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Child-Parent Fight

Child-Parent Fight
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ID: 0378 Intermediate
You wanted more drama so more drama it is. In this podcast, you’ll learn what a parent-child argument sounds like in Mandarin Chinese. We’ll give you a hint: it rhymes with “homework and good grades”.
Jenny, John
Child-Parent Fight
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
用功 yònggōng hardworking
竞争 jìngzhēng competition
抓紧 zhuājǐn to stay on top of
连……都…… lián ... dōu ... even
你怎么还在看电视功课都做完了吗
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么hái 还zài 在kàn diànshì 看电视gōngkè 功课dōu 都zuòwán le 做完了ma 吗
How come you are still watching TV? Have you finished all your homework?
早就做完了我看一会儿电视放松一下
zǎo 早jiù 就zuòwán le 做完了wǒ 我kàn 看yīhuìr 一会儿diànshì 电视fàngsōng 放松yīxià 一下
I finished it a long time ago. I’m watching TV for a while to relax a bit.
你看电视的时候人家都在用功学习补课现在竞争这么激烈你自己不抓紧可不行啊
nǐ 你kàn diànshì 看电视de 的shíhou 时候rénjiā 人家dōu 都zài 在yònggōng 用功xuéxí 学习bǔkè 补课xiànzài 现在jìngzhēng 竞争zhème 这么jīliè 激烈nǐzìjǐ 你自己bù 不zhuājǐn 抓紧kě 可bùxíng 不行ā 啊
While you’re watching TV, everyone else is studying hard and doing extra lessons. The competition these days is so fierce; if you don’t stay on top of it, you won’t make it!
我怎么不抓紧我每天除了做一大堆的作业和课外练习还要练钢琴学画画我实在受不了了你为什么连我放松一下都不允许我还有什么童年乐趣
wǒ 我zěnme 怎么bù 不zhuājǐn 抓紧wǒ 我měitiān 每天chúle 除了zuò 做yīdàduī 一大堆de 的zuòyè 作业hé 和kèwài 课外liànxí 练习háiyào 还要liàn 练gāngqín 钢琴xué 学huàhuà 画画wǒ 我shízài 实在shòubuliǎo le 受不了了nǐ 你wèishénme 为什么lián 连wǒ 我fàngsōng 放松yīxià 一下dōu 都bùyǔnxǔ 不允许wǒ 我hái 还yǒu 有shénme 什么tóngnián 童年lèqù 乐趣
How am I not staying on top of it? Every day, besides doing a huge pile of assignments and extra-curricular lessons, I also have to practice piano and take art class. I really can’t take it! Why can’t you allow me to have a little time to relax? What other childhood pleasures do I have?
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