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fly a kite
放风筝
(fànɡfēnɡzhēnɡ)
A: The weather is really good for flying a kite now.
现在的天气正是放风筝的好时候。
(xiànzài de tiānqì zhènɡshì fànɡfēnɡzhēnɡ de hǎoshíhòu.)
B: Where can you fly one? A few days ago I took my nephew to the Olympic Forest Park. I heard that they don't let you fly kites in parks.
去哪儿放呢?前几天我带着小侄子去奥森,听说公园里不让放风筝。
(qùnǎer fànɡne? qiánjǐtiān wǒdàizhe xiǎozhízi qùàosēn, tīnɡshuō ɡōnɡyuánlǐ búrànɡ fànɡfēnɡzhēnɡ.)
A: In that case, I don't really know. I saw a lot of people flyiing kites when I went to Tiantan Park last weekend.
那我还真不知道。我上周末去天坛公园看到很多人在放。
(nà wǒhái zhēn bùzhīdào. wǒ shànɡzhōumò qùtiāntán ɡōnɡyuán kàndào hěnduō rénz àifànɡ.)
B: Then I'll go and give it a try next weekend. Flying a kite is something I really liked doing as a kid.
那下周末我们也去试试看。放风筝真是我小时候春天最喜欢的活动了。
(nà xiàzhōumò wǒmén yěqù shìshìkàn. fànɡfēnɡzhēnɡ zhēnshì wǒxiǎoshíhòu chūntiān zuìxǐhuān de huódònɡ le.)
A: Yeah. It is also one of my beautiful childhood memories.
是。那也是我美好的童年回忆呀。
(shì. nàyěshì wǒ měihǎo de tónɡnián huíyì ya.)
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