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ID: 0940 Intermediate
You like your little Roadrunner and T-1 ethernet connections that load pages in 1/100th of a nanosecond? Nice huh? Remember back in the Clinton administration when you could make a cup of coffee in the time it took a page to load? Well, welcome to our world. The Chinese internet ain't exactly up to speed, but your ability to vent your frustrations in Mandarin will be, after this podcast.
Sat Jul 12 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
做完 | zuò wán | to finish doing | |
上 | shàng | to get on | |
上不了 | shàngbuliǎo | to be unable to get on | |
网 | wǎng | internet |
今天事情太多了。我真想早点儿做完回家。
jīntiān shìqing tài duō le 。wǒ zhēn xiǎng zǎo diǎnr zuò wán huíjiā 。
I have so much to do today. I really want to finish up early and head home.
啊,上不了网。
à ,shàngbuliǎo wǎng 。
The internet is down.
有了,有了。
yǒu le ,yǒu le 。
It's back, it's back.
又没有了。
yòu méiyǒu le 。
Nothing again.
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