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I’m not interested in American politics. Quite frankly, I’m with Stanley Bing at Fortune China. Stanley wrote a piece in Chinese entitled 乔已经够多了 (I’ve had enough of Joe).

Me, too.

On a bad day, I’d be less polite and 叫阿祖食屎!

But, like it not, the US is having an election and the rest of the world has little choice but to watch - if not react.

So, how to turn all this into a positive learning experience?
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This video is Unit 4 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video Series. Sound files were extracted from the Foreign Service Institute’s (FSI) Standard Mandarin Chinese. This video is placed in the public domain.

Transcript of video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation

DIALOGUE 1

A: Nĭ jiālide dōngxi dōu dào le ma?
你家里的东西都到了吗？
Have all your household things arrived?

B: Yŏude dào le, yŏude hái méi dào.
有的到了，有的还没到。
Some have arrived, and some haven’t arrived yet.

DIALOGUE 2

A: Zhèxie zázhì nĭ kàn le ma?
这些杂志，你看了吗？
Have you read these magazines?
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This is Unit 3 of the Money Module in our Learn Mandarin Chinese Video series.

Transcript of Mandarin Chinese video in Hanyu Pinyin, Simplified Chinese characters, and English translation
DIALOGUE 1
A: Qĭng nǐ gĕi wo kànkan nèige huāpíng. 请你给我看看那个花瓶。 Please give me that vase to look at.
B: Nĕige? Zhèige lánde, háishi zhèige hóngde?
哪个？这个蓝的，还是这个红的？Which one? This blue one or this red one?
A: Nèi liăngge dōu gĕi wŏ kànkan, hăo ma?
那两个给我看看，好吗？Give me both of them to look at. All right?
B: Hăo. 好 Certainly.
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