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Yang Jie's Diary: Everyone Is Dating

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ID: 0642 Elementary
Here is a Mandarin Chinese lesson to take you back to the simpler days of ugly boys, teenage angst and unrequited crushes. Yes, come with us as we sneak a peek at young Yang Jie's Diary (you know you want to). If the content doesn't sound juicy yet, listen as things unfold... if a Canadian businessman can get knocked off by ninjas, anything could be around the corner for naive Yang Jie.
Tue Sep 18 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
大学 dàxué university
谈恋爱 tán liàn ài to date
但是 dànshì but
班 bān class
大学里每个人都在谈恋爱。
dàxué lǐ měi ge rén dōu zài tán liàn ài 。
Every person in the university is dating.
但是我们班的男生太丑了，都是书呆子。
dànshì wǒmen bān de nánshēng tài chǒu le ，dōu shì shūdāizi 。
But the boys in our class are too ugly, and are all bookworms.
特别是王伟。
tèbié shì Wáng Wěi 。
Especially Wang Wei.
除了读书，什么都不知道。
chúle dúshū ，shénme dōu bù zhīdào 。
He doesn't know anything but studying.
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