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.
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 我们shàngcì 上次bùshì 不是jìhuà 计划xiàtiān 夏天lǚxíng 旅行yào qù 要去Àozhōu 澳洲ma 吗
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 是啊wǒ 我zuótiān 昨天yǐjīng 已经kāishǐ 开始kàn 看jīpiào 机票gēn 跟fàndiàn 饭店le 了zěnmele 怎么了ma 吗
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 我yīzhí 一直zài 在xiǎng 想xiàtiān 夏天bù 不jiù 就yīnggāi 应该qù 去yǒu 有yángguāng 阳光de 的dìfang 地方ma 吗nánbànqiú 南半球nà shíhou 那时候shì 是dōngtiān 冬天
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 这jiàn 件shì 事bùshì 不是shàngcì 上次jiù 就tǎolùn 讨论guò 过le 了shì 是nǐ 你shuō 说yào qù 要去nánbànqiú 南半球bìshǔ 避暑de 的
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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