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Teaching English to the Neighbors

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ID: 1842 Intermediate
Foreigners are generally treated in a very friendly manner by the Chinese, but those friendly gestures are sometimes followed by a request: teach me English! In this lesson, we join one such soul in several encounters as he explains why he really isn't the best one to be teaching anyone English.
Mon Jan 09 2012 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
搬 bān to move
就 jiù just
楼上 lóushàng upstairs
教 jiāo to teach
哎，你好，你是刚搬来的吧？
ài ，nǐhǎo ，nǐ shì gāng bān lái de ba ？
Oh, hello. Did you just move in?
对。
duì 。
Yep.
我就住在你楼上。哎，你能不能教我女儿学英语？
wǒ jiù zhù zài nǐ lóushàng 。ài ，nǐ néng bu néng jiāo wǒ nǚ\'ér xué yīngyǔ ？
I live upstairs. Hey, could you teach my daughter English?
那个，我工作很忙，可能没时间。
nà ge ，wǒ gōngzuò hěn máng ，kěnéng méi shíjiān 。
Um, I'm very busy with work. I don't really have time.
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