A Letter for My Child
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ID: 2606
Upper Intermediate
Being a mother to any child holds rewards and challenges, in this lesson we hear about the joy a special child brings into his mother's life.
Jenny,David
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 唐氏 | tángshì | Down's (syndrome) | |
| 天塌下来 | tiāntā xiàlai | For one's world to turn upside down | |
| 上天 | shàngtiān | god; the heavens | |
| 赐予 | cìyǔ | to give (to an inferior) |
亲爱的洋洋:
qīn ài 亲爱de 的yángyáng 洋洋 :
Dear Yangyang
今天是你第一次参加学校的运动会趣味跑步比赛你跑了第一名爸爸妈妈为你感到非常骄傲
jīntiān 今天shì 是nǐ 你dì yī cì 第一次cānjiā 参加xuéxiào 学校de 的yùndònghuì 运动会qùwèi 趣味pǎobù 跑步bǐsài 比赛nǐ 你pǎo 跑le 了dì yī míng 第一名bàba 爸爸māma 妈妈wèi 为nǐ 你gǎndào 感到fēicháng 非常jiāoào 骄傲
Today is your first time attending a school sports day. Your father and I were so proud at you coming first place in the fun run.
你是一个特别的孩子当你还在妈妈肚子里的时候妈妈就已经知道了
nǐ 你shì 是yī 一gè 个tèbié 特别de 的háizi 孩子dāng 当nǐ 你hái 还zài 在māma 妈妈dùzi 肚子lǐ 里de 的shíhou 时候māma 妈妈jiù 就yǐjīng 已经zhīdao 知道le 了
You are a very special child, when you were still in your mother's tummy, your mother already knew that.
当医生告诉我宝宝染色体异常是唐氏宝宝的时候妈妈的感觉像是天塌下来一样
dāng 当yīshēng 医生gàosu 告诉wǒ 我bǎobao 宝宝rǎnsètǐ 染色体yìcháng 异常shì 是tángshì 唐氏bǎobao 宝宝de 的shíhou 时候māma 妈妈de 的gǎnjué 感觉xiàng 像shì 是tiān 天tā xiàlai 塌下来yīyàng 一样
When the doctor told me that there were abnormalities with our baby's chromosomes and that the baby had Down's syndrome, I felt like my world was falling apart.
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