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ID: 0215 Upper Intermediate
“CCTV” is all the news here – not the “When Russell Crowe Goes Bad” type of CCTV, but the actual conglomerate of news stations. If you live here, you’ll learn to love it… well, most of it (read: Dashan adverts). So how about a newsworthy lesson in Mandarin Chinese on viewing habits? In this podcast, you’ll learn to talk about the tube, as well as learn how to talk about some current events in Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Aug 15 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
转播 zhuǎnbō to relay
干脆 gāncuì just
形势 xíngshì circumstances
乃至 nǎizhì and even
呀，七点了，我要看中央台的新闻联播了。
yā ，qī diǎn le ，wǒ yào kàn Zhōngyāngtái de xīnwénliánbō le 。
It's 7. I've got to watch the CCTV national news.
不是吧？没想到你这么关心政治。
bù shì ba ？méixiǎngdào nǐ zhème guānxīn zhèngzhì 。
Are you serious? I didn't know that you cared so much about politics.
其实我也不算特别关心。不过每天晚上七点到七点半，各家电视台都在转播中央台的新闻联播，想看别的也不行啊。
qíshí wǒ yě bù suàn tèbié guānxīn 。bùguò měitiān wǎnshang qīdiǎn dào qīdiǎnbàn ，gè jiā diànshìtái dōu zài zhuǎnbō Zhōngyāngtái de xīnwénliánbō ，xiǎng kàn biéde yě bùxíng ā 。
Well, I am not that into it. I watch the news since all the local networks broadcast the CCTV news from 7 to 7:30. You can't watch anything else even if you want to.
那也是。所以通常这时候我就干脆不开电视。
nà yě shì 。suǒyǐ tōngcháng zhè shíhou wǒ jiù gāncuì bù kāi diànshì 。
That's true. That's why I normally just don't watch TV in that time slot.
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