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Pregnancy Series 9: Here Comes the Baby!

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ID: 1223 Upper Intermediate
Keep pushing...keep pushing...don't give up...your Mandarin is getting better! You've carried the baby to term and now you finally get to see its smiling, wet face. In today's Chinese lesson, we'll learn to talk about the miracle of childbirth in Chinese.
Jenny,John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
虚惊一场 xūjīngyīchǎng false alarm
预产期 yùchǎn qī due date (for a baby's birth)
扶着 fúzhe supporting
摄像机 shèxiàngjī video camera
哎哟哎哟老公快醒醒我好像要生了
āiyo 哎哟āiyo 哎哟lǎogōng 老公kuài 快xǐng 醒xing 醒wǒ 我hǎoxiàng 好像yào 要shēng 生le 了
Agh-ah. Agh-ah. Dear, hurry up and wake up! Looks like I’m going to give birth.
啊你确定吗不要又像上次一样只是虚惊一场
a 啊nǐ 你quèdìng 确定ma 吗bùyào 不要yòu 又xiàng 像shàngcì 上次yīyàng 一样zhǐ 只shì 是xūjīngyīchǎng 虚惊一场
Huh? Are you sure? You don’t want to be like last time. It was just a false alarm.
肯定是真的我能感觉到而且预产期就在这几天快去叫你妈
kěndìng 肯定shì 是zhēnde 真的wǒ 我néng 能gǎnjué 感觉dào 到érqiě 而且yùchǎn qī 预产期jiù 就zài 在zhè 这jǐ 几tiān 天kuài 快qù 去jiào 叫nǐ 你mā 妈
It’s definitely the real thing. I can feel it. And the due date is right about now. Quick, go call your mom.
小芬你别紧张女人生孩子都是这样的你忍一忍我们马上去医院
Xiǎofēn 小芬nǐ 你bié 别jǐnzhāng 紧张nǚrén 女人shēng 生háizi 孩子dōu 都shì 是zhèyàng 这样de 的nǐ 你rěn 忍yī 一rěn 忍wǒmen 我们mǎshàng 马上qù 去yīyuàn 医院
Don’t worry, Xiao Fen. It’s always this way when women give birth. Just hang in there. We’ll be at the hospital in no time.
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