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ID: 0803 Intermediate
Stand out historical moments in the history of Londontown: The Great Fire of 1665, The Great Plague of 1666, but greatest of them all, surely, The Great ChinesePod London Meet-up of 2006. Now, the next history-making London event--this podcast. Dive into this lesson like you would a good Dickens novel and learn all about "The Big Smoke" in Mandarin.
Mon Feb 25 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
伦敦 Lúndūn London
古老 gǔlǎo ancient
现代 xiàndài modern
一般 yībān average
伦敦好玩吗？
Lúndūn hǎowán ma ？
Is London fun?
太棒了！又古老又现代，是我去过的最好的城市。
tài bàng le ！yòu gǔlǎo yòu xiàndài ，shì wǒ qù guo de zuì hǎo de chéngshì 。
It's so great! It's both ancient and modern. It's the best city I've ever been to.
我觉得一般，看来看去都是差不多的东西。
wǒ juéde yībān ，kànláikànqù dōu shì chàbuduō de dōngxi 。
I think it's just average. Wherever you look everything is more or less the same.
不会啊。白金汉宫、大本钟、泰晤士河、还有好多博物馆，我看都看不过来。一定要再去一次。
bùhuì a 。Báijīnhàngōng 、Dàběnzhōng 、Tàiwùshìhé 、háiyǒu hǎo duō bówùguǎn ，wǒ kàn dōu kàn bu guòlái 。yīdìng yào zài qù yī cì 。
No way. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Thames River... plus there are lots of museums. There's no way to see it all. I have to go back again.
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