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For the Love of Straight Teeth

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ID: 2303 Upper Intermediate
Americans are known throughout the world for their white, straight teeth, and China is no exception. In this lesson, a girl tells her friend about a recent trip to America where she found the gleaming smiles too much to bear. Poddies, prepare to brush up on dental care in Chinese!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
别扭 bièniu awkward
露出 lùchū to reveal
结果 jiéguǒ results
hài to cause
快来看我在美国拍的照片!
kuài lái kàn wǒ zài Měiguó pāi de zhàopiàn !
Come see the pictures I took in America!
真不错,风景很漂亮。不过,你笑得怎么这么别扭。要露出八颗牙齿才漂亮嘛。
zhēn bùcuò ,fēngjǐng hěn piàoliang 。bùguò ,nǐ xiào de zěnme zhème bièniu 。yào lùchū bā kē yáchǐ cái piàoliang ma 。
They look good. The scenery is really pretty. But why are you smiling so awkwardly? You need to show eight front teeth if you want to look good.
唉,别提了。我刚到那里,就被一个美国朋友问:“听说,中国人不怎么在乎牙齿,这是真的吗?”结果害得我越看我的牙越丑,都不敢笑了。
ài ,bié tí le 。wǒ gāng dào nàlǐ ,jiù bèi yī gè Měiguó péngyou wèn :“tīngshuō ,Zhōngguórén bù zěnme zàihu yáchǐ ,zhè shì zhēnde ma ?”jiéguǒ hàide wǒ yuè kàn wǒ de yá yuè chǒu ,dōu bùgǎn xiào le 。
Jeez, don't remind me. Right when I got there, my American friend asked: “I've heard that Chinese don't really care about their teeth. Is that true?” As a result I was afraid that the more I showed my teeth, the more ugly I'd seem and I didn't even dare to smile.
你朋友也太直接了吧。不过西方人的牙看起来是不错,又整齐又白。难道基因不一样?
nǐ péngyou yě tài zhíjiē le ba 。bùguò xīfāngrén de yá kàn qǐlái shì bùcuò ,yòu zhěngqí yòu bái 。nándào jīyīn bù yīyàng ?
Your friend is so direct. However, Western people's teeth do look nice, both straight and white. Are their genes just different?
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