Lil Jon Goes to the Gym

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在zài健身房jiàn shēn fáng，At the gym,教练jiào liàn问wèn：“你nǐ准备zhǔn bèi好hǎo锻炼duàn liàn了le吗ma？”The trainer asked, "Are you ready to exercise?"

小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn：什么shén me？！Lil Jon: "What?!"

教练jiào liàn清楚地qīng chǔ de重复chóng fù说shuō：“准备zhǔn bèi锻炼duàn liàn了吗le ma？”The trainer repeated clearly, "Ready to exercise?"

小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn弯曲wān qū胳膊gē bo说shuō：“嗯ēn！”Lil Jon flexed his arms and said, "Yeah!"

教练jiào liàn笑着xiào zhe说shuō：“我们wǒ men开始kāi shǐ吧ba，好吗hǎo ma？”The trainer smiled and said, "Let's start, okay?"

小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn高兴地gāo xìng de回答huí dá：“好的hǎo de！”Lil Jon cheerfully replied, "Okay!"

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