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English Audio Request

PowerfulJapanese
262 Words / 4 Recordings / 5 Comments
Note to recorder:

Hi, I am Melody, a Japanese living in Shanghai. Every Saturday and Sunday, I go out with my 6 yr. old son (Blue Sky) to speak English with travelers in the parks. These are the material I make for my son. Thank you so much! You may see our video through http://www.PowerfulLife.com/bluesky

Hi, my name is Blue Sky, What's your name?
Hi, my name is Melody.
How are you doing!
Ok. How you doin' ?
Very well.

Can you speak Chinese? I am going to teach 3 simple Chinese words to 10,000 foreigners on the street. It's 100% free.
Ok! Teach me please.

Let's start with the phrase ‘How much’. ‘How much’in Chinese is ‘Duo shao qian’, say ‘Duo shao qian’loudly please.
Duo shao qian
Great! You have a talent for learning Chinese.

Ok, Let's continue. ‘Can I get a discount’in Chinese is ‘Pian yi yi dian ba’
say ‘Pian yi yi dian ba’loudly please.
Pian yi yi dian ba
Great! You are one of my best students.

‘I love you’in Chinese is ‘Wo ai ni’. Say ‘Wo ai ni’loudly please.
Wo ai ni!
Don't use this phrase too often, it's too powerful.

By the way, where are you from?
I am from Iceland.
Your neighboring countries are Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Now I am going to ask you some simple questions on math
to find out whether you were good at school or not.
What's 2 plus 8 ?
It's 10.
Great!

What's 16 minus 10 ?
It's 6.
Great

What's 6 times 7 ?
It's 42.
Great

What's 16 divided by 4 ?
It's 4.
Great

It's nice talking to you. This is my card. Some useful Chinese phrases are printed on it.
It might be helpful for you to make friends in China.
Let's take a picture together.
I wish you enough. Someday, somewhere I will see you again. Goodbye!

Recordings

Comments

jrs1
April 23, 2012

I hope you like my recording. There was one sentence that I had a problem with, however. "I wish you enough" doesn't make sense in English. We would say "I wish you all the best"

PowerfulJapanese
April 23, 2012

Hi,jrs1, your recording is very good. I like it very much. We are going to listen it again and again and then we will talk to travels on the street. Thank you and wish you all the best.

bananaman
April 25, 2012

@PowerfulJapanese: could you pronounce those 3 chinese phrases for us please?? thanks

lapine
April 26, 2012

@bananaman: it's amazing that you finished such a long record without a mistake. i really admire your patient.

bananaman
April 26, 2012

@lapine: awwww...thx lapine! ;)

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