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Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant

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ID: 0797 Intermediate
After a loooong sabbatical during which some of the contestants were convalescing from some much-needed plastic surgical procedures, we welcome back our blogger beauties in this episode of the beauty pageant series. Listen in to this podcast as we go behind the scenes and try to find out if Liu Jia is really willing to sell herself for fame and dubious fortune, in Mandarin Chinese.
Wed Feb 20 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
公平 gōngpíng fair
赞助商 zànzhù shāng sponsor
包 bāo to support a mistress
管 guǎn to be concerned with
真是太不公平了！
zhēnshì tài bù gōngpíng le ！
It's really so unfair!
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What's wrong?
那个刘佳，被赞助商包了。
nàge Liú Jiā ，bèi zànzhù shāng bāo le 。
That Liu Jia, she's involved with a sponsor.
啊？你是怎么知道的？
ǎ ？nǐ shì zěnme zhīdào de ？
Huh? How do you know?
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