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Tropical Fish

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ID: 2427 Upper Intermediate
Who says raising fish is easy? In this lesson, someone is preparing a small aquarium for their apartment. However, getting everything set up properly will take a bit of doing.
Tue Apr 22 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
水族箱 shuǐzúxiāng aquarium
鱼缸 yúgāng fish tank, aquarium
养 yǎng to raise, keep
热带 rèdài tropical
老公，我的水族箱到啦。
lǎogōng ，wǒde shuǐzúxiāng dào la 。
Honey, my aquarium has arrived!
哇，这么大的鱼缸，你想干嘛？
wā ，zhème dà de yúgāng ，nǐ xiǎng gànmá ？
Whoa, that's such a big fish tank! What do you want to do with it?
我要养热带鱼。
wǒ yào yǎng rèdài yú 。
I want to raise tropical fish.
不是吧，你已经养死过很多动物和植物了，这次你又打算谋杀热带鱼啦？
bùshìba ，nǐ yǐjīng yǎng sǐ guo hěn duō dòngwù hé zhíwù le ，zhè cì nǐ yòu dǎsuàn móushā rèdài yú la ？
Seriously? You've already killed so many animals and plants. This time you're planning on murdering tropical fish?
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