Lil Jon Records a Song

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在zài录音室lù yīn shì里lǐ，At the studio,朋友péng you问wèn：“小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn，你nǐ准备zhǔn bèi好hǎo录制lù zhì你nǐ的de段落duàn luò了le吗ma？”His friend asked, "Ready to record your verse, Lil Jon?"

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

朋友péng you大声地dà shēng de重复chóng fù说shuō：“小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn，你nǐ准备zhǔn bèi好hǎo录制lù zhì你nǐ的de段落duàn luò？”Friend repeated louder, "Ready to record your verse?"

小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn兴奋地xīng fèn de回答huí dá：“好啊hǎo a！”Lil Jon enthusiastically answered, "Yeah!"

工程师gōng chéng shī说shuō：“现在xiàn zài开始kāi shǐ录音lù yīn，好吗hǎo ma？”The engineer said, "Pressing record now, okay?"

小约翰xiǎo yuē hàn开心地kāi xīn de大声dà shēng喊hǎn：“好的hǎo de！”Lil Jon shouted happily, "Okay!"

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