EP145 赏秋 Enjoy the autumn days

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Dialogue:

 

A：秋高气爽，我们去郊游吧！

 

Qiū gāo qì shuǎng ，wǒ men qù jiāo yóu ba ！

 

The weather in autumn days is so pleasant! Let’s hang out together!

 

B：好啊，你想去哪里赏秋？

 

Hǎo ā ，nǐ xiǎng qù nǎ lǐ shǎng qiū ？

 

Sure, wher do you want to go？

 

A：爬香山看红叶？还是去长城徒步？

 

Pá xiāng shān kàn hóng yè ？Hái shì qù cháng chéng tú bù ?

 

How about climbing the Xiangshan mountain and enjoy the red autumnal leaves?

 

Or shall we hike the Great Wall?

 

B：我更想去长城徒步。

 

Wǒ gèng xiǎng qù cháng chéng tú bù 。

 

I prefer to hike the Great Wall.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【秋高气爽】qiū gāo qì shuǎng：The autumn sky is clear and the air is crisp.

 

【郊游】jiāo yóu：hang out; outing

 

【赏秋】shǎng qiū : enjoy autumn days

 

【爬】pá：climb

 

【红叶】hóng yè: red (autumn) leaves

 

【或者】huò zhě：or

 

【长城】cháng chéng：the Great Wall

 

【徒步】tú bù：hiking