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Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn

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ID: 1162 Upper Intermediate
Babies are a big investment of time, money, energy, and money. Did we mention that babies cost a lot of money? Today's Chinese lesson will teach you about how to magically turn a stack of cash into a plastic bottle, all in Mandarin Chinese!
Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
预产期 yùchǎnqī expected date of childbirth
提前 tíqián in advance
手忙脚乱 shǒumángjiǎoluàn to get flustered
挺 tǐng to hold out
老婆你离预产期还早着呢干吗急着准备东西
lǎopó 老婆nǐ 你lí 离yùchǎnqī 预产期hái 还zǎo 早zhe 着ne 呢gànmá 干吗jí 急zhe 着zhǔnbèi 准备dōngxi 东西
Darling, you've still got quite a while before the baby's due. How come you're in such a rush to get everything ready?
你懂什么当然得提前准备我们又没什么经验到时候手忙脚乱的肯定弄不好
nǐ 你dǒng 懂shénme 什么dāngrán 当然děi 得tíqián 提前zhǔnbèi 准备wǒmen 我们yòu 又méi shénme 没什么jīngyàn 经验dào shíhou 到时候shǒumángjiǎoluàn 手忙脚乱de 的kěndìng 肯定nòngbuhǎo 弄不好
What do you know? Of course I have to get ready ahead of time. We don't have any experience at this. If we're running around willy-nilly, we're sure to screw things up.
行行行你挺着个大肚子慢点儿走
OK 行行行nǐ 你tǐng 挺zhe 着ge 个dàdùzi 大肚子màn 慢diǎnr 点儿zǒu 走
OK, OK. You're carrying around a big belly. Walk a little slower!
欢迎光临我们店提供一站式的母婴服务可以方便准妈妈们选购
huānyíng guānglín 欢迎光临wǒmen 我们diàn 店tígōng 提供yīzhànshì 一站式de 的mǔyīng 母婴fúwù 服务kěyǐ 可以fāngbiàn 方便zhǔn 准māma men 妈妈们xuǎngòu 选购
Welcome. Our store provides one-stop-shopping for mothers and their babies. We help expecting mothers to make good purchases.
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