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Rushing To Buy Concert Tickets

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ID: 2718 Upper Intermediate
Listen to a rather nauseating conversation as one friend asks another for a favour...
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
shá what
有话直说 yǒuhuà zhíshuō if you have anything to say, then say it
来这一套 lái zhè yī tào to come with the same old stuff
恶心 ěxīn disgusting
亲爱的小琳,你在做什么呀?
qīn ài de Xiǎo Lín ,nǐ zài zuò shénme ya ?
Xiaolin, darling, what are up to?
你做啥呢,有话直说,少来这一套,怪恶心的。
nǐ zuò shá ne ,yǒuhuà zhíshuō ,shǎolái zhè yī tào ,guài ěxīn de 。
What are you after? If you have something to say, say it, don't come to me with your "darling," it's so sickening.
就是...我想去看的演唱会,下礼拜六要开始售票了...
jiùshì ...wǒ xiǎng qù kàn de yǎnchànghuì ,xià lǐbàiliù yào kāishǐ shòupiào le ...
It's just... I want to go see a concert and tickets go on sale next Saturday...
嗯嗯...然后呢?
ēnēn ...ránhòu ne ?
Yes... And?
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