Intermediate - Singapore A:

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w o hao z enmey` ang, X njiap an ma? What do you think, is Singapore fun?

B:

` a ` luhu ` tai ` bang ` le, ganj` ao. zhende b` ng de b` zhen ucuo. u udeli guoji a. an sh` huayu Its pretty good. The greenery is really amazing, and its incredibly clean. It really is the garden country.

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` e hao. zh` y t ngshuo an e tebi Ive heard that personal security is also especially good.

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` shang ` de guoji a ` e sh` le. bany` ng, guj` sh` jie zu` anqu an ta ` jie ` dou ` a. ` shang b` z ou zai y dianr u haip Uh-huh, I would say its the safest country in the world. You can walk around on the streets in the middle of the night and dont feel afraid at all.

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` xiao le. n ` de shenghu wuli ma? jiush` juede nali o ` tai ao

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The only thing is that its too small. Do you think living there is boring?

B:

xiao, dan ` y ` sh` ` , y en, m su ran nwei duo nzu ou huar shehu` ai ren, Y` hai y duo ` ged` ` qu sh` Mal ndu ou hao jie ` ren, ` gong ` huozh ` e luy suoy X y . o hen zuo u njiap ou huol` ou de ren, Although its small, there are a lot of ethnic groups; there are Chinese people, Malaysians, Indians. Plus, there are people from all over the world there for work or tourism, so Singapore is really vibrant.

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` rugu changq ` nar, ` k wuli b` uguo zhuz eneng hu` y ouxie o ` ai ao duo dou ` ch y ` e. ` ren shuo nali ba. du` le, hen hen ou tes But if you live there for a long time, it could get a little boring. Oh yeah, a lot of people say that the food there is really unique.

B:

e tebi ` e duo. e zu` ` lubi erqi zai du` , xuanz haoch de dou ` an an, ` y` de xiaodi ou pianyi y` ou hao.

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Yes, there is so much to choose from. Plus, the best food is from the small shops on the side of the road. They are cheap and good.

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d` ` n ou ch anj f` k end` ng y e hen dao. y oumeiy hain an ? It also must be really authentic. Did you eat Hainan Chicken Rice?

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lo! zhende xian. hai ch wo uji pangdangr an hen le heih ao ` nage ` ` ` X ch ` o cai xie, weidao , zh y ou zai njiap dedao. Of course! Its really delicious. I also ate Black Pepper Crab. You can only get that avor in Singapore.

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w n ai, qu an le ? ` nar Hey, where did you go for fun?

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dou gei n ` zhaopi ` an ` ba. qu oum ng de j ngdian kan y ` le . wo We went to all the famous sites. Ill show you the pictures.

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a. hao

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Sure. Key Vocabulary

o X njiap ` ` luhu u a ng ganj` zh` an guj` anqu an ` e bany` m nzu en huar air en mal y` ndur ` en huol` changq ` e ` tes

Singapore green space clean public security to estimate safe midnight ethnic group Chinese people Malaysian people Indian people vigor; energy long-term characteristic
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lubi ` an ` d` dao zh y ou j ngdian

roadside authentic only have scenic spot

Supplementary Vocabulary

y m n liuxu e y ouhao duanq

to emigrate to study abroad friendly short-term

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