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ID: 2692 Intermediate
I'm sure we've all dreamed of quitting our jobs, moving to the country and living off the land. In today's podcast we talk about organic farms, working the land and livestock that starts to look very yummy after a bit of manual labour.
Tue May 12 2015 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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有机肥 yǒujīféi organic fertilizer
用来 yònglái to be used for
种 zhòng to plant
完 wán to finish
来！帮我把这个搬下车。
lái ！bāng wǒ bǎ zhè ge bān xiàchē 。
Come! Help me unload this from the car.
嘿呦！这什么？好重！有机肥？用来做什么？
hēiyōu ！zhè shénme ？hǎo zhòng ！yǒujīféi ？yònglái zuò shénme ？
Ah! What is this? It's very heavy! Organic fertilizer? What is this for?
肥料当然是用来种菜啦。还没完，跟我一块儿把这些肥料和种子搬到前面那个园子去。
féiliào dāngrán shì yònglái zhòng cài la 。hái méi wán ，gēn wǒ yíkuàir5 bǎ zhèxiē féiliào hé zhǒngzǐ bān dào qiánmian nàge yuánzi qù 。
For planting vegetables of course. We're not done yet. Help me bring this fertilizer and these seeds to the garden out front.
哦！这就是你的菜园啊？你真的不做工程师，跑来种菜。
ò ！zhè jiùshì nǐ de càiyuán ā ？nǐ zhēn de bú zuò gōngchéngshī ，pǎo lái zhòng cài 。
Oh! This is your vegetable garden? So you're really quitting your job as an engineer and planting vegetables instead.
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