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Free Association

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ID: 0593 Intermediate
ChinesePod is going a little 'new age' today and encouraging you to explore your inner child. Close your eyes, let your spirit roam... you are getting sleeeepy, wait! Not too sleepy. Make sure to pay attention to this lesson on letting your imagination run wild in Chinese... you never know where it might take you. Sorrow, happiness, money, incense... steamed buns. Sound odd? Listen to the podcast, and explore the labyrinthine recesses of the human mind!
Tue Jul 31 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
自由联想 zìyóu liánxiǎng free association
放松 fàngsōng to relax
食堂 shítáng cafeteria
奖励 jiǎnglì to reward
今天我来考考你的自由联想。
jīntiān wǒ lái kǎokao nǐ de zìyóu liánxiǎng 。
Today I'm going to test your free associations.
什么？
shénme ？
What?
我会说一些词语，你只要告诉我联想到什么就行了。要完全放松。想到什么就说什么。
wǒ huì shuō yīxiē cíyǔ ，nǐ zhǐyào gàosu wǒ liánxiǎng dào shénme jiù xíng le 。yào wánquán fàngsōng 。xiǎngdào shénme jiù shuō shénme 。
I'll say a word, and you just tell me what you associate it with. Relax completely. Just say whatever comes to mind.
好的。
hǎo de 。
OK.
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