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Horseback Riding

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ID: 1435 Upper Intermediate
We're off to the stables today for a little exercise with some four-legged friends. Today's show focuses on a class with a riding instructor - you'll be learning all about taking commands from teachers and interacting with horses in Chinese!
Tue Jun 15 2010 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
上马 shàngmǎ to mount a horse
霹雳 pīlì thunderbolt
指导 zhǐdǎo to instruct, instructor
侏儒 zhūrú pygmy, dwarf
吕晓乐，今天是你第一次上马练习。瞧，这是你的马，叫霹雳。
Lǚ Xiǎolè ，jīntiān shì nǐ dì yī cì shàngmǎ liànxí 。qiáo ，zhè shì nǐ de mǎ ，jiào pīlì 。
Lu Xiaole, today is your first time practicing on horseback. Look, this is your horse, he's called Thunderbolt.
啊？陈指导，不会吧，叫霹雳？它又小又矮，叫侏儒还差不多。
ǎ ？Chén zhǐdǎo ，bùhuì ba ，jiào pīlì ？tā yòu xiǎo yòu ǎi ，jiào zhūrú hái chàbuduō 。
Huh? Mr. Chen, no way. He's named Thunderbolt? He's both small and short. 'Pygmy' is more like it.
呵呵，不要小看它，你说什么它都听得懂。关于上马的一些要点我再重复一遍......
hēhē ，bù yào xiǎokàn tā ，nǐ shuō shénme tā dōu tīng de dǒng 。guānyú shàngmǎ de yīxiē yàodiǎn wǒ zài chóngfù yī biàn ......
Heh-heh. Don't underestimate him. He can understand what you're saying. Let me go over some of the essentials concerning mounting the horse one more time.
陈指导，我都了解了，不用重复了。我摩托和毛驴都骑过，上手很快的。
Chén zhǐdǎo ，wǒ dōu liǎojiě le ，bùyòng chóngfù le 。wǒ mótuō hé máolǘ dōu qí guo ，shàngshǒu hěn kuài de 。
Mr. Chen, I completely understand. You don't have to go over it again. I've ridden a motorcycle and a donkey before. I got the hang of it right away.
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