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ID: 1408 Intermediate
In today's ChinesePod lesson we're headed back to our hometown. Lots of things have changed, some of them good and some of them not. Learn all about talking about the past in this reflective podcast.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
家乡 jiāxiāng hometown
变化 biànhuà change
早就 zǎo jiù early on, long ago
记得 jìde to remember
哎呀,十几年没回来,家乡的变化真大啊!
āiyā ,shí jǐ nián méi huílai ,jiāxiāng de biànhuà zhēn dà a !
Wow, it's been 10 odd years since I've come back. Our hometown has really changed a lot!
是啊,一天一个样。你早就应该回来看看了。
shì a ,yī tiān yī ge yàng 。nǐ zǎo jiù yīnggāi huílai kàn kan le 。
Yeah, it changes every day. You should have come back earlier and had a look.
我记得以前这里是田地。现在都是高楼大厦了。
wǒ jìde yǐqián zhèlǐ shì tiándì 。xiànzài dōu shì gāolóudàshà le 。
I remember this here used to be fields. Now it's all tall buildings.
以前坐的是牛车,现在开的是汽车了。
yǐqián zuò de shì niúchē ,xiànzài kāi de shì qìchē le 。
We used to ride oxcarts, now we ride in cars.
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