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Plants Need Watering

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ID: 1078 Elementary
The Chinese word for "gardener" can also mean "teacher." Extending the metaphor, we can see our poddies as beautiful flowers, ready for their daily dose of ChinesePod's water of wisdom. That is, unless you're one of those rare students who thinks our podcasts are a lot of manure! Still, even manure helps things grow...
Tue Jan 20 2009 | Jenny , Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
好久 hǎojiǔ quite a while
给 gěi to give
花 huā flower
浇水 jiāoshuǐ to water
好久没给花浇水了。
hǎojiǔ méi gěi huā jiāo shuǐ le 。
It's been a long time since we watered the flowers.
对哦！我现在去浇。
duì o ！wǒ xiànzài qù jiāo 。
Yeah! I'll go do it right now!
等一下。不用了。
děng yīxià 。bùyòng le 。
Wait! There's no need.
为什么？
wèishénme ？
Why not?
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