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The Seven Year Itch 2: Facing Divorce

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ID: 1789 Upper Intermediate
We return to the topic of the "seven year itch" to find another couple's marriage struggling. Additionally, a close friend's seemingly perfect marriage is now facing divorce. Listen in for all the details; if you're looking for more lessons pertaining to marital strife, check out ChinesePod's original lesson on "the seven year itch"!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
管 guǎn to care about
辞 cí to quit (a job)
养得起 yǎngdeqǐ to be able to support
养不起 yǎngbuqǐ to be unable to support
你怎么才回来打你电话也不接
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么cái 才huílai 回来dǎ 打nǐ 你diànhuà 电话yě 也bù 不jiē 接
How are you just getting back now? You didn't answer your phone either!
电话放包里没听见啊你这么大声干什么你不怕吓着孩子
diànhuà 电话fàng 放bāo 包lǐ 里méi 没tīngjiàn 听见a 啊nǐ 你zhème 这么dàshēng 大声gàn shénme 干什么nǐ 你bù pà 不怕xiàzháo 吓着háizi 孩子
I had my phone in my bag so I didn't hear it! What are you doing yelling at me like that? You're going to scare the child!
你还管孩子啊孩子哇哇大哭吵着要妈妈你倒好下班两个多小时了才到家
nǐ 你hái 还guǎn 管háizi 孩子a 啊háizi 孩子wāwā 哇哇dàkū 大哭chǎo 吵zhe 着yào 要māma 妈妈nǐ 你dào 倒hǎo 好xiàbān 下班liǎng 两gè 个duō 多xiǎoshí 小时le 了cái 才dào 到jiā 家
As if you care about the kid! They were crying and shouting for their mother, but you, you come home more than two hours after getting off work.
不是跟你说了嘛最近公司比较忙晚上要加一会儿班
bùshì 不是gēn 跟nǐ 你shuō 说le 了ma 嘛zuìjìn 最近gōngsī 公司bǐjiào 比较máng 忙wǎnshang 晚上yào 要jiā 加yīhuǐr 一会儿bān 班
Haven't I told you? Work has been busy recently. I have to work overtime a bit during the evening.
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