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Saved by the Gong: Math class

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ID: 0839 Upper Intermediate
You thought the abacus was some sort of Chinese percussion instrument and that the guy in the market sign-languaging you number signals was challenging you to a game of rock, scissors, paper. You didn't take math in China, and you're gonna keep getting outnumbered till you can keep up. In this podcast, get back to remedial class and accomplish the feat of relearning all those math formulas you can't even remember in English.
Wed Apr 02 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
抄 chāo to copy
几何 jǐhé geometry
代数 dàishù algebra
三角形 sānjiǎoxíng triangle
陈磊，让我抄一下数学作业吧。老师待会儿要检查，我一道题都没做。
Chén Lěi ，ràng wǒ chāo yīxià shùxué zuòyè ba 。lǎoshī dāi huìr5 yào jiǎnchá ，wǒ yī dào tí dōu méi zuò 。
Chen Lei, let me copy your math homework, OK? In a little while the teacher is going to check it, and I haven't finished even one of the questions.
不行，老师会发现的。
bù xíng ，lǎoshī huì fāxiàn de 。
No way. The teacher will find out.
我一看到几何、代数就头晕。好哥儿们，你就帮帮我嘛。
wǒ yī kàndào jǐhé 、dàishù jiù tóuyūn 。hǎogēr5men ，nǐ jiù bāng bang wǒ ma 。
The second I see geometry and algebra I get dizzy. Buddy, help me out, will you?
这样吧，你有不懂的地方，我可以教你。
zhèyàng ba ，nǐ yǒu bù dǒng de dìfang ，wǒ kěyǐ jiāo nǐ 。
How about this--the parts you don't understand, I can teach you.
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