Relax! It's the Summer Vacation
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ID: 2904
Upper Intermediate
After working hard all semester, it can be difficult to relax. Listen as two friends discuss the upcoming summer holiday. For one of them, it is a long overdue break. For the other, it seems like they're not looking forward to it one bit. Tune in to find out why.
Photo by Nick Kenrick
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 幸好 | xìnghǎo | fortunately | |
| 漫长 | màncháng | very long | |
| 盼望 | pànwàng | to hope for | |
| 呆着 | dāizhe | to space out |
耶终于考完啦都快要被考试逼疯了幸好从明天起漫长的暑假就开始咯
yē 耶zhōngyú 终于kǎo 考wán 完la 啦dōu 都kuài 快yào 要bèi 被kǎoshì 考试bīfēng 逼疯le 了xìnghǎo 幸好cóng 从míngtiān 明天qǐ 起màncháng 漫长de 的shǔjià 暑假jiù 就kāishǐ 开始lo 咯
Yay, the exams are finally over! I was almost driven crazy by exams, luckily from tomorrow on, the long summer holiday begins!
难道你就这么盼望放暑假吗两个月的假期难道你就一点都不觉得无聊吗
nándào 难道nǐ 你jiù 就zhème 这么pànwàng 盼望fàng 放shǔjià 暑假ma 吗liǎng ge yuè 两个月de 的jiàqī 假期nándào 难道nǐ 你jiù 就yīdiǎn dōu bù 一点都不juéde 觉得wúliáo 无聊ma 吗
How can you be so excited by the summer holidays? Don't you feel the two month holiday is just a little boring?
在学校呆着我才觉得无聊呢不是上课就是复习要不就是泡图书馆
zài 在xuéxiào 学校dāizhe 呆着wǒ 我cái 才juéde 觉得wúliáo 无聊ne 呢bùshì 不是shàngkè 上课jiùshì 就是fùxí 复习yàobu 要不jiùshì 就是pào 泡túshūguǎn 图书馆
I find zoning out at school more boring, when you're not in class you have to revise, or float stew in the library.
还真没看出来你竟然这么用功听你这么一说我都觉得惭愧
hái 还zhēn 真méi 没kàn chūlái 看出来nǐ 你jìngrán 竟然zhème 这么yònggōng 用功tīng 听nǐ 你zhème 这么yī shuō 一说wǒ 我dōu 都juéde 觉得cánkuì 惭愧
I would never have picked you for such a hard worker. Hearing you talk like this, I feel ashamed.
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