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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 0997 Intermediate
'Bun in the oven' lost something when you tried to translate it to 'baozi in a steamer basket.' In this podcast, learn how to break the news to your significant other that you're with child. And learn how to prepare yourself for the weird and wonderful cravings of a Chinese mother-to-be. We're not talking pickles and peanut butter, either...
Mon Sep 29 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
没什么 méi shénme nothing
吃坏肚子 chī huài dùzi to eat something that upsets your stomach
老是 lǎoshì always
吐 tù to throw up
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What's wrong?
没什么。
méi shénme 。
It's nothing.
是不是吃坏肚子了？
shì bu shì chī huài dùzi le ？
Did you eat something that upset your stomach?
没有。这两天早上老是想吐。
méiyǒu 。zhèliǎngtiān zǎoshang lǎoshì xiǎng tù 。
No. The past two mornings I keep feeling like I'm going to throw up.
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