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Foreign Father Loses His Cool

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ID: 2221 Intermediate
Anyone staying in China for some time will tell you, the Chinese have deep rooted notions about health and medicine, some of which seem utterly strange to foreigners. In this lesson, a foreign man finds this out the hard way after his Chinese wife has given birth.
Mon Jul 01 2013 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
开 kāi to turn on
电风扇 diànfēngshàn electric fan
特别 tèbié extremely
度 dù degree
迈克，你怎么开电风扇了？
Màikè ，nǐ zěnme kāi diànfēngshàn le ？
Mike, why are you turning on the fan?
今天特别热！33度！
jīntiān tèbié rè ！sānshí sān dù ！
It's especially hot today! It's 33 degrees!
琳琳刚生完孩子，不能吹风。
Línlin gāng shēngwán háizi ，bùnéng chuīfēng 。
Linlin just had a baby. She can't have air blowing on her.
那开空调可以吗？
nà kāi kōngtiáo kěyǐ ma ？
Then is turning on the air conditioning okay?
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