Intermediate - Where Have All the Videos Gone? (C2101)

A: 现在好多美剧视频在网上不能看了。
xiànzài hǎoduō měijù shìpín zàiwǎngshàng bùnéng kàn le.
Nowadays there are a lot of American TV shows that you can't watch online.
B: 嗯。因为版权问题,他们都不敢放了。
ng4. yīnwèi bǎnquán wèntí, tāmen dōu bùgǎn fàng le.
Yeah. It's a copyright issue. They don't dare to post them.
A: 连优酷上都没有了。
lián Yōukù shàng dōu méiyǒu le.
Even Youku doesn't have them.
B: 优酷上市了,正规了,呵呵。
Yōukù shàngshì le, zhèngguī le, hēhē.
Youku has gone public. It's following the rules. Haha.
A: 那怎么办啊?难道要付费购买?
nà zěnme bàn a? nándào yào fùfèi gòumǎi?
Then what can I do? Do I really need to pay money and buy them?
B: 有一些地方可以免费下载。我都是下载下来看的。
yǒuyīxiē dìfang kěyǐ miǎnfèi xiàzǎi. wǒ dōu shì xiàzǎi xiàlai kàn de.
There are some places where you can download them for free. I've already downloaded and watched some.
A: 真的?怎么下载?
zhēnde? zěnme xiàzǎi?
Really? How did you download them?
B: 用迅雷,BT之类的下载工具。
yòng Xùnléi, BT zhīlèi de xiàzǎi gōngjù.
I used download tools like Xunlei and Bit Torrent.
A: 在什么地方下载呢?
zài shénme dìfang xiàzǎi ne?
And where did you download them?
B: 我一般都是在网上搜下载地址。
wǒ yībān dōu shì zàiwǎngshàng sōu xiàzǎi dìzhǐ.
I usually find the download addresses online.
A: 安全吗?会不会有病毒?
ānquán ma? huì bu huì yǒu bìngdú?
Is it safe? Couldn't there be viruses?
B: 有几个正规的网站还行。
yǒu jǐ gè zhèngguī de wǎngzhàn hái xíng.
There are some more standardized websites that are okay.
A: 什么网站?
shénme wǎngzhàn?
What websites?
B: 这个……我待会儿悄悄告诉你。
zhè gè…… wǒ dāi huǐr qiāoqiāo gàosu nǐ.
Well... I'll wait a bit and tell you secretly.

Key Vocabulary

美剧 měijù American TV show
视频 shìpín video
版权 bǎnquán copyright
不敢 bùgǎn to not dare to do something
fàng to post
连......都...... lián ... dōu ... even
优酷 Yōukù Youku (a Chinese video site)
上市 shàngshì to go public
正规 zhèngguī to follow the rules, to be in accordance with the law
难道 nándào can it be that
付费 fùfèi to pay
购买 gòumǎi to purchase
免费 miǎnfèi free
下载 xiàzǎi to download
迅雷 Xùnléi Xunlei (a Chinese program used for downloading files)
之类 zhīlèi sort of thing
工具 gōngjù tool
一般 yībān usually
sōu to search
地址 dìzhǐ address
安全 ānquán safe
病毒 bìngdú virus
网站 wǎngzhàn website
悄悄 qiāoqiāo quietly
告诉 gàosu to tell

Supplementary Vocabulary

连续剧 liánxùjù TV series
变化 biànhuà to change
标准 biāozhǔn standard
各种各样 gèzhǒnggèyàng every kind
反问句 fǎnwènjù rhetorical question
结果 jiéguǒ result
搜索 sōusuǒ to search
偷偷地 tōutōu de secretly, inconspicuously

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