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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2003 Upper Intermediate
We all love a romantic chick-flick every now and then, but for some women it becomes a problem: they expect every man to live up to their Ryan Gosling/ Zhou Yumin/Seth Rogen-sized expectations, and it sometimes grates on their partners. In today's upper-intermediate lesson, learn all about to discuss Cheesy-Movie-Relationship-Damaging Syndrome (OK, we made that up) in Chinese.
Tue Aug 21 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
趁 chèn to take advantage of (conditions or an opportunity)
打吊瓶 dǎdiàopíng IV drip
垫 diàn to place under, to cushion
热水袋 rèshuǐdài hot water bottle
哼！
hèng ！
Hmph!
老婆怎么生气了？趁热喝粥吧。
lǎopó zěnme shēngqì le ？chèn rè hēzhōu ba 。
Why are you upset, dear? Eat the porridge while it's hot.
我生病你也不好好照顾我。我想吃粥你也不给我煮，我不要吃买的！不干净不卫生！
wǒ shēngbìng nǐ yě bù hǎohāo zhàogu wǒ 。wǒ xiǎng chī zhōu nǐ yě bù gěi wǒ zhǔ ，wǒ bù yào chī mǎi de ！bù gānjìng bù wèishēng ！
I'm sick and you don't even take good care of me. When I want to eat porridge you won't even make it for me. I don't want to eat store-bought porridge; it's dirty and unsanitary!
我这不是忙嘛，回来再煮就不早了。
wǒ zhè bùshì máng ma ，huílai zài zhǔ jiù bù zǎo le 。
Don't you know I'm busy? If I came back and cooked it it'd take ages.
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