Girl's Summer

We don’t know if you heard, but “Word on the Street” (shameless co-promo there) is that Beijing’s got the Olympics here in 2008. So we thought we’d make sure you can hold your own in a conversation with a Beijingerrrr (those “r’s” will make sense when you come)—or anyone, for that matter—about the Big Games.
In this premiere lesson we teach “Olympics” and “players,” and if you’re lucky, Jenny will be honest about her “shot-put” background.

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chinesepod344_A114_20060910.mp3(8.33mb)

Supplementary vocab for this lesson:

运动会 (yùndònghuì) game, sports meet
2008 年北京奥运会 (2008nián Běijīng Àoyùnhuì) 2008 Beijing Olympics
志愿者 (zhìyuàn zhě) volunteer
看奥运会 /看奥运 (kàn Àoyùnhuì) watch the Olympics
去看奥运会 (qù kàn Àoyùnhuì) go to watch the Olympics
我要去看奥运会。 (Wǒ yào qù kàn Àoyùnhuì.) I’ll go to watch the Olympics.
你想去看奥运会吗？ (Nǐ xiǎng qù kàn Àoyùnhuì ma?) Do you want to go to watch the Olympics?
最喜欢 (zuì xǐhuān) like best
我最喜欢……。 (Wǒ zuì xǐhuān) I like……best.
北京欢迎你！ (Běijīng huānyíng nǐ!) Beijing welcomes you!