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The Extramarital Affair

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ID: 2725 Intermediate
Learn some great words to comfort a friend as they go through a tough time. This particular struggle is about their parents filing for divorce.
Tue Jul 07 2015 |
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离婚 líhūn to divorce
凶 xiōng fierce
怎么这么 zěnme zhème how is it like this? ; can did it end up like this?
突然 tūrán suddenly
小书，你怎么看起来快哭了？还好吗？
xiǎoshū ，nǐ zěnme kàn qǐlái kuài kū le ？hái hǎo ma ？
A: Xiaoshu, why do you look like you're going to cry? Are you OK?
怎么办？我爸妈好像要离婚了，昨天吵得好凶。
zěnme bàn ？wǒ bà mā hǎoxiàng yào líhūn le ，zuótiān chāo de hǎo xiōng 。
B: I don't know what to do. I think my parents are going to get a divorce. Yesterday they were arguing very aggressively last night.
怎么这么突然？
zěnme zhème tūrán ？
A: That's a bit out of the blue, no?
我只从他们吵架的内容听到一点，我爸不是在国外工作吗？他好像外遇了。
wǒ zhī cóng tāmen chǎojià de nèiróng tīngdào yìdiǎn ，wǒ bà búshì zài guówài gōngzuò ma ？tā hǎoxiàng wàiyù le 。
B: I just heard a bit of their argument. You know my dad works abroad, yeah? I think he had an affair.
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