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ID: 2165 Intermediate
At subway stations all over Shanghai, one can find people waiting with signs that say 专业贴膜 (zhuānyè tiē mó), "professional membrane stickers"? What? These folks are actually there to help people put protective films on their fancy digital devices to keep them from getting scratched. Learn what it's all about in this lesson!
Fri Apr 12 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
迷你 mínǐ mini
适合 shìhé to be suitable
路上 lùshang on the road
无聊 wúliáo bored
你的iPad迷你到了？
nǐ de iPad mínǐ dào le ？
Has your iPad mini arrived?
嗯。可爱吧？
ng4 。kě ài ba ？
Yeah. Cute, right?
挺好的，比iPhone大，比iPad小，很适合女孩子玩儿。
tǐng hǎo de ，bǐ iPhone dà ，bǐ iPad xiǎo ，hěn shìhé nǚháizi wánr 。
It's great. Bigger than an iPhone and smaller than an iPad, it's suitable for a girl to use.
有了它我上下班路上就不无聊了。
yǒu le tā wǒ shàngxiàbān lùshang jiù bù wúliáo le 。
Now that I have this, I won't be bored on the road to and from work.
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