Day 88 - Being American and/or Chinese
Today we talk about what it means to be American and what it means to be Chinese. We also hear Dongping’s exciting new news!
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Chinese: 作为美国人，意味着什么？(What does it mean to be an American?)
COE: As American, mean what?
Pinyin: Zuòwéi Měiguó rén, yìwèi zhe shénme?
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Chinese: 作为中国人，意味着什么？(What does it mean to be Chinese?)
COE: As Chinese, mean what?
Pinyin: Zuòwéi Zhōngguó rén, yìwèi zhe shénme?
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Chinese: 美国护照
COE: American Passport
Pinyin: Měiguó hùzhào
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Chinese: 美国公民
COE: American citizen
Pinyin: Měiguó gōngmín
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Chinese: 白种人
COE: White grace People
Pinyin: Báizhǒng rén
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Chinese: 白人
COE: White people
Pinyin: Báirén
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Chinese: 黑人
COE: Black people
Pinyin: Hēirén
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Chinese: 黄种人
COE: Yellow grace people
Pinyin: Huángzhǒng rén
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Chinese: 自由，不同的文化，不同的人种，选举
COE: Freedom, different culture, different grace, vote
Pinyin: Zìyóu, bùtóng de wénhuà, bùtóng de rénzhǒng, xuǎnjǔ
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Examples:
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是什么好消息？(Shì shénme hǎo xiāoxī?)
[What is the good news?]
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我的好消息是我成为美国公民。(Wǒ de hǎo xiāoxī shì wǒ chéngwéi Měiguó gōngmín.)
[My good news is that I became an American citizen.]
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A: 你是哪国人？(Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?)
[What is your nationality?]
B: 我是美国人。(Wǒ shì Měiguó rén.)
[I am an American.]
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A: 东萍，你是哪国人？(Dōngpíng, nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?)
[Dongping, what is your nationality?]
B: 我是美国人。(Wǒ shì Měiguórén.)
[I am an American.]
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淼乐，你的故事是什么? (Miǎoyuè, nǐ de gùshi shì shénme?)
[Miaoyue, what is your story of being an American?]
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旅游(Lǚyóu)
[Travel]
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你有美国护照吗？(Nǐ yǒu Měiguó hùzhào ma?)
[Do you have an American passport?]
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六到八周(Liù dào bā zhōu)
[Six to eight weeks.]
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还有什么？(Háiyǒu shénme?)
[Anything else?]
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作为一个美国人，你有很多自由。(Zuòwéi yī ge Měiguórén, nǐ yǒu hěnduō zìyóu.)
[Being an American, you have many freedoms.]
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自由，不同的文化，自然的美丽 (Zìyóu, bùtóng de wénhuà, zìrán de měilì)
[Freedom, different culture, natural beauty.]
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这是我的照片。(Zhèshì wǒ de zhàopiàn.)
[This is my picture.]
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你周末做什么了？(Nǐ zhōumò zuò shénme le?)
[What did you do last weekend?]
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最多的是墨西哥人和越南人。(Zuì duō de shì Mòxīgērén hé Yuènánrén)
[Most of them are from
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A:谢谢你们，再见！(Xièxie nǐmen, zàijiàn)
[Thank you, bye!]
B: 再见！(Zàijiàn)
[Bye!]
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Posted by stephen on December 14th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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