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Flying a Kite

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ID: 1372 Intermediate
As spring arrives, the parks are beginning to liven up again. In today's show, we'll be exploring a popular park activity: kite flying. Join us to learn all about this fun hobby in this lesson!
Mon Mar 08 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
春天 chūntiān springtime
放 fàng to release
不大不小 bù dà bù xiǎo just the right size
适合 shìhé to be suitable
春天到了，放风筝咯！
chūntiān dào le ，fàng fēngzheng lo ！
Spring is here. Let's go fly a kite!
看你高兴的。不过，今天风不大不小，很适合放风筝。
kàn nǐ gāoxìng de 。bùguò ，jīntiān fēng bù dà bù xiǎo ，hěn shìhé fàng fēngzheng 。
I can see you're really happy. In fact, today the wind is just right. It's really good for flying a kite.
就在公园放吧！
jiù zài gōngyuán fàng ba ！
Let's fly it in the park!
好！这样吧，你在后面拿风筝，我去前面拉线。
hǎo ！zhèyàng ba ，nǐ zài hòumian ná fēngzheng ，wǒ qù qiánmian lā xiàn 。
OK. How about this, you hold the kite back here, and I'll go up front and pull the string.
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