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Home for the Holiday

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ID: 2459 Elementary
Yeah! It's holiday time! Should we go out or stay in? Listen to friends discuss what they decided to do during the holiday.
Thu Jun 05 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
端午节 duānwǔjié dragon boat festival
过得 guò de to pass (time)
了 le Indicates past tense
好玩 hǎowán fun
你“端午节”过得怎么样？
nǐ “duānwǔjié ”guò de zěnmeyàng ？
How was your Dragonboat Festival?
我去杭州了。
wǒ qù Hángzhōu le 。
I went to Hangzhou.
好玩吗？
hǎowán ma ？
Was it fun?
不好玩，都是人。你呢？
bù hǎowán ，dōu shì rén 。nǐ ne ？
It wasn't fun. There were people everywhere. You?
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