
It looks good. But the weather is so hot right now. Why on earth did you buy a down coat?
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