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Pre-Marital Health Testing

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ID: 1172 Upper Intermediate
Your hearts belong to each other, but you should still test your blood. In today's Chinese podcast, we'll talk about pre-marital blood tests. Does your blood carry any lingering traces of that wild weekend in Macau? If so, learn how to express your regrets in Mandarin Chinese.
Mon Jun 01 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
预防 yùfáng to prevent
初恋 chūliàn first love
避孕 bìyùn contraception
性生活 xìngshēnghuó sex life
小雨，到这个时候，你反而不信任我了？
Xiǎoyǔ ，dào zhège shíhòu ，nǐ fǎn ér bù xìnrèn wǒ le ？
Xiao Yu, we've gotten this far, and you don't trust me anymore?
这只是一个例行检查，和信任没关系。这是对我们的将来负责！彤彤，你就听我的，乖啊！
zhè zhǐ shì yī ge lìxíng jiǎnchá ，hé xìnrèn méiguānxi 。zhè shì duì wǒmen de jiānglái fùzé ！Tóngtong ，nǐ jiù tīng wǒ de ，guāi ā ！
This is just a routine examination. It has nothing to do with trust. This is about taking responsibility for our future! Tong Tong, just listen to me on this. Please be good!
我们从小一起长大，连到高中都是上同一个学校，怎么说也是青梅竹马，你还有什么好担心的？
wǒmen cóngxiǎo yīqǐ zhǎngdà ，lián dào gāozhōng dōu shì shàng tóng yī ge xuéxiào ，zěnme shuō yě shì qīngméizhúmǎ ，nǐ háiyǒu shénme hǎo dānxīn de ？
We grew up together. We even went to the same high school. No matter how you look at it, it was puppy love. What is there for you to worry about?
可我们现在说的是结婚啊！提前预防总比到时候出了事强吧！
kě wǒmen xiànzài shuō de shì jiéhūn ā ！tíqián yùfáng zǒng bǐ dào shíhou chū le shì qiáng ba ！
But we're talking about marriage! It's always better to prepare ahead of time than to have problems later on!
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