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Olympic Medals

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ID: 0424 Intermediate
It’s always exciting to see which world records will be broken by gold medalists, as well as to see which country gets the most medals in the Olympic Games. In this podcast, you will learn about the Olympic medals in Mandarin Chinese. How about your Chinese Olympic trivia? You will also learn about a famous Chinese gold medalist, and find out which sport is typically China’s strongest in the Olympic Games.
Mon Feb 12 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
奥运会 Àoyùnhuì Olympic Games
金牌 jīnpái gold medal
排 pái to place
银牌 yínpái silver medal
你还记得上届奥运会美国拿了多少块金牌？
nǐ hái jìde shàngjiè àoyùnhuì Měiguó ná le duōshao kuài jīnpái ？
Do you remember how many gold medals the U.S. got in the last Olympics?
35块。
sānshíwǔ kuài 。
35.
我记得中国拿了32块，排在第二，是不是啊？
wǒ jìde Zhōngguó ná le sānshíèr kuài ，pái zài dìèr ，shì bu shì ā ？
I remember that China got 32. They came in second, didn’t they?
没错。不过银牌和铜牌比俄罗斯少。
méicuò 。bùguò yínpái hé tóngpái bǐ Éluósī shǎo 。
That’s right. But they got less silver and bronze medals than Russia did.
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