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Wake Up and Feed the Baby

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ID: 2700 Intermediate
It's never good to argue in bed, especially when it's 4 in the morning and you have a morning shift that day. Listen to this couple debate over who should feed the baby.
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
哄 hǒng to soothe; to comfort (a child)
喂奶 wèinǎi to breastfeed
懒得 lǎnde to not have the energy to
值 zhí to work (shifts)
老婆宝宝又哭了你去哄哄吧
lǎopó 老婆bǎobao 宝宝yòu 又kū 哭le 了nǐ 你qù 去hǒnghong 哄哄ba 吧
Darling, the baby's crying again, go and calm him down.
我才刚喂完奶好累懒得起来你去哄他啦
wǒ 我cái 才gāng 刚wèi 喂wán 完nǎi 奶hǎo 好lèi 累lǎnde 懒得qǐlái 起来nǐ 你qù 去hǒng 哄tā 他la 啦
I just fed him, I'm exhausted, I couldn't be arsed getting up, you go and calm him down.
我今天值夜班明天又是早班累死了拜托让我睡一下
wǒ 我jīntiān 今天zhíyèbān 值夜班míngtiān 明天yòu 又shì 是zǎobān 早班lèi sǐ 累死le 了bàituō 拜托ràng 让wǒ 我shuì 睡yíxià 一下
I'm on the night shift tonight and then the early shift tomorrow, I'm completely tired out too, please let me sleep for a while.
儿子又不是我一个人的已经好几天都这样半夜哭个不停都是我一个人照顾你也不帮忙
érzi 儿子yòu 又bú 不shì 是wǒ 我yí ge rén 一个人de 的yǐjīng 已经hǎojǐ 好几tiān 天dōu 都zhèyàng 这样bànyè 半夜kūgebùtíng 哭个不停dōu 都shì 是wǒ 我yí ge rén 一个人zhàogu 照顾nǐ 你yě 也bù 不bāngmáng 帮忙
It's not just my son, you know. He's been crying in the middle of the night on and on like this for several days now and it's all been up to me to look after him! I don't get any help from you!
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