Learn about riding bicycles in Beijing
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| Anthony: Hi I am Anthony. |
| Echo: 大家好，我是Echo. |
| Anthony: And today, we have a very exciting bicycle adventure. |
| Echo: Exactly. |
| Anthony: From the tough streets of Beijing. |
| Echo: Beijing people love bicycles. |
| Anthony: I think everybody in China loves bicycles. I think everybody has a Chinese bicycle story. |
| Echo: Yeah. How about yours? |
| Anthony: Mine, I actually blew through 2 bicycles in three days. |
| Echo: Wow! |
| Anthony: And bicycles here, they don’t break, they explode. Pedals flying off, chain snapping. |
| Echo: And [*] |
| Anthony: Seats coming undone. It’s just a nightmare. Today we went and rented a bicycle. |
| Echo: Exactly 租车 |
| Anthony: And here Echo is signing her life away and we have to follow all these rules. |
| Echo: Lot of rules. |
| Anthony: So many rules and how much was it just for a deposit. |
| Echo: 400 quay for [*] |
| Anthony: Well I hope this is worth it. And what is this lady doing? |
| Echo: She is 打气 |
| Anthony: Pumping air. She is doing it very power and enthusiasm. |
| Echo: Yeah but I got a nice bike anyway. |
| Anthony: Yeah it looks really good. You got a good combo, beautiful Echo, beautiful bicycle. |
| Echo: Thank you. |
| Anthony: And where are we at right now? |
| Echo: We are on 鬼街. Quite near to our studio. |
| Anthony: Yes. Some very delicious restaurants very near to where we work. It’s dangerous. |
| Echo: Hot place. |
| Anthony: And what is this? Echo, I know you don’t like it. |
| Echo: I hate that thing. |
| Anthony: Why do you hate them? |
| Echo: Because they are silent and fast. |
| Anthony: And they hit you and you don’t even know that they are coming. |
| Echo: Right. |
| Anthony: And we move locations. This is actually also in the neighborhood. |
| Echo: And this is a beautiful 胡同 |
| Anthony: Yes one of the classy Beijing neighborhoods. |
| Echo: It is called 南锣鼓巷 |
| Anthony: 南锣鼓巷 is cool because you can pop wheelies and you can also go to a café, very, very good. |
| Echo: Yes yeah lovely cafés. |
| Anthony: And if you want to hear more about bicycle adventures or if you want to tell your bicycle story, go to |
| Echo: chineseclass101.com |
| Anthony: See you there. |
| Echo: Bye bye. |
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