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Substitute Teacher

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ID: 1609 Intermediate
Teaching is hard work, so every now and then you might need to come up with an excuse to take a week off, like "surgery" or something. But being the responsible teacher that you are, you're going to need to find someone to take those pesky classes off your hands. Learn how to use Mandarin Chinese to find that substitute teacher in this lesson.
Dilu,John
Substitute Teacher
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
代课 dàikè to substitute a class
节 jié [measure word for a class]
手术 shǒushù surgery
做手术 zuò shǒushù to have surgery
胡老师
Hú 胡lǎoshī 老师
Ms. Hu!
余老师有事吗
Yú 余lǎoshī 老师yǒushì 有事ma 吗
Ms. Yu! What's up?
您能帮我代几节课吗我要做个小手术要休息一个礼拜
nín 您néng 能bāng 帮wǒ 我dài 代jǐ 几jié 节kè 课ma 吗wǒ 我yào 要zuò 做ge 个xiǎo shǒushù 小手术yào 要xiūxi 休息yī 一ge 个lǐbài 礼拜
Could you substitute a few classes for me? I'm having a minor surgery and I have to rest for a week.
哦是什么时候的课
ò 哦shì 是shénme shíhou 什么时候de 的kè 课
Oh. When are the classes?
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