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Upper-Intermediate - Betrothal Gifts and Dowries, OhMy!(D2384)A:

XioZhng cng loji hulai laXiao Zhang, you're back from your hometown!

B: sh ya w hi cng loji di le dinr tchn ji fngzi chfngqng dji chngchangYeah. I also brought some specialties back from my hometown. I putthem in the kitchen. Everyone please have a try.

A: xixie laThanks!

C: XioZhng n zh c gn npngyou hu loji dnghn de shrznmeyng leXiao Zhang, you went back to your hometown with your girlfriendthis time. How did the wedding arrangements go?

B: qundu godng la xixie dji gunxnEverything is set. Thanks for your concern, everyone.

C: iy gngx gngx guibude n knqli nme jngshn

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Hey! Congrats! No wonder you seem to be in such good spirits.A:

nmen nl yo byo cil h jizhuang Where you're from do you need to give a dowry or betrothal gifts?

B: yo bgu w de wili lozhngren tbi tngqngdl t shucil gi dushao du xng jish g ysh doshhou t zi giwmen dng jizhuang pi hulaiYes. However, my future father-in-law is very sensible. He sayshowever much the betrothal gift is is fine. It's just a formality. Whenthe time comes, he'll give it back to us as a dowry.

C: n zhn sh tng kimng de w tngshu zi yuxi dfang cilyode tbi go ji ynwi cil zh shr node xiolingkufnshu de du yuThat's really very enlightened. I've heard in some places betrothalgifts are really expensive. And because the betrothal gifts are such anordeal, it causes the couple to get so annoyed that they split up.

A: n sh yqin xinzi ddu du sh gn XioZhng zhyng decil jish ysi yxi piji deshhou zi pi hulai gi xiolingkudng qdng zjnThat was before. Nowadays most people are like Xiao Zhang. Thebetrothal gift is just a gesture. When giving a dowry, it's all given backand given to the newlyweds as a gift to start their lives together.


B: ykish w y jnzhng ne bgu w yuf yum du sh tbiho de rn tmen shu cil shnmede b zhngyo zuzhngyo de sh ling ge rn zhnxn xingiAt the beginning I was really nervous, but my father andmother-in-law were really nice people. They said, whatever thebetrothal gift is isn't important. The most important thing is that youtwo really love each other.

C: zh hu shude du n wmen ji dng zhe h xji laThat's exactly right. Then we're waiting to toast your wedding!

B: ydng ydngOf course! Of course!

Key Vocabulary loji hometown tchn special local product dnghn to be engaged to marry godng to set gngx congratulations guibude no wonder cil betrothal gift jizhuang dowry lozhngren father-in-law tngqngdl to be reasonable


ysh ceremony kimng open-minded xiolingku a couple without

children piji dowery qdng to start up zjn capital yuf wife's father,

father-in-law yum wife's mother,

mother-in-law xingi mutual love xji wedding toastSupplementary Vocabulary go to do fl law boshu to guard kitng open-minded fngs custom, tradition

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