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Pregnancy Series 5: Super Babies and Ultrasounds

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ID: 1143 Upper Intermediate
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is a baby! In today's podcast, you'll learn to talk in Chinese about ultrasounds and tests for your little steamed bun in the oven.
Tue Apr 21 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
常规 chángguī routine
彩超 cǎichāo color ultrasound
胎儿 tāiér fetus
畸形 jīxíng abnormal
赵医生早。
Zhào yīshēng zǎo 。
Good morning, Dr. Zhao.
早，于小芬，你今天要做好多检查。除了常规的，还要做个彩超检查胎儿是否畸形。
zǎo ，Yú Xiǎofēn ，nǐ jīntiān yào zuò hǎo duō jiǎnchá 。chúle chángguī de ，hái yào zuò ge cǎichāo jiǎnchá tāiér shìfǒu jīxíng 。
Good morning, Yu Xiaofen. You have a lot of tests to do today. In addition to the routine stuff, we also have to do a color ultrasound to check if the fetus is abnormal.
真有点儿担心，万一......
zhēn yǒudiǎnr dānxīn ，wànyī ......
I'm a little bit uneasy about that...what if---
你别瞎想。现在大家孕期都很注意，出现畸形儿的概率很小的。
nǐ bié xiā xiǎng 。xiànzài dàjiā yùnqī dōu hěn zhùyì ，chūxiàn jīxíngér de gàilǜ hěn xiǎo de 。
Don't be unduly concerned. These days, everyone pays a lot of attention during the pregnancy. The probability of an abnormal baby is very low.
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