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ID: 1244 Upper Intermediate
Chinese...the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship, ChinesePod. Our never-ending mission: to provide you with the Mandarin you need to communicate with humans all around the galaxy. Tune in to this podcast and make a voyage of linguistic discovery.
Wed Sep 09 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
前线 qiánxiàn front line; frontier
进取号 Jìnqǔhào Starship Enterprise
航行 hángxíng voyage
探索 tànsuǒ exploration
太空，最后的前线，这是进取号的一次航行。它在五年内的任务是探索陌生的世界，寻找新的生命和新的文明，前往人们从未探索过的地方。
tàikōng ，zuìhòu de qiánxiàn ，zhè shì Jìnqǔhào de yī cì hángxíng 。tā zài wǔ nián nèi de rènwu shì tànsuǒ mòshēng de shìjiè ，xúnzhǎo xīn de shēngmìng hé xīn de wénmíng ，qiánwǎng rénmen cóngwèi tànsuǒ guo de dìfang 。
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to seek out new worlds, new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
你又在那儿做《星际迷航》的白日梦啦。
nǐ yòu zài nàr zuò 《Xīngjìmíháng 》de báirìmèng la 。
There you are, day-dreaming about Star Trek again!
老婆，你就跟我一块儿去参加星迷聚会吧！
lǎopó ，nǐ jiù gēn wǒ yīkuàir5 qù cānjiā Xīngmí jùhuì ba ！
Dear, how about coming to the Star Trek convention with me?
我跟你说过多少遍了，这种不切实际的东西，我没兴趣。你自己去好了，干吗非要拉着我？
wǒ gēn nǐ shuō guo duōshǎo biàn le ，zhèzhǒng bù qiè shíjì de dōngxi ，wǒ méi xìngqù 。nǐ zìjǐ qù hǎo le ，gànmá fēi yào lā zhe wǒ ？
How many times have I told you-- I'm not interested in this kind of unrealistic stuff. Go by yourself. Why do you have to drag me along?
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