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ID: 1424 Intermediate
First there was blogging, then there was microblogging. Your life in 140 characters or less! Tune in to today's lesson on social media to learn more about this technical trend in China.
Wed May 26 2010 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
踢球 tīqiú to kick a ball, to play football/ soccer
博客 bókè blog
都 dōu already
年代 niándài generation, era
老马，去踢球吗？
Lǎo Mǎ ，qù tīqiú ma ？
Lao Ma, you want to go play some football?
等会儿，我在写博客。
děng huìr ，wǒ zài xiě bókè 。
One second, I'm writing a blog post.
都什么年代了？还写博客啊？我们都在织围脖了！
dōu shénme niándài le ？hái xiě bókè a ？wǒmen dōu zài zhī wéibó le ！
What decade are you living in? You still write a blog? We're all on Weibo now!
围脖是什么东西？
wéibó shì shénme dōngxi ？
What's Weibo?
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