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EP138 中秋节 Mid-autumn festival

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EP138 中秋节 Mid-autumn festival

EP138 中秋节 Mid-autumn festival

  • Chinese 101: Talk about the plan for mid-autumn festival

  • Grammar: Opportune timing with "chen 趁"

  • Language Tips:Things you need to know about 中秋节

  • Song: 《但愿人长久》邓丽君 Wishing We Last Forever by Teresa Teng

Dialogue:

A:今年的中秋节你打算怎么过?

Jīn nián de zhōng qiū jiē nǐ dǎ suàn zěn me guò?

What’s your plan for this year’s mid-autumn festival?

B:当然是回家和父母吃团圆饭了,你呢?

Dāng rán shì huí jiā hé fù mǔ chī tuán yuán fàn le ,nǐ ne?

Of course I will go back home and have dinner with my parents, how about you?

A:我想趁着放假去旅行。

Wǒ xiǎng chèn zhe fàng jià qù lǚ xíng 。

I want to travel during the vacation.

Words & Expressions:

【今年】jīn nián:this year

【中秋节】zhōng qiū jiē: mid-autumn festival

【打算】dǎ suàn: plan

【回家】huí jiā: go home

【父母】fù mǔ: parents 

【团圆】tuán yuán: reunion, get together

【趁着】chèn zhe: while, under the cover of

【放假】fàng jià: holiday

【旅行】lǚ xíng: travel

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EP138 中秋节 Mid-autumn festival

Hosts: Niu Honglin & Jessica & Carl

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