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Souvenirs of your Baby's Birth

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ID: 2600 Intermediate
There's a thin line between sweet and creepy with baby souvenirs, explore the weird and wonderful (and highly profitable) industry surrounding baby making in China in this lesson.
Jenny,Ryan
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周岁 zhōusuì one year of age
纪念品 jìniànpǐn momentos
印 yìn print
意义 yìyì meaning
老公宝宝马上就要周岁了我想为他做个纪念品来纪念一下
lǎogōng 老公bǎobao 宝宝mǎshàng 马上jiùyào 就要zhōusuì 周岁le 了wǒ 我xiǎng 想wèi 为tā 他zuò 做gè 个jìniànpǐn 纪念品lái 来jìniàn 纪念yīxià 一下
Darling, the baby is almost one, I want to make him a souvenir for him to remember it by.
好啊要不做宝宝印吧可以留下宝宝的手印和脚印挺有意义的
hǎo a 好啊yàobu 要不zuò 做bǎobao 宝宝yìn 印ba 吧kěyǐ 可以liúxià 留下bǎobao 宝宝de 的shǒuyìn 手印hé 和jiǎoyìn 脚印tǐng 挺yǒuyìyì 有意义de 的
OK! What about a making a baby print, we could make a hand print and a footprint, it sounds cool.
这个很无聊宝宝出生那会儿我就不想做这个所以选择做了胎毛笔
zhè ge 这个hěn 很wúliáo 无聊bǎobao 宝宝chūshēng 出生nà huìr5 那会儿wǒ 我jiù 就bù xiǎng 不想zuò 做zhè ge 这个suǒyǐ 所以xuǎnzé 选择zuò 做le 了tāimáobǐ 胎毛笔
That's kind of boring. I didn't even want to do it when the baby was born, so I chose to have the brush made of baby hair.
哎我有个好主意我们做个周岁成长影集选有意义的照片比如满月一百天六个月长牙的照片等等到周岁那天再去拍两张照片把这些照片放在一起制作一个影集
āi 哎wǒ 我yǒu 有gè 个hǎo 好zhǔyi 主意wǒmen 我们zuò 做gè 个zhōusuì 周岁chéngzhǎng 成长yǐngjí 影集xuǎn 选yǒuyìyì 有意义de 的zhàopiàn 照片bǐrú 比如mǎnyuè 满月yībǎi 一百tiān 天liù 六gè 个yuè 月zhǎng 长yá 牙de 的zhàopiàn 照片děngdeng 等等dào 到zhōusuì 周岁nà tiān 那天zài 再qù 去pāi 拍liǎng 两zhāng 张zhàopiàn 照片bǎ 把zhèxiē 这些zhàopiàn 照片fàng 放zàiyīqǐ 在一起zhìzuò 制作yī 一gè 个yǐngjí 影集
Oh! I have an idea. We could make a photo album for his first birthday and choose significant photos, like when he was a month old, one hundred days, six months and when he got his teeth, up until his first birthday when we'd take some pictures and put them altogether in the album.
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