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Buying a Book

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ID: 1799 Intermediate
If you like reading but still have yet to buy a Kindle, this lesson is for you. Today, our hero ventures into a bookstore but finds that they've forgotten the name of the book they're looking for. What is to be done? Tune in and find out!
Wed Nov 09 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
好像 hǎoxiàng to seem as if
明朝 Míngcháo Ming dynasty
记 jì to remember
记不清 jìbuqīng to not remember clearly
你好，我要买一本书，能帮我找一下吗？
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào mǎi yī běn shū ，néng bāng wǒ zhǎo yīxià ma ？
Hi, I want to buy a book. Can you help me look for it?
书名是什么？
shūmíng shì shénme ？
What's the name of the book?
好像是明朝什么什么，后面的我记不太清了。
hǎoxiàng shì Míngcháo shénme shénme ，hòumian de wǒ jì bù tài qīng le 。
I think it's 'Ming Dynasty' something or other. I can't really remember the rest.
不知道书名怎么找啊，我们书店这么多书。那，讲什么的你知道不？
bù zhīdào shūmíng zěnme zhǎo a ，wǒmen shūdiàn zhème duō shū 。nà ，jiǎng shénme de nǐ zhīdào bù ？
How can we search for it if you don't know the name? Our bookstore has so many books. Do you know what the book is about?
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