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ID: 0772 Upper Intermediate
OK, everybody lean in, put your hands on your knees or around the person next to you. You in the back, two fingers behind someone’s head please. Now smile and look cute so no one can tell us apart. Say 'Chinese!' In this podcast, a Mandarin lesson for the over-zealous photographers amongst us... and their doomed subjects.
Sat Jan 26 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
合照 hézhào group photo
背光 bèiguāng poor lighting
磨蹭 móceng to dawdle
靠 kào to lean
哇！这儿真漂亮！大家拍张合照吧。站那儿，对、对。就那儿。
wā ！zhèr5 zhēn piàoliang ！dàjiā pāi zhāng hézhào ba 。zhàn nàr5 ，duì 、duì 。jiù nàr5 。
Wow! It's so beautiful here. Let's take a group photo together, everyone. Stand over there... right, right. Just there.
可是这儿背光。还是换个地方吧。这儿怎么样？
kěshì zhèr5 bèiguāng 。háishì huàn ge dìfang ba 。zhèr5 zěnmeyàng ？
But the light is poor here. Maybe we better choose another place. How about here?
风景没那里漂亮。
fēngjǐng méi nàli piàoliang 。
The scenery isn't as beautiful there.
也不错，就站这儿吧。来，大家都站过去。快点、快点！别磨蹭了。
yě bùcuò ，jiù zhàn zhèr5 ba 。lái ，dàjiā dōu zhàn guòqu 。kuài diǎn 、kuài diǎn ！bié móceng le 。
It's pretty nice too. Just stand here. Come on, everyone go stand over there. Quickly! Don't dawdle.
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