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Paying Child Support

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ID: 0520 Upper Intermediate
Divorce and child custody is becoming a more common topic of conversation in China in recent years. In this podcast, listen in as one divorcé talks about the issues that inevitably come along with divorce when children are involved--child custody and support payments, and learn how to talk about these issues in Mandarin Chinese.
Sat May 19 2007 | Jenny, John
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伤脑筋 shāng nǎojīn bothersome
理智 lǐzhì rational
协议 xiéyì agreement
判 pàn to sentence
哎，最近日子不好过啊！
āi ，zuìjìn rìzi bù hǎo guò a ！
(Sigh) Lately things have not been going well.
是离婚的事吗？
shì líhūn de shì ma ？
Is it your divorce?
对啊，真伤脑筋 。只怪我当时被爱情冲昏了头，什么都没考虑清楚就结婚了。你谈恋爱的时候可一定要理智！
duì a ，zhēn shāng nǎojīn 。zhǐ guài wǒ dāngshí bèi àiqíng chōnghūn le tóu ，shénme dōu méi kǎolǜ qīngchu jiù jiéhūn le 。nǐ tán liànài de shíhou kě yīdìng yào lǐzhì ！
That's right. I'm really at a loss. I only have myself to blame for being muddleheaded by love. I hadn't thought anything over clearly and just went and got married. When you are dating you definitely need to be rational.
放心吧。对了，你们是协议离婚还是法院判的？
fàngxīn ba 。duì le ，nǐmen shì xiéyì líhūn háishi fǎyuàn pàn de ？
Don't worry. Oh, did you get a consensual divorce, or was it a contested divorce?
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