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I’m Scared of Sleeping Alone!

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ID: 2559 Elementary
In today’s lesson we hear a mother try and comfort their child who is scared of the dark, especially with the possibility of monsters hiding in the closest!
Thu Oct 23 2014 | Jenny, Adam
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
宝贝 bǎobèi babe / sweetheart
关灯 guāndēng to turn off the light
一个人 yīgèrén one person
床 chuáng bed
宝贝，快睡哦，妈妈要关灯了。
bǎobèi ，kuài shuì ò ，māma yào guāndēng le 。
Sweetheart, go to sleep, mom’s going to turn off the light.
我不想一个人睡，我要跟爸爸妈妈一起睡大床。
wǒ bù xiǎng yīgèrén shuì ，wǒ yào gēn bàba māma yīqǐ shuì dà chuáng 。
I don’t want to sleep by myself, I want to sleep on the big bed with mom and dad.
你长大了，要勇敢哦！
nǐ zhǎngdà le ，yào yǒnggǎn ò ！
You’re a big boy/girl now, you should be brave.
可是我怕，有妖怪。
kěshì wǒ pà ，yǒu yāoguài 。
But i’m scared. There are monsters.
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