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Olympic Training

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ID: 0633 Elementary
It would be remiss to have a Mandarin lesson on training for the Olympic Games without a Chinese learning analogy to go with. So... Ken is your coach. Jenny, your cheerleader. The daily podcast is your pep talk. The expansion sentences are your cross-training and the exercises are, well, your exercises. Please don't eat too much while listening and whatever happens, don't injure yourself. And, if you get burned out, think of Jenny with her pompoms, and all will be right in the world once again.
Sun Sep 09 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
为 wèi for
做 zuò to do
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare
容易 róngyì easy
为奥运会做准备真不容易。
wèi Àoyùnhuì zuò zhǔnbèi zhēn bù róngyì 。
It's really not easy to prepare for the Olympics.
当然咯！运动员的生活里只有训练。
dāngrán lo ！yùndòngyuán de shēnghuó lǐ zhǐyǒu xùnliàn 。
Of course! An athlete's life is all training.
他们真是太辛苦了。
tāmen zhēnshì tài xīnkǔ le 。
They're just so sacrificing.
是啊，我们看比赛轻松多了。
shì a ，wǒmen kàn bǐsài qīngsōng duō le 。
Yeah, it's a lot easier for us, watching the competitions.
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