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Chinese Tea

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ID: 0114 Intermediate
Here is a lesson impressing on you the “Importance of Tea”…you’ll notice we capitalized the “T” there, which should tell you something. Tea is important. You are significant. You talking about tea is vital. You being able to talk about tea in Mandarin Chinese is essential. ChinesePod wants you to be all of those things, because ChinesePod loves you. Listen in to this podcast to learn some different types of Chinese tea.
Thu Mar 16 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
要 yào to want
去 qù to go
准备好 zhǔnbèi hǎo to be ready
买 mǎi to buy
明天我要去见我女朋友的爸爸。
míngtiān wǒ yào qù jiàn wǒ nǚpéngyou de bàba 。
Tomorrow I'm going to see my girlfriend's dad.
是吗？你准备好了吗？
shì ma ？nǐ zhǔnbèihǎo le ma ？
Really? Are you well prepared?
还没有。我不知道买什么礼物好。
hái méiyǒu 。wǒ bù zhīdào mǎi shénme lǐwù hǎo 。
Not yet. I have no idea what gift I should buy.
他喜欢喝茶吗？好的茶叶是不错的礼物。
tā xǐhuan hēchá ma ？hǎo de cháyè shì búcuò de lǐwù 。
Does he like to drink tea? Good tea is a good gift.
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