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| Anthony: Hi I am Anthony. |
| Gayle: 大家好，我是Gayle。 |
| Anthony: And Shiyan has one of the best preserved city walls in all of China. |
| Gayle: 城墙。 |
| Anthony: This thing is massive. It was built sturdy and I believe the entire circumference is 8 miles. |
| Gayle: 是嘛？ |
| Anthony: Yes 8 miles and if I want to cover all that distance in one day, I have to get my hands on the bicycle. |
| Gayle: 自行车。 |
| Anthony: And unfortunately the models I am looking at right here I believe are girl’s bicycles. So I have to upgrade to a more manlier version and this one is pretty well built. I was riding this thing to death. |
| Gayle: 现在你在城墙上。 |
| Anthony: Yes I am on the wall riding the bicycle in China one of the best times in my life ever and it’s a little dangerous because you can play chicken with these oncoming cards. |
| Gayle: 你在干嘛？ |
| Anthony: I am actually scoping out these towers that dot the wall every few kilometers. Really great architecture. Now I want to take a peak over the wall and see what’s going on down there. |
| Gayle: 哇，太高了。 |
| Anthony: Now luckily China has KFCs and MacDonald’s at every intersection. Unfortunately they don’t know how to use the crosswalks just yet. I came across this cool little bell, I checked out the structural integrity. Unfortunately I got a little ahead of myself and was foiled by my own hubris. So now I am going to have to go buy a new pair of |
| Gayle: 太阳镜。 |
| Anthony: Yes. Hopefully they will be a little bit more stylish than this pair. I am Anthony. |
| Gayle: 我是Gayle。 |
| Anthony: Coming to you from Shiyan. Make sure you go to chineseclass101.com and sign up for your free lifetime subscription. Bye bye. |
| Gayle: 再见。 |
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