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ID: 1270 Intermediate
The competition is heating up as the judges decide to throw musical instruments into the talent show mix. Learn the Chinese words for playing various instruments, and be sure you know what "PK" means. (And you thought all Chinese words were written in characters?)
Thu Oct 15 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
评委 píngwěi judge
讨论 tǎolùn to discuss
结果 jiéguǒ results
建议 jiànyì to advise
欢迎回来！评委老师们，讨论好了吗？
huānyíng huílai ！píngwěi lǎoshī men ，tǎolùn hǎo le ma ？
Welcome back! Judges, are you finished discussing?
讨论好了。结果是兰兰和唐兵PK。
tǎolùn hǎo le 。jiéguǒ shì Lánlan hé Táng Bīng PK 。
We're finished. The result is an elimination round between Lanlan and Tang Bing.
PK，好啊！不过我有一个建议。让他们PK乐器，怎么样？
PK ，hǎo a ！bùguò wǒ yǒu yī ge jiànyì 。ràng tāmen PK yuèqì ，zěnmeyàng ？
An elimination round! Great! But I have a suggestion. Let's have them battle it out with instruments. How about that?
我同意。
wǒ tóngyì 。
I agree.
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