Intermediate - Trip to Harbin (C2123)

A: 哎,你们在看什么?
āi, nǐmen zài kàn shénme?
Hey, what are you all looking at?
B: 我们在看文君在哈尔滨拍的照片。
wǒmen zài kàn Wénjūn zài Hāěrbīn pāi de zhàopiàn.
We are looking at pictures that Wen Jun took in Harbin.
A: 我也要看,我也要看。
wǒ yě yào kàn, wǒ yě yào kàn.
I want to see them too!
C: 你们看,这是中央大街。
nǐmen kàn, zhè shì Zhōngyāng dàjiē.
You see, this is Central Avenue
A: 哎,他们的房子很特别。
āi, tāmen de fángzi hěn tèbié.
Hey, their houses are really unique.
C: 他们离俄罗斯很近,所以有很多俄罗斯风格的建筑。你们看这张照片,就是著名的索菲亚教堂。
tāmen lí éluósī hěn jìn, suǒyǐ yǒu hěn duō éluósī fēnggé de jiànzhù. nǐmen kàn zhè zhāng zhàopiàn, jiùshì zhùmíng de Suǒfēiyà jiàotáng.
They are very close to Russia, so they have a lot of Russian style architecture. Look at this picture. It's the famous St. Sophia Cathedral.
B: 哇,真漂亮!
wā, zhēn piàoliang!
Wow. It's really pretty!
A: 你看冰雕了吗?
nǐ kàn bīngdiāo le ma?
Did you see the ice sculptures?
C: 当然看了。我去了冰雪大世界,看到了很多冰雕和雪雕。
dāngrán kàn le. wǒ qù le bīngxuě dà shìjiè, kàndào le hěn duō bīngdiāo hé xuědiāo.
Of course I saw them! I went to Harbin Ice and Snow World and I saw a bunch of ice sculptures and snow sculptures.
A: 我也好想去。
wǒ yě hǎo xiǎng qù.
I also really want to go there.
B: 哎,这是什么?
āi, zhè shì shénme?
Hey! What's this?
C: 狗拉雪橇,很好玩儿!
gǒulāxuěqiāo, hěn hǎowánr!
A dogsled! It's a lot of fun.
A: 哎,文君,这张照片上的人是你吗?
āi, Wénjūn, zhè zhāng zhàopiàn shàng de rén shì nǐ ma?
Hey, Wen Jun, is the person in this picture you?
C: 是我啊。
shì wǒ a.
It's me.
B: 天啊,你的头发,眉毛,还有帽子,都结冰了!冷死了吧?
tiān a, nǐ de tóufa, méimao, háiyǒu màozi, dōu jiébīng le! lěng sǐ le ba?
My god! Your hair, your eyebrows, even your hat are all covered in ice! It must have been freezing, right?
C: 还好还好。虽然冷,但是非常值得去。
háihǎo háihǎo. suīrán lěng, dànshì fēicháng zhíde qù.
It was okay. It was cold, but it was really worth going.

Key Vocabulary

哈尔滨 Hāěrbīn Harbin
pāi to take a picture
照片 zhàopiàn photograph
中央大街 Zhōngyāng dàjiē Central Avenue
特别 tèbié unique, special
to be away from
俄罗斯 éluósī Russia
风格 fēnggé style
建筑 jiànzhù architecture
著名 zhùmíng famous
索菲亚教堂 Suǒfēiyà jiàotáng St. Sophia Cathedral
教堂 jiàotáng cathedral, church
冰雕 bīngdiāo ice sculpture
雪雕 xuědiāo snow sculpture
冰雪大世界 bīngxuě dà shìjiè Harbin Ice and Snow World
狗拉雪橇 gǒulāxuěqiāo dogsled
雪橇 xuěqiāo sled
眉毛 méimao eyebrow
结冰 jiébīng to be covered in ice
虽然......但是...... suīrán ... dànshì ... although... but...
值得 zhíde worthwhile

Supplementary Vocabulary

修饰 xiūshì to decorate
有名 yǒumíng famous
值钱 zhíqián valuable
圣人 shèngrén saint
哈尔滨啤酒 Hāěrbīn píjiǔ Harbin beer
哈啤 Hāpí Harbin beer
马拉雪橇 mǎ lā xuěqiāo horse drawn sled, sleigh

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