Lesson Nineteen: Reading

They Went to the Chinatown in New York for Fun

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(It) is Saturday today. Renmei Ding and her boyfriend Xueyou Xie went to the Chinatown in New York to have fun. At nine in the morning they took train from New Jersey to New York. First they had morning tea at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. After morning tea, they went to a music shop to buy tapes. Xiao Ding likes music, and also likes to sing. But, in the past, she only listened to modern American songs and sings only modern American music. Recently, she started to listen to Chinese music, and to learn Chinese songs. Chinese music is full of variety: there are classical ones, and there are modern ones; there are folk songs, and there are popular music. Xiao Ding likes Chinese folk songs very much. She feels that Chinese folk songs are nice to listen to, and easy to learn. At the same time, (they) are very helpful to her in learning Chinese language. There are a lot of music shops in Chinatown. Xiao Ding comes here often to buy tapes. Today she has come again, hoping that (she) can return fully loaded.

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