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Winter in Australia

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ID: 4030 Intermediate
In this lesson, we learn about making plans for the summer holidays in order to avoid the heat, but also changing your plans at the last moment. Find out why they plan to go to the southern hemisphere, and what the reason is for changing their minds.
Tue Sep 05 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
计划 jìhuà plan
饭店 fàndiàn hotel
讨论 tǎolùn to discuss
一直 yīzhí continuously
我们上次不是计划夏天旅行要去澳洲吗？
wǒmen shàngcì bùshì jìhuà xiàtiān lǚxíng yào qù Àozhōu ma ？
Didn't we plan last time to go travelling in Australia this summer?
是啊，我昨天已经开始看机票跟饭店了，怎么了吗？
shì a ，wǒ zuótiān yǐjīng kāishǐ kàn jīpiào gēn fàndiàn le ，zěnmele ma ？
Yeah, I already started looking at air fares and hotels, what of it?
我一直在想，夏天不就应该去有阳光的地方吗？南半球那时候是冬天...
wǒ yīzhí zài xiǎng ，xiàtiān bù jiù yīnggāi qù yǒu yángguāng de dìfang ma ？nánbànqiú nà shíhou shì dōngtiān ...
I've been thinking, shouldn't we go somewhere sunny in summer? It is winter in the southern hemisphere at that time...
这件事不是上次就讨论过了？是你说要去南半球避暑的。
zhè jiàn shì bùshì shàngcì jiù tǎolùn guò le ？shì nǐ shuō yào qù nánbànqiú bìshǔ de 。
Didn't we discuss this last time? It was you that said you wanted to go to the southern hemisphere to escape the heat.
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