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ID: 1719 Intermediate
Although it may not be as common a sight in China as certain other electronic products, the Kindle is a handy little device not unknown in the Middle Kingdom. Learn the Chinese to introduce your (not-so-shiny) e-book reader (and we hope you're not studying this lesson from a paper printout).
Wed Jul 20 2011 | Dilu, John
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东西 dōngxi thing
电子书 diànzǐshū e-book
刚 gāng just recently
看起来 kàn qǐlái to appear, to seem
哎，你这是什么东西啊？
āi ，nǐ zhè shì shénme dōngxi a ？
Hey, what do you have here?
Kindle！
Kindle ！
A Kindle!
Kindle?干什么用的？
Kindle ?gàn shénme yòng de ？
A Kindle? What do you do with it?
看电子书的啊！我刚买的。
kàn diànzǐshū de a ！wǒ gāng mǎi de 。
Read e-books! I just bought it.
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