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@ 20500 Traveling around China
A* 好久不見,你去哪兒了?*
* hǎojiǔbùjiàn, nǐ qù nǎr le? *
* Long time no see. Where did you go?*
B* 去中國旅行了,昨天剛回來。*
* qù Zhōngguó lǚxíng le, zuótiān gāng huílai. *
* I went traveling in China. I just got back yesterday.*
A* 中國好玩嗎?*
* Zhōngguó hǎowán ma? *
* Is China fun?*
B* 非常不錯,比我想象的還好。*
* fēicháng bùcuò, bǐ wǒ xiǎngxiàng de háihǎo. *
* It was really quite good--even better than I had pictured.*
A* 那你去了哪些城市?*
* nà nǐ qù le nǎxiē chéngshì? *
* So which cities did you go to?*
B* 北京,上海,西安,桂林等等。*
* Běijīng, Shànghǎi, Xī'ān, Guìlín děngděng. *
* Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Guilin, etc.*
A* 真羨慕你。有機會我也要去玩玩。*
* zhēn xiànmù nǐ. yǒu jīhuì wǒ yě yào qù wánwan. *
* I really envy you. If I have the opportunity I also want to go.*
Key Vocabulary* *
好玩* hǎowán* fun
比* bǐ* in comparison with
想象* xiǎngxiàng* to imagine
等等* děngděng* et cetera
羨慕* xiànmù* to envy
有機會* yǒu jīhuì* to have an opportunity
Supplementary Vocabulary* *
親眼* qīnyǎn* with one's own eyes
親眼看看* qīnyǎn kànkan* to have a look with one's own eyes
難忘* nánwàng* memorable
捨不得* shěbude* to be unwilling to part with
自助遊* zìzhùyóu* travel outside of a tour group
旅行團* lǚxíngtuán* tour group
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