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Using a Surrogate Mother

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ID: 2788 Upper Intermediate
Listen to a conversation about a surrogate pregnancy and learn about some of the legal and psychological issues that could arise from this situation.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
超声波扫描 chāoshēngbō sǎomiáo sonogram; ultrasound scan
代孕 dàiyùn surrogacy
明令 mínglìng to issue an edict
金发碧眼 jīnfàbìyǎn blond haired and blue-eyed
哥什么事这么兴奋又这么神秘
gē 哥shénme 什么shì 事zhème 这么xīngfèn 兴奋yòu 又zhème 这么shénmì 神秘
Bro, why are you so excited and acting so mysterious?
给你瞧瞧这个
gěi 给nǐ 你qiáo qiao 瞧瞧zhè ge 这个
Have a look at this.
超声波扫描这是你的宝宝吗嫂嫂什么时候怀上的完全看不出来呀
chāoshēngbō 超声波扫描zhè 这shì 是nǐ de 你的bǎobao 宝宝ma 吗sǎosao 嫂嫂shénme shíhou 什么时候huáishàng 怀上de 的wánquán 完全kàn bù chūlái 看不出来ya 呀
A sonogram? This... is your baby? When did your wife get pregnant? She doesn't look at all pregnant!
是我的宝宝但是不在你嫂子的肚子里这是我的代孕妈妈给我寄来的
shì 是wǒ de 我的bǎobao 宝宝dànshì 但是bùzài 不在nǐ 你sǎozi 嫂子de 的dùzi 肚子lǐ 里zhè 这shì 是wǒ de 我的dàiyùn 代孕māma 妈妈gěi 给wǒ 我jì 寄lái 来de 的
It's my baby, but it's not in your sister-in-law's stomach. This was sent to me by our surrogate!
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