Watching a DVD
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ID: 0432
Intermediate
Not to say that version of “Ben-Hur” picturing Jack Black isn’t of reputable quality, but the DVD talk is bound to happen. Real vs. fake, subtitles, and more. We’d like you to be able to join said conversations in Mandarin Chinese, but that means you’ll need to listen to this podcast.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 张 | zhāng | [measure word] | |
| 碟 | dié | DVD | |
| 越狱 | yuèyù | prison break | |
| 正 | zhèng | currently |
你想看哪张碟？
nǐ xiǎng kàn nǎ zhāng Dié？
Which DVD would you like to watch?
看《越狱》吧。
kàn《 yuèyù》 ba。
Let’s watch “Prison Break.”
好的，我也正想看这部呢。上次买了张盗版碟，画面太模糊了，害得我实在看不下去。
hǎo de，wǒ yě zhèng xiǎng kàn zhè bù ne。shàngcì mǎi le zhāng dàobǎn dié，huàmiàn tài móhu le，hài de wǒ shízài kàn bù xiàqu。
OK. I was just thinking I’d like to watch that too. Last time I bought a pirated DVD the picture was too fuzzy. It was so bad that I couldn’t even watch it.
那这次你买的不会也是盗版的吧？
nà zhècì nǐ mǎi de bùhuì yě shì dàobǎn de ba？
So, the one you bought this time isn’t also a pirated one then, is it?
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