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Shut down by Pimples

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ID: 1576 Pre Intermediate
Don't you hate it when your internal heat is too high, and you break out? In this Chinese lesson, our tragic heroine suffers that fate and is forced to make a decision: go out with a face covered in unsightly pimples, or just stay home?
Thu Dec 30 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
火锅 huǒguō hot pot
长 zhǎng to grow
痘痘 dòudou pimples, zits
青春痘 qīngchūndòu pimples
喂，萍萍，晚上去吃老北京火锅。
wéi ，Píngping ，wǎnshang qù chī lǎo Běijīng huǒguō 。
Hi, Pingping? We're going to go eat Beijing hot pot tonight.
吃火锅？不行。我脸上长痘痘，不能吃上火的东西。
chī huǒguō ？bùxíng 。wǒ liǎn shàng zhǎng dòudou ，bùnéng chī shànghuǒ de dōngxi 。
Hot pot? Not going to happen. I have some pimples. I can't eat things that will raise my level of internal heat.
那好吧。咱下次再约。
nà hǎo ba 。zán xiàcì zài yuē 。
Oh, OK. Let's get together another time.
亲爱的，我家附近开了一家湘菜馆，听说超好吃。
qīn\'ài de ，wǒ jiā fùjìn kāi le yī jiā xiāngcài guǎn ，tīngshuō chāo hǎochī 。
Honey, a Hunan restaurant opened near my house. I heard it was super tasty.
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