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Gone Fishing

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ID: 1125 Intermediate
Are you hooked on learning Chinese? We've lined up an exciting podcast for you. Catch this next lesson, and don't release it until you've learned how to talk about fishing in Chinese!
Thu Mar 26 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
带 dài to take
河边 hébiān river bank
钓鱼 diàoyú to fish
鱼竿 yúgān fishing pole
小宝，乖，别哭了。爷爷带你去河边钓鱼，好不好？
Xiǎo Bǎo ，guāi ，bié kū le 。yéye dài nǐ qù hébiān diàoyú ，hǎo bu hǎo ？
Darling, be good, don't cry. Grandpa will take you fishing--how does that sound?
钓鱼？好！
diàoyú ？hǎo ！
Go fishing? Great!
那我们走吧。
nà wǒmen zǒu ba 。
Then let's go.
爷爷，我要用小鱼竿。
yéye ，wǒ yào yòng xiǎo yúgān 。
Grandpa, I want to use the little fishing pole.
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