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The Left-handed Child

The Left-handed Child
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ID: 1343 Intermediate
Being a parent means making tough decisions all the time. In today's podcast, we'll be learning about a very important parenting moment in an age-old debate: are righties smarter than lefties? Or vice versa? The parents in this dialog struggle with old Chinese stereotypes and try to respect the individuality of their toddler.
John,Jenny
The Left-handed Child
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
上学 shàngxué to go to school
让 ràng to let
改 gǎi to change
右手 yòushǒu right hand
老婆浩浩要上学了我们让他改用右手吧
lǎopó 老婆Hàohao 浩浩yào 要shàngxué 上学le 了wǒmen 我们ràng 让tā 他gǎi 改yòng 用yòushǒu 右手ba 吧
Honey, Haohao will be starting school soon. We should get him to start using his right hand.
为什么左撇子怎么了
wèishénme 为什么zuǒpiězi 左撇子zěnmele 怎么了
Why? What’s wrong with left-handed people?
大家都用右手方便
dàjiā 大家dōu 都yòng 用yòushǒu 右手fāngbiàn 方便
Everyone uses their right hand. It’s convenient.
可是浩浩天生是左撇子他用右手怎么会方便
kěshì 可是Hàohao 浩浩tiānshēng 天生shì 是zuǒpiězi 左撇子tā 他yòng 用yòushǒu 右手zénme huì 怎么会fāngbiàn 方便
But Haohao was born a lefty. How could using his right hand be convenient?
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