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ID: 2287 Intermediate
Playing with blocks were part for your glory days as a toddler, weren't they? Circles, triangles, squares, stars and more. In this lesson, get up to date on your shapes in Chinese while shopping for children's toys.
Tue Oct 01 2013 | Vera, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
玩具 wánjù toy
不同 bùtóng different
把 bǎ to take
放进去 fàng jìnqù to put in
这个玩具怎么玩？
zhè gè wánjù zěnme wán ？
How do you play with this toy?
这个玩具是教小朋友认识不同的形状的。
zhè gè wánjù shì jiāo xiǎopéngyou rènshi bùtóng de xíngzhuàng de 。
This toy teaches children to recognize different shapes.
把这些不同形状的积木放进这辆车里？
bǎ zhèxiē bùtóng xíngzhuàng de jīmù fàng jìn zhè liàng chē lǐ ？
You put these differently shaped blocks into the car?
对。你看，这辆车有很多不同形状的洞。要这样放，比如这是一个圆形的积木，就把它从圆形的洞里放进去。
duì 。nǐ kàn ，zhè liàng chē yǒu hěn duō bùtóng xíngzhuàng de dòng 。yào zhèyàng fàng ，bǐrú zhè shì yī gè yuánxíng de jīmù ，jiù bǎ tā cóng yuánxíng de dòng lǐ fàng jìnqù 。
That's right. See, this car has lots of differently shaped holes. You put them in like this. For example, this is a circular block. You just put it into the circular hole.
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