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ID: 0867 Upper Intermediate
Reasons to do yoga: 1) leisure suits are so fashionable these days; 2) get to wear said leisure suit and lay around on mats listening to relaxing waterfall music; 3) body flexibility lends dexterity for crowded line 1 subway transfer maneuvers. So many reasons to learn! So slip on your Lululemon, stretch out your mouth, and hit the Mandarin yoga studio in this podcast.
Wed Apr 30 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
练 liàn to practice; to train
瑜伽 yújiā yoga
专利 zhuānlì monopoly
大师 dàshī master
我们一起去练瑜伽吧。我几个朋友练了，效果可好了！
wǒmen yīqǐ qù liàn yújiā ba 。wǒ jǐ ge péngyou liàn le ，xiàoguǒ kě hǎo le ！
Let's go do Yoga together. I have many friends who do it, and the results are fabulous!
女孩子练练是不错，我一个大男人，怎么能练这个？
nǚháizi liàn lian shì bùcuò ，wǒ yī ge dà nánrén ，zěnme néng liàn zhège ？
It's fine for a woman to do it, but I'm a big guy. How could I possibly do it?
瑜伽又不是女人的专利，大师基本上都是男的。哎，那天我拿了一张广告，你看。
yújiā yòu bù shì nǚrén de zhuānlì ，dàshī jīběn shang dōu shì nán de 。āi ，nàtiān wǒ ná le yī zhāng guǎnggào ，nǐ kàn 。
Yoga is most definitely not only for women--most of the masters are men. The other day I grabbed this pamphlet, take a look.
哇，这个人扭成这样。盘腿，手掌支撑全身，不难受啊？
wā ，zhège rén niǔ chéng zhèyàng 。pántuǐ ，shǒuzhǎng zhīchēng quánshēn ，bù nánshòu a ？
Wow, look how twisted up that person is. Their legs are crossed, and their whole body is propped up on their hands. Doesn't that hurt?
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