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The Big Deal about Shenzhou 7

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ID: 1031 Upper Intermediate
Going to the moon is soooo passe. Not so! Listen to this podcast and learn more about China's grand plans for outer space. Want to study Mandarin in zero-G? Take your protein pills and put your earphones on! This lesson will teach you in Chinese all about China's plans to be the next ones to take a 'giant leap' for mankind.
Fri Nov 14 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
舱 cāng cabin
稀奇 xīqí unusual
混为一谈 hùnwéiyītán to confuse one thing for another
自豪 zìháo proud
来来来，快来看电视！翟志刚准备出舱了！
lái lái lái ，kuài lái kàn diànshì ！Zhái Zhìgāng zhǔnbèi chūcāng le ！
Come here, look at the TV! Zhai Zhigang is getting ready to leave the spacecraft!
那个镜头有什么稀奇的，不是美国、俄罗斯早在几十年前就已经完成了吗？
nàge jìngtóu yǒu shénme xīqí de ，bù shì Měiguó 、Éluósī zǎo zài jǐshínián qián jiù yǐjīng wánchéng le ma ？
What's so great about that? Didn't America and Russia do that decades ago?
这怎么能混为一谈呢？这是中国的第一次，你作为中国人难道不觉得自豪吗？
zhè zěnme néng hùnwéiyītán ne ？zhè shì Zhōngguó de dì yī cì ，nǐ zuòwéi Zhōngguó rén nándào bù juédé zìháo ma ？
How can you confuse the two things? This is China's first time. Do you mean to say that as a Chinese person you don't feel proud?
自豪当然是自豪，但就是觉得像我一样的普通老百姓，神州七号太空漫游和我也没什么直接关系啊！
zìháo dāngrán shì zìháo ，dàn jiùshì juéde xiàng wǒ yíyàng de pǔtōng lǎobǎixìng ，Shénzhōuqīhào tàikōng mànyóu hé wǒ yě méishénme zhíjiē guānxì a ！
Of course I'm proud. But I feel like, as a common person, there's really no direct connection between me and Shenzhou VII's travels.
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