Was It Worth Buying? 这值得买吗？
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ID: 10019
Intermediate
In this lesson, hear a Chinese teenager and her exasperated mum work out who's responsible for the latest blind-box parcel, and learn the tools for talking about online shopping, impulse spending, and recommendation algorithms in Chinese.
Yvonne, Cary
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 普通款 | pǔtōng kuǎn | regular edition | |
| 快递 | kuàidì | parcel, or express delivery | |
| 网购 | wǎnggòu | online shopping | |
| 盲盒 | mánghé | blind box |
……唉，又是普通款。
...Āi, yòu shì pǔtōng kuǎn.
...Sigh, another regular edition.
又是一个快递？这已经第几个了？你最近网购得也太多了吧！
Yòu shì yí ge kuàidì? Zhè yǐjīng dì jǐ ge le? Nǐ zuìjìn wǎnggòu de yě tài duō le ba!
Another parcel? How many is this now? You've been doing way too much online shopping lately!
妈，不是我买的。是奶奶给我买的。
Mā, bú shì wǒ mǎi de. Shì nǎinai gěi wǒ mǎi de.
Mum, I didn't buy it. Grandma bought it for me.
……奶奶？！她为什么会买这个？
...Nǎinai?! Tā wèishénme huì mǎi zhège?
...Grandma?! Why on earth would she buy this?
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