| A | 底特律是不是很破？ |
| Dǐtèlǜ shì bu shì hěn pò?
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| Is Detroit really run down? |
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| B | 怎么会？它可是美国的汽车城，大的车厂都在那儿。 |
| zénme huì? tā kě shì Měiguó de qìchē chéng, dà de chē chǎng dōu zài nàr.
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| How could that be? It is America's automobile manufacturing center. The big factories are all there. |
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| A | 那是以前。现在好多车厂都搬走了。所以好多人失业。 |
| nà shì yǐqián. xiànzài hǎo duō chē chǎng dōu bānzǒu le. suǒyǐ hǎo duō rén shīyè.
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| That was before. Now a lot of automobile factories have moved. So a lot of people there are unemployed. |
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| B | 你对底特律有偏见吧？ |
| nǐ duì Dǐtèlǜ yǒu piānjiàn ba?
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| You're a little prejudiced against Detroit, aren't you? |
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| A | 没有，我说的是事实。 |
| méiyǒu, wǒ shuō de shì shìshí.
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| It's not that at all. I am just speaking the truth. |
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| B | 你知道底特律还是音乐城吗？ |
| nǐ zhīdào Dǐtèlǜ hái shì yīnyuè chéng ma?
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| Did you know that Detroit is also a musical city? |
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| A | 是吗？ |
| shì ma?
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| Really? |
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| B | 那儿六十年代是美国的流行音乐中心。 |
| nàr liùshí niándài shì Měiguó de liúxíng yīnyuè zhōngxīn.
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| In the 1960s it was the center of American pop music. |
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| A | 真没想到。 |
| zhēn méixiǎngdào.
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| I didn't realize that. |
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| B | 而且城市还挺漂亮呢。有机会，我想去看看。 |
| érqiě chéngshì hái tǐng piàoliang ne. yǒujīhuì, wǒ xiǎng qù kàn kan.
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| Plus the city is quite beautiful. If I have the chance, I would like to go have a look. |
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| A | 我可不想去。 |
| wǒ kě bù xiǎng qù.
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| I don't want to go at all. |
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