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Oil in the Middle East

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ID: 2236 Intermediate
Nowadays the Middle East is most known for two things: oil and conflict. In this lesson, two friends talk about the Middle East its relationship to its most famous export.
Mon Jul 22 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
汽油 qìyóu gasoline
涨价 zhǎngjià to increase in price
中东 Zhōngdōng Middle East
地区 dìqū area
什么？汽油又涨价了！
shénme ？qìyóu yòu zhǎngjià le ！
What? The price of gasoline has risen again!
肯定是中东地区又打仗了。
kěndìng shì Zhōngdōng dìqū yòu dǎzhàng le 。
It's got to be because there's fighting in the Middle East again.
以色列和巴基斯坦这两个国家怎么一天到晚打仗啊？
Yǐsèliè hé Bājīsītǎn zhè liǎng gè guójiā zěnme yītiāndàowǎn dǎzhàng a ？
Israel and Pakistan. Why do these two countries keep fighting all the time?
哎哟，你有没有学过地理啊？是巴勒斯坦，不是巴基斯坦。
āiyōu ，nǐ yǒumeiyǒu xué guo dìlǐ a ？shì Bālèsītǎn ，bùshì Bājīsītǎn 。
Jeez, did you study geography? It's Palestine, not Pakistan.
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