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Relativity

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ID: 0822 Upper Intermediate
Your Chinese in relation to that two year old child beside you? Yeah, relativity can suck. But, we're glass-half-full people here at ChinesePod, right? You'll know more Mandarin after this lesson than you did 15 minutes ago, so take heart and listen to this podcast on the theory of relativity. And gloat where reasons for gloating can be found. Einstein couldn't speak Chinese. That two-year old can't tie his shoe. So there.
Sun Mar 16 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
爱因斯坦 Aìyīnsītǎn Einstein
相对论 xiāngduìlùn theory of relativity
谢 xiè to wither
耍贫嘴 shuǎ pínzuǐ to sweet talk
你终于来了啊！等你等得花儿都谢了。
nǐ zhōngyú lái le a ！děng nǐ děng de huār5 dōu xiè le 。
You finally made it! I've been waiting for you forever.
只晚了几分钟啊。
zhǐ wǎn le jǐ fēnzhōng a 。
I am only a couple of minutes late.
我等你的时候，一分钟就像一小时；你坐在我身边时，一个小时就像一分钟。
wǒ děng nǐ de shíhou ，yī fēnzhōng jiù xiàng yī xiǎoshí ；nǐ zuò zài wǒ shēnbiān shí ，yī ge xiǎoshí jiù xiàng yī fēnzhōng 。
While I am waiting for you, one minute is like one hour. With you sitting right next to me, one hour is like one minute.
你就爱耍贫嘴！
nǐ jiù ài shuǎ pínzuǐ ！
You just love to smooth talk!
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