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Trouble with Grades

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ID: 0614 Elementary
Fortunately, ChinesePod won't be sending report cards home to your moms (though we of course would give you all A's!) However, for the millions of Chinese kids in the world, getting good grades can make or break things on the homefront. Listen to this podcast and learn in Mandarin about one poor student's academic angst.
Tue Aug 21 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
死定 sǐ dìng dead; doomed
这次 zhècì this time
考 kǎo to take an exam
差 chà poor
我死定了。
wǒ sǐ dìng le 。
I'm so dead.
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What is it?
我这次考得很差。
wǒ zhècì kǎo de hěn chà 。
I did terribly on the last test.
我也很差。
wǒ yě hěn chà 。
Me too.
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