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Farm Life Tourism

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ID: 2159 Upper Intermediate
After China's rapid urbanization, it's millions of city dwellers are longing to get back to the farm. And who can blame them? Fresh air, fresh food and peace and quiet. What's not to love about a getaway out in the country? In this lesson, learn all about it!
Thu Apr 04 2013 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
响当当 xiǎngdāngdāng to be well known
不敢当 bù gǎndāng to not dare to say, I'm flattered
据 jù according to
经营 jīngyíng to run a business
胡老板，您好，您现在可是我们县响当当的农民企业家，跟观众们打声招呼吧。
Hú lǎobǎn ，nínhǎo ，nín xiànzài kěshì wǒmen xiàn xiǎngdāngdāng de nóngmín qǐyèjiā ，gēn guānzhòng men dǎshēngzhāohu ba 。
Boss Hu, hello! You are currently our county's outstanding countryside business leader. Say hello to our audience!
不敢当！大家好，欢迎大家来老胡农家乐做客。
bù gǎndāng ！dàjiā hǎo ，huānyíng dàjiā lái Lǎo Hú nóngjiālè zuòkè 。
I'm flattered! Hello, everyone! You are all welcome as guests to Old Hu's Farm Life Inn.
胡老板，据我了解您以前是个只会做农活的农民，怎么会想起来经营农家乐呢？这可是现在最热门的旅游形式。
Hú lǎobǎn ，jù wǒ liǎojiě nín yǐqián shì gè zhǐ huì zuò nónghuó de nóngmín ，zénme huì xiǎng qǐlai jīngyíng nóngjiālè ne ？zhè kěshì xiànzài zuì rèmén de lǚyóu xíngshì 。
Boss Hu, from what we know, before you only made a living from farming the land. How did you think of running a farm life inn? Now this really is the hottest form of travel.
生活所迫吧。做农活赚不了几个钱。家里上有老下有小，小的要读书，老的要看病，都需要钱。没办法啊！后来我们就想在家门口开个小饭店吧。我那口子做的菜在我们村是最好吃的。
shēnghuósuǒpò ba 。zuò nónghuó zhuànbùliǎo jǐ ge qián 。jiālǐ shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo ，xiǎode yào dúshū ，lǎode yào kànbìng ，dōu xūyào qián 。méi bànfǎ a ！hòulái wǒmen jiù xiǎng zài jiā ménkǒu kāi gè xiǎo fàndiàn ba 。wǒ nàkǒuzi zuò de cài zài wǒmen cūn shì zuì hǎochī de 。
Life makes one do all kinds of things, right? Farming the land, one can't earn a lot of money. The family has both old and young people. The young folks need to study and the old folks need to go to the doctor. All of this requires money. There was no choice! The result was that we wanted to open up a small restaurant outside our door. The food my wife makes is the tastiest in our village.
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