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Buying High Quality DVDs

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ID: 1653 Upper Intermediate
It's no secret that most of the DVDs sold in China are not what you might call "legit." But with this Chinese lesson we're just going to sidestep that whole "legal issue" and get right into the topic of DVD quality. You might be paying bottom dollar, but you still want top quality!
Tue Apr 19 2011 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
放不出来 fàng bu chūlái to be unable to play (of a DVD)
盗版 dàobǎn pirated version
正版 zhèngbǎn official version
而已 éryǐ 'that's all'
哎，烦死了，这个DVD也放不出来。
āi ，fán sǐ le ，zhè ge DVD yě fàng bu chūlái 。
Agh, what a pain. This DVD won't play.
呵呵，谁让你买盗版的啦？
hēhē ，shéi ràng nǐ mǎi dàobǎn de la ？
Heh-heh. He told you to buy a pirated one?
你难道买正版的？
nǐ nándào mǎi zhèngbǎn de ？
Don't tell me you buy the real thing?
呵呵，开玩笑而已。我帮你看看。
hēhē ，kāi wánxiào éryǐ 。wǒ bāng nǐ kàn kan 。
Heh-heh. I'm only kidding. Let me take a look.
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