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@ 31424 Sina's Microblogs
A: 老馬，去踢球嗎？
Lǎo Mǎ， qù tīqiú ma？
Lao Ma, you want to go play some football?
B: 等會兒，我在寫博客。
děng huìr， wǒ zài xiě bókè。
One second, I'm writing a blog post.
A: 都什麼年代了？還寫博客啊？我們都在織圍脖了！
dōu shénme niándài le？ hái xiě bókè a？ wǒmen dōu zài zhī wéibó le！
What decade are you living in? You still write a blog? We're all on Weibo now!
B: 圍脖是什麼東西？
wéibó shì shénme dōngxi？ What's Weibo?
A: 圍脖就是微博，迷你型的博客。
wéibó jiùshì wēibó， mínǐ xíng de bókè。Weibo is a microblog. A type of mini blog.
B: 差不多嘛！只是一個多寫點兒，一個少寫點兒。
chàbuduō ma！ zhǐshì yī ge duō xiě diǎnr， yī ge shǎo xiě diǎnr。
It's all the same! It's just that one is a bit longer, and one is a bit shorter.
A: 不一樣的。博客是寫思想的，微博是分享新鮮事的。
bù yīyàng de。 bókè shì xiě sīxiǎng de， wēibó shì fēnxiǎng xīnxiān shì de。
It's different. Blogs are for writing thoughts. Microblogs are for sharing what's new.
A: 比如，上課很無聊，就寫“上課很無聊，想睡覺！”
bǐrú， shàngkè hěn wúliáo， jiù xiě“ shàngkè hěn wúliáo， xiǎng shuìjiào！”
For example, if you're bored in class, you'd just write: "Class is so boring. I want to sleep!"
A: 買了雙運動鞋，就寫“買了雙運動鞋哦，哈哈哈！”
mǎi le shuāng yùndòngxié， jiù xiě“ mǎi le shuāng yùndòngxié o， hā hā hā！”
Buy a pair of tennis shoes, just write: "I bought a pair of sneakers. Hah-hah-hah!"
A: 還可以分享一下照片。
hái kěyǐ fēnxiǎng yīxià zhàopiānr。You can also share pictures.
B: 哎，挺好玩的！這個微博哪裡有啊？
āi， tǐng hǎowán de！ zhè ge wēibó nǎli yǒu a？
Hey, that's pretty fun! Where can I find this 'microblog'?
A: 新浪上！你趕快註冊一個！
Xīnlàng shàng！ nǐ gǎnkuài zhùcè yī ge！ On Sina! Hurry up and register for one!
---Key Vocabulary---
踢球 tīqiú to kick a ball, to play football/ soccer
博客 bókè blog
都 dōu already
年代 niándài generation, era
織 zhī to knit
圍脖 wéibó Weibo [Sina's microblogging service], large scarf
微博 wēibó microblog
迷你 mínǐ mini
型 xíng type
思想 sīxiǎng thought, ideas, way of thinking
分享 fēnxiǎng to share
新鮮 xīnxiān new and fresh
雙 shuāng pair
運動鞋 yùndòngxié sports shoes, sneakers
照片 zhàopiānr photograph
新浪 Xīnlàng Sina
趕快 gǎnkuài hurry up and...
註冊 zhùcè to register, to sign up
for
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
圍巾 wéijīn scarf
微軟 Wēiruǎn Microsoft
落伍 luòwǔ to be outdated
共享 gòngxiǎng to share together
毛主席思想 Máo zhǔxí sīxiǎng Maoism, the ideas of Chairman Mao
屏蔽 píngbì screen protector
推特 Tuītè Twitter
高科技 gāokējì high-technology
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