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I’m Scared of Sleeping Alone!

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ID: 2559 Elementary
In today’s lesson we hear a mother try and comfort their child who is scared of the dark, especially with the possibility of monsters hiding in the closest!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
宝贝 bǎobèi babe / sweetheart
关灯 guāndēng to turn off the light
一个人 yīgèrén one person
chuáng bed
宝贝快睡哦妈妈要关灯了
bǎobèi 宝贝kuài 快shuì 睡ò 哦māma 妈妈yào 要guāndēng 关灯le 了
Sweetheart, go to sleep, mom’s going to turn off the light.
我不想一个人睡我要跟爸爸妈妈一起睡大床
wǒ 我bù xiǎng 不想yīgèrén 一个人shuì 睡wǒ 我yào 要gēn 跟bàba māma 爸爸妈妈yīqǐ 一起shuì 睡dà chuáng 大床
I don’t want to sleep by myself, I want to sleep on the big bed with mom and dad.
你长大了要勇敢哦
nǐ 你zhǎngdà 长大le 了yào 要yǒnggǎn 勇敢ò 哦
You’re a big boy/girl now, you should be brave.
可是我怕有妖怪
kěshì 可是wǒ 我pà 怕yǒu 有yāoguài 妖怪
But i’m scared. There are monsters.
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