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Pregnancy Series 9: Here Comes the Baby!

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ID: 1223 Upper Intermediate
Keep pushing...keep pushing...don't give up...your Mandarin is getting better! You've carried the baby to term and now you finally get to see its smiling, wet face. In today's Chinese lesson, we'll learn to talk about the miracle of childbirth in Chinese.
Tue Aug 11 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
虚惊一场 xūjīngyīchǎng false alarm
预产期 yùchǎn qī due date (for a baby's birth)
扶着 fúzhe supporting
摄像机 shèxiàngjī video camera
哎哟，哎哟。老公，快醒醒，我好像要生了。
āiyo ，āiyo 。lǎogōng ，kuài xǐng xing ，wǒ hǎoxiàng yào shēng le 。
Agh-ah. Agh-ah. Dear, hurry up and wake up! Looks like I’m going to give birth.
啊？你确定吗？不要又像上次一样，只是虚惊一场。
a ？nǐ quèdìng ma ？bùyào yòu xiàng shàngcì yīyàng ，zhǐ shì xūjīngyīchǎng 。
Huh? Are you sure? You don’t want to be like last time. It was just a false alarm.
肯定是真的。我能感觉到。而且预产期就在这几天。快去叫你妈。
kěndìng shì zhēnde 。wǒ néng gǎnjué dào 。érqiě yùchǎn qī jiù zài zhè jǐ tiān 。kuài qù jiào nǐ mā 。
It’s definitely the real thing. I can feel it. And the due date is right about now. Quick, go call your mom.
小芬，你别紧张。女人生孩子都是这样的，你忍一忍。我们马上去医院。
Xiǎofēn ，nǐ bié jǐnzhāng 。nǚrén shēng háizi dōu shì zhèyàng de ，nǐ rěn yī rěn 。wǒmen mǎshàng qù yīyuàn 。
Don’t worry, Xiao Fen. It’s always this way when women give birth. Just hang in there. We’ll be at the hospital in no time.
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