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望子成龙

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ID: 1368 Advanced
“望子成龙，望女成凤”几乎是每一位父母的期望。但是怎么教育子女才能让他们“成龙、成凤”，而不是“成虫”呢？方式决定成败，性格决定命运，我们先来看看这个家长是怎么“望子成龙”的吧！
Tue Mar 02 2010 | David, Jiaojie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
皮得要命 pí de yàomìng naughty to the point of aggravation
动画片 dònghuà piān animated film
升学考 shēngxué kǎo entrance examinations
脑细胞 nǎoxìbāo brain cells
小琴，哎呀，好久不见。
Xiǎoqín ，āiya ，hǎojiǔbùjiàn 。
Xiaoqin, wow. Long time no see.
是你啊，小梦。这是你儿子吧。
shì nǐ a ，Xiǎomèng 。zhè shì nǐ érzi ba 。
Xiaomeng, it's you. Is this your son?
是啊，读五年级了，皮得要命，快叫阿姨。
shì a ，dú wǔ niánjí le ，pí de yàomìng ，kuài jiào āyí 。
Yeah, he's in the 5th grade. Naughty as can be. Hurry up and say hello.
阿姨好。
āyí hǎo 。
Hello, auntie.
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