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Travelling 1: Key Words of The Day
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Travelling 1
Yajie: As you heard in key words of the day, 北京有哪些景点?(Bei3jing1 you3 na3xie1
jing3dian3?)What are the sights to see in Beijing?
Cam: 北京有哪些景点?(Bei3jing1 you3 na3xie1 jing3dian3?)
YJ: 北京(Bei3jing1) is the mandarin for Beijing.
Cam: 北京(Bei3jing1)
YJ: 有 (you3), the third tone, means there is something .
Cam: 有 (you3)
YJ: 哪些 (na3xie1), which ones.
Cam: 哪些 (na3xie1)
YJ: 景点 (jing3dian3) is scenic spot.
Cam: 景点 (jing3dian3)
YJ: 北京有哪些景点?(Bei3jing1 you3 na3xie1 jing3dian3?)
Cam: 北京有哪些景点?(Bei3jing1 you3 na3xie1 jing3dian3?)What are the sights to see in
Beijing?
Conversation1:
Cam: Yajie, what’s the Chinese for the Great Wall? I know I’ve heard it many times, but I
forget!
YJ: The Great Wall is definitely a place visitors must see. It’s pronounced 长城。
(Chang2cheng2)
Cam: 长城。(Chang2cheng2)
YJ: Yes. 长(chang2) means long and 城(cheng2) is wall. Together it’s 长城(Chang2cheng2).
Cam: 长城(Chang2cheng2)
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YJ: You know, The Great Wall of China, also known as the Great Wall of 10000 Li or about
5000 km, was enlisted as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987. It’s one of the seven
modern wonders of the world.
Cam: Great! Also I’d like to visit the Forbidden City.
YJ: Forbidden City in Chinese is 故宫 (Gu4gong1) .
Cam: 故宫(Gu4gong1) and another on my list is the Summer Palace.
YJ: It’s 颐和园(Yi2he2yuan2), the Summer Palace.
Cam: 颐和园(Yi2he2yuan2).
YJ: and 颐和园(Yi2he2yuan2) is the largest imperial garden in China.
Cam: Great! I just can’t wait to visit it .Now yajie, the Great Wall is 长城。(Chang2cheng2);
Forbidden City is 故宫 (Gu4gong1), and the Summer Palace is 颐和园(Yi2he2yuan2), right?
YJ: Very good.
Conversation2:
Conversation3:
Cam: We’ve run out of time already – so let’s get to our question of the day. How do you
say “You must visit the Summer Palace” in Chinese?
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