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Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery

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ID: 0656 Intermediate
  So you signed up for that beauty pageant and naively thought that swimsuit competitions had been outlawed due to sexist issues? Not so... Listen to this podcast and get the Mandarin Chinese terminology you're going to need for that boob job. Heck, you might as well get a nose job too while you're at it -- you'll swing a better price here when you operate in bulk.
Mon Oct 01 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
以为 yǐwéi to think mistakenly
泳装 yǒngzhuāng swimsuit
隆胸 lóngxiōng boob job
平 píng flat
哟，刘佳，没时间了。你赶快换衣服吧！
yō ， Liú Jiā ， méi shíjiān le 。 nǐ gǎnkuài huàn yīfu ba ！
Hey, Liu Jia, there's no time. Hurry up and change clothes!
Monica,我原来以为不用穿泳装......
Monica, wǒ yuánlái yǐwéi bùyòng chuān yǒngzhuāng ......
Monica, I thought we didn't need to wear swimsuits...
这是选美比赛，当然要穿咯！
zhè shì xuǎnměi bǐsài ， dāngrán yào chuān lo ！
It's a beauty pageant. Of course we have to wear them!
哎，你们看那个女的，肯定去隆胸了。
āi ， nǐmen kàn nàge nǚ de ， kěndìng qù lóngxiōng le 。
Ah, look at that girl. She definitely had a boob job.
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