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Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn

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ID: 1162 Upper Intermediate
Babies are a big investment of time, money, energy, and money. Did we mention that babies cost a lot of money? Today's Chinese lesson will teach you about how to magically turn a stack of cash into a plastic bottle, all in Mandarin Chinese!
Mon May 18 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
预产期 yùchǎnqī expected date of childbirth
提前 tíqián in advance
手忙脚乱 shǒumángjiǎoluàn to get flustered
挺 tǐng to hold out
老婆，你离预产期还早着呢，干吗急着准备东西。
lǎopó ，nǐ lí yùchǎnqī hái zǎo zhe ne ，gànmá jí zhe zhǔnbèi dōngxi 。
Darling, you've still got quite a while before the baby's due. How come you're in such a rush to get everything ready?
你懂什么？当然得提前准备。我们又没什么经验，到时候手忙脚乱的，肯定弄不好。
nǐ dǒng shénme ？dāngrán děi tíqián zhǔnbèi 。wǒmen yòu méi shénme jīngyàn ，dào shíhou shǒumángjiǎoluàn de ，kěndìng nòngbuhǎo 。
What do you know? Of course I have to get ready ahead of time. We don't have any experience at this. If we're running around willy-nilly, we're sure to screw things up.
行行行，你挺着个大肚子，慢点儿走。
OK ，nǐ tǐng zhe ge dàdùzi ，màn diǎnr zǒu 。
OK, OK. You're carrying around a big belly. Walk a little slower!
欢迎光临，我们店提供一站式的母婴服务，可以方便准妈妈们选购。
huānyíng guānglín ，wǒmen diàn tígōng yīzhànshì de mǔyīng fúwù ，kěyǐ fāngbiàn zhǔn māma men xuǎngòu 。
Welcome. Our store provides one-stop-shopping for mothers and their babies. We help expecting mothers to make good purchases.
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