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My New MP3 Player

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ID: 0524 Intermediate
So you've decided to get with the cool kids and buy an MP3 player so you can rock the ChinesePod, shake your body. But how are you going to brag about it if you don't know all this techno-lingo? Don't fear--just put those earbuds in your ear, press play, and listen to this podcast with a Mandarin Chinese lesson about MP3 players. With ChinesePod playing in your ears, you'll never be uncool again!
Tue May 22 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
MP3 MPsān MP3 player
蛮 mán quite
容量 róngliàng capacity
存 cún to save
你买新的 MP3了？挺好看的嘛！
nǐ mǎi xīn de MPsān le ？tǐng hǎokàn de ma ！
Did you buy a new MP3 player? It's pretty nice looking!
昨天刚买的。好像还蛮好用的。
zuótiān gāng mǎi de 。hǎoxiàng hái mán hǎoyòng de 。
I just bought it yesterday. It seems like it's pretty easy to use.
真的？容量多大啊？
zhēnde ？róngliàng duō dà a ？
Really? What's the capacity?
3G 。听说可以存好几百首歌。也可以当移动硬盘用。
sān G 。tīngshuō kěyǐ cún hǎo jǐ bǎi shǒu gē 。yě kěyǐ dāng yídòng yìngpán yòng 。
3 gigs. I was told that it can hold several hundred songs. It can also be used as a portable hard drive.
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