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Flowers and Bugs

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ID: 0813 Intermediate
If the title of this lesson conjures up gory images of the tacky floral bedroom curtains so lovingly lent to you by your packrat landlord... or that cockroach you hammered to death last night, then it's time for a little day trip to this podcast. A Chinese lesson for the gardeners amongst us. Whether bonsais are your thing or you're more of a flower child, use your green thumb to click the mouse and learn about them, in Mandarin.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
yǎng to raise
kāi to open
只要 zhǐyào so long as
浇水 jiāoshuǐ to add water
哇,你养了这么多花!真漂亮!
wā ,nǐ yǎng le zhème duō huā !zhēn piàoliang !
Wow, you have so many flowers! They're so beautiful!
等春天花都开的时候更漂亮!
děng chūntiān huā dōu kāi de shíhou gèng piàoliang !
Wait until the spring flowers bloom, and it will be even more beautiful!
养花一定很辛苦吧?
yǎng huā yīdìng hěn xīnkǔ ba ?
Keeping a garden must be a lot of hard work.
还好,只要给它们浇水、晒太阳、施肥就行了。
hái hǎo ,zhǐyào gěi tāmen jiāoshuǐ 、shài tàiyáng 、shīféi jiù xíng le 。
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.
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