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Jan 2020
7m 51s

Should you chase your dreams? 你应该追求你的梦想吗...

JACK
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Vocab and Grammar notes:

对于(something/someone)来说 - in regards to...

对于他来说 - in regards to him


追 求 zhui1 qiu2  - pursue/chase

梦想 meng4 xiang3 - dream (eg. what you want to do)

鼓励 gu3 li4 - encourage

童年 tong2 nian2 - childhood

太空 tai4 kong1 -  outer space

身体素质 shen1 ti3 su4 zhi4 - composition of one's body eg. strong or weak

西方国家 xi1 fang1 guo2 jia1 - The West (of countries eg. USA etc.)

差不多就是这样 cha4 bu5 duo1 jiu4 shi4 zhe4 yang4 - pretty much like that 

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